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Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Sans Titre, 2012

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Human Behaviour #1, 2012

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Human Behaviour #1, detail

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Autoportrait, 2009

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Mort Face Prix, 2010, photo by Marie Aschehoug-Clauteaux

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Stress, 2009

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Street Allegory, 2010

French artist Shaka (Marchal Mithouard) explores a wild intersection between painting, sculpture and graffiti with his colorfully explosive bas-relief sculptures that seem to cross from the canvas into reality. The aggressive human figures formed from a multitude of intertwined objects are partially inspired by the works of Caravaggio, Arcimboldo, and Van Gogh, all of whom the artists cites as influences in his work. Shaka had a recent solo show at Seize Gallery in Marseille, France and he has a number of prints available in his shop. Photographer Marie Aschehoug-Clauteaux also has a huge gallery of his works worth exploring.

Water Light Graffiti: A Moisture-Sensitive Surface Embedded with LEDs Creates Illuminated Art

Water Light Graffiti: A Moisture Sensitive Surface Embedded with LEDs Creates Illuminated Art street art light graffiti device

For the past few weeks artist Antonin Fourneau has been working at the Digitalarti Artlab in Paris creating what’s being called his Water Light Graffiti system. The device utilizes a giant matrix of LEDs embedded in a moisture-sensitive panel that when exposed to water causes the lights inside to instantly illuminate. The fun thing is that almost anything becomes a temporary paintbrush: a wet hand, a squirt gun, a paintbrush or even an atomizer. Water Light Graffiti was recently put on display in Poitiers, France and you can watch the video above to see it in use, and here’s a short clip (in French) of Fourneau showing how the entire thing was constructed. Many more photos here.

By Christopher on August 8, 2012 • device graffiti light street art

Banksy Goes to the Olympics

Banksy Goes to the Olympics street art olympics London graffiti

It looks like a potential crackdown on graffiti artists prior to the 2012 Olympics in London didn’t involve the world’s most famous street artist. Two new pieces by Banksy were posted to his website this morning featuring his personal take on the games. I feel the same as Bobby over at The Fox is Black in hoping there’s more to come.

Update: There’s a great article over at The Atlantic Wire about Banksy and the politics of street art during the 2012 Olympic Games.

By Christopher on July 23, 2012 • graffiti London olympics street art

An Abstract Collage of Beijing Neighborhoods Creates a Colorful Stencil on a Dilapidated Courtyard Wall

An Abstract Collage of Beijing Neighborhoods Creates a Colorful Stencil on a Dilapidated Courtyard Wall street art maps graffiti China

BlinkingCity is a unique collaboration between Marcella Campa and Stefano Avesani. The duo created this colorful abstract collage using several maps from the rapidly transforming Hutong neighborhoods in Beijing. Here’s how they describe it:

Blinking City is a project investigating the inadequacy of traditional maps for city environments characterized by fast pace transformation and urban growth. As soon as the map is done, the city it describes has already gone. We transferred one of the Blinking City pattern, based on a collage of several Hutong neighbourhoods of Beijing, onto a wall of a dilapidated courtyard house in Xianyukou district, located in the core of the city.

See much more of the project over on Behance.

By Christopher on July 20, 2012 • China graffiti maps street art

Global City: A Sprawling Mural Drawn on the Walls and Cabinets of a Kitchen by Deck Two

Global City: A Sprawling Mural Drawn on the Walls and Cabinets of a Kitchen by Deck Two interior design graffiti drawing architecture

Global City is an impressive new mural by graffiti artist Deck Two that was completed early this month in New York. The line drawing, which stretches across white walls and cabinet doors, includes major landmarks and scenes from countries around the world. Watch the artist at work in this video shot and edited by Nathalie Lapicorey and Thomas Dartigues. (via molotow and fubiz)

By Christopher on June 20, 2012 • architecture drawing graffiti interior design

Urban Cityscapes Spray Painted on Cardboard Panels by EVOL

Urban Cityscapes Spray Painted on Cardboard Panels by EVOL street art stencils graffiti

German street artist EVOL (previously) is currently showing a number of new pieces at Jonathan LeVine gallery. The new works feature urban facades spray painted with the use of stencils on flat sheets of cardboard. Much like his outdoor graffiti, these stencils display an uncanny attention to detail, depicting light and shadow that transforms mundane surfaces of consumer packaging into fascinating, seemingly multi-dimensional pieces of art. The show runs through May 5th. (via juxtapoz)

By Christopher on May 1, 2012 • graffiti stencils street art

Anamorphic Graffiti by TSF Crew

Anamorphic Graffiti by TSF Crew street art graffiti anamorphism

I’m loving these anamorphic pieces by TSF Crew, especially the sequence with the tree, brilliant. See much more over on Flickr. (via street art utopia)

By Christopher on April 11, 2012 • anamorphism graffiti street art

A French Hotel Room Half Covered in Graffiti

A French Hotel Room Half Covered in Graffiti interior design graffiti France

Internationally recognized graffiti artist Tilt has just completed this eye-popping interior design work for the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France. The hotel has just five rooms that are annually reconceptualized by commissioned artists and designers, somewhat similar to NYC’s Carlton Arms. For this space entitled Panic Room (which might aptly describe your mental state after a few nights in this Willy Wonkaesque environment) Tilt divided the room perfectly down the middle, one half covered entirely in his trademark vibrant and bubbly graffiti and the other half left stark white. See a sneak peek of all five concepts at Au Vieux Panier, including a room by Philippe Baudelocque who draws fantastic illustrations of animals using chalk. All in all, if I were checking in, Panic Room would be the clear choice. Photography above by the Big Addict. (via my modern met)