Druid Awakening: A Dozen Hard Rockin’ Modern Stonehenges
These 12 modern homages to Stonehenge would likely bemuse, befuddle and bewilder those who constructed the original prehistoric standing stone circle. Much like the original Stonehenge ...
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.
Teamlab Jungle: Step Inside a Massive Musical Instrument Made of Light
Anyone who visits ‘Music Festival, TeamLab Jungle’ this summer will get to immerse themselves in a space made of light, interacting with moving beams to help produce collaborative ...
Worlds Under Glass: 33 Miniature Cities & Architectural Sculptures
Sheltered by glass vessels like tiny self-contained biomes, these miniature buildings and cities seem to have their own atmospheres and variable gravity, with houses teetering on the edges of ...
Absurdism: Artists Fight Over Use of World’s “Blackest Black” & “Pinkest Pink”
For the past few years, British artist Anish Kapoor has been making use of his exclusive rights to something called Vantablack, a high-tech pigment touted as the blackest shade of black. His ...
Art History in Contemporary Life: Classical Figures in Modern Scenery
Dressed in garments from centuries long past, figures from classical paintings peer out the windows of metro cars, vend souvenirs, browse comics and otherwise interact with unlikely scenes in ...
Ouroborus Buildings: Artist Loops Infinite Skyscrapers Back on Themselves
What would architecture look like if it had no beginning or end, no ground floor as starting point nor rooftop terminus? Artist Vasco Mourao explores exactly that question in his series ...
Architectural Fairy Tales: Unreal Structures Tell Strange Sci-Fi Tales
These fictional structures seem to be ripped right out of the concept art for a sci-fi film, envisioning a world of architecture that’s totally out of scale with humans but fittingly grand for ...
Handle with Care: 10 Years of Fragile Glass Boxes Broken by FedEx
Packing and shipping artwork is a delicate and costly process, unless your intention is to create new pieces by allowing them to break along the way. Starting in 2005, artist Walead Beshty began ...
Invisible Graffiti: Uncanny 3D Overpass Art Simulates Transparency
3D graffiti artist Milane Ramsi has combined two challenging types of urban art into a single installation, making a concrete pillar appear to vanish while producing three-dimensional ...
Plant Patterns: Living Roots Manipulated Into Nature-Based Art
The intricacies of a plant’s secret life beneath the soil, where its roots grow and change almost constantly, become a true work of art when manipulated into specific patterns. Artist Diana ...
