Guerrilla Lace: Prettied-Up Urban Surfaces in Poland
Urban sidewalks, sewer grates and dingy underpasses aren't exactly the most likely places to find beautiful large-scale ornamental lace, but for artist NeSpoon Polska, that's exactly where it ...
Category: Street Art & Graffiti
From 3D graffiti to light art, these works reflect the cutting edge of contemporary urban street art and design. These graffiti and street artists employee the latest techniques, creative materials, and unusual strategies to challenge the conventional stencil-and-spray-paint approach that most people think of when it comes to public drawing and wall graffiti the world over.
Illusions in Iran: Surreal 3D Murals Transform Urban Tehran
The blank concrete facades of urban Tehran offer an irresistible canvas for playful large-scale murals that seem to bend reality in unexpected ways. A city of 12 million people that has been ...
The City’s a Playground for Cartoon Characters by OakOak
Anything from a crooked cinder block to an ephemeral beam of light falling across the street can inspire a playful interactive scene by French street artist OakOak, making passersby stop and smile. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Agony & Ivory: 12 Not So Grand Abandoned Pianos
88 keys and nothin' on... except dust, dirt & decay. These 12 abandoned pianos may irk music lovers but cheer those who live life slightly out of tune. ...
Fake Facades: Transformative Murals Make Cities Vibrant
You might think you see a stone turret, a bunch of celebrities hanging out on a balcony, construction in progress or a man precariously dangling from a clock, but what you're actually looking at is ...
High-Speed Art: Murals Spray-Painted for Train Passengers
Made to been seen at high speeds, these colorful patterns intentionally form a sequential whole when experienced by commuters in adjacent railway cars. Katharina Grosse (with photos ...
Urban X-Stitch: Street Artist Cross-Stitches Yarn on Fences
Whether you want to call it a new art form or a simply a hipster hobby, an artist France is pushing street-side string art in amusing new directions. Not quite your ...
