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.
Recreating absolute realism in paint typically takes time, tiny brushes and a quiet, well-lit work space. Those are three things that street artists don't usually have at their disposal - and yet ...
Neon geometric shapes hurtle through buildings and appear to float in midair in tape art installations by Brooklyn-based artist Aakash Nihalani. The artist spent the summer in residency at the ...
Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk - cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. 'Cement Bleak' is an urban installation project by artist Isaac Cordal that employs street lights to ...
If Aquaman had a spray can, he would fill the streets with exotic visions of giant octopi, and vicious sea monsters. Thankfully, street savvy artists have taken the ocean theme into their own ...
When the games are in town, street art abounds, with locals and visitors alike responding to the huge city-shifting influx of infrastructure and viewers. For his part, UK-native (but ...
Brazil is no stranger to paint-based urban interventions, of whichRio de Janeiro is frequently the focus, but the scope and scale of this project in particular truly boggles the brain. ...
When the city sets up so-called 'Info Pillars' on the sidewalks - but then fills them with ads instead of actual information - how should the community respond? In Toronto, hacktivists decided to ...
A generation of artists who grew up on Star Wars is now decorating tunnels, alleys and other urban surfaces with Darth Vader, Yoda, Han Solo and the rest of the gang in works of graffiti art that ...
New York City has seen more than its share of crazy street art through the decades. This new series of computer error message-themed street art from prolific and mysterious artist Jilly ...
Here's a beautiful example of how street art can transform the most mundane, uninteresting sidewalk into a miniature gallery that captures the attention of harried passersby. A black faucet on ...
