Woodhouses: Photos Envision Tiny Urban Life in the Forest
What tiny universes might exist behind the bark of trees deep within the forest? You're most likely envisioning the grubs, ants, beetles and other creatures that actually live out their ...
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.
Short Film Explores Intersection of Fashion & Architecture
Fashion and architecture intersect in a short film called Kaplinksi, wherein models wear and then break out of architectural structures made of children's wooden blocks. The film is a collaborative ...
Little People in Paris: 5 Tiny Street Art Scenes by Slinkachu
The tiny figures of Slinkachu play out surreal scenarios ranging from dramatic to comedic, all against the backdrop of life-sized props that seem giant by comparison. His latest set of little ...
Real Life Instagram: Street Views Framed with Colored Filters
Instagram is both broadly adopted and heavily criticized for the faux-vintage filter options provided to users, providing opportunities for aptly-timed and well-executed spoofs like this project. ...
Blanking Banksy: Artists & City Paint Over Pricey NYC Graffiti
Banksy is an artist with the rare power to make walls more valuable after he has vandalized them, which some then seek to alter or destroy and others fight to protect and save. The ...
The Fabric of Guilt: Photorealistic Woven Textile Mug Shots
The cringeworthy moment at which one's accused guilt is captured forever (and often disseminated on the internet) results in a telling portrait of the subject. Mug shots reveal the emotions, ...
Skinned Buildings: Latex Casts of Derelict Urban Surfaces
Draped like the macabre souvenirs of a serial killer, ghostly skins of old buildings billow on clotheslines, bearing the grime of the surfaces from which they were cast. Amsterdam design studio ...
Free T-Shirt & Final Tag: Banksy’s Goodbye to New York City
After an intensive month-long residency in America's biggest city with daily updates, street artist Banksy is leaving behind a strangely mixed legacy of his trip. Here are some of his last works ...
Interactive Sculpture Echoes the Movements of Spectators
Artist Daniel Rozin creates installation pieces that watch you even more closely than you watch them. His Angles Mirror installation features a triangular base with hundreds of yellow pegs. As ...
Steampunk Flea: Mechanical Insects by Dimitry Valchev
Spark plugs, kitchen strainers, springs and other random metal parts come together into a 'steampunk flea' that looks like it could jump away at any second in this mechanical insect sculpture by ...
