Posts Tagged ‘street’

Top 10 Beautiful Street Art by Banksy

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Asked about his technique, Banksy said: “I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl’s face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key.” Oh, wait! Maybe we should start by explaining who the heck is Banksy first of all? […]

Top 10 Most Amazing Examples of Street Art

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Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces that are in the streets though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. Typically the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art. In […]

20 Finest Examples of Street Art Around The Globe

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Art of the street is very interesting and funny. Each photo is weird in its own way, beautiful, attractive. When you pass some of them, and must be noticed …

Super Cool Building Graffiti Revive Old Buildings

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Ever thought of your house looking a little more alive? It is not a problem to accomplish that for Russian street artist Nikita Nomerz. He lives in the town of Nizhniy Novgorod where he started his hobby. The artist transforms abandoned objects into these distinctive creatures and portraits. ‘‘I love watching the city and finding […]

Outstanding Street Art

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Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, “in the streets” — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and […]

The Ghosts of Old London

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To dispel my disappointment that I cannot rent that Room to Let in Old Aldgate, I find myself returning to scrutinize the collection of pictures taken by the Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London held in the archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. It gives me great pleasure to look closely and see the […]

Graffiti Animals in Street Life

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Roa lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. Roa’s fine draftsmanship sets him above other street artists and I particularly admire the vivid sense of life that he imparts to his creatures, which transfix you with their wide eyes. The anatomical detail of these animals is lovingly achieved, yet they are unsentimental portraits of feral beasts […]