uponatlas:

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.” -Bansky

I love art. It is an expression of life, love, hate, and the soul all at once.  And better yet, it has a different meaning for everyone who views it, touching us all in our own way. 

As a traveler I have seen art in museums across the world, in markets and on street corners. But my favorite art is not the art of long dead famous artists it is the art of the common people, left along the paths I travel. It is the art that becomes part of the city, the color of its soul. Street Art, Graffiti, Stencils, Murals, Legal, or Illegal all capture the essences of a city and put in on display for all to see. 

I sadly have very little artistic ability in the medium of paining or drawing. However, I do enjoy photography and traveling which allows me to share with everyone some of the fantastic things along the way. The art that follows is not mine, but for the purposes of this post I have only included the pictures I have taken while traveling. There is a lot of great street art out in world and maybe ill find and share some of that later for now these pieces are things i have stumbled upon.

And lets start of with a few pictures of Bansky I took my self while traveling, because of course he is one of the best well know street artists (at the time of taking these pictures I had no idea they were banksy, i just thought they were awesome)

 Bansky in Bristol

                                                                  Bansky- Rowing the River Tames

 Bansky-Bristol

                        BP Sucks-Portland

            BP Sucks 2-Portland

                                                                 Mural of the Northwest-Seattle

                                                                         Epic Warrior- Seattle

        

Heart Shade-Portland                             KickAss Aid-Portland

Seak

Spirituality-Portland

This Thing-Portland

Two Faces

Jester-Portland

                                                                Guitar -Portland

Remember to Smile- Denver, CO

-Denmark-

Obey?-Amsterdam

-Amsterdam-

                                             Global Warming-Amsterdam

Skulls-Amsterdam

                                                                                 Redlight District-

                                                       Italy

 

Banos-

 Monsters in Quito

It seems I have quite a few more however this is already getting lengthy, maybe ill add some more later

“the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit…
the people who truly deface our neighborhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff….
any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours, it belongs to you „ its yours to take, rearrange and re use.Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head..” 
― Bansky

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(Fuente: communityhostel.com)