10 street art artists famous to know
Interesting, touching, disturbing, fascinating... Many adjectives can be used to designate the urban murals we see every day in cities around the world. However, appearing more and more in auction houses and galleries, street art is for some people who «domesticate» themselves and lose their identity and their underground value. Nextstreet Galleryinvites you to find ten street artists whose achievements and visions you must know.
Banksy
Of course, we cannot help but talk about Banksy, he does not manage to get closer to the themes of street art by mixing politics, humor and poetry by staging children, soldiers or monkeys. Banksy templates have become an indispensable reference for any street artist. Banksy’s identity remains a mystery, he is at once provocative, provocative and provocative, he challenges us and makes us react through each of his works.
Vhils
Alexandre Farto alias Vhils is a Portuguese street artist born in 1987. When Banksy invited him to the London Canning Festival in 2008, his reputation exploded. Vhils travels the world, creating his immortal murals by innovating the technology of traditional models. He used various tools such as scissors or jackhammers to attack his supports, walls or wood planks in order to cut his jig into the support itself, thus playing with the history of the latter.
Roa
Roa is a Belgian artist from Ghent, working mainly in Europe and the United States. The huge murals he created represent mainly animals such as mice or birds in black and white. His work includes species classification and taxonomy
Kobra
Eduardo Kobra is a Brazilian artist who began his career in San Polo in 1987. Kobra has changed the landscape of the city with large colorful and beautiful murals on the streets of New York or Paris. Kobra’s works generally carry political messages such as global warming or deforestation, and their kaleidoscope-like effects have their place in the global landscape of street arts.
Invader
We have all seen the "invader" of the French artist in the streets of Paris or Los Angeles, his secret identity appears with a mask or a pixelated face. Since the late 1990s, Invaders has been installing small mosaics in the streets inspired by video games from the 1980s. The artist’s desire is twofold, that is to say «pollute» the public visual space by transforming video games into reality.
David Choe
David Choe is an American street artist and graffiti fan. Let us solemnly declare that David Choe is the artist who marked the Facebook office during the creation of the startup at the request of Mark Zuckerberg. In exchange for its label, Cui has acquired several Facebook shares worth over $200 million today.
ABOVE
Like many street artists, we don’t know who is behind ABOVE. We only know that he was born in California in 1981. He began to engage in street art around 1995 and became known in Paris in the early 2000s. Its large arrow points up, which is a visual translation of "Above", painted on trucks and billboards. In addition to its famous arrows, ABOVE now travels around the world, expressing "visual illustrations" in several languages.
Spy
SPY is a Spanish artist who creates urban scenes by reusing and rearranging existing materials. SPY’s achievements are ironic, but they always convey a positive message, encouraging us to reflect and clarify our consciousness about our daily environment.
JR
The street is the largest art gallery in the world," said JR, who gained global recognition by freely displaying his black and white photos on the street. JR pays tribute to women in his work and film "Women are Heroes".
Shepard Fairey
As one of the most popular street artists of the moment, Shepard Fairey mainly uses models for creation in big cities like Paris or Los Angeles. It is easy to recognize his work through the details and the range of colors mainly composed of red, white and black.
