Art lovers around the world have come to appreciate the wonders of world-class street art. Whereas street art was once looked down upon, back when it was commonly known as graffiti and viewed as a nuisance, it has now become a desireable art form. In New York and elsewhere, street art has become an attraction as a host of cities offer their own developed street art trails for visitors to explore. More and more cities are encouraging famous street artists to visit and leave their mark as a way to breathe new life into forgotten neighborhoods. And of course some of the art world’s biggest names (with the auction prices to match) now come from the world of street art. But that doesn’t mean these masters’ best works can only be found at museums and in private collections, as countless incredible works remain on display in their natural settings, out in the public domain. Unlike other forms of art, street art often results from unpredictable conditions and improvised workspaces, making it all the more impressive. This partially explains why some of the planet’s most esteemed museums and institutions have hosted career retrospectives by some of the street art world’s biggest names. However, given the fleeting nature of street art, it’s hard to be confident that these works will stand the test of time and last forever. So get out there, get inspired and pay your respects to these famous street artists. Who knows, after being captivated by such mind-blowing work, you may find yourself itching to try your hand at developing your own tag or decorating that empty wall with a cheeky mural. Recommended: Full guide to seeing art in NYC 🙌 Awesome, you're subscribed! Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon!
 When most people picture classic graffiti, the form known as Wild Style usually comes to mind. The technique involves dense layers of lettering pulled and twisted into angles or curves that are often embellished with arrows or other elements. The result has a baroque, spikey appearance, and is one of the most widely used types of graffiti to this day. Who was the artist who came up with it? Tracy 168, neé Michael Tracy. Tracy 168 became one to the most influential street artists of all time, as variations of Wild Style writing spread around the world. The first hip-hop motion picture, 1983’s Wild Style, took its title from Tracy’s creation, though, oddly, the artist himself didn’t appear in it. (He was, however, featured in the documentary film Just to Get a Rep from 2004). A mentor to many other street artists, including Keith Haring and SAMO, Tracy has had his work shown at the Brooklyn Museum, among other major institutions. Although street art is usually associated with spray paint, the French artist working under the pseudonym Invader uses a very different material: Ceramic tile. Inspired by the video games he played as a youngster during the 1970s and ’80s, Invader creates mosaic images out of tiles to recall the eight-bit pixels of early computer graphics—most especially, his signature motif: The Pac-Man-like alien featured in the video game classic, Space Invaders (from which the artist also takes his name). Although Invader works incognito, it's known that his real name is Franck Slama and that he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The French capital is also where he first began to mount his mosaics on the sides of building in the 1990s. Since then, he's taken his “invasions,” as he calls his street art forays, worldwide to cities such as Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Manchester, Bilbao and New York, where he created a six-foot-tall image of Joey Ramone in 2015. Invader has also created QR code mosaics out of black-and-like tiles that can be decoded with a smartphone app, (one such message read, “This is an invasion”). In addition to street art, Invader creates two- and three-dimensional works out of Rubik's Cubes in a style he calls Rubikcubism. Show more 🙌 Awesome, you're subscribed! Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Discover Time Out original video |
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