Street Art and Graffiti in Ireland

I just returned from a vacation in Ireland and found some nice examples of street art in both Limerick and Dublin. Here are some photos:

From a skateboard park in Limerick

 From the sidestreets of Dublin:

Labels: Graffiti, Ireland, Irish, street art

Great Flickr Graffiti Site

Spinstertoo has a great selection of graffiti photos - mostly from Australia, it seems. Check it out here: Spinsteroo

Labels: australian graffiti, Graffiti, street art

Light Graffiti

I have seen this in various forms - laser shows on the sides of buildings, for example. But I have not heard of light being used in a three dimensional type of way from a graffiti artist. I am not especially happy that this is linked to an advertising campaign but am sufficiently impressed that it looks so neat. It is your call, folks: Photographer Michael Bosanko swapped spray cans for flashlights to graffiti British landmarks in a new set of images commissioned by TalkTalk to mark the launch of an advertising campaign that uses the same technique

Labels: Art Raw Gallery, Artists, Graffiti, light graffiti, Michael Bosanko, photographer, street art

Kevin Bauman

Street art by any name has to include houses and structures. So when I saw an article on Kevin Bauman's 100 Abandoned Houses series, I thought - "Yes - this is street art!" Photographer Kevin Bauman embarked on an ambitious project. He began photographing Detroit's abandoned and deteriorating houses back in the late 1990s. His intention was to create a record of a Detroit past - a time of splendid homes and great architecture. He wanted to preserve these images before all was torn down. Many of these hosues are still standing, thanks to a recession that stopped redevelopment in that city. All 100AbandonedHouses are on his website KevinBauman.

Labels: 100 Abandoned Houses, Kevin Bauman