Neatorama » street art http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Graffiti Of Tenerife http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/22/the-graffiti-of-tenerife/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/22/the-graffiti-of-tenerife/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:22:29 +0000 Queuebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/22/the-graffiti-of-tenerife/

Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s beautiful Canary Islands is home to an enormous amount of unique street art. See a small selection of the awesome graffiti at Direct Villas Tenerife.

Link

(image credit: Flickr user herr_S)

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Eavesy.

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Sometimes the best idea are the simplest! Marc of Wooster Collective posted this "carrot tree" in Antwerp, Belgium.

Sadly, no other detail is forthcoming – does anyone know what this is all about? A viral campaign to make people eat their carrots? Link

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One of the best things about art is that it can take any form. From traditional canvas paintings to contemporary modern sculpture, art is constantly changing. There are few better examples of this neverending redefinition of the boundary than that of anamorhic pavement art, an amazing artwork that has captivated thousands around the world.

Aside from the traditionalist type pavement paintings where the artist replicates famous works of art, there are also those who very cleverly create optical illusions with their paintbrush. Take a look at some of these mind boggling three dimensional pavement paintings scattered across the globe.

Link – via presurfer

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Arby.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/27/9-amazing-anamorphic-pavement-paintings/feed/ 4 Think All Graffiti Taggers Are Poor and Underprivileged Youths? Think Again! http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/04/think-all-graffiti-taggers-are-poor-and-underprivileged-youths-think-again/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/04/think-all-graffiti-taggers-are-poor-and-underprivileged-youths-think-again/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:05:13 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/04/think-all-graffiti-taggers-are-poor-and-underprivileged-youths-think-again/ Think that those urban graffiti are all left by poor, underprivipeged taggers or teenagers led astray by gangs? Think again: the Los Angeles County sheriff just arrested tagging crews who are surprisingly rich:

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies today arrested at least eight alleged members of the notorious Metro Transit Assassins tagging crew, some of whom are believed to be responsible for a several-blocks-long “MTA” tag in the concrete Los Angeles River bed that authorities say will cost millions of dollars to remove.

The arrests occurred during a series of early-morning raids centered in the Hollywood area. Among those detained for a parole violations is a famous tagger whose work “SMEAR” has has won acclaim in the art community. [...]

Most those detained are in their 20s; one of them drives a $60,000 BMW, and another member possesses a diamond-and-ruby-encrusted Metro logo pendant with paperwork suggesting it’s worth $29,000, Finkelstein said.

Link – Thanks Tiffany!

Photo: Al Seib/LA Times

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Good Magazine has a fantastic gallery of some of the best street art in the world. Some are sculptures and some are murals. The site paired up with Wooster Collective, a street art blog that has some great stuff and some just ok sauce.

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Those distinctive eyes, nose and lips are the hallmark of a Brazilian street artist Mundano. But instead of graffiti, this particular one graces the whole facade of a building in São Paulo. I can just imagine the lower "lips" rolling up when the store opens for the day.

Found at Wooster Collective, where one would find such things: Link | More of Mundano’s street art on Flickr

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What to do with all the snow that piles up in a city? Some folks in Toronto made snow bricks and covered a TTC shelter (a streetcar stop) to make it into an igloo! See more pictures at BlogTo. Link -Thanks, Jerrold!

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