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Trompe-l’œil Window and Keyhole Illusions on the Streets of Istanbul by Pejac

Spanish street artist Pejac (previously) just stopped by Istanbul where he painted three new trompe-l'œil pieces in the district of Uskudar titled Lock, Poster and Shutters. Painted with brushes, acrylic paint, pencils and sandpaper the works are located very close together are intended to…

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Humorous New Site-Specific Paintings on the Streets of Paris by Pejac

Street artist Pejac (previously) was recently in Paris where he created at least three new works almost guaranteed to make you smile. The first appears to be a figure throwing a water balloon at a wall, but on closer inspection the giant splat contains a painting of Manet's famous The Luncheon on the Grass. The second involves a pair of children who appear to be burning ants with a magnifying glass in a spot of sunlight, but once viewed close-up the tiny figures are revealed to be small people instead of insects. Lastly he made use of a thick wall…

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Pejac’s Newest Series “Redemption” Utilizes Pressed Wood as Canvas

Spanish street artist Pejac's work (previously) is known for its subtle interaction with urban environments, small interruptions to everyday buildings like bird-shaped cracks created in an abandoned power plant's windows, or trompe l'oeil paintings scattered through the streets of the district of Uskudar. Pejac's newest series brings an urban resource into the studio rather than having the artist travel out. Utilizing pressed wood as a pseduo-canvas, Pejac draws with black ink and pencil to produce soft deer, birds, and flowers in the works' foregrounds. These natural elements showcase the wooden medium's origin, highlighting how natural environments are continuously being chopped down and constructed over.…

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Subtractive Street Art by Pejac on the Streets of Spain

Really digging this subtractive piece by Pejac. You can see much more of this piece as well as an archive of earlier works on his website. (via street art utopia)

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Gravity-Defying Shoes Installed on the Streets of London by Pejac

For his first ever public intervention in London, street artist Pejac (previously) created four installations of sneakers hanging from lampposts with a slight twist: the shoes dangle up instead of down. The head-scratching installations titled "Downside Up" can be found around East London and are a teaser ahead of a solo show that opens next month.

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