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28 Pieces Of Street Art That Cleverly Interact With Their Surroundings
Street art is usually meant to disrupt its environment and to capture our attention, but the artists on this list practice a special technique that makes their unique art even more eye-catching and playful – they tailor their art to its surroundings so that their (usually) 2D paintings seem to interact with their 3D surroundings.
It would seem to me like the most difficult part of creating works like these might be the fact that each must be created for a specific site or even temporary circumstance. You can’t just paint a stencil or some graffiti art piece wherever you find a good spot. Their ability to think of these wonderful creative ideas also speaks to these artists’ wild imaginations – where we see a vine and a brick wall or a railing, these artists see the opportunity to create an art installation that will make us think or make us smile.
There are artists who make work like this their MO. Oak Oak, Banksy, and Ernestas Zacharevičius are just a few examples of artists who regularly create awesome interactive art – interactive in the sense that it interacts directly with its environment and somewhat less directly with us, the observers.
Street artists aren’t the only ones who realize the value behind the cool artwork that interacts with its surroundings – these brilliant ambient advertisements was also designed with this goal in mind.
Have you noticed a piece of street art in your neighborhood that cleverly uses its surroundings? If so, be sure to submit it at the bottom of this post!
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Face Of The City, Toronto, Canada
Image credits: fauxreel
The Legend of Giants, Białystok, Poland
Image credits: Natalia Rak
World Going Down The Drain, Spain
Image credits: pejac
Calvin & Hobbes, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Satellite Dishes, Birmingham, UK
Image credits: Davyd Samuels
Bruce Lee, Saint Etienne, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Sluggo On The Street
Image credits: David Zinn
UK Flags, London, UK
Image credits: banksy
Pom Pom Girl
Image credits: Sandrine Boulet
Spiderman, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Cigarro
Image credits: 6emeia.com
La Caravane Passe, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Girl, George Town, Malaysia
Image credits: Ernest Zacharevich
Bird, Athens, Greece
Image credits: WD.street.art
Scream, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Calvin & Hobbes, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Seeder, Kaunas, Lithuania
Image credits: morfai
Lost Eye, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Bush, London, UK
Image credits: banksy
Sideshow Bob, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Sum Times
Image credits: Aakash Nihalani
Ostrich, Rome, Italy
Image credits: Pao
Bicycle, George Town, Malaysia
Image credits: Ernest Zacharevich
Shining, France
Image credits: Oak Oak
Hair, Fort De France, Martinique
Image credits: Nuxuno Xän
Kenny, France
Image credits: memeirl
Glasses, Russia
Image credits: P183
The Straw
Image credits: mentalgassi
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What do you think ?
MarilynSlater 10 years ago
Wonderful! Such skill and wit! I love the whole story of the Seeder; without the shadow it makes no sense...! Thank you, Bored Panda!
Charles Stanley 4 years ago
How does one submit to this list? There's a few over at www.csstanley.com that's worth checking out...
MarilynSlater 10 years ago
Wonderful! Such skill and wit! I love the whole story of the Seeder; without the shadow it makes no sense...! Thank you, Bored Panda!
Charles Stanley 4 years ago
How does one submit to this list? There's a few over at www.csstanley.com that's worth checking out...
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