Taking a deeper insight into
the irreverent nature of his work,
Banksy released a series of new drawings on his official site. In the freehand pencil drawings, the artist presents already known characters such as
Roller Rat; in others, like
TV Monster, he makes collages and, in other drawing, he reveals he would use a Mac to create his works.
The L.A.-based artist Joshua Callaghan is also known as The man who turns street objects invisible. Especially the objects occupying the public space, since his work consists in disguising utility boxes with the environment with such precision that a distracted runner could trip over them.
Administered by
real curators of street art —the art created without authorization and derived from graffiti, — the site Streetsy uploads everyday almost 10 photos displaying works of art from all over the world. As if it were a catalog of this discipline that
combines art, freedom spirit and social denunciation, they listed of the 40 street artists to watch that, apart from
Banksy, leave their original mark in the city.
A new street artist emerges from the depths of NYC subway. Under the name Poster Boy, he alters subway poster advertisements and turns them into critical mash-ups with social content by using a razor, glue and some pieces of paper. As he is still anonymous, he is known as the new Banksy. Check out his work.
Two years ago, Hollywood In Cambodia set up in Buenos Aires, becoming the first street art gallery in the city. Before their event called Gran Barata HIC, to be held on September 13 and 14 in which they will be offering works by artists like Pum Pum, Nasa, Chu and Orilo Blandini, among others, at a price ranging from 50 to 999 Argentine pesos, — the crew formed by Bs.As.Stncl, RunDon'tWalk and Malatesta picked for Flowmi their five street art referents.
Famous for painting graffiti with messages at the Louvre or on
the wall that separates Israel and Palestine, the slickest street artist walked down the streets of New Orleans, US, and
left his mark on the walls of the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina three years ago and that literally sank into Lake Pontchartrain. Take a look at
Banksy's graffiti
on the tragedy.
Cuprocking is the name of the technique and artwork of street artist Andy Uprock. Astonishing mosaics made with more than 2,000 plastic cups stuck into the diamond-shaped holes of chain link fences. After coloring and photographing the artwork, he recycles the cups in new installations that have made this Australian artist visit the biggest cities in the world.
Street art as a type of manifestation has existed for a very long time so that it became conventional, especially in its classic formats, such as spray, stencil and sticker. To break with monotony, new ideas have appeared, like the one of D. Billy, an artist that takes balloons from the children's world and includes them in his street art interventions: a tender and elegant work of art that the New York authorities sponsor but do not punish.
The
trend is growing together with fashion and ecological consciousness. Being green friendly is a daily job, and the organization I Don't Use Plastic Bags also considers so. It is
an initiative that combines craftwork, glamour and the effectiveness of social networks to promote the use of these beautiful and useful bags instead of polluting plastic bags.