If any art form can lay claim to having been birthed out of rebellion, it is street art. It can trace its origins to the political protests since the early 1970’s.
Steet Art, once associated with hooligans and outlawed in many places around the world, has made a massive comeback in recent years courtesy the amazing artists featured here and many more like them.
Due to them, ‘Street art’ has emerged as a legitimate art form which appeals to the masses in ways that transcend the reach of traditional art.
Etam Cru
Some of the most amazing Street art in the world today is being created by Polish artists Sainer and Bezt. Together they make up the duo known as Etam Cru.
Though the bulk of their work is concentrated in Eastern European locations they have painted their trademark murals in U.S., Western Europe and many other countries around the world.
Understandably, it takes significant stretches of time and no small amounts of dedication to create such amazing murals, many of which cover the entire length and breadth of 5 story buildings!
Aside from the sheer skill and persistence required to accomplish such challenging artworks, their work possesses an indecipherable charm. Their murals often portray interesting settings whose tone ranges from surrealistic to humorous. Add to this their choice of bright and vibrant colours and it is hardly a wonder that the finished art work that emerges from their artistic efforts is utterly captivating.
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- Moonshine
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- Madamme Chiken
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- Hobo
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- The Healer
Watch the creative process that gives birth to these artistic marvels
David Walker
David Walker is the quintessential street artist. He paints his phenomenal murals without stencils or brushwork of any kind. Using only spray paints, he gives form to the vibrant explosions of colour that comprise his street art.
His style and skill have given birth to some of the most breathtakingly beautiful street art that the world has ever seen.
His street paintings, which feature almost exclusively female subjects, are filled with beautiful raw emotion displayed adeptly with the fine eye and deft hand of a master wielder of the spray can.
A superstar among the street art community, David has a gigantic a fan following all over the world. He has painted in many major cities of the world and is aptly regarded as one of the A-listers among street artists.
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- Wynwood
Watch the Maestro hard at work.
DALeast
DALeast is an artist from China who currently resides in South Africa. His work however has taken him around the world for exhibitions of his artworks in many European, African and American nations.
He usually paints with animals as the subject matter. His trademark style includes painting in a way so a to cast the illusion that the subject is made up of jagged shards of metal. The way he employs negative space to define the boundaries of his art is also immensely captivating.
Another one of his particular talents lies in capturing the motion of his animal subjects in way that instills them with a life not easily found in murals.
An artist who is a carved out a niche for himself in the street art community and has rightly earned his place among the top street artists in the world today.
Watch this video to see how the magic happens
Herakut
This talented duo of German graffiti artists Jasmin Siddiqui and Falk Lehman, goes by the name ‘Herakut’, a combination of their pseudo names – ‘Hera’ and ‘Akut’.
Hera and Akut are not just street artists. They are also storytellers. In their distinct style, through each of their murals they tell a story that reverberates with the viewer.
In most of their stories, the protagonists tend to be children. The most famous of their fictional characters are Jay and Lily, tow children who feature regularly as part of their ‘Giant Storybook Project’.
Their work often conveys strong social messages, a reflection of their powerful convictions about the role of art on society.
Herakut have painted their beautiful and poignant artworks all over the world. Their art is rich with powerful messages accompanied by a mesmerisingly innocent outlook that sneaks past your worldly masks and plucks at emotional strings somewhere deep within your self.
Here’s how these incredible artworks are created.
Eduardo Kobra
If rainbows had dreams, it’s likely they would resemble the art of Eduardo Kobra. This street artist with a badass name hails from the largest city on the American Continents. The influence that the culture and history of Sao Paulo has had on Kobra’s art is undeniable.
He has been honing his artistic talents since 1987. He has been described as “restless and relentless in his creative pursuits” and we could not agree more. The versatility and scale of his artistic accomplishments is proof enough of the tireless zeal of this artist to outdo himself.
Having established himself as an artistic force to reckon with on his home turf, he turned his gaze to international frontiers. His awesome wall painting of Lincoln in Kentucky or the famous V-J day Kiss Mural and the recent mural of Women’s rights to education activist Malala Yousafza in Rome have catapulted him into the elite group of the most amazing street artists from around the world.
Watch this video to see how these amazing murals are created.
