Street Art – Wander Europe

Street Art Poland (Krakow, Warsaw)

Ian — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:11:06 +0000

Poland had some really neat stuff. Some obviously illegal tagging, others clearly commissioned. View and enjoy.

Outside of Krakow

Pacman 2.0 doesn’t run from ghosts, he makes them. (Warsaw)

Apartment building tower of babel? Spotted in Czestochowa

Snapped from a train outside Katowice.

Krakow

I assume this depicts the illuminati rapture

Wascally Wabbit

This guy was everywhere. I think I saw at least six of them.

I can’t look at the guy in this without thinking Michael Cera

Near the contemporary museum. This is a tunnel where cutouts in the ceiling are used to project Auschwitz

The streetlight at night hits from the opposite side, flipping the letters

The Romani people seem to be the current pariahs of Europe. I don’t claim to know what this means in that context, but hey, font joke.

I especially like the doubledeer. Reminds me of the teleporter bit from the Simpsons (and follow-on gag).

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Street Art Bratislava

Ian — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:28:50 +0000

We continue our street art series with some items from the walls in Bratislava.

Do you think this is what the Beatles meant by “Here I stand / head in hand” ?

I’m normally not big on tags, but the full moon and strange beaver put this one over the top

Built to love… and wreck things with hammers

Nothing complements anarchist graffiti like a promotional sticker

I’ve seen “Wash Me” written on cars, but this is the first time I’ve seen it tried on a building.

I can’t read the Slovakian, but I am sure it is a thing of beauty.

Inquiring minds want to know

I honestly don’t know what to make of this one

There were several in this style on the posts at this underpass. Freaky stuff.

Surprisingly mundane ceramic graffiti

Berlin Street Art

Ian — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:51:42 +0000

Berlin was great for murals and graffiti. Kind of a ton of stuff actually. I made some more arbitrary groupings, but this is pretty much just a photo dump. Enjoy.

Low-Fi

Take a byte out of capitalism

Monochrome

Pretty sure this guy has a shack in the woods somewhere. And a shovel. And a bag of lime.

Disturbing and Weird

Alfred E Newman meets The Walking Dead

Its an um… island?

East Side Gallery

There’s a lot more than this, I just picked a couple I thought were cool.

Big and Bright

Giant Metal Horses and Dead Popstars

This utility box provides 220v electric, gigabit internet, and tetrastep moonwalk.

FIN

East Side Gallery

Tiara — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:10:31 +0000

The East Side Gallery is a nearly mile-long section of the Berlin Wall that was painted by muralists in 1990 and is intended as a memorial for freedom. The murals have been covered with graffiti and though some restoration work has been done it seems like a losing battle. It is truly sad to see how the art has been disrespected. Still, walking along this stretch of wall is quite interesting and moving. Here are some favorite pieces:

Good advice

Love this!

And most famously:

Street art Marseille

Ian — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:59:30 +0000

Marseille was definitely dirtier than the other cities we’ve been to, but it also had some of the coolest street art. Here’s a photo dump of some of the things we saw.

Murals

I like captain pickle in the middle

Fishmongerzilla

It’s cool, but I wish it wasn’t so “urine-y”

Bird man is so fat, when he lies around the house, he lies around the house. Get it?

Thematically Appropriate Shutter Art

A number of stores had sweet mural art that reflected the services they provided.

This worked. Now I really want some orange chucks.

Droopy never got enough airtime

What’s up indeed

High Fidelity Graffiti

Most of these are executed like murals, just smaller scale.

It’s the graffiti equivalent of angry birds

Animal on acid; you should hear him play the drums

The incredible adventures of hungry panda and necro-rooster

Low Fidelity Graffiti

Not all graffiti artists are doing crazy full-color work with shading. But they still make some cool stuff.

Sort of Fraggle Rock-ish

It’s Totoro! I just wish the artist had been better

The Missfits

Ontologies are hard. These ones didn’t shake out cleanly into another category.

This might just be an ad. I have no idea.

Not technically graffiiti, but I love the little pigs.

This Pink Panther was actually in Paris.

Paris street art 2 through 14

Ian — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:43:19 +0000

I fell behind. Here’s an image dump of cool and weird things we’ve seen on Parisian walls.