Splashes of Color in the Norwegian Rain: NUART 2013. Posted on September 11, 2013 The pale wan institutional hues of the Stavanger International Airport now are punctuated by the brilliant blues and stencil patterning wrapping around the control tower. Small multi-layered stencil portraits pop from post-boxes, primary color-clad children hang off of stoop stairs and balance on stacked chairs and a graffiti slathered Michaelango stands on the corner next to the eye doctors office. Turn up another street and an aerosoled sultry geisha rises, wrapped in boisterous brocade on a typically white wall in this rather monochromatic sea town.
With these new wall works by M-City, C215, Ernest Zacharevic, Martin Whatson, and Hush (respectively) and a number of others, Nuart 2013 brought a lot of color to the streets this year as it celebrated what founder Martyn Reed called “one of, if not thee, finest Nuart events yet”. Ernest Zacharevic (photo © Martha Cooper) “Best Wishes from cold and rainy Stavanger!” Stroek casts a shadow. M-City. The Most Beloved Street Art Photos of 2013. Every year we look forward to seeing the photos of the most beloved street art photos discovered by Street Art Utopia. Here is a selection of street art photos from around the world, each with different social messages and graphic styles. Via lostateminor.com. Ol Street Art & Inventive Urban Art - Mr Pilgrim Graffiti Artist. Mystifying Illusions of People Walking Sideways on Walls. These black and white figures are so realistic, pedestrians might be mystified when they pass by this wall mural by Norwegian stencil artist Anders Gjennestad.
Also known as Strøk, the artist utilizes all kinds of visual tricks, including distorted perspective and strong shadows, to produce illusions of people walking sideways on walls. Strøk's canvas is often rusty metal, wooden palettes, gritty walls, or shiny glass, that interact with his subjects. This particular piece was recently completed on a wall in the city of Porsgrunn, Norway. According to the artist's bio, "His hand cut multi layered stencils create photorealistic imagery, with depth and detail that is complex, tactile, and mentally engaging. " Anders Gjennestad's website via [Neatorama] The Art of Przemek Blejzyk. November 12th, 2012 • Posted by: mark • Posted in: art • Comment Tags: Przemek Blejzyk Przemek Blejzyk aka Sainer is a Polish artist based in Lodz who is skilled as both an illustrator and street artist. Check out some of his work after the jump. pic and info: Przemek Blejzyk Tags: Przemek Blejzyk.
Witty Street Art Interventions. Urban artist OaKoAK is up to it again! Since last I featured him in 2010, he has continued to come up with clever concepts on city streets, such as making Gonzo’s face from a rail in the park, painting a red heart in a fence, and more. An interesting aspect is how he tells stories through still characters, it is like we are viewing animations. Photos © OaKoAK Via Street Utopia. Street Artist Roadsworth Transforms the Streets of Montreal into a Visual Playground. In 2001 artist Peter Gibson began a guerrilla street art campaign to encourage the city of Montreal to build more bike lanes. What began as a project borne of activism eventually became an art project that continues to this day.
Assuming the name Roadsworth stating, “where Wordsworth is a poet of words, Roadsworth is a poet of roads,” the artist has cleverly modified roads, sidewalks, parking lots and any other publicly visible asphalt surface he can transform with paint. If you want to learn more, the artist recently took a moment to share some thoughts with My Modern Met and you can see much more of his work on his website. Street art from China artist DALeast. DALeast landed on the planet in 1984 in China, and then decided to live in this life as an artist. He studied sculpture at the Institute of Fine Arts and occasionally painted on the streets under the name DAL. It inspires the way revolves around the material world, as revealed the spiritual world, and how we are constantly hovering around the emotions and the infinite space. Figures on the street this guy (who is now playing under the name DALeast) we see before us reveals metal animals.
The scale and the exact details of his work fascinating and unique style. Creative Street Art. Art & Design A collection of funny, clever, and beautiful pieces of street art. Cyclop Monsters. Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks. Advertisement Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally used by gangs to mark their territory in some urban area, graffitis have now become a rich medium for unrestricted expression of ideas and statements.
In fact, creative designers and artists across the globe use this form of art to deliver their message and showcase their work. Probably the most prominent graffiti artist is Banksy1, a famous pseudo-anonymous British artist whose works focus on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His art has appeared in cities around the world; it’s worth mentioning that Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screenprints in commercial galleries.
You can explore Banksy’s works in the Time’s slideshow The World According To Banksy2. However, many different artists explore graffiti in a variety of ways. Graffiti Art Michael.jh3 Mrzer4 Deuce 75 zevs6 imminentdisaster7 Banksy8 Marquis Lewis9 Mr Mucho11. We declare the world as our canvasWhere do you live? - Among the trees! Bang! • ETAM CRU. Street art. Best Street Art of 2011.
December 27, 2011 | 72 Comments » | Topics: Art, Pics Hot Stories From Around The Web Other Awesome Stories. STREET ART UTOPIA | We declare the world as our canvas. # Amazing pieces of street art by Russian artist Pavel Puhov. I absolutely love this playful interaction with urban surroundings. More pieces at Street Art Utopia.