Tag: graffiti
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Artist Paints Beautiful Murals on Homes Destroyed by Californian Wildfires
An artist, moved by what was left behind of his friend's home after it was ravaged by the California wildfires last year, used the site as a canvas. Shane Grammer turned the charred remains of a fireplace at Shane Edwards' Paradise residence into a beautiful black-and-white mural of a woman. "When my buddy Shane posted…
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Mural is Intentionally Painted Upside Down to Reflect Right Side Up in the Water
NYC artist artist Ray Bartkus recently created a street art mural in the Lithuanian city of Marijampolė. In a spectacular twist, his mural has an optical illusion which uses the surface of the water as its true canvas. Bartkus intentionally painted it upside-down so that the swimmers, rowers and swans he depicted would be reflected…
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EXCLUSIVE Unveiling of Girl In The Bin by Banksy at Sotheby’s
The Banksy saga continues… Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you will have heard the news about the Banksy shredding painting saga. We reported about it HERE, HERE and HERE. Sotheby’s have maintained that they have nothing to do with it, but they’re definitely dining out on the publicity. They’ve just unveiled…
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Man Claims The Banksy Shredding Saga Was A FAKE, Despite The Fact That Sotheby’s Confirms The Sale
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you will have heard the news about the Banksy shredding painting saga. We reported about it HERE and HERE. Lot’s of people have shared their theories about the event. Was Banksy in the crowd? Was Sotheby’s involved in the stunt? Did the shredding mean the…
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A 132 Year Old Girl Escapes Her Picture Frame And Turns Into A Huge Wheatpaste Mural In Tennessee
Artist Julien de Casabianca was recently invited to create a huge wheatpaste mural at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee alongside an exhibition and workshop. Julien’s seven-story mural features a melancholic girl pulled from William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s 1886 neoclassical painting “Au pied de la falaise” (At the Foot of The Cliff) which is included in the…
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One Man Paints a Massive Illegal Mural in Cairo
Egypt has some of the toughest laws in the world forbidding artistic expression, so when French-Tunisian artist eL Seed decided to paint an enormous mural covering 50 buildings in the heart of Cairo, he had to ensure that the government knew nothing about the project or risk facing serious jail time. eL Seed avoided contacting…
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BREAKING NEWS: Sotheby’s ‘Banksy-ed’ As Painting ‘Self-Destructs’ Live At Auction
UPDATE: Banksy’s own video of the stunt has just been released HERE. Was Banksy at the evening sale at Sotheby’s on Friday night? That was the question on everyone’s lips when one of the Bristolian street artist’s paintings mysteriously self-destructed as the contemporary auction drew to a close. Girl with a Balloon (2006) was the…
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Huge Mural Paintings of Pigeons By Artist Reveal Their Unexpected Beauty
A lot of people aren't the greatest fans of pigeons, considering them 'the rats of the sky'. Not so artist Adele Renault, who creates realistic portraits of the animals to give you a different perspective. She has recently published a book entitled Feathers and Faces, which documents documents Adele's pigeon portraits with paintings of other equally overlooked…
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Artist Re-Appropriates Classical Paintings With A Satirical Twist Using Hundreds Of Layers Of Stencils
Luke Cornish is an Australian artist creating unique, powerful images from handmade stencils. His rise within the contemporary art world has been meteoric, becoming the first artist to be nominated for the Archibald Prize and the Sulman prize with a portrait created entirely out of stencils. A former blue-collar worker from Canberra, Luke’s apathy and…
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This Optical Illusion Zebra Stripe Crosswalk in Iceland Stops Traffic
The small town of Ísafjörður in Iceland has discovered a brilliant way to use art to slow down people’s driving. It’s a 3D pedestrian crossing and it is absolutely amazing. Optical illusion helps the crossing appear to be magically floating in mid air, rather than painted flat on the concrete. As you approach while driving, the…