I am a big fan of urban art. When I travel to a large city, I always search out the urban art scene.
Most people’s initial thoughts of urban art is graffiti or wall murals. Graffiti is not in my definition of urban art and wall murals are just one form of urban art. As I have traveled around the world, I have discovered that urban art is expressed on many different media and I will be featuring all of the different types of urban art that I have found in my travels.
Urban art has several purposes. It can be used to get people thinking, express an opinion or send a message, to entertain, to provoke, to amuse or sometimes it is just the artist desire to share their talent and creativity on a public forum.
The posts that will be shown under this category are the best examples of urban art that I have been able to photograph on my travels. I hope that you will enjoy my posts on urban art and that my posts will give more exposure to the different types of urban art that can be found when traveling around the world.
Seven Magic Mountains adds a pop of color to a colorless desert! Seven Magic Mountains is a large-scale urban art installation located approximately ten miles south of Las Vegas Nevada. The art project is simple in design as it is comprised of seven towers of stacked boulders that stand more than thirty feet high. The…
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Hanoi ceramic mosaic mural is built on the walls of the Red River dike system that protects the Red River from flooding Hanoi, Vietnam. The project began in 2007 and was completed on October 5, 2010 and was one of the major projects that was developed to celebrate the Millennial Anniversary (1000 years) of the…
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The “Rocks of Fame” are located near the Tenerife Auditorium in the city of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. I call them the “Rocks of Fame” because they reminded me of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. The Rocks of Fame are a huge rock that…
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Metropol Parasol is a contemporary landmark located in Seville, Spain. This extraordinary flowing structure consists of six huge linked parasols made of waffle type crisscrossing wooden beams. The structure’s size measures 492 feet long, 246 feet wide, 92 feet high and is coated with a clear polyurethane that makes it weatherproof but is elastic and…
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I have always been attracted to urban art and urban art is expressed on many types of media. I have already made posts on inner city wall art and on painted doors. This is my first post on painted animals but I have seen several different painted animals in my travels. Many cities have incorporated…
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Some people think wall art is nothing more than graffiti or vandalism but some cities have embraced the practice and think that it adds to the character of the city. Melbourne, Australia is one of those cities. The Central Business District (CBD) of Melbourne not only allows the practice of wall art but in some…
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This post is my first post on urban art that I will be featuring in my blog. Periodically, I will be posting on urban art that I have discovered during my travels. Many people think of urban art as graffiti or wall murals but urban art is expressed on many types of media. Funchal is…
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