Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Street art: a state of affairs

In a country with a long history of mural advertising, rangoli, painted trucks and visual culture, it’s surprising that graffiti and street art are just starting to evolve - from declarations of love to visual concepts, from something very foreign to something very Indian. Bravo! The new Indian street art. 

We therefore roamed the streets of Delhi and canvassed the internet to find the coolest examples, from now and from before, by both foreign and Indian artists. Enjoy and if you do come across anything new don’t keep it to yourself.
Storm water pipes by Urfun in Surat

Tape art by Aakash Nihalani

Work by JR as part of his 28 millimeters / Women are heroes project

Stencil art by C215 in Delhi

Stefan Unter and Rah Kaishi in Rishikesh as found on Flickr

Pieces by Poch and Rock in Mumbai

Anonymous: mother Calcutta, Calcutta / flying auto, Khan market, Delhi






For more cool examples of street art - check out:

Time Out Delhi has organised The Writing on the Wall: Time Out's graffiti film screenings on May 10-13.

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