This video is almost a year old, but it’s really street art at its best. Blu had to paint all of this frame by frame. I can even begin to image how much work that took. MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
How I haven’t done this post yet I don’t know. Street art is a chance for the average Joe to voice their opinions and concerns and to connect with the rest of the public. Often, that means artists put out work that is subversive or anti-corporate. For these reasons, it is only natural that the …
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So this may be completely random, but I was in Shoreditch yesterday and decided to record this video recreating how I first came across street art.
Thanks to Very Nearly Almost for linking up this video because otherwise I might never have seen it, and it’s made my dad. Open Air is a really great short film on street art featuring some of New York’s most classic street artists including Skewville, Dan Witz, and Faile. OPEN AIR from knox on Vimeo.
This is some of the most unique street art I’ve seen in a good while. Go Posterchild! Via Urban Prankster Photos from Blade Diary
I’ve got to be honest. I spent about 40 minutes today at the Mark Rothko exhibit at the Tate Modern. I also spent 2-3 hours wandering around East London showing my parents’ friends some street art. You know what I liked more? The street art. I like plenty of non street art artwork. The other …
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Everybody’s been talking about how the recession is going to destroy every part of our economy, and yeah, it probably will, but it’s not all bad new… street art might actually get a boost in the long run thanks to this economic downturn. Here are three possible advantages for street art in this recession: 1. …
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Okay so I’ll be first to admit that I’m not the best with geography or world cities, but have you ever heard of Ghent? Apparently it’s quite a bit city in the Flemish half of Belgium. In Belgium, I’ve only ever been to Brussels and Waterloo. Well, apparently street art fans should have heard of …
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So I’ve got a couple things to catch up posting on, so here’s my street art news post about all the cool stuff going on in street art and some of the awesome postings in the street art blogosphere. 1. Shepard Fairey was on The Colbert Report! Watch the video over at Hustler of Culture …
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So I saw this article on Trendhunter, but their site is a bit disorganized, and I can’t even seem to find the correct photo gallery. So I went out looking for Obama street art pieces on my own. Here’s 16 of my favorite Obama pieces (in no particular order). Only nine more days 🙂 Check …
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