Kategorie: Streetart

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SWEDEN: Urban Artist, Event Organizer & Scene Connector – OLLIO – Abstract Patterns in Mural Size

The great creative JONATHAN JOSEFSSON aka OLLIO is probably one of the most important artists and cultural connectors for the Gothenburg urban art scene in recent years or even decades. Not only as an abstract painter and sprayer he creates astonishing formations that can embellish a small canvas as well as a whole block of houses. He also masters letter writing and runs the great ABSTRACT GRAFFITI MAGAZINE, or AGM for short, but much more important is his constant and active organizing, networking and linking of artists, venues and ideas.

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GERMANY: Völklinger Hütte – Mining Complex Art Space – Urban Art Biennale – UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

The VÖLKLINGER HÜTTE is a former ironworks founded in 1873 in the Saarland town of Völklingen. The plant was shut down in 1986 and announced World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1994, as the only preserved ironworks in the world from the heyday of the steel industry. On an area of ​​over 600,000 m² an exciting theme and adventure park has developed over time with huge lost place buildings and heaps of art, from graffiti to murals and installations or sculptures. Since 2011 as well the great URBAN ART BIENNALE takes place in regular intervals with numerous artists from all around the globe.

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DENMARK: Streetart Halsskov – Faergehavn Graffiti – Urban Art at the Ferry Port

Odden Færgehavn, or just Odden, is a ferry port on the south coast of the Danish peninsula Sjællands Odde. The port is part of the Halsskov district, which stretches along an approximately 200 meter long headland or “odde” northwest of the port town of Korsør. There are some old harbor constructions right next to the ferry port and some old buildings and bunkers around it. These have now been taken over by graffiti artists and in addition to free spray actions, great jams have also taken place at the Færgehavn harbor crossing.

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ITALY: Streetart Florence – Firenze Paste Ups, Sign Art, Stencils & Sticker Collection

Here we have a beautiful collection of small-format urban artworks in the capital of the Italian Tuscany region. Florence is best known for its numerous Renaissance masterpieces of art and architecture. One of the most famous sights is the Duomo Cathedral with its dome by the legendary master builder BRUNELLESCHI and a bell tower by the famous GIOTTO. The Galleria dell’Accademia displays MICHELANGELO‘s statue “David”, while BOTTICELLI‘s painting “The Birth of Venus” and LEONARDO DA VINCI‘s “The Annunciation” can be found in the Galleria degli Uffizi. But also on the street you can find great artworks which are at least on the same level!

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USA: Urban Art Alaska – Fairbanks – Plane Graffiti – The Fairbanks Aircraft – ANN-KRISTIN GÖTZ

The decommissioned Beech-18 adorned Davis Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, for years in its original paint scheme. In June 2024, it was transformed into a work of art that artistically captures Alaska’s natural forces in two different designs by the artist AKG (ANN-KRISTIN GÖTZ). The graffiti and fine-line elements are inspired by the Nordic-Arctic winter night and the hot summer days in the interior. Check out this great airplane artwork!

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TURKEY: Streetart Istanbul – Azapkapı – “The world is a neighbourhood” – Graffiti Alley Project – MANU CRAZY FOR GRAFFITI & ACBR

Around the Lola Backpacker’s Hostel, the Spanish artist MANU CRAZY FOR GRAFFITI started a great art project together with the traveller and viajero ACBR during April 2023. “The world is a neighbourhood”. With the support of the hostel, the two painted the entire street and transformed the dreary landscape of houses into a small, colorful wonderland. Great scenarios, stylish graffiti and fantastic characters were created. The hostel is a bit hidden in a small alleyway that runs around the corner several times in the large maze of alleyways around the district.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Marzahn – Märkische Allee 181 – Graffiti Wall at the Fire Department

After a long process, the GRAFFITI LOBBY BERLIN and the youth culture center DIE KLINKE were able to inaugurate a new Hall of Fame in Berlin’s Marzahn district in May 2021. The outer wall of the local fire station department was cleared for artistic designs and has been a legal hall ever since. The wall surface is around 4 meters high and around 30 meters long, ideal for graffiti jams and fantastic concept walls, which are created there again and again. The works in this creative space are usually masterpiece quality and well worth a visit.

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VENEZUELA: Urban Art Connection with Nature and our Soul – Empathic Mural Messages – KOZ DOS

The empathic and finger-pointing shamans are spread across the world, intended to evoke and draw attention, fascinating to look at but also thought-provoking. The Venezuelan artist KOZ DOS and the creative group around him have been creating magnificent murals across the globe for many years. Always with a touching message and a reminder of our connection with nature. We spoke with the great artist in an interview.

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SRI LANKA: Streetart Mirissa – Graffiti and Urban Art at Surfer’s Paradise

Mirissa is one of the hot spots for the surf community in the country and a popular tourist destination with good waves and fine sandy beaches. Visitors from all over the world come to Mirissa, and of course including many creative artists from the field of graffiti, which is why you can see really a lot of cool pieces on the walls here. Western-style graffiti with letters, because mostly you tend to see figurative murals on the island which are also around, but in Mirissa there is a comparatively large amount of graffiti.

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SPAIN: Streetart Barcelona – Tres Xemeneies – Skatepark Graffiti & Hall of Fame Archive

The “Tres Xemeneies” skate park and graffiti hall of fame, located on the edge of the Sants-Montjuic district, owes its name to these three large buildings that belonged to the old “La Canadenca” power station. Although the skate park area is quite huge, it unfortunately only has a few elements, but the graffiti walls are definitely awesome. That’s why this place is the largest and busiest hall in Barcelona.

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