Street art is a style created for city walls, subway trains and other public spaces. Sometimes it is commissioned, yet most often it is an individual statement of defiant free expression. Although mostly an urban style, street art can be found all over the world, including JR’s pasted portraits on the separation wall in Palestine, Invader’s playful ceramic tile mosaics in Paris and the provocative stencil and spray-paint works by Banksy in London.
The Philadelphia-based Cornbread — aka Darryl McCray — is considered the first modern graffiti artist. He began tagging his name around the city in the 1960s. Graffiti art later flourished in New York City in the 1970s. There, young artists used spray paint and markers to create tags and large-scale graphic works, with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both developing their distinctive styles through the graffiti scene, which would evolve into street art. Artists such as Tracy 168 and Lady Pink pioneered the Wild Style of complex graffiti writing in the 1980s, pushing the movement forward.
Because of its unsanctioned, improvisational and frequently covert nature, street art involves a range of techniques and aesthetics. Some street artists use quick and effective stenciling, whereas others wheat-paste posters, commandeer video projectors or freehand draw elaborate illustrations and murals. Shepard Fairey made his mark with street art stickers before designing the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
While the origins of street art are rooted in a strictly noncommercial creative act that confronted political issues, sexuality and more for a general audience of passersby, the art form has moved inside the galleries over the years. Today, just as Basquiat and Haring took their works from Manhattan’s Lower East Side alleyways into Soho galleries, artists including KAWS, Barry McGee and Osgemeos are in demand with collectors of fine art.
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Four Years (Bob Ross) (2019) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
By City Kitty
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Bob Ross, cat)" (2019) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
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Four Years (One Earth) (2020) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
By City Kitty
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (One Earth)" (2022) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
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Four Years (Baby Yoda) (2022) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
By City Kitty
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Baby Yoda)" (2022) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil ...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
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Wawa Run (2022) by EL TORO, graffiti character, spray can, AR activated painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Wawa Run" (2022) by street artist el toro 10 x 10 x .75" Acrylic on wood panel. Artist's signature character, "el toro," appears with a yellow beanie, a Wawa...
Acrylic, Video, Wood Panel
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Sovereign Shield (2022) by Doug Nox (Harlequinade), psychedelic, cosmic, giclée
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sovereign Shield" (2022) by Doug Nox (aka Harleqvin and the Harlequinade), psychedelic, enchanted, cosmic, giclée 43.25 × 20 × 1.75 in Surrealistic / Pastel Colors / Patterns / Graffiti and Street Art / Figurativve art / Digital Painting and Drawing / Cosmic art / Psychedelic art Giclée print on Hahnemule rag paper mounted on wood panel; Hand embellished digital drawing giclée print painted with gold medium and glitter; hand painted multiple. Pastels, earth tones, metallics. Gold, purple, blue, pink, orange, yellow, green, red. Rich in symbolism and layered imagery and ornate wisps of cosmic iconography -- spirit animals and protectors (hares, rabbits, bunnies, lion), symbolic objects (shield, heart, eyes, eye, feet, shackles, shackled ankles, faces, hand, feather, princess, crown, tiara, figure, heart, mushroom creatures). Hand signed by artist Certificate of Authenticity included Custom framing available Harleqvin and Harlequinade are both street art aliases of Philly-based street artist Doug Nox (aka #noxxy). He cites Austin Osman Spare...
Glitter, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Rag Paper, Giclée, Other Medium
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Sovereign Sword (2022) by Doug Nox (Harlequinade), psychedelic, cosmic, giclée
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sovereign Sword" (2022) by Doug Nox (aka Harleqvin and the Harlequinade), psychedelic, enchanted, cosmic, giclée 43.25 × 20 × 1.75 in Surrealistic / Pastel Colors / Patterns / Graffiti and Street Art / Digital Painting and Drawing / Cosmic art / Psychedelic art Giclée print on Hahnemule rag paper mounted on wood panel; Hand embellished digital drawing giclée print painted with gold medium and glitter; hand painted multiple. Pastels, earth tones, metallics. Gold, purple, blue, pink, orange, yellow, green, red. Rich in symbolism and layered imagery and wisps of cosmic iconography -- spirit animals and protectors (roosters), symbolic objects (sword, eyes, faces, hand, tree of life). Hand signed by artist Certificate of Authenticity included Custom framing available Harleqvin and Harlequinade are both street art aliases of Philly-based street artist Doug Nox (aka #noxxy). He cites Austin Osman...
Mixed Media, Glitter, Wood Panel, Rag Paper, Giclée, Other Medium
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5PTZ Boogie by street art photographer boogieREZ - REZ ONES, layered photography
Located in Jersey City, NJ
5PTZ Boogie by street art photographer boogieREZ - REZ ONES, layered photography A layered portrait photograph of a graffiti writer (BOOGIErez aka Riiisa Boogie) standing perpendicu...
Metal
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Falling Man and Statue of Liberty
Located in New York, NY
Collaboration between David Wojnarowicz and Jane Bauman Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Paper, Spray Paint
TAKE A KNEEL FOR EQUALITEE. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In classic Sharp Edge 21st Century New York Style, Berlin acknowledges and shows solidarity with the world mourning the cruel death of George Floyd in the United States, and starting...
Marble
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Street Art, Portrait Painting, Cowboy Art, Mixed Media Art-Marlbaro Man
Located in Delaware , OH
Street Art, Portrait Painting, Cowboy Art, Mixed Media Art-Marlbaro Man A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "Marlbaro Man" is a mixed media portrait painting by ...
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
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Black and Silver Painting, Mixed Media Art, Street Art-The Girl in the Silver
Located in Delaware , OH
Black and Silver Painting, Mixed Media Art, Street Art-The Girl in the Silver A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "The Girl in the Silver (Bethyie-A3)" is portrait painting mixed media st...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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Street Art, Black and Blue Painting, Portrait Painting-A Face Between the Words
Located in Delaware , OH
Street Art, Black and Blue Painting, Portrait Painting-A Face Between the Words A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "A Face Between the Words (Beth...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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Portrait Paintings, Black Mixed Media Art, Street Art-Era, You There?
Located in Delaware , OH
Portrait Paintings, Black Mixed Media Art, Street Art-Era, You There? A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : “Era, You There?” is mixed media street art by Addison Jones featuring her own po...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paint, Paper, Adhesive, Coating, Ink, Arch...
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Nihyaku
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Agent X Title : Nihyaku Mediums : Digital Print Date : 2019 Dimensions : 30 x 30 in. Agent X is an emerging artist who creates experimental multimedia collages and painti...
Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment
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Charmer, Four Large Panel painting by Papo Colo
By Papo Colo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract expressionist, four-paneled painting by Papo Colo from 1986. A conceptual piece made by a multi-media artist who's work pertains to cultural identity and activism. Papo C...
Canvas, Oil