Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Art: Part 2 (Day 23)
In addition to a bevy of formal art collections to view, Berlin is covered in what is, when it is at its best, typically referred to as street art. For the most part nameless and certainly uncompensated for their efforts, these artists have been an important part of Berlin culture since the days when most of the aerosol cans were pointed at the Berlin wall. I've included a few of my favorites below:
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Chris, those are sweet. The guy who did that famous obama hope thing started off as a street artist. I imagine you can't watch this in Germany, but when you get home http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/215976/january-15-2009/shepard-fairey
ReplyDeleteThose are excellent! I think the hydra-type thing is my favorite, but they've all raised my street art standards much much higher.
ReplyDeleteI was going to bring in related neat art in the street/ on the pavement, but now I can't find the original article. Wikipedia has one example here, though.