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unusual facts about Street Art



Juxtapoz

Juxtapoz launched with the mission of connecting modern genres like psychedelic and hot rod art, graffiti, street art, and illustration, to the context of broader more historically recognized genres of art like Pop, assemblage, old master painting, and conceptual art.

Koalapop

Based on the street art, skating, punk and rave subcultures of the Bay Area, California, the website features a variety of shirts, hoodies, hats, stickers, printed autographed art, etc., as well as free content such as an RSS feed e-magazine, "viral art" (art which is free to distribute non-commercially), e-stickers, music playlists, and links to videos and other internet content.

Speedy Graphito

He is one of the pioneers of the French Street Art movement alongside others like Jérôme Mesnager, Miss Tic and Blek le Rat.

Sten Lex

The technique derives from the union of two of the main techniques of street art: Stencil and Poster.

V1 Gallery

V1 Gallery gained international notability by being the first art gallery in Scandinavia to exhibit international street art pioneers such as Banksy (UK) and Eine (UK), the Faile artist collective (US/JAP), Futura 2000 (US), Zevs (FR) and OBEY / Shepard Fairey (US).


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Bomb It

Sequel to Bomb It, Bomb It 2 (2010) was commissioned as a web series exclusively for the digital broadcast network Babelgum and expands the global reach of Jon Reiss’ exploration of graffiti and street art into new and unexplored areas of Asia and South East Asia, the Middle East as well as Europe, the United States and Australia.

Bombshell Rocks

Maybe a result of their decision to work with the same guys as they worked with on Street Art Gallery: Mieszko Talarczyk (Nasum) and Mathias Färm (Millencolin) as engineers and producers.

Bowery Mural

In September 2010 artist Barry McGee created a mural in celebration of tagging and its role in the rich history of New York City street art.

Cidade Limpa

At the same time the artists' work was being celebrated in the Street Art exhibition at Tate Modern Gallery in London, with large-scale works by Os Gêmeos and Nunca decorating the Tate Modern's external walls.

David Mirvish Gallery

David Mirvish Gallery was a contemporary, commercial art gallery run by David Mirvish from 1963 to 1978, within the Markham Street art community on Mirvish Village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ephemeral Museum

After its inauguration in Bairro Alto, new spots have “opened its doors” in São Bento and Amoreiras, where new and classic talents unite to promote the best of national and international street art.

Felipe Cardeña

In 2008 Felipe Cardena prepared a gigantic panel to be shown at the street art exhibit Scala Mercalli, dedicated to the Dalai Lama.

Francisco Rodrigues da Silva

Having developed their reputation in São Paulo Nunca and the Pandolfos were invited to participate in a street-art exhibition at the Tate Modern Gallery in London that led to a significant re-evaluation of their work by their home city.

Maria Cornejo

She described her Spring 2013 ready-to-wear show as "Future-primitive", with influences including Giacomo Balla, street art, woodblock printing, crop-circles, traditional tailoring, and scuba gear.

Parachuting Rat

Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, who had recently posed for a publicity photo before Hosier Lane's street art, praised such art as 'legitimate expression of artistic intent', although he also said Parachuting Rat 'was not the Mona Lisa' and declared it an 'honest mistake' by the cleaners.

Rica Takashima

After graduating with a Design Degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Takashima worked as a stage set artist and a freelance illustrator before she founded and launched the avant-garde street art show troupe and studio Aozora Art on Tokyo’s Harajuku Pedestrian Street.

Sandra Maischberger

In 2001, Maischberger and many other famous Berliners took part in the street art activity Buddy Bear Berlin Show.

Zhang Deli

She has traveled extensively in India and participated in various arts festivals like the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in South Mumbai, India, a celebration of dance, drama, literature, film and street art.