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STREET ART STYLE

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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Style: Street Art
"Everybody On The Same Page" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
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...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Marble

Something (Vanilla Ice/Suge Knight) by Mark Drew, Urban Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Something (Vanilla Ice/Suge Knight) by Mark Drew. 2019 print from an edition of 140. Dimensions of 19.6in x 19.6in. Numbered and hand-signed by Mark Drew....
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

“Le Grandiose" The Grandiose, Colorful Street Art Pop Abstract on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Guard Your Grill (Naughty by Nature) by Mark Drew, Urban Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Guard Your Grill (Naughty by Nature) by Mark Drew. 2018 print from an edition of 100. Dimensions of 16.5in x 11.7in. Numbered and hand-signed by Mar...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Extra instagram fame, Street Art, Pop Art, Balenciaga
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 A girl is riding on a sneaker JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Klone, Big Brother is watching you, Graffiti and spray on canvas,
By Klone
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Klone, Big brother is watching you, Street eye, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, graffiti, street art, Israeli artist, art
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

I Want To... by Alessio-B, Contemporary Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
I Want To..., by Alessio-B, Contemporary Street Art Print. Dimensions 70 x 50 cm with release in 2015. Artist Proof. Beautiful piece perfect for families, in a nursery where children...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

BLACK LIVES MATTER
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 to come together to try to make sense of systemic racism. Black Lives Matter...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Crazy - street art colorful abstract mixed media painting framed
Located in New York, NY
David Fredrik Moussallem’s mixed-media abstract paintings tell different “stories from the streets” and respond to urban landscape. His palette is soft, mainly using white, beige and blue that mimic the surface of peeling city walls. Extensive travels all around the world have triggered a fascination for global subcultures and urban street life, while his academic background in advertising, graphic design, and typography have heavily influenced his compositional approach. Moussallem’s mixed media paintings resemble distressed city walls that, like palimpsests have accrued years of graffiti, posters, and fliers. He blends calligraphy and personal inscriptions with blurred color fields, using paint brushes...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper, Canvas

Kiss of Death
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION D*Face Kiss of Death Screenprint 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. Edition of 75 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shien...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Fish and Grill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

ALBERTO BLANCHART - Your Ending . Darth Vader
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Title: Your ending... Technique: Graffiti Material: Acrylic paint on canvas mounted on a wooden rack Size: 100 cm x 70 cm x 5 cm Philosophy of the artist: Graffiti from the wall...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic

You’re such a F@&kin‘ Bear! I love it, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art, pooh bear
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 Pink Painting of Pooh the bear JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fin...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Name it and Tame it
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mixed media on canvas
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

Original Graffiti Street Art on Canvas Mixed Medium 45x60" The World as it is
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Original Graffiti Street Art on Canvas, Mixed Medium on Canvas 45W x 60H" Original Mixed Media Graffiti Street Art on Canvas Investment Opportunity - Unique - Original - Signed Thi...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Digital, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic

The King Pele, Flag Portrait, Mr. Brainwash, Handfinished Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
The King Pelé, Flag Portrait by Mr. Brainwash. Contemporary art print from an edition of 75. Wonderful collaboration with the legend, Pele. A one-color screenprint on hand-torn archi...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Cut It Up – Do It Yourself (Red, Black) Obey - Shepard Fairey Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Cut It Up – Do It Yourself (Red, Black). 18 x 24 inches. Silkscreen on true white Speckle Tone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 500. Released exclusively at Beyon...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Original Red Green Street Art on Canvas Mixed Medium Art, Contradict, 45X60"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Original Graffiti Street Art on Canvas, Mixed Medium on Canvas 45W x 60H" Original Mixed Media Graffiti Street Art on Canvas Investment Opportunity - Unique - Original - Signed Thi...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital

WILD HORSES, 2016, subway train, curve, graffiti, street art, figurative, panel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
WILD HORSES, 2016, subway train, curve, graffiti, street art, figurative, panel. Acrylic on wood panel.
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Smells like Bacon, Street Art, Pop Art,
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 Mickey Mouse is sitting on a chair JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Tommy Ramone Collage, Gold, Obey - Shepard Fairey Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Tommy Ramone Collage, Gold, Obey, 18 x 24 inches screen print on cream Speckle Tone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 350. Shepard Fairey is a major influencer...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Big Ben
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated, numbered in pencil with artist's fingerprint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Screen

"Flower Power" Original Colorful Pop Art by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

"FOR YOUR SAFETY 04072018 458pm", Abstract, Digital Print, Green, Black, Yellow
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "FOR YOUR SAFETY 04072018 458pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on April 7, 2018 at 4:58 pm. While Justin Neely...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

The West Side- street art blue and white abstract painting on paper framed
Located in New York, NY
David Fredrik Moussallem’s mixed-media abstract paintings tell different “stories from the streets” and respond to urban landscape. His palette is soft, mainly using white, beige and blue that mimic the surface of peeling city walls. Extensive travels all around the world have triggered a fascination for global subcultures and urban street life, while his academic background in advertising, graphic design, and typography have heavily influenced his compositional approach. Moussallem’s mixed media paintings resemble distressed city walls that, like palimpsests have accrued years of graffiti, posters, and fliers. He blends calligraphy and personal inscriptions with blurred color fields, using paint brushes...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Street Art removed, Street Art, Pop Art, Banksy
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 An eagle is flying with a rat in his claws JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a dist...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

DINO DISPENSER! Street Art, Pop Art,
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 Flintsone Dino in Basquiat Style. JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Skullphone MOP Gold Hand Pulled Multiple Edition of 3
By Skullphone
Located in Draper, UT
Skullphone MOP Gold, Contemporary Street Art Print. Dimensions of 28 in x 20 in. Edition of 3 and hand signed by the artist. Skullphone is an American artist who lives and works in...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

The Collaborator, White, Cleon Peterson Contemporary Urban Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
The Collaborator, White, by Cleon Peterson. An Urban Art piece from a limited edition of 150. Cleon Peterson is known for his sculptures, prints, and large murals. Hand pulled 18x24...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Dog Painting, Acrylic on Canvas by Peter Mayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Mayer, American (1954 - ) Title: Dog Painting Year: circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 24 in. x 30 in. (60.96 cm x 76.2 cm)
Category

1990s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Dont Shoot: Take Knee. Neo Expressionist Painting
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...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Double Trouble" Original Red Cat Pop Art by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Shepard Fairey Drink Crude Oil Print Obey Giant Poster 2017 Street Art Pop Art
Located in Draper, UT
"The Drink Crude Oil print uses torn ad posters as a metaphor for the competing fragmented messages we are all confronted with daily. A lot of our habits are...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Be Reasonable, Shepard Fairey x Jamie Reid. Punk Rock Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Be Reasonable, Shepard Fairey x Jamie Reid. 18 inches by 24 inches on white Speckle Tone paper. Numbered Edition of 375. Signed by Shepard Fairey. "The Sex Pistols changed my life. When I was a 14-year-old skateboarder...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Street Art, Portrait Painting, Color Changing Art-Deep Blue, See?
Located in Delaware , OH
Street Art, Portrait Painting, Color Changing Art-Deep Blue, See? A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : Made from portrait photography turned into modern street art on canvas, "Deep Blue, S...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Sunshine Plays A Major Part In The Daytime
Located in Draper, UT
Mark Drew, Sunshine Plays a Major Part in the Daytime comes from a limited edition of 150. This contemporary print is inspired from Wu-Tang...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

White Line - Original Abstract Gestural Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
As your gaze lingers on one of Sally K’s paintings, you notice how Sally’s brush strokes add playfulness and life to the canvas, incorporating unexpected images and shapes of flowers...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Pastel, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Suburban Pressure, Shepard Fairey x Jamie Reid. Punk Rock Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Suburban Pressure, Shepard Fairey x Jamie Reid. 18 inches by 24 inches on white Speckle Tone paper. Numbered Edition of 375. Signed by Shepard Fairey. "The Sex Pistols changed my life. When I was a 14-year-old skateboarder...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

C Print

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

C Print

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Soon to Be - street art blue, brown and white abstract painting on paper framed
Located in New York, NY
David Fredrik Moussallem’s mixed-media abstract paintings tell different “stories from the streets” and respond to urban landscape. His palette is soft, mainly using white, beige and blue that mimic the surface of peeling city walls. Extensive travels all around the world have triggered a fascination for global subcultures and urban street life, while his academic background in advertising, graphic design, and typography have heavily influenced his compositional approach. Moussallem’s mixed media paintings resemble distressed city walls that, like palimpsests have accrued years of graffiti, posters, and fliers. He blends calligraphy and personal inscriptions with blurred color fields, using paint brushes...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Cultural Scream- street art blue and white abstract framed carved painting
Located in New York, NY
David Fredrik Moussallem’s mixed-media abstract paintings tell different “stories from the streets” and respond to urban landscape. Extensive travels all around the world have triggered a fascination for global subcultures and urban street life...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper

Follow Your Dream (Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X)
Located in New York, NY
Two color screenprint on BFK Rives paper hand finished with spray paint Signed and numbered in pencil
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Screen

Raise The Caiber - Shepard Fairey Obey Giant Contemporary Print
Located in Draper, UT
RAISE THE CALIBER Screen Print 18x24 Edition of 350 December 29, 2015 18 x 24 inch screen print on cream speckle tone paper. Signed and numbered edition of 350. “I’m always on ...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

“Comme un Rayon de Lumière” Like a Ray of Light, Colorful, Abstract Street Art
Located in New York, NY
JM Robert's portraits start with a bright a bold background done with spray paint. As JM started his career as a graffiti artist, he is now able to bridge fi...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Ink, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Do Not Pass Go!" Original Monopoly Man Colorful Pop Art by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

C Print

Represent - street art colorful abstract mixed media painting framed
Located in New York, NY
David Fredrik Moussallem’s mixed-media abstract paintings tell different “stories from the streets” and respond to urban landscape. His palette is soft, mainly using white, beige and blue that mimic the surface of peeling city walls. Extensive travels all around the world have triggered a fascination for global subcultures and urban street life, while his academic background in advertising, graphic design, and typography have heavily influenced his compositional approach. Moussallem’s mixed media paintings resemble distressed city walls that, like palimpsests have accrued years of graffiti, posters, and fliers. He blends calligraphy and personal inscriptions with blurred color fields, using paint brushes...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Creativity, Equity, Justice - Shepard Fairey Obey Activism Contemporary Print
Located in Draper, UT
Creativity, Equity, Justice. Screenprint on cream Speckle Tone Paper. 18 x 24 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 450. Activism inspired collage style with beautifu...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

Talk to the Stranger - Graffiti
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national ‪digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Fragile Peace - Shepard Fairey Obey Giant Contemporary Print
Located in Draper, UT
Fragile Peace. 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Jim Marshall. Numbered edition of 450. Shepard Fairey is a major influencer in t...
Category

2010s Street Art

Materials

Screen

The End, Black Sabbath, Gold - Shepard Fairey Obey Contemporary Print
Located in Draper, UT
Black Sabbath, The End, Gold. 18 x 24 inches. Screenprint on cream Speckletone Paper. 18 x 24 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 225. ...
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2010s Street Art

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Screen

I See Static, Red - Shepard Fairey Obey Giant Contemporary Print Street Art
Located in Draper, UT
I See Static, Red. 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on cream Speckle Tone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Edition of 300. Contemporary street art print. Shepard Fairey is a major infl...
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2010s Street Art

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Screen

Clemens Briels - Empresta - 2011 - Serigraph on Canvas - HC - Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Serigraph with collage on canvas. 5/6 Hors Commerce. Clemens Briels grew up in a large family. He wanted to become an artist from an early age. In 1965 he started a course at the Aca...
Category

2010s Street Art

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Canvas

Placement - Basquiat Style Colorful Original Street Art Word Figure Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Reagan's striking, improvisational compositions capture the spirit of contemporary street art. He is a rising star in the world of street art, known for his bold and colorf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

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Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pen

Conformity Factory Orange, Obey - Shepard Fairey Contemporary Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
OBEY Conformity Factory (Orange). Screenprint on cream Speckle Tone Paper. 18 x 24 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 300. Superb print highlighting powerful archi...
Category

2010s Street Art

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Screen

Tomato Spray
Located in New York, NY
Edition 10 of 15 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art

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Screen

Street Art art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Street art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gary John, Shepard Fairey, Banksy, and Amber Goldhammer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Street Art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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