Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks

Advertisement

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

Further Resources

Related Articles

You can also take a look at the following related articles:

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. Experience him live in a workshop in Berlin/Germany (September 30th 2013).

  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

    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.

    +2
  9. 9

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

    +1
  10. 10

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

    +1
  11. 11

    it’s fantastic collection. Great!

    +1
  12. 12

    wt a surprise show, I love it

    +1
  13. 13

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

    Probably should update that gangstar.

    +1
  14. 14

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

    +1
  15. 15

    The men who are drawing that are simply: Geniuses!

    +1

Leave a Comment

Yay! You've decided to leave a comment. That's fantastic! Please keep in mind that comments are moderated and rel="nofollow" is in use. So, please do not use a spammy keyword or a domain as your name, or it will be deleted. Let's have a personal and meaningful conversation instead. Thanks for dropping by!

↑ Back to top