big name in street art goes even bigger

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

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

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

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

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

the character of street art

here's a funny take on street art:

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

Where to find it

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.