- 9 years ago Sticky: Welcome to /t/streetart!
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What's brewing?
I got a last minute request to paint a mural at an old brewery here in Belgium. This post will be updated once in a while so you can follow the process. Are you ready?
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Great walls of China: Beijing's burgeoning graffiti scene – in pictures
A thriving graffiti culture has been brewing for decades in Beijing, featuring Chinese characters, animals of the zodiac ... and complaints about the price of pork
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When does street art become ‘art’ art?
Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days
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Career choices
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Artists Who Make World-Class Mosaic Art Using Rubik’s Cubes
A few speedcubers have jumped from participating in competitions and exhibitions to creating mosaics. There are also some artists and designers who use Rubik’s Cubes in their masterpieces.
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No psychedelics needed by Martinus
Had to go out for a bit. :-)
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Saype's grassy graffiti: meet the street-art sensation who sprays mountains
The French artist’s giant biodegradable artworks adorn fields, are best seen by drones and last only days.
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Artist covers abandoned building in Warsaw with aluminium foil.
The installation called ‘Zabkowska 9, Take off’ was designed by artist Piotr Janowski and installed in November 2018.
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Paris has a brutal(ist) side.
Brutalist architecture has an unavoidable presence in every major metropolis, even Paris. In fact, the French capital is something of a haven for futurist concrete architecture. Brutalist boomed here during the 60s and 70s in response to Modernism’s utopian vision. (All photos courtesy of Anthony Saroufim).
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Cross-stitch murals bring a traditionally domestic craft out into the world.
Ana Martins, the 22-year-old Portuguese artist and graphic embroiderer fell in love with textiles while working on her bachelor’s degree in graphic design, and now she works to “deconstruct, decontextualize and transform a traditional technique into a modern graphic, connecting cultures and generations.”
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Massive painting of Neoclassical girl takes over a seven-story building.
Artist Julien de Casabianca pastes famous neoclassical paintings onto unexpected, inner-city surfaces as part of his ongoing Outings Project.
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Miniature signs around the city convey confusing messages.
Australian artist Michael Pederson, better known as ‘Miguel Marquez Outside,’ isn’t interested in art galleries. He prefers to hide his strange and witty signs throughout cities like Sydney to be noticed and enjoyed by the public. If all the official signage that can be found around an average city bores you, you might not even notice the ones that are a little bit off, warning you of dangerous pigeons and tiny sinkholes.
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Airbrushed trucks that can hold their own against artwork of any kind
Art
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Just a thing I've noticed...
All the hoopla about Banksy's new stunt, but nobody cares for the details.
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10 key moments in street art history that made graffiti a beloved international art form.
A look at 10 important moments in the history of graffiti that pushed graffiti art from underground subculture to mainstream trend.
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Belgian Fries / De Zoutkorrel (The salt grain) by Martinus
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Art Nouveau, which began as rage against the machine, turned into a status symbol for the rich.
The naturalism that defines Art Nouveau has its roots in the Arts & Crafts movement, a melting pot of art and philosophy that was opposed to the changes imposed on society by industrialism. People began to realize that small-scale homemade crafts that were produced with care and skill were being lost among the mass of factory-produced items.
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Philadelphia.
Artist Meg Saligman created the "Common Threads" mural.
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Vance DNA
Shanghai-China
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Robot paints two-story mural in downtown San Jose.
Meet Lisa, an amazing artBot. Lisa specializes in painting murals on large scale canvas. From urban walls to buildings, tunnels, storage tanks, and public infrastructure, Lisa will make it beautiful. In fact, the larger the canvas and more complex the mural, the higher her performance.