MetaFilter posts tagged with streetart and graffiti

Ça vous étonne / Mais c'est comme ça

creeky — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:54 -0800

5bis rue du Verneuil is the home of Serge Gainsbourg in Paris. This short film peels off the layers of graffiti left on the wall there.

COMBO - a collaborative animation

Matthias Rascher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:17:32 -0800

COMBO - a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis. Made at Fame Festival 2009.

Andre the Giant is shaking his head.

lilnemo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:15:58 -0800

Noted street artist Shepard Fairey wants his "brick unadorned". When a local blogger posts about Fairey's building being sandblasted, and covered with an anti-graffiti coating, Fairey responds.

bill stickers will be prosecuted.

logicpunk — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:06:33 -0800

On April 25th, 2009, over 50 artists and 26 whitewashers spread out over lower Manhattan as part Jordan Seiler's "New York Street Advertising Takeover". Over 120 illegal billboards were whitewashed, then turned into "personal pieces of art." One person was arrested. More pictures. via

Super Solveig

mippy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:17:02 -0800

Meet the new star of street art - 10yr old Solveig. She's painted the Berlin Wall, designed tattoos, and even has her own little female possee, the All Girl Crew.

I'd love if this forum was all about if Shepard Fairey is a sellout.

MiltonRandKalman — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:06:39 -0800

The Art of Politics. The 2008 election, regardless of the winner, has created opportunities for so many new stakeholders to take part in our national dialogue and ~~be heard~~ be seen. With only weeks left, let us pause to gaze upon the mainstream embrace of political street art. At least we have Bush to thank for something.

Banksy does New Orleans

elr — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:22 -0800

Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf, London street artist Banksy travels to New Orleans to put up some commemorative pieces, saying the city's levee wall offered "the best painting surface in the state of Louisiana." Some of the pieces are statements on the clean up effort, and some are protests against Fred Radtke, New Orleans' Grey Ghost, who has been described as a street artist and an anti-street art crusader.

Like him or hate him, expect more of the same from Bansky: propaganda, magical realism, cartoon rats, a lot of technical finesse and a complete lack of subtlety. See the pictures on his site with irreverent/poignant commentary and then go to the flickr pool to see it from a few local perspectives.

City of Montréal drops charges against graffiti artist... and then hires him

rssaddict — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:34:27 -0800

Montreal Graffiti/Street artist Roadsworth, who was arrested in 2005 and faced up to 250 000$ in fines, is back on the streets, this time with a permit and a commission. Interestingly, the title of the new piece (which stretches across multiple intersections on downtown Sainte-Catherine street) is "Défense d'Afficher", which means "No Postering". It seems as though he's commenting on the role of art and advertisement in public space, but maybe that's just my take. Thoughts? For a more in-depth discussion, read the Torontoist's article on graffiti), and for more examples, check out Vandalist, the same blog's photostream of T.O. street art, Streetsy, a great photoblog showing off various street art from around the world, and, of course, Flickr's STREETART pool.

São Paolo sewer openings

mediareport — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:38:26 -0800

Sewer openings turned into street art by São Paolo duo 6emeia. [via FunForever]

The writing on the wall

Gamblor — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:06:55 -0800

Barcelona Street Art. Most places consider graffiti a form of vandalism, but in Barcelona, street art is embraced. The result is a city with public walls like giant canvases of modern art.

Streetsy graffiti

srboisvert — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:46:07 -0800

Streetsy

A gallery of walls with stuff written on

mediareport — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:40:34 -0800

Pictures of Walls. A gallery of interesting grime, complete with joy, paranoia, politics, good advice and the stupidest graffiti ever. Only one rule for submissions: "No 'proper' graffiti or nazi crap obviously." [via Bifurcated Rivets]

bogota street art

vacapinta — Mon, 31 May 2004 01:55:21 -0800

Popular De Lujo: A portrait of a city (Bogota, Colombia) through its folk art and street graphics. "Some sections of this site are not translated in order to keep the original and true sense of local idiomatic expressions which have no precise equivalent in other languages. However, you will realize that the graphic language is so rich in shapes and colours, that it speaks for itself."

street art?

specialk420 — Tue, 11 May 2004 10:31:14 -0800

graffiti? street art?
the beautiful artwork and website of ernest pignon-ernest. (flash required) via heavy-backpack

Stencil Revolution

mediareport — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 19:24:04 -0800

Stencil. Stencil. Stencil. Stencil.
Stencil. Stencil. Stencil.
Stencil. Stencil.
Stencil.
Stencil Revolution.
[via Speckled Paint via Cursor]