Paper Geodes by A Common Name
Female street artist Paige Smith AKA A Common Name creates 3D geodes from paper and resin and installs them into cracks and larger gaps in the Los Angeles area. She installs them wherever she sees fit so that people come across them as they would come across such a treasure in nature.
Charles Simonds’ Miniature Dwellings
Charles Simonds creates miniature dwellings for imaginary civilizations of “Little People” as they migrate through different cities throughout the world. Simonds has worked in New York, Paris, Shanghai, Berlin, London, Dublin and more.
Joe Iurato’s Small Wooden Figures
Joe Iurato uses layers of hand cut paper and spray paint to create small figures he places in urban environments, which explore and document his personal experiences.
Mentalgassi’s Pasted Photographs and Lenticular Fence Art
London street art collective Mentalgassi personifies everyday structures around the city by pasting large photographs of faces onto them. They also have collaborated with Amnesty International to create lenticular images that honor a man who was convicted of murder and put to death despite doubts about his guilt.
David Zinn’s Street Chalk Works
David Zinn creates endearing chalk drawings throughout the streets in Michigan. His drawings are composed of charcoal and found objects in addition to chalk, and are improvised on site. Often times his drawings interact with their surroundings in some way.
OakOak’s Playful Animated Everyday Objects
French Street Artist OakOak puts a playful spin on ordinary objects throughout his hometown St. Etienne by animating everyday objects with stencils of superheroes and cartoon characters.
Nomerz’s Anthropomorphic Buildings
Russian street artist Nomerz animates buildings and other structures by painting faces on them in ways that embrace and incorporate their flaws.
Timm Schnieder’s Googly-Eyed Urban Objects
German artist Timm Schneider makes his own googly eyes out of Styrofoam and marker, which he then strategically places to animate objects such as trashcans, dumpsters and more.
Punny Street Art by JPS
British street Artist JPS stencils puns with popular hip-hop figures that talk about street art. He also creates more subtle works that interact with the surfaces themselves.
Unique Yarn Bombing
Juliana Santacruz Herrera fills potholes in Paris with yarn, both calling attention to them and beautifying the streets at the same time.
EVOL’s Miniature Cities Within Cities
German artist EVOL creates miniature cities within cities by painting electric boxes and other rectangular structures to look like large buildings.
Slinkachu’s Little People Project
Street artist Slinkachu installs miniature people into scenes created by found objects. The figures are left to be noticed or ignored and are so tiny that most people don’t even realize they are there.
Pejac’s Trompe L’oeil Windows
Spanish artist Pejac paints beautiful small windows with oversized shutters on the sides of buildings in Istanbul. They are well done illusions that draw viewers in for a closer look. They represent the “perception and illusion of freedom.”
Did he feel it was necessary to make an alias because his background did not correspond with that of his contemporaries? It is interesting to consider that maybe graffiti culture is not inherent in Banksy’s life. He said himself that he was scared and intimidated of the area because of stories his father used to tell him, maybe he created a false past in order to fit in.
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