Street Artists
The Women of Kenya
28 MILLIMETER PROJECT : WOMEN
by Street Artist JR
The project portrays the unappreciated women of the world on a grand scale. Here the street artist JR goes back to the slums of Kibera, Kenya a year after he initially photographed the women. The tarps used for the photographs covered nearly 2000 square meters of rooftop and were also water resistant which will protect the fragile houses from this years rainy season.
SOURCE Super Touch Art
Abraham Obama
This is some of Ron English’s new work where he fused Obama’s face onto a Lincoln body in his very robust illustration style. This New York based artist first got famous for doing street art where he’d manipulate billboards to give them a new meaning. Usually to attach some sort of anti-establishment/political message. He recently finished a nation wide tour exhibiting his Abraham Obama prints in Denver at the DNC.
Source Popaganda.com
Street Artist: Roadsworth
In response to the attacks of 9/11 the Montreal artist Roadsworth began his street art campaign in 2001. In 2004 he was arrested and faced tens of thousands of dollars in fines for defacing Montreal’s public roadways. Remarkably there was an outcry of public support of his work and eventually just got a slap on his wrist.
Source Kanye West: Blog