Category Archives: Europe

Street Art With Occasional Satellite

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The British street artist known as INSA has earned some renown for his brilliant GIF-ITI mural pieces. You can see some of his very cool work below and on his tumblr. But he has upped his game big time with … Continue reading →

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French Kiss

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Within 24 hours of the horrific terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, a group of Parisian artists came together to create a memorial mural at the Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum in Paris. Calling themselves “French Kiss”, the collective (which … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Train Station

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

This charming short animated video titled “Lost in the Train Station” was created by the Barcelona graphic design studio Hey and Yago Busquets.

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Alice Through The Looking Glass

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

How paradoxical that this astonishing mural project is on the wall of an abandoned school in South Shields, England. The incredible painting, a collaborative work by street artists Irony and Frank Styles, depicts Alice from Lewis Carroll’s classic novel. Part … Continue reading →

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The Final Test of Truth Is Ridicule

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Today I wish that I could be in Paris to participate in the march commemorating the victims of this week’s terror attacks. I’m sure that many, if not most of you, feel the same way. But it’s even more important … Continue reading →

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Paper People

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

I first stumbled upon some of French street artist Charles Leval’s (aka Levalet) imaginative paste-ups of black and white figures last year in Paris. Thanks to TBTP reader Maria Milan, here’s a series of his reading related pieces. Some were … Continue reading →

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Paris, Je T’aime

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Time and Again

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Between 2012 and 2014, photographer Kien Lam traveled 80,000 miles through 15 countries snapping thousands of photos along the way. When he returned home, he turned them into this joyous, frenetic, amped-up time-lapse video called “Time and Again”. You can … Continue reading →

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Optic of the Curve

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Over the course of an entire year, London-based conceptual artist and photographer Rolf Sachs took a series of captivating photographs that straddle the line between abstract art and landscape photography. Taken from moving trains, “Camera in Motion: From Chur to … Continue reading →

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Disney Gone Baroque

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Canadian photographer Benjamin Von Wong worked some magic of his own when he secured permission from the Abbot of the historic Admont Monastery in Styria Austria for a decidedly Disneyesque fashion photo shoot inspired by Beauty and the Beast. Bibliophiles … Continue reading →

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