Tag: street art

March 8, 2013 at 2:37 pm

Painter Turns Tree Holes into Works of Art

Painter Turns Tree Holes into Works of Art

In the city of Shijiazhuang, China, an artist has brought smiles to pedestrians by painting drab tree holes and turning them into works of art. Since February, over eleven tree trunks on Jiuzhong Street have become the canvas for aspiring 23 year-old art student, Wang Yue. Each piece takes Wang about two hours to…

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February 14, 2013 at 11:52 am

The Boneyard Project: Resurrecting Planes Through Art

The Boneyard Project: Resurrecting Planes Through Art

Conceived in Spring 2010 by Eric Firestone and organized with curator Carlo McCormick, The Bone Yard Project revives disused airplanes from America’s military history through the creative intervention of contemporary artists, taking entire airplanes and their elements out of aeronautic resting spots in the desert, known as boneyards, and putting them into the hands…

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February 11, 2013 at 12:07 pm

Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man [25 photos]

Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man [25 photos]

Liu Bolin is an artist from China’s Shandong province. Born in 1973, he currently lives and works in Beijing. Bolin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Shandong College of Arts in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2001. His work has…

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January 27, 2013 at 4:05 pm

Picture of the Day: Rainbow-Coloured Stairs in Beirut

Picture of the Day: Rainbow-Coloured Stairs in Beirut

Rainbow-Coloured Stairs in Beirut Artwork and Photography by DIHZAHYNERS Art collective Dihzahyners painted this set of stairs in Beirut, Lebanon last June. The 73 steps took 7 hours to paint. For those in Beirut, you can check out the stairs located on Mark Mikhael street. For more colourful projects and inspiration be…

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January 22, 2013 at 10:03 am

Artist Paints Miniature Apartment Buildings around the City

Artist Paints Miniature Apartment Buildings around the City

Evol is a German artist currently living and working in Berlin. Born in Heilbronn, Germany, he attended the Kuopio Acadamy of Arts and Crafts in Finland and has a degree in product design from HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany. Evol has had solo exhibits in Germany, Belgium, China and the United States. While his…

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January 18, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Building Blocks

Picture of the Day: Building Blocks

BUILDING BLOCKS Artwork by EVOL EVOL is a German street artist living and working in Berlin. He’s well known for transforming pillars, electrical boxes, garbage cans and signs into miniature apartment blocks. This particular piece was spotted somewhere in Farringdon, a historic area of London, England. EVOL via Street Art Utopia…

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January 7, 2013 at 10:28 am

The Street Art of Kenny Random [21 pics]

The Street Art of Kenny Random [21 pics]

Kenny Random is a street artist hailing from Padova, Italy. Beyond that there is not much information on the artist aside from his fantastic artwork that can be seen on his personal website and Facebook. His older work primarily centers around a silhouetted man and his cat. They can be spotted roaming the city,…

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November 26, 2012 at 10:49 am

Colossal Street Art by Sainer and Bezt

Colossal Street Art by Sainer and Bezt

Polish street artists Sainer and Bezt are doing some incredible artwork around Europe. Together, they are the Etam Cru and they are putting Polish street art on the map with their incredible large-scale pieces that can span buildings 10 stories high. While the gallery below highlights their street art murals, both artists also do…

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November 20, 2012 at 5:26 pm

3D Printed LEGO Block Blended into a Chipped Step

3D Printed LEGO Block Blended into a Chipped Step

Through a combination of 3D scanning, 3D digital modelling and 3D printing, artist Greg Petchkovsky created an incredible sandstone block that appears to be made out of LEGO. He then placed the 3D printed piece into a real sandstone step, achieving a brilliant and creative effect. Find out how he did it below. …

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November 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Haunting 3D Images Projected Onto Trees

Haunting 3D Images Projected Onto Trees

Clement Briend is a photographer living and working in Paris, France. He is also a professor of photography at the University of Valenciennes. Briend studied at the Ecole Louis Lumiere and specializes in projecting images onto various surfaces and then taking photographs of the hybrid imagery. In his series entitled ‘Cambodian Trees‘, Briend projects…

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