Art Guerrillas
Guerrilla art does not have to be done with spray paint
Take What You Need Flyer, anonymous
There is no one motivation for making guerrilla art. However, popular reasons include statement-making, sharing ideas, the desire to send out good karma, and plain fun. Guerrilla art is often used to make a political statement, but sometimes, its intent is specifically to encourage pedestrians to notice their surrounding environment.
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Last week’s Wonder was about the floral artist Geoffroy Mottat, who added hair and beards of flowers to historical statues in parks and public places around Belgium. Today we will look at other examples of street art that might surprise and delight you.
Levalet, a French artist, brings cities to life with clever, humorous pieces that interact with their surroundings. His work is both playful and beautiful.
Working to raise awareness of litter, Buttsy builds sculptural collages out of found objects, with a strong emphasis on some of the most toxic offenders: cigarette butts. Like Banksy, he works quietly and invisibly in the night. (the urbanist)
Migration in Miami.
Migration is the story of humanity.
Clet Abraham studied art at the Fine Arts Academy in France. Now he is most known for his sticker art and, more precisely, his art on street signs. He shares his work on Instagram, where he now has over 90k followers. Sometimes the revamped signs are just fun and creative pieces, but most have a deeper meaning behind them and are often related to current events.
Italian artist Arturo Di Modica created the sculpture in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. Late in the evening of Thursday, December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building. After being removed by the New York City Police Department later that day, Charging Bull was installed at Bowling Green on December 20, 1989.
Creative Street Art Ideas: Tom Bob is an American Street artist who enjoys vandalizing objects with a splash of his color on American roads. He turns boring pipes, and pit hole lids, into exciting street art, which is thoroughly enjoyable.
Dispatchwork is the series that artist Jan Vormann has been working on for the past ten years, an ongoing series where Vormann and his followers have been “Fixing the World in Color” with their Lego signatures all around the globe. (Anyone can participate!) Here’s some of their latest work, and be sure to check the website to see if there’s been some fixing on your city! (Trendland)
Positive Chalk Art: anonymous
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Which of the works above captured your attention? Why?
How do you get the public to care about what you are doing?
Have you seen or participated in Guerrilla Art in your community?
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Why not challenge yourself to spread some joy this week by leaving behind a piece of guerrilla art or performing a random act of kindness? Read here for suggestions on where to place it!
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