The walls and paint­ings of duo Dabs Myla fix­ates on the idea of inno­cence gone astray. Using char­ac­ters whose facial fea­tures scream vin­tage car­toon­ing, the feel­ing of nos­tal­gia and of child­like mer­ri­ment are jux­ta­posed with a harder edge. Cig­a­rettes, sex, and grotesque sit­u­a­tions adorn walls for an amus­ing mix of the two worlds. All images ...

I feel that the details of large murals can often get lost, and so I impressed to see the work of Xuan Alyfe. The small details (peo­ple, dashed lines, stip­pling) he has depicted pair well with the large, bold shapes. They all seem to work together in its own world, a system. All images via ...

Oli-B is a Belgium-based street artist. He loves the hus­tle and bus­tle of large crowds and the urban land­scape, which is evi­dent in his work. In his street work, he arranges groups of char­ac­ters and places, with an almost visual over­load of shapes and sat­u­rated colors. There are eyes always watch­ing you. A bit eerie, ...

ESH is an artist from Bosnia and Herze­gov­ina who is cur­rently work­ing in street art and dig­i­tal col­lages, in addi­tion to instal­la­tion work. I love the giant rug that’s been dis­played out­side of the build­ing. The oppo­site of where it should be! It’s a nod to the giant bear rugs that accom­pany cozy, fire-lit set­tings. Again, ...

I really love these beau­ti­ful, large-scale, ges­tural murals painted by Sre­tan Bor. Pro­duced for MUU Dugrave 2011 (in Zagreb, Dugave) the pur­pose of which is to bring art into culturally-neglected areas of the city. I am amused by Sretan’s sub­jects as they mar­vel at things small and dive head-first towards the ground. Their rotund bod­ies and ...

Nanook is a street artist whom I’ve seen run­ning around Bal­ti­more. His wheat pastes often pair the dizzy­ing use of contour-lined fig­ures with flat­tened draw­ings or blocks of color, often break­ing up the more detailed elements. I am espe­cially lik­ing what Nanook has been doing as of late. He’s given his sub­jects a pos­ture, mak­ing ...

Otecki (pre­vi­ously writ­ten about here) is an artist I keep up with though Flickr. The Pol­ish artist col­lab­o­rates on murals and other street art projects in a pretty awe-inspiring way. Look at the height! And the way that the art engulfs you as you stand before the struc­ture or wall. (All images via Flickr.) Otecki ...

If you’re any­thing like me, you might stum­ble on cracks and craters in the side­walk. Every­time this hap­pens I inwardly lament a the con­di­tion of the city side­walks. Well, Jan Vor­mann and his project Dis­patch­work has attempted to solve this. Vis­it­ing cities around the globe, he and oth­ers have placed Legos where the chips and ...

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any street-art-related items on this blog. I’m notic­ing them all the time around Bal­ti­more, and hap­pen to live by this great block of murals on Howard street. Do you notice all of the lit­tle tags, stick­ers, and past­ings in your city? Below are the beau­ti­ful, lively, and the type of ...

Street artist JR was this year’s TED Prize win­ner (I wrote about him on Brown Paper Bag, remem­ber?). What is the TED Prize, you ask? Not only is it $100,000, but it allows you resources to carry out your wish for the world. Past win­ners have used this prize to help com­bat poverty, tackle obe­sity, ...