There are street artists that paint awesome murals and some that leave thought-provoking installations in public spaces. But artist Pavel Puhov out of Russia uses urban objects as his muse. (21 Pics)
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Stunning 3D street art by Kurt Wenner
‘St Paul’s and London craning skyward’ is one of the illusions in street artist Kurt Wenner’s new book ‘Asphalt Renaissance’
On London’s Embankment it looks like a rainforest has appeared, but this is just an illusion created by renowned street artist Kurt Wenner. (Pics)
More than Meets the Eye
Hmmmm. What is it that makes this photo so special? You can see the answer after the jump.
Street Artist Wins $100,000 TED Prize
27-year-old Parisian street artist JR just won the $100,000 TED prize for 2011
TED, the progressive California nonprofit that brings luminaries of technology, entertainment, and design together for the sake of world betterment, has made an unexpected choice for its seventh annual $100,000 TED Prize: JR, a 27-year-old street artist who, under a mysterious cloak of semi-anonymity, has been pasting monumental black-and-white photographs across the urban infrastructure of the world’s poorest slums…
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An Artist Using Only a Cigarette Lighter As His Brush
Paris-based artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine burns images into ceilings using only a cigarette lighter. His medium is an extension of a common form of street art in the neighborhood in which he grew up. Pictured above is an untitled piece created in Brussels in 2007. You can view more images and read an interview with the artist after the jump…
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