Color-Coded Cars: Time-Collapse Film Reorders Rush Hour
There is no computer-generated imagery behind this surreal-seeming scenography, but rather a skillful remixing of reality to sort actual automobiles by color. Artist and filmmaker Cy ...
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.
Architectural Kaleidoscopes: Buildings Spun into Fractal Art
Reimagined, repositioned and recomposed, this photo manipulation series turns familiar elements of buildings into abstracted compositions that morph beyond architecture, bridging disparate worlds ...
Intricate Ice Architecture: 17 Fantastic Frozen Buildings
While you put the finishing touches on a lopsided snowman in your front yard, ice and snow artists around the world build life-sized ice castles, hotel rooms made of packed snow, and delicate ice ...
Encyclopedic Landscape: Artist Carves 24-Volume Book Set
In his most voluminous undertaking to date, this book artist bids farewell to the long legacy of printed Encyclopedia Britannica sets with a mountainous tribute to their 244 years of ...
Hopscotch Intersection: 4 Artists Hack 16 Public Crosswalks
Sixteen crosswalks at four intersections in Baltimore are the subject of a street-spanning public art project that re-imagines white-on-black zebra striping, each with a unique ...
Tonal Tricks and Treats: Sweets Neatly Arranged By Color
If you're one of those people who has to have everything arranged in a very specific way, the art of Emily Blincoe is exactly what you'll want to spend part of today staring ...
Reconstructionism: 88 Dramatic Deformations of 1 Building
His world-famous photo manipulations span the globe but this time with a twist: a single seemingly-unremarkable structure bent, broken, shattered, turned, twisted and reformed in dozens of ...
Urban Carousel: Merry-Go-Round Made of Shopping Cars
Subverting the shopping cart, this urban installation is a play on consumer culture and its cyclical nature. Of course, it is also a lot of fun to play with, too. Set in a public plaza ...
Infinity Rooms: Mirrored Spaces Reflect Endless Starlight
The experience calls the mind the climactic moment of the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, in which our protagonist stares into the void and proclaims "it's full of stars" in ...
Paintless Landscapes: Scenic Art Made of Light & Shadow
A collection of unlikely (often discarded) objects coupled with a light source can create amazing city scenes, landscapes, portraits and more in the hands of this artist. Rashad ...
