Street Art

July 12, 2012

Street Artist Paints Flying Bird on Stretched Cellophane

I must admit, I've never seen this kind of street art before, but I instantly fell in love with it. Based out of Budapest, Hungary, street artist Fat Heat created this awesome image of a giant red bird on cellophane that is wrapped around two trees. The bird actually appears to be perched in mid-air! The piece was created at a quick event in Budapest called “Akvrium.

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June 9, 2012

Beautiful Stencil Graffiti by Andrea Michaelsson

Currently showing in the Stencil Bastards exhibition at Starkart, Zurich is BTOY, an artist duo composed of Andrea Michaelsson and Ilia Mayer. Take one look at the work of the female face of the artist collective and you'll notice a glamorous side to stencil graffiti that you may have never seen before. Andrea Michaelsson is known to pay homage to the Hollywood stars of yesteryear, namely famous female icons from the 50s.

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April 26, 2012

Beautifully Haunting Graffiti at Chernobyl

Photographer Jan Smith reached out to us to tell us about a beautifully haunting photo series he shot at Chernobyl (here's the first). It's been exactly 26 years since the catastrophic nuclear accident occurred in the Ukrainian city. In 1986, the city was evacuated and today it is mostly uninhabited, save for a small number of people.

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February 5, 2012

Bumblebee Raises Youth Homelessness Awareness

Taking a break from beautifying abandoned public phone booths, Bumblebee took to the streets for a much more serious cause. Using his trademark yellow and black stripes, the street artist painted a couple large scale murals on the side of buildings in Los Angeles. The series, entitled Passed Out, is part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness for youth homelessness.

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