Art #installation #letters #public art #street art January 21, 2022 Grace Ebert 2020 in Austin. All images © Giant Letter, shared with permission Every year on December 12, a handwritten letter on oversized lined paper appears on a residential lawn in Chicago or Austin. The massive constructions, which stand between 8- and 12-feet high, …
Art #architecture #installation #light #public art #site-specific #street art December 3, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Ian Strange, shared with permission Tagged with graffiti and marred by a chipped facade, a stately Victorian home in a Sydney suburb is the site of a brilliant site-specific installation by artist Ian Strange. “Light Intersections II” …
Art #flowers #murals #public art #street art #trompe l’oeil November 29, 2021 Grace Ebert MonkeyBird. All images courtesy of Tbilisi Mural Fest, shared with permission Since Tbilisi Mural Fest began in 2019, the streets of Georgia’s capital have seen the towering, large-scale works of artists like Collin van der Sluijs (previously), Case Maclaim, and …
Art #murals #Peru #public art #stairs #street art October 13, 2021 Grace Ebert All images by Jeremy Flores, © Xomotak, shared with permission Artist Xomatok (previously) translates the vibrant, geometric motifs of handwoven Andean blankets, or ilicllas, into large-scale works that mark the pathways through the hilly Alisos de Amauta neighborhood in Lima, Peru. …
Art #murals #public art #street art October 4, 2021 Grace Ebert Jerusalem. All images © Bicicleta Sam Freio, shared with permission Brazilian artists Douglas de Castro and Renato Reno (previously) are the duo behind Bicicleta Sem Freio, who paint large-scale murals that surround their subjects with a chaotic mix of cartoon characters, squiggly splashes, …
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Art #animals #origami #public art #sculpture #street art September 24, 2021 Grace Ebert All images by Alexandre Ayer/Diversity Pictures for the Garment District Alliance, shared with permission Thanks to Gerardo Gomez-Martinez (aka Hacer), the public plazas on Broadway in New York City’s Garment District are now a zoo of origami-style animals. The Mexican-American artist …
Art #climate crisis #murals #public art #street art September 7, 2021 Grace Ebert Aches. All images by Doug Gillen and courtesy of Re:FRAMED, shared with permission A spate of public art is flooding the streets of Basildon in Essex, England as part of a new initiative that falls at the intersection of social and …
Art Illustration #comics #murals #street art August 19, 2021 Christopher Jobson All images © Phlegm, shared with permission If there’s one theme that ties the epic stories unfolding in works by Sheffield-based Phlegm (previously), it’s a sense of action, toil, and perseverance. The otherworldly characters that appear in the Welsh artist’s murals, prints, paintings, …
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Art #humor #murals #public art #street art August 16, 2021 Grace Ebert All images courtesy of Banksy In what’s dubbed A Great British Spraycation, ten new artworks by Banksy (previously) recently popped up across coastal towns in England in witty interpretations of quintessential summertime fun. A short film posted to Instagram shows the anonymous …
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Art #lace #mural #public art #street art August 14, 2021 Grace Ebert Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. All images © Nespoon, shared with permission Every inch of Nespoon’s elaborately designed murals is rooted in local history. Prior to sketching one of her large-scale lace patterns on a residential building or commercial facade, the Warsaw-based artist …
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