Lodz

Who would have thought that the Polish city of Lodz would be so street art friendly? In fact they have an initiative to support street art that is unprecedented and very exciting! More cities should do this!

Lodz is receiving my personal Art Medal of Honor for its recognition of the value of street art and its effort to install some of the best representations of that work through-out the city. Here is the story as reported by Joonbug:

Mayor Hanna Zdanowska and the Ambassador of Spain in Poland have both funded an effort to make street art a mainstay in the Polish city of Lodz. What this means is the city will be a larger than life exhibit of some of the finest graffiti art in the world. Its buildings will be covered in art and slowly but surely even the streets will have sculptures, installations, and functional decoration. The project is called the Urban Forms Gallery, and it has only just begun.

Some of the finest street artists have already participated. So far the list includes Aryz, M-City, Remed, Chazme, Sepe, SatOne, Etam Crew, and Kenor. It is a work in progess and the streets will always be evolving and blooming into something new. The Urban Forms Gallery (or Galeria Urban Forms) has set up a website that showcases the installations as they’re made. To see them all, visit the official site here.