Urban Art Blog

The Fourth Wall Project in Boston will be holding a street art exhibition from February 4-23 entitled ‘Street Wall’. Featured artists include The Phantom, LNY, Geoff Hargadon, Nanook, James Nardone, Black Math, Tiptoe and Radical. See flyer for more info.

I love this piece by Russian Street Artist Pavel Puhov, a dirty great pair of specs which if you look closely you’ll see a superb use of a nearby street lamp. Oчень круто!

and living in Holland ;)

  Vhils aka Alexandre Farto may not have the most fortunate surname in the world, he maybe hunted by angry plasterers around the world, but damn can this guy Fresco. He doesn’t use paint, spray or otherwise, just a hammer and chisel and a fantastic eye for traditional portraiture and composition. Damn fine street art [...]

Some people truly have the right to feel smug, especially when they have skills like the legendary Bristol street artist Smug.

Amsterdam based Street Artist Max Zorn works exclusively in the medium of Tape Art. Using nothing more than brown tape, a cutter, and Plexi-glass, Zorn illuminates his translucent street artworks with the light from street lamps and shop windows. For a history of tape art visit TapeArt.com.

In March 2012, Israeli street art collective Broken Fingaz (Deso, Kip, Tant and Unga) will have their first major UK exhibition, in association with the London-based collective NO way. The exhibition will  be open to the public for two weeks at East London’s Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. They require funding for this project to [...]

  Hsin-Yao Tseng is an amazing young painter, but his street paintings of San Francisco at night really get to me. Nice one to start 2012 with I think. Check out the whole portfolio at www.hsinyaotseng.mosaicglobe.com

Here’s a fascinating documentary focusing on the works and practice of street artist Blu entitled ‘Mugunica‘. Showcasing some awesome animations and his latest street art murals in Mexico, Managua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Argentina. Filmed by Julie Navarro.

Shauna Richardson has taken yarnbombing one stage further with her series of crocheted animal trophies. Each animal is created to lifelike scale and photographed in situe in the streets of various cities in the gloom of the night. Shauna’s  ‘Crochetdermy’ evolved out of the exploration of the theory that  ‘Anything can be art’. For two years [...]