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FREE STREET ART: FROM AROUND THE WORLD PDF Garry Hunter | 128 pages | 15 Sep 2012 | Arcturus Publishing Ltd | 9781848585409 | English | London, United Kingdom Global Street Art | Painted Cities | Murals Visit the famous Blender Lane, where an incredible street art scene flourished. Take in all the colors, with stencils, murals, tags, and paste-ups filling up every surface of this little alleyway. Melbourne is not the only Australian city known for its street art scene. In Perth, at the Wilson Parking Lot, you can find several great pieces of art to enjoy. The wall of the Psychiatric Hospital in Lisbon has street art stretching 1 km. Among the blue background you can find many different faces — both dead and alive. More than 15 outstanding artists from Baltimore, New York, Europe, and South America were selected by curator Gaia to create large-scale painted murals and installations throughout Station North for the "Open Walls" project. In Shoreditch, several streets are filled wall to wall with incredible street art. Start your journey here at Redchurch Street. Take a walk through this location, which was selected by the "Emergence International Public Art Festival". Considered as one of the biggest murals that exists, Street Art: From Around the World artwork measures feet tall and feet wide. Thanks to the Artscape project, several walls in Sweden have become canvases for local street artists. Explore these installations, which were created as part of the biggest street art festival in Italy, the "Outdoor Project". Sixe and Chu, Canard and Castillo graffitimundo. Melborne, Australia Visit the famous Blender Lane, where an incredible street art scene flourished. Perth, Australia Melbourne is not the only Australian city known for its street art scene. Galeria de Arte Urbana, R. Murtas Galeria de Arte Urbana. London, England In Shoreditch, several streets are filled wall to wall with incredible street art. Redchurch St. Street View: Mala Erba Emergence. Peru Considered as one of the biggest murals that exists, the artwork measures feet Street Art: From Around the World and feet wide. Rome, Italy Explore these installations, which were created as part of the biggest street art festival in Italy, the "Outdoor Project". Street Art Rome Outdoor Project. The story featured may in some cases have been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed Street Art: From Around the World, who have supplied the content. Translate with Google. + Best Street Art Around the World images | street art, art, street art graffiti Ever craved a nice hot cappuccino while shopping, preferably with chocolate sprinkled on top? Well known British coffee chain Costa coffee was in luck when artist Manfred Stader used his creative genius as well as he assumed loved of coffee to draw this amazing piece on the streets of London. Free advertising for Costa and a nice reminder for us that there is always coffee available around the corner. Ever worried about what is under the floor in your living room? Well, famous street artist Street Art: From Around the World Arndt managed to picture it for all of us. Using chalk, he drew the slightly creepy picture of crocodiles swimming in a green river under the floor. Where are our favorite superheroes when we need them? In this piece of art by Julian Beever, we can see the two superheroes, Batman and Robin, climbing up a burning building in order to save the real-life Street Art: From Around the World who has placed themselves on what looks like a Street Art: From Around the World. So like most companies, they must have been really happy to find that someone loved their brand so much they decided to draw a 3D piece of art on the floor for them. Street Artist Odeith has been painting with spray cans since the s. He cleverly uses an optical effect to make his paintings of landscapes, animals, and text appear as if it is 3D, or floating in mid-air. One of his most exciting series depicts giant insects, including wasps and spiders. London is extremely well known for its great street art and here is another fine example by Joe and Max. The powerful work is best viewed from an upper street level about 10 meters higher than the painting. The camel jumps right out at you! Their work on buildings appears to give the architecture additional extrusions and voids. Very clever indeed. The well-known budget European airline Easy Jet is famous for its kinda cringy orange uniforms, but definitely affordable priced travel. They took a great opportunity to advertise their brand with their famous orange and great traditional sea holiday theme. Here is Street Art: From Around the World great piece by Julian Beever, which sees him sitting on a block of ice trying to catch a whale. Beever uses chalk to make the drawings that he says best come to life when viewed through a camera he sets up on site. We love the special touch of the picnic basket sitting on one of the blocks of ice. Hungry anyone? Anybody for a Scotch Whisky? Is it in a fountain or is it just drawn on the floor? This is the power of great street art, it leaves you guessing! Daim is a German street artist that plays with form, perspective, and light to create works that appear to change the form of the architecture they adorn. People dream of one day owning a beautiful shiny car. Imagine on your trip to the mall one came out of the cracks of the floor! Nobody seems to be worried though. Whether or not you believe in guardian angels that protect you, you cannot deny that this evocative piece by Nikolaj Arndt in Germany leaves you feeling serene and protective. We can see a child sleeping under the cracks of the sidewalk as an Street Art: From Around the World watches on. This one is really freaky! Is it a river in between houses or a street? This piece by Edgar Mueller in Ireland looks like it comes from an apocalyptic horror film where the street has caved in to form a huge river and lava has burst all over. Heading off to catch a train? Well, artist Manfred Stader in Poland came up with the idea of drawing a nice cool swimming pool opposite a clothing store. After Batman and Robin, we have some more famous superheroes that are coming to save Street Art: From Around the World under the streets of London. Artist Joe Hill is an accomplished artist that works on both small and large scale. His street works use optical illusion techniques to open spectacular voids on ground surfaces. Who knew that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had been hiding in the London sewer system all this time? At least they had one of their trusted pizzas. Another genius advert by street artists Joe and Max advertising the sports brand Reebok and their CrossFit line in London. This extremely intricate piece took 7 days to perfect and the water and cliffs have been drawn to perfection. This piece of street art also entered the world-famous Guinness Book of World Records as the largest ever piece of street art. It is 1, It took him a month of painstaking work to complete. Another great piece of art from well-known artist Nikolaj Ardnt depicts this bridge over a gaping void. Nikolaj states he uses chalk and pigment. The pigment is the same as chalk, only in powder. He uses water with lots of sugar to dilute the pigment. The sticky base protects the work from the wind. During this time when we are so concerned about our planet and our natural resources, this piece by Julian Beever brings the message home again. Julian is a Belgium-based artist, who has been creating his masterful 3D drawings since the mids. The chalk artworks are done by using a technique called anamorphosis—that is what creates the optical illusion of 3D when viewed from the intended angle. If you take a closer look you might see some of your favorite literary characters such as Alice from Alice and Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes. Actually, we lie. There are many things we prefer more than going to the gym. Chocolate for one! Imagine not having to go to the gym but being able to lift 3D weights. This ad for LA Fitness allows us to do just that. Fancy that? This piece of art by Nina Camplin shows us what could possibly be inside a derelict building. This football depiction shows four players running out of the wall to catch the ball. Apparently, she is so passionate and dedicated, Tracy Lee Stum began drawing as soon as she could clutch a crayon. The Street Art: From Around the World thing about 3D art is how not only it manages to fool the eye, but it also intertwines and connects with the world around it creating an even larger masterpiece. Check out this picture where a young boy has been drawn on a wall only to have the tree behind it form his hair. At first glance, this man appears to be inches from disaster. But the image is Street Art: From Around the World an illusion and the man is standing on a picture — although he appears to be about to fall from a London rooftop. Remember the freaky Gollum character from the Lord of the Rings franchise? Again, 3D street art manages to make something ugly or useless, like a derelict wall, come to life.