Tag Archives: Street Art

Books Are A Stepping Stone

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The celebrated Brazilian street artist Walter Nomura—aka Tinho—completed these wonderful pieces last fall in Frankfurt, Germany. Beginning as a grafiteiro at the tender age of 12 and gained notoriety in his home country with moving wall art depicting missing and … Continue reading →

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Kiev Renaissance

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

While most of the world has been attending to the conflict between Putin’s puppets and Ukrainians struggling for some semblance of self-determination, the gifted French street artist Seth GlobePainter and his Ukrainian friend Alexsey Kislow decided to enliven Kiev with … Continue reading →

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Supplementary Banksy

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

After his controversial residency in NYC last Autumn and a rejuvenating sabbatical in the Seycelles , Banksy has surfaced with two new and very different pieces. The first appeard in Cheltenham, England (coincidentally near the British Government Communications HQ) depicting … Continue reading →

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The Goldfinch

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

London-based street artist ATM has created a moving series of wall paintings around the British capital depicting once common birds that are now endangered or missing in Britain.  

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More Mischief

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

  Recently we featured artist Etienne Lavie’s cheeky OMG Who Stole My Ad? project in which he surreptitiously replaced public advertising in Paris  with images of classical paintings. Now he’s moved on to Milan with more of the same mischief.

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Street Art Turns Sinuous

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

It’s rare to discover street art with such diverse influences as you’ll find from Montreal-based A’shop. The mural arts and advertising group has managed to incorporate styles that range from sinuous, fin de siècle Czech Art Nouveau to SoCal graffiti. … Continue reading →

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#WithSyria

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Secretive British street artist Banksy has revamped his popular “Girl With A Balloon” image to mark tomorrow’s third anniversary of the ongoing conflict in Syria. The new stencil piece comes with the hashtag #WithSyria to promote support for an international … Continue reading →

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A Love Letter to the City

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Here in the Philadelphia area, Stephen Powers’ large-scale murals have been a colorful, entertaining and surprising presence since the 1990s. Although he’s currently based in Brooklyn, Powers has been spreading his personal brand of typographic signage murals around South America, … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla Advertising

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Street artist Etienne Lavie’s ongoing project, “OMG, Who Stole My Ads”, surreptitiously replaces public ads around Paris with copies of classical artworks. Lavie’s insinuation of real works of art into the tedious, mundane, ubiquitous domain of advertising art is a … Continue reading →

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Taking It To The Bank(sy)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve certainly been reveling in street artist Banksy‘s month-long Better In Than Out project in New York City. Who doesn’t love a battered, old slaughterhouse truck packed with screaming, animatronic stuffed animals. So I really relished the secretive street art … Continue reading →

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