Guerrilla Takeover: Activists Replace Ads with Art
(images via: martin reis) Last year, Toronto citizens asked themselves a question that led to an unprecedented law: Why should we have to look at so many billboards? In April 2010, the city ...
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.
How Graffiti Can Be Even Cooler: Just Add Star Wars
Graffiti is often a disappointing eyesore, the bane of storefronts, and signposts for gang activity, but there are also those who have turned it into an art form that delights urban populations ...
Body Art: Creations Made of Human Flesh, Blood & Bones
What could be more personal and human than a cast of your head – made from your own frozen blood? The human body has been used as a canvas for all sorts of art, but perhaps more interesting and ...
Facing the Arts: Playful Urban Wall Art in Streets of Paris
Paris is a magical city where you'll come across some colorful and unforgettable characters. But perhaps the most colorful character of all is Gregos, an artist who has decided to make his face ...
3G Geek Art Show: Ghostbusters, Goonies & Gremlins
Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins: Is this the trifecta of geeky '80s awesomeness? Clearly, LA's appropriately named Gallery 1988 thinks so, as they've dedicated three weeks in September to ...
Driven to Create: Metal Hubcap Art for Auto Aficionados
One is used to seeing hubcaps lying forlornly on the side of the road, leaning against a telephone pole in the hopes of being recovered by their rightful owner. It's comforting to know that these ...
Futuristic Sculpture: Robot Statues and Found Creations
Humans love to anthropomorphize robots, and whether we make them gigantic and towering, or small and decorative, there's an appeal to their futuristic styling and human-esque forms. Many artists ...
Building a Dream: Recycled Art From Old Lottery Tickets
Don't we all have big dreams when we buy a lottery ticket? Even if we don't truly believe it will be the big winner that will change our lives, we hold out some amount of hope that we'll get ...
Wrapped & Twisted Book Sculpture by Jacqueline Rush Lee
For most of us, the value of a book is in its text. But book artists like Jacqueline Rush Lee see much more than just words on a page – to them, books are a highly unusual, mostly untapped ...
Dirty Car Drawings: Turn the Dusty Road Into Good Clean Art
It's easy to let your car go a while without having it washed, and some artists make it even easier, by creating beautiful works of art using only a brush and the dust coating your neglected ...
