Arts & Crowdfunding: Recap of NAMAC 2012 Conference
Forms of funding are fast evolving in the digital age, and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture 2012 Leading Creatively conference provided a window into how different artists, ...
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.
Dead Media: Art Installation Created with 497 VHS Tapes
What do you do with 497 obsolete VHS tapes? Noah Scalin ripped them apart and made them into a giant three-dimensional skull-shaped art installation entitled 'Dead Media'. The proprietor of ...
San Francisco Past & Present: Blended Images from 1906 and 2012
106 years ago, San Francisco was in ruins. The earthquake of 1906 destroyed over 80% of the city, with 30 fires that broke out as a result burning down 25,000 buildings on 490 city blocks. But ...
Light Bulbs as Art: 14 Shining Examples of Adaptive Reuse
As environmentally friendly CFL bulbs are becoming the norm, the old fashioned light bulb that everyone in the last few generations grew up with is becoming even more appealing for reuse. There ...
Rainbow Realities: 18 Everyday Objects Organized by Color
There is something inherently magical about rainbows - something that makes us look to the sky and ask "What does it mean?" That sublime spectrum of color is brought into the home in these ...
Photography in a Can: 37 Works of Hyper-Realistic Street Art
Recreating absolute realism in paint typically takes time, tiny brushes and a quiet, well-lit work space. Those are three things that street artists don't usually have at their disposal - and yet ...
Set Top Glow: Cool, Kitschy, Ceramic TV Lamps
In America's golden age of black & white television, the dark shadows cast by cathode ray tubes were tempered by the warm glow of kitschy set-top TV Lamps. ...
Leading Creatively Conference in MN: 5 Reasons to Attend
Hot on the heels of this year's Eyeo Festival comes Leading Creatively 2012 with panels, workshops, films and tours exploring visual culture and digital technologies across various local Twin ...
25 Wire Sculptures Worth Getting In A Twist Over
Wire sculptures are unique in that they can be airy representations of solid objects, or hulking and heavy metal goliaths that intimidate in an outdoor space. The range of styles utilized by wire ...
Perspective-Shifting Geometric Street Art by Aakash Nihalani
Neon geometric shapes hurtle through buildings and appear to float in midair in tape art installations by Brooklyn-based artist Aakash Nihalani. The artist spent the summer in residency at the ...
