Tag: street art
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Man Tags Over Tags in a Hilarious Attempt to Make Them Legible
Tagging is one form of art that splits most art aficionados – is it art or just someone’s poor attempt at making a visual statement. Whatever your view, it is generally always the case that tagging is illegible. In an attempt to clear up this problem, French artist Mathieu Tremblin paints over tags to make…
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A Very Special Christmas STREET ART Collection
Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy Festivus For the Rest of Us! Whatever you celebrate at this time of the year, we hope you’re able to find some time to relax with your friends and family. To celebrate, we’ve picked some of the coolest seasonal walls and came up with a collection of street…
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Old Rare Footage of BANKSY Leaked Online – WATCH
Extremely rare footage of Banksy has just been discovered from an old VHS from BBC’s show called “Shadow People”. In it, we follow Banksy in 1995 before he rose to fame. According to Banksy: “The fun doesn’t come out of getting caught. The fun comes out of not getting caught. There’s a lot of fun to…
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Photographer Tracks Down People He Shot in the Street 30 Years Ago to Recreate Their Pictures
Back in the 1970s and 1980s, paramedic and part time photographer Chris Porsz spent all of his free time walking around the streets of Peterborough, England, taking photos of passersby. 40 years later, Chris tracked down the subjects of his photos all of those years ago, convincing them to strike the same pose for a…
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Who is BANKSY? We Try to Answer the Art World’s Biggest Mystery
It’s been the art world’s biggest mystery for some time… who is Banksy? The identity of the mysterious British street artist has been a closely guarded secret ever since he popped up in Bristol and took over as the most recognizable political and satirical street artist around the world. Over the years several different people have attempted to “unmask” Banksy,…
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Martin Whatson Masterfully Blends Street Art and Graffiti
We’ve followed Norwegian artist Martin Whatson‘s for some time and it’s not hard to see why. His works stand out from the increasingly hectic street art scene as a result of their brilliant blend of grayscale scenes with explosions of vibrantly painted graffiti. The works often focus on a singular matte subject, one that is seemingly…
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Amazing Examples of Street Art From Around the World
With the continuing popularity of art on the streets, the attitude that art is made for the gallery only is long gone. In fact, this huge collection of creative street art will show you that the streets are probably the best canvas! Artists such as Banksy, Dran and Hush have mastered the art of merging…
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Huge Bird Mural In Berlin Filled With Lots of Tiny Surprises
Netherlands artists Super A and Collin van der Sluijs recently collaborated to create a huge 137 foot tall mural of a Starling on the side of a building in Berlin. Not only is the mural of gigantic proportion, but it also contains an array of stunning jewels and gems. Wow! And don’t forget, if you’re…
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LUSHSUX Continues to Cause Controversy With Politically Charged Street Art
Lushsux’s own tumblr account says it all: “Graffiti’s Number 1 arsehole”. Whether this statement is true or not is up for debate, but one thing’s for sure – he’s done a pretty good job recently at getting the world’s attention with some particularly controversial street art. Some big art accounts have helped spread Lush’s politically-charged…
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Grandmother Yarn Bombs Her Town in the Name of Art
Now when you think of the world’s great street artists, the names Banksy, Blek le Rat and Os Gemeos probably come to mind. But what about a 104 year old grandmother? Grace Brett is that lady, and she’s probably the world’s oldest guerrilla knitter, aka ‘yarn-bomber extraordinaire’. This English lass helped Souter Stormers, a group of…