Stellar Caves: Illuminated Underground String Installation
Eighty-two feet under the surface of the earth, hidden within the cellars of the Maison Ackerman winery in Saumur, France, an eerie blue-violet wonderland blooms in carefully constructed ...
Category: Art
Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.
Landskating: Giant Chinese Landscapes Drawn with Roller Blades
Modified inline skates holding pots of black pigment allow this artist to create her huge works (up to 40 feet or more) while rolling around the room, with results that look remarkably like ...
Playing with Perspective in Paris: New Optical Illusion Art
Two-dimensional shapes seem to hover weightlessly in space like a projection, but step slightly to your right or left and the whole image falls apart, becoming a chaotic assemblage of lines ...
Griddy Cities: Aerial Cyberpunk Cityscapes Shot from 7,500 Feet
Flying over New York City, San Francisco and Las Vegas, this photographer has managed to both capture the essence of each city he shoots from the night sky above while also turning these places ...
3D NYC Timelapse: 500 Years of History in 1 WTC Elevator Ride
Riding to the top observation deck of 1 World Trade Center opening next month, visitors will be treated to a dizzying view of the city below, but not the one they might expect - instead of ...
Ephemeral Architecture: 27 Paper Buildings & Pavilions
A study in opposites, paper architecture renders what is normally solid and durable in delicate, temporary form, whether recreating intricate silhouettes of miniature cities or building ...
Touching Art: Raised Prints of Famous Paintings for the Blind
Enabling the visually impaired to quite literally put their hands on priceless artworks, this unique exhibition allows blind people to experience works like the Mona Lisa for the first time. An ...
Dumpster Divine: 12 Flashy Trashy Artistic Dumpsters
Dumpsters may be grungy, grotty, gross-smelling garbage holders but these ubiquitous urban trash bins positively bloom just by adding a little art. ...
Fantastic Cities: 48-Page Urban Coloring Book Made for Adults
Coloring books are no longer just for kids, as this one designed for adult colorists illustrates in beautiful black and white. Showing urban scenes both real and imagined, these fictional, actual ...
Scaffolding Skyscraper: Very Public Urban Artist-in-Residence
The scaffolding used by a street artist to complete large murals becomes a tiny, less-than-private home away from home in a literal sense with ’24/7,’ an installation at the Memorie Urbane ...
