LET THERE BE COLOR! - STREET ART

funny colorful sticker

2011-04-01T11:16:00.000-07:00

Here's an interesting colorful sticker, composed of letters of popular food & beverage brands. See if you can make out all of them.

Prague - Old Town, 2011
photo by pictor

dead buildings brought to life

2011-03-30T02:31:00.000-07:00

Amazing paintings on abandoned buildings in Lisboa, made by members of the Crono project:

Crono homepage

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funny graffiti

2010-09-09T01:07:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice collection of funny pieces of graffiti and other street art:
http://lolgraff.com

10 of the Best Graffiti Artists

2010-05-05T02:37:00.000-07:00

Colorful Art Writers: 10 of the Best Graffiti Artists

Sure, you may argue about who's in the top ten, but these images are certainly worth seeing.

[another] one wall in three years

2010-01-05T01:10:00.000-08:00

Here's an evolution of a wall at a playground near Klirova street, Prague, CZ.

2007

2007

2008

2008

2009

All photos by pictor.

when houses come alive

2009-11-16T06:48:00.000-08:00

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

How It Would Be If A House Was Dreaming from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Street art in motion: the wall falls again

2009-11-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

Some 1000 large, painted domino stones topple in the classical domino effect in Berlin. This celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that once separated the city in Western and Eastern zones.

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one wall, three years

2009-10-26T04:04:00.000-07:00

Here are three versions of a wall at Vltavska subway station in Prague, CZ:

Oko Crew, 2007

Udo Kraft, 2008

Point, 2009

photos by pictor

story from Las Vegas

2009-10-01T05:26:00.000-07:00

Here's an interesting story on how Las Vegas City Council fights graffiti and how a citizen fights the council that punished him for a crime he did not commit.
Thumbs up for the guy.
Las Vegas Review Journal: At odds over graffiti

big name in street art goes even bigger

2009-07-24T03:46:00.000-07:00

Banksy, the legendary street artist from Bristol, has a huge exhibition in the city museum. Really huge. The building is filled with statues, paintings and moving installations, testifying his immense creativity and fantasy. On the funny side, the museum is run by the same City Council that for years tried to persecute Banksy for his works in the city streets...
Open until August 31, 2009.
Photo & video report
Bristol City Museum
Banksy

watch a big piece being made

2009-07-09T05:11:00.000-07:00

This video is an inspiring track of a creative process. Watch a big 'Deer" piece by Szwedzki in the making.

OS3 Rykowisko from OS3 multimedia on Vimeo.

More details here: http://www.szwedzki.net/#graffiti

Lights in the streets

2009-05-29T03:47:00.000-07:00

This spring, streets of Prague are illuminated by many a varied lights, thanks to the 'Transparency 2009' project. In various downtown places, light installations from six artists can be found - from love letters on the Old Town Square to mice running on the facade in Dusni Street to a dancer on the side of National Theater or a sculpture made of thousands of illuminated letters.
Here's just a small taster, more info can be found here: http://www.wartprojects.com/ex.html. But the best is to go out and check it live. Let there be light!

Jaume Plensa - We

Julian Opie - Dancer

Julian Opie - Dancer

Stephan Reusse - Mice

NamesFest

2009-03-13T10:32:00.000-07:00

Here's a little taster of the Names street art festival that took place in Prague last fall. Full report with plenty of pictures can be found on the NamesFest website.

Incubus Project

Hitotzuki

Brad Downey

Blu

Jana+Vitche

Udo Kraft

all photos by pictor

New Year's fireworks in Prague

2009-01-07T03:40:00.000-08:00

New Year's fireworks, Jan 1 2009 Prague
(WMV stream)

the character of street art

2008-11-11T05:34:00.000-08:00

here's a funny take on street art:

http://www.yorit.info/index.php?/root/art--streetart/

Where to find it

2008-11-11T03:46:00.000-08:00

Here are two pages that help with finding street art in real space:

Legal Walls
http://www.legal-walls.net

Street Art Locator
http://www.streetartlocator.com

The listings are not very extensive, so feel free to help out.

more 'best of'

2008-09-22T02:25:00.000-07:00

Smashing Magazine: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/14/tribute-to-graffiti-50-beautiful-graffiti-artworks/

Street art videos

2008-09-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

Muto - amazing animation of wall paintings by Blu
http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Posterchild's 'How to make a stencil' video
http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/01/posterchilds_how_to_make_a_stencil_video.html

Chicago street art - video overview
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0E1EC7C6CBA620F8

Kinetic street art from Basel and Prague
http://www.geocities.com/jmatejic/arch.html

Best of 2007

2008-09-09T11:30:00.000-07:00

Top 35 street art pieces of 2007
http://www.ekosystem.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4689

25 most popular Streetsy photos of 2007
(plus 20 most interesting ones, plus some more tips)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/streetsy/discuss/72157603595919035/

Street Art Images

2007-08-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

Please send me photos of interesting street art. They will be posted here.

"Bird on a corner", Praha - Karlin 2007

photo by pictor

Street Art Links

2007-08-27T14:32:00.000-07:00

Please post links to interesting street art pages here in the comments. Please include a brief description, too.

Art or vandalism? Discuss here!

2007-08-27T14:30:00.000-07:00

To start it off, here's my two cents:
While maybe 99% is vandalism with little or no esthetic value, and often carries an intrusion to someone else's property, there are many cases when it brings life to places that would otherwise be empty, dull and grey... It all depends how it looks like and where it is placed. Of course, the dividing line is in the eye of the beholder. [example] My positive attitude to the better part of street art is hopefully demonstrated by the exhibit at http://home.graffiti.net/pictor/streetart.
So, next time you hold a can in your hand, think twice what you'll make and where you'll put it. Create something beautiful.