The StreetArtLocator (v2) helps you locate street art near you. (Considering the name, the obviousness of that statement is not lost on me…)
With specific tags for graffiti, galleries, paintings, stickers, stencils, sculptures, and installations, it’s a Google Map powered guide to the beautiful art that’s all around you for controversially public consumption.
Just click on your area to see both a location and a picture of the street art that has been spotted and documented. Then, if you’re out and about and come across something that you’d like to share, just snap a pic and add it to the database to help those around you enjoy your find as well.
The Cans Festival was Banksy’s street art event that took place in London a few months back.
Now, there’s an official time-lapse video of the festival coming together, and it’s a fantastic look at some alternative art coming together and taking shape.
Blu’s Muto “Wall Painted Animation” has been making the rounds recently, and for good reason. It’s a fantastic stop motion piece that was done on public space, and highlights the talent and the art behind street art.
According to Blu, it’s “an ambiguous animation painted on public walls”, and it was made in Buenos Aires and Baden.
Covering your presents in street art doodles might impress the receiver of your generosity even more than what’s inside. Made from the mind of Jon Burgerman, you could even turn these into a great contemporary art style poster if you couldn’t bear to watch someone ripping apart this work or art.
Judith Supine has a very unique street art style; combining collaging and painting with poster sized printing to make caricatures that kind of remind me of the Brilliant! guys from the Guinness commercials. The following video goes through the entire process one of his pieces goes through on its way to becoming art. It’s an interesting look inside the work of an undergound artist.
