Perspectival Street Artist Pierces People in New Photo Shoot
Known for his geometric art installations, Aakash Nihalani is back with a mind-bending sequence of shots that show humans interacting with his reality-warping work. In ...
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.
Graffiti Puzzles: Urban Art Chipped Off Walls for Reassembly
Pieces of graffiti that have been chipped off a wall are offered up in a box like a conventional puzzle in an exhibition that provokes thought on who street art belongs to, and whether or not it ...
Social Seating: 14 Public Benches Foster Urban Interactions
Breaking, bending, twisting and warping wood, this ongoing series of installations fosters new forms of interaction within cities, challenging that most iconic piece civic furniture: the ...
Gritty City: Dark Oils Capture Essence of Bustling Urbanity
Busy shipyards, city streets, rain-streaked skyscrapers and other iconic staples of cities come alive in this portfolio of shadowy oil paintings. Valerio D’Ospina captures ...
Brandalism: Replacing Bus Shelter Ads with Art in the UK
Over three hundred bus shelter ads across the UK have been replaced with thought-provoking works criticizing capitalist culture by 40 street artists. The 'Brandalism' posters were installed in ...
Travel Through Trees: Root-Like Wooden Tunnel Installation
You may have to crouch a little to take a journey through this system of tunnels, but it's worth it to feel as if you're traveling through the roots of an enormous tree. Artist Henrique Oliveira ...
Cel(l) Shorts: Crafty Urban Augmented Reality Animations
Employing a cellular phone coupled with traditional transparent cel animation techniques, this artist inserts strange characters and surreal stories into everyday built ...
Bricksy: 20 Classic Banksy Street Artworks Recreated in LEGO
Selecting from Banksy favorites and classics, this series of brick-based fan art both replicates and expands on familiar two-dimensional works. Professional photographer Jeff ...
Infrastructural Art: Colorful LEDs Lights Up Shipyard Cranes
The imagination readily fastens onto the anthropomorphic figures like those found in shipyards, turning looming metal giants into huge toy beasts, origami cranes writ ...
Loaves of Art: Classical Works Revealed in Slices of Glass
This loaf of colored glass may not look like much from the outside, but slice into it and you'll find an incredible recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Virgin on the Rocks. Self-taught glass ...
