Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks

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Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally used by gangs to mark their territory in some urban area, graffitis have now become a rich medium for unrestricted expression of ideas and statements. In fact, creative designers and artists across the globe use this form of art to deliver their message and showcase their work.

Probably the most prominent graffiti artist is Banksy, a famous pseudo-anonymous British artist whose works focus on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His art has appeared in cities around the world; it’s worth mentioning that Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screenprints in commercial galleries. You can explore Banksy’s works in the Time’s slideshow The World According To Banksy. However, many different artists explore graffiti in a variety of ways.

In this episode of Monday Inspiration series we are presenting a tribute to street art and graffiti — over 50 examples of beautiful and impressive graffiti artworks. Hopefully everybody will find some inspiration at least in some of the works showcased below. Feel free to explore the works of artists by following the links to their sites.

Graffiti Art

Michael.jh

Mrzer

Deuce 7

Graffiti

zevs

Graffiti

imminentdisaster

Graffiti

Banksy

Graffiti

Graffiti

Marquis Lewis

Graffiti

Retna Saber Revok SeventhLetter

Graffiti

Mr Mucho

Graffiti

Gaia

Graffiti

Wall Spankers Project
Our goal is to bring together international artists and designers in a collaborative, sharing environment. The website serves as an online gallery showcasing the artists involved in the sticker swap. Currently 4 issues are released.

Reone

Reone

Muck

Graffiti

obey

Graffiti

Lady Pink: Sandra Fabara
Lady Pink is a legend. In the 1980s she made a name for herself as one of the only females capable of competing with men in the graffiti subculture.

Lady Pink: Sandra Fabara

Xenz: Graeme Brusby

Graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti

SABER

Saber

Saber

6emeia

Graffiti

Graffiti

Vancouver Street Art

Graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti

Collective Graffiti, Chiado, Lisbon

Graffiti

Paopao

Jakedobkin

Lois In Wonderland

Wouldpkr

Hammotime

Abigaelarachnid

Newfie Bullet

OMEN

Newfie Bullet

Loupiote

Stuart Herbert

Seetwist

Wickedcliche

Akbar Simonse

Marco

Josepalencia

Sindios69

Tonogayora

Guy Fawkes

Allan Dalla

Kekko73

Cloud-TA

Loupiote

Laughing Squid

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Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. Vitaly is writer, speaker, author and editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.

  1. 201

    Awesome!

    +1
  2. 202

    wue… toh ezztan zuculentozz pero zolo uno m ghuztu….feliziitazionezz a loz grafiiteroz d gran valentiia…. :)…!!!!

    -1
  3. 204

    This was GREAT! COOOL! :)

    -1
  4. 205

    The men who are drawing that are simply: Superman!
    Loock here:

    -1
  5. 206

    Manuel Dominguez

    November 15th, 2010 1:20 am

    Great graffitties!

    -1
  6. 207

    i love graffiti so much…good graffiti good in our world….Thanks

    -1
  7. 208

    russell clarter

    December 3rd, 2010 9:51 am

    obey is shepard fairey

    -2
  8. 209
  9. 210

    Sean Shockley aka: the Shockster

    January 18th, 2011 10:12 am

    Thanks so much for making my Day! Always been a fan of Graffiti, This is some amazing work!

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  10. 211

    Hi there, just became aware of your blog through Google, and found that it’s really informative. I?m going to watch out for brussels. I?ll be grateful if you continue this in future. Many people will be benefited from your writing. Cheers!

    -1
  11. 212

    Ok list could be better you should follow naste magazine got alot of graffiti posts.

    BTW: read some of the tutorials great magazine keep it up.
    ciao

    -1
  12. 213

    banksy and obey are definitely not the same person but they are both massive sellouts. where is shok one on here? that bloke is far more original than any of this

    -1
  13. 214

    Looks like, your trackback doesn’t work. Can I ping your site?

    -1
  14. 215

    It’s onerous to find educated individuals on this subject, but you sound like you already know what you’re speaking about! Thanks

    -1
  15. 216

    Snapclicker does some great graffiti shots around London, its mixed in with his other work, definitely worth checking out http://snapclicker.com/index.php?page=personal

    -1
  16. 217

    THIS WAS F***ING AWESOME PICTURES!! THANKS TO THEM WHO HAVE BEEN PAINTING THEM! P’Z

    -1
  17. 218

    i will not copy what i c on simsons
    i will not copy what i c on simsons
    i will not copy what i c on simsons

    -3
  18. 219

    xtreem dodger

    May 5th, 2011 4:47 am

    wow, this site rocked me!!

    0
  19. 220

    thank you
    enjoyed the journey

    -1
  20. 221

    i really got inspired by these wonderful art works i am planing to paint on this scale with the colorful composition illustration will speak it self,or any artist can do must be abundance of ideas around,cheers

    -1
  21. 222

    sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
    stay up stay live stay tuned
    1

    -1
  22. 223

    Shasa Hashbrown

    August 19th, 2011 7:24 am

    Thank you so much for posting these. You represented a LOT of beautiful and unique styles. I see commenters mentioning omitted artists like Daim…I love Daim’s art, too, but I understand it’s impossible to fit every artist. How did you all decide to choose these photos? :)

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  23. 224

    Samantha Gomez

    August 26th, 2011 9:07 pm

    Dude, these people are CRAZY talented. I’m not even kidding i was totally blown away and still am! i can draw really good and people say im so good i should become a professional artist and design t-shirts and stuff like that and if i practiced and studied what these people do, i could definetly accomplish drawings like this. People just do this without even thinking about it. I’m only 15 but i can do it with art supplies, a piece of concrete and imagination.

    +1
  24. 225

    Absolutely brilliant!!!
    Real talent and real artists!
    I would love so much to be able to share this page on facebook, but i don’t see any option for that. Please let me know if I can do so.

    -1
  25. 226

    ossam,minblowing too good. i have never seen this type if art before.

    -1
  26. 227

    graffiti is my world

    -1
  27. 228

    Really eye catching. Here is some more
    http://goo.gl/zfntE

    -1
  28. 229

    awsome!!!..really great job of art…it will be my first ispiration of art…you get it!!!now I gonna grafiting my bedroom wall just like you all…really nice huh..

    -1
  29. 230

    Hi i am aidee ocampo i am a student at valley high school i seen your work online and i would like to say that i love your work its gorges and bueatiful and i would love for you to come one day to our school and draw i would love that but thats if you can.I am aidee ocampo at valley high school and i am in 9th grade hope you get to read this and i dont have an email. i have my myspace email so i hope you write back(:

    -1
  30. 231

    First off you guys have no idea what you’re talking about. Graffiti did NOT orifinate from gangs. Graffiti came about from the experimentation of two Philidelphia kids that practiced writing their names on the walls in the early seventies. then, the famous “taki 183″ took it to a whole new level, advancing the system and handstyle of tagging until newspapers noticed him and wrote an article about his work. once this interview was puplished, graffiti migrated to new york and took root, as kids wrote their names everywhere in their own unique style to become heroes in their own communities. THAT’S how it started. not when some little bitches decided to throw up their gang name. why don’t you do a little research before you say stupid shit like that.

    -1

  1. 1

    nice post, but where are the REAL legends??? can2, daim…etc.

    they are the real oldschool m’fakaz in this business.

    +3
  2. 2

    No, as far as I know Banksy and Obey are not the same person.

    +3
  3. 3

    I really love the drain bunny, cute.

    +2
  4. 4

    umm, you can correct me if i’m wrong; but i’m pretty sure banksy and obey are the same person. but other than that, great collection.

    +2
  5. 5

    thanks for these sm…i really loved some of ‘em…

    +2
  6. 6

    Wonderful article! Thank you.

    +2
  7. 7

    I am so stupid

    +2
  8. 8

    You’ve left out some greats: Twist, Cope2, Seen, Os Gemeos, I could go on. Do your homework!

    +1
  9. 9

    Nice stuff, but in no way is that classified as graffiti, that’s all “Street art, Stencil art, and Illustration art”.

    +1
  10. 10

    it’s fantastic collection. Great!

    +1
  11. 11

    wt a surprise show, I love it

    +1
  12. 12

    Hey.
    The 6th from the top – the UNKNOWN one is by an NYC artist name “GAIA”.

    Probably should update that gangstar.

    +1
  13. 13

    THIS BLEW MY MIND
    the “unknown” wheatpaste of the girl is a piece by my cousin in NY

    +1
  14. 14

    The men who are drawing that are simply: Geniuses!

    +1
  15. 15

    Awesome!

    +1
  16. 16

    Samantha Gomez

    August 26th, 2011 9:07 pm

    Dude, these people are CRAZY talented. I’m not even kidding i was totally blown away and still am! i can draw really good and people say im so good i should become a professional artist and design t-shirts and stuff like that and if i practiced and studied what these people do, i could definetly accomplish drawings like this. People just do this without even thinking about it. I’m only 15 but i can do it with art supplies, a piece of concrete and imagination.

    +1
  17. 17

    trololololololololololololololol

    +1

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