12 Pop-Cultured Street Art Pieces
French street artist OakoAk creates clever and unexpected works in the unlikeliest of places. Inspired by pop culture icons and current social issues, he turns ordinary street settings into awesome pop-cultered street art. PURDYcool.
1. Mine Sweeper
2. Bender - Futurama
3. Michelangelo (The Coolest Ninja Turtle) - “Cowabunga Dude”
4. Beware of Bombs
5. Parachuter
6. Sonic The Hedgehog
7. Beware of High Voltage…and Vengeful Gods
8. Global Warming/Handicapped Polar Bear
9. Super Mario - Nintendo
10. Gingerbread Guy - Shrek
11. Seriously, Where’s Waldo?
12. Cheshire Cat perched on a branch
Posted December 24, 2010 at 10:36am in mine sweeper global warming french artist oakoak street art pop culture bender ninja turtles michelangelo futurama sonic the hedgehog where's waldo? super mario nintendo purdycool cool purdy gingerbread man cheshire cat
I can’t get enough of Banksy Street Art so I decided once again to highlight more of my favorite work from him. With art in cities around the world Banksy has brought his art to the center of pop-culture and made it PURDYiconic. Love it…
Banksy Street Art
For those of you who don’t know who Banksy is yet let me enlighten you. He is a world-reknowned british graffiti artist who travels the world to bring his opinionated art to the streets. He has been known for scaling buildings and climbing fences in order to put up life-sized stenciled images that satirize modern society’s mores and its inherent political power structures.
His work has created controversies, been stolen and erased from public building but nonetheless has intrigued people around the world. Many people have even tried to take credit for the mysterious artist’s work including an 89-year-old grandmother from North London. Banksy’s work has caused some problems with other street artists including Robbo, an old school graffiti legend, who has had an ongoing feud with Banksy.
Words from the man himself gives one an idea of what Banksy street art is trying to accomplish. “You can stick all my shit in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn’t be as exciting as it is when you go out and paint something big where you shouldn’t”
Banksy Street Art is not meant to be admired as much as it is meant to open the public’s eyes and I think that’s PURDYcool. His work is in cities all over the world so look for it in a town nearest you! You can also follow the artist and his work on Twitter @BanksyStreetArt
Posted June 21, 2010 at 12:18pm in Banksy Banksy Street Art Graffiti Purdy cool purdycool art street art
