Posts Tagged ‘street art’
Culture Spotting: Graffiti Art
Tweet There have been more than a few instances in which I have regarded graffiti as art, but British street [...]
There have been more than a few instances in which I have regarded graffiti as art, but British street artist, political activist, and painter Banksy takes it another level. His mark has been left all over the world from London to L.A. and has incited both outrage and a celebrity following. Now, for your viewing pleasure, I’ll leave you to a gallery of some of my fave Banksy masterpieces. Related Posts... More...
By emilyc • May 25th, 2012 • Category: Art, Cities, Decor, ENTERTAINMENT
Art Spotting: Street Art by Pavel Puhov
Tweet Did the Jolly Green Giant just drop his glasses? And what was he doing in Russia anyway?! Oh wait, [...]
Did the Jolly Green Giant just drop his glasses? And what was he doing in Russia anyway?! Oh wait, I’m sorry, those aren’t giant specs, it’s just another clever and artistic public exhibition by Russian street artist Pavel Puhov. I am gaga over Puhov’s non-traditional view and use of the world around him that he incorporates into his works that intrigue, inspire, and leave... More...
By Tanner • Mar 16th, 2012 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Cool Hanksy Art of the Day
Tweet Hanksy street art rocks our world. In fact, we love all funky street art- especially when it honors Bill [...]
Tweet Hanksy street art rocks our world. In fact, we love all funky street art- especially when it honors Bill Cosby. [ via ] Related PostsArt Spotting: Art Prints from Garance Doré Art Spotting: The Unknown Hipster Diaries Art Spotting: The City Out My Window Art Spotting: Anna Higgie Art Spotting: Mickalene Thomas
By Bryce • Feb 19th, 2012 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Art Spotting: Mambo Takes Magnificent Mayhem to the Streets
Artist MAMBO emboldens white wall turning them into high-scale animation on city walls across the world.
Contemporary muralist and Chilean born, Flavien Mambo Demarigny, better known as MAMBO is famous for creating exquisite, colorful paintings and portraits. Not only that, but along side of his tangible art work painted on the streets of Paris and his current home in Los Angeles, he now creates videos that greatly complement his art. But more importantly, they provide for a larger and more diver... More...
By Guest • Feb 16th, 2012 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Urban Realist: Mark Jenkins
Beware: Mark Jenkins the “Urban Prankster” is creating FREE art
In Mark Jenkins newest project simply entitled, City, he not only takes his art to the streets, but also takes it with him across the world. Jenkins uses his innovative “street as a stage” technique to state something grander about today’s society we live in and exhibit art that the entire world can have access to, for free. His realism transcends in this project by creating manne... More...
By Guest • Feb 9th, 2012 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Cool Street Art of the Day
cute!
Tweet If this isn’t the coolest street art you’ve seen yet this week, well, it’s only Tuesday. #lovespongebob [ via ] Related PostsArt Spotting: Inventing Abstraction Art Spotting: Doug Aitken Art Spotting: The Lonely Island and Vanity Fair Art Spotting: Gerhard Richter Art Spotting: Claude Lévêque
By Bryce • Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Art Spotting: A Global Tour of Weirdness
A digital tour of the weirdest public street art from around the globe
We’re totally down with the good, the bad and the unquestionably raunchy art on the scene these days. But these take the cake for the weirdest, and largest in scale. Internationally, these works have become famous for being wild and crazy – check it! 20 Bizarre Works of Public Art from Around the World – Flavorwire Enormous cows made of car parts by Helsinki-based sculptor Miina... More...
By Ashley • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Art, ENTERTAINMENT
Art Spotting: Ukranian Street Art by Interesni Kazki
Wild Art in Kiev
The city if Kiev is crawling with surrealist street art, via native artsy duo Interensi Kazki. They’ve transformed entire walls, sides of buildings, and plotted murals of epic proportions. Whether re-inventing the Greek myth of King Sisyphus as a metaphor for capitalism on the side of a metropolitan Russian building or spray-painting trippy portraits of peasants on an abandoned barn in th... More...
By Ashley • Sep 11th, 2011 • Category: Art
Art Spotting: Kitties!
Kitties + Street Art = (!!!!)
#1> I’m over the moon with delight that the website ModernCat.net exists. #2 > Check out these stoic, beautiful, stenciled kitties, members of street art history all over the globe. Stenciled by famed street artist C215. Related PostsKitten Heels and Other Cat Friendly Shoes A Hammock For Your Lazy Cat To Lounge In Style Spotting: Crazy Cat Pasties Cute Spotting: The Best Cat Ever ... More...
By Ashley • Jun 27th, 2011 • Category: Art, Cities, ENTERTAINMENT, Vacations
The Evolution of Street Art
A wall covered in what could be considered the most inoffensive graffiti ever was painted over in Camperdown, Australia. It was a sad day for street art – until the mural was replaced days later by an unknown vigilante.
A wall covered in what could be considered the most inoffensive graffiti ever was painted over in Camperdown, Australia. It was a sad day for street art – until the mural was replaced days later by an unknown vigilante. So what have we learned? Street art is akin to pubic hair – mow it down, and it grows back five times as resilient. [via The Opening Hours] Related PostsFashion Crave... More...
By Steph • May 5th, 2011 • Category: Art
