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Pretty sure the first one is Banksy.

Truly inspirational….sad we dont have many in India :(

In Mother Russia, wall graffitis you… :(

Lots of pioneers missing…
Mode2, Daim, 123Klan and so many more! Disappointing.

… But still very good for the rest of us. :)

I love a lot of these, very artistic! Great work…

Don’t think too much about the simple ‘holy shit’ on red background though…I see a lot of crap like that around london that 12 year olds put out.

Love that animation movie though!

Great collection as always.

I absolutely love all of the Bansky… Its not enough to just throw something and hope people don’t get annoyed with it. Just like all art and design, you have to communicate a message and it has to be understood. Too abstract, and its pointless! Nice pics! =)

Cracow 2005 – http://www.clapsiq.rst.com.pl/img/papiez1.jpg

I think the the MUTO grafiti animation is amazing especially in this after effects digital world…but couldn’t help but think “what kind of ego allows you to cover entire walls of other people’s art”

HOW … Watchmen vídeo its fabulous

More to check out:
El Mac
Os Gemeos
Known Gallery Artist (TSL)

Dalek
Mike Giant

You should do a spot Os Gêmeos I think these guys are some of the most forward thinking people in the industry. They’re out of São Paulo, Brazil you should also check out some of the reverse graffiti projects as well.

“Rebels against traditional forms of artwork?” Hardly.

Destroy’s other people’s property which is a direct theft of other people’s time, money and energy? Definately.

I have to wonder how much time these people spend on these pieces. Some of them appear to have taken so much time, I’d rather think they’re murals (commissioned or not).

On some of those pieces, the artist must have had to come back over a timeframe of several days to do the work. Because of how long it must take and how OBVIOUS it must be to the public that something’s going on (some of these works require a huge ladder), I’m thinking a large chunk of these graffiti murals are really done with permission by the property owner. If that’s the case, these things are more just murals than rebellious tagging.

The artwork in some is amazing. Just doesn’t seem quite so… revolutionary.

the first one IS banksy,

and you should have a look to a wonderful artist, but french (just joking !)

DRAN,
really awesome, …

I agree with Kelly. Most of these are actually murals and not graffiti. Graffiti is usually a hit and run job where you’re lucky to have enough time to finish something small before the cops are on you. These full color, full building wall jobs must be either commissioned or done with the consent of the property owner.

Well… I think that the semantics of whether these are considered “graffiti” or “murals” is irrelevant in Smashing Magazine’s attempt to bring us a display of interesting “public” art on location! There are some really amazing pieces here and for that – I am grateful! There is something really special about taking a walk somewhere in an urban environment and coming across some stunning art. It gives our man-made worlds some personality! It is one thing to take a walk in the woods and see the beauty of nature… but architecture and mural-work is really neat… because we made that! Humans made that! I think it’s cool… and the “American Gothic”, where the woman is upside-down… is right by my house in Columbus, Ohio (Short North) where the Gallery Hop and “artsy” district is.

awesome list guys !

The one titled with my name is not by me, I just took the photo on a trip round London hunting out Graffiti.

It’s Titi Freak

The one by “Walt Jabsco” is actually by Voyder & 3DOM.

Always loved Banksy work. We have his books and also a few prints.

the ? is swoon i believe …
the one that says anarchosyn is KOFIE …

Where is Lister?!
http://www.anthonylister.com/
http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&ct=6&w=all&q=anthony+lister+street+art&m=text

awesome! thank u (:

You missed these pictures: http://www.alinga.com.au/?p=361#more-361

THe work labeled Claus Winkler is by Claus Winkler & REVOK MSK AWR and the work labeled ANARCHOSYN is by AWR/MSK (RETNA, REVOK, SABER I think). It would be nice if you took as much care in crediting Graffiti artists as you do designers!!!! (Just a personal Rant). Other than that pretty good overview bit hit and miss. Check out: Os Gemeos, The Mac, Delta INC, Bean, Dumbo, and TPG, MOA for the guerillas out there.

Claus Winkler is with Revok MSK/AWR if it hasn’t already been addressed. Credit where credit’s due!

where are the graffiti by Os Gêmeos (the twins)?
http://www.lost.art.br/osgemeos_01.htm

Sorry to say that while there is some interesting work here, this article has been terribly researched – the amount of misidentified works is ridiculous.

@42 Pal
Those images you link to in Norway are by Dolk – not Banksy.

There are many pictures with the name of the photographer credited instead of the artist name:

Chele In LA – werk, vyal, seak.

tate modern – spok.

? (please let us know in the comments!) – swoon.

Steve Powers – ripo, above.

Spencer – Flan.

Dr Case – various artists (MadPoster event).

Paolo – Lister.

Josh Blair – TT Freak.

And many more.

Good to see 2 pieces from Bristol (UK) featured here. Street art and Graffiti are really strong in Bristol and deserve some recognition. If you are interesting in seeing more stuff from Bristol then visit this dedicated site http://www.bristol-street-art.co.uk

There are some pretty graff,
but I´ve seen graff so much better only in my town…
Take a look to SAN, OKUDA, SUSO33…..
The real shit

The ? is Swoon. You can see it in the movie about her “Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea” project.

Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea

you should check this guy’s work. pretty amazing

http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Banksy has alot to answer for! I particularly like the one by Peter Baker

Os Gemeos, from Brazil, are also outstanding artists.

Check:
http://www.lost.art.br/osgemeos.htm
http://images.google.com.br/images?q=osgemeos&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:pt-BR:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=5OYCSoOHBJiNtgenj7z8Bg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

Smashing, you make my day a better day.

if you are a graffit fan, this will blow your mind
Link

Graffiti Archaeology — time lapse photos, of walls being tagged…several years worth of history on some walls. AWESOME stuff in here

Nice Graff,

shame the didn’t show thiss,
http://www.bierenbrood.nl this is really cool

I rather like this one myself.

http://www.usefilm.com/images/1/2/3/2/1232/315567-medium.jpg

This is a great page of street art.Very inspirational Thank you

hi ! Very intersting.. I prefer Mario World !
I think you could put here some walls of the Adobe of Chaos :
http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&safe=off&um=1&sa=1&q=demeure+du+chaos&btnG=Recherche+d%27images&aq=0&oq=demeure+

the snake is Bonom

Yes, the 1st one is Banksy.

Huge Stencil from Chile

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donlubbert/2432603084/in/set-72157603686022801/

Your “PaulGreen” piece looks like a Banksy too (Paul Green being a photographer of said piece)

first its banksy , you can see the whole painting processHERE

The fisrt one is Banksy, you can find it on his website….

JR in Rio is incredible. Hands down our fave street art of all time For more of the same http://irishstreetart.com

Can someone please call the cops… this is vandalism… just kidding.
“Art is not the crime, the crime is your state of mind”.
This is a cool selection… its a matter of perspectives, but I would consider most of these murals more than Graffiti… to me Graffiti, needs to have lettering… That would be an interesting post to do. Rest In Peace Boxer !

Many Bansky artworks http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm

No 1 Also Banksy

The name of the artist is BANKSY.

the french bulldog has to be named “pollock” please. It is from a french artist: Aurore De Bettignies, based in Berlin. Thks

Ugh, another article legitimizing graffiti. It has become quite a fad for clueless gallery directors to “discover street artists” lately. We should remember that for every Banksy there are 100,000 little mouthbreathers running around scrawling crap on mailboxes and restroom walls.

99.9999% of graffiti is simply property damage. The people who like to celebrate it when its on somebody elses building may be less enthusiastic if were on their home, car or business.

bansky ( L )

I live in Bristol where Banksy has done a lot of his stuff. Although mainly not beautiful the messages he puts with them are mostly funny :D As a 14 year old its always funny seeing this outside the sex clinic in town …

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/448816871_522efba91c.jpg

These are awesome!

Foda demais

I love what you do you are very talented it makes buildings look better people today are paying big money for what you do . Our town is paying a artist 20 thousand dollars to paint on a building .

Im sorry to see that there is no graffiti from daim, becouse he is out of this world…. glad to see you put some of seek’s work.

I really hate when websites like this promote street art as graffiti. You hurt the entire graffiti community by claiming pictures to be graffiti.

Graffiti is a form of street art. There was some graffiti in there, but most was street art. Please, be accurate. Also, you posted a SEAK piece, and didn’t even mention the REVOK piece clearly above it, effectively leaving out one of the most influential graffiti writers of our time.

If you are going to do a write up on graffiti, do some research on the community and influences and sub cultures – Not just pretty pictures of writing on the wall you call graffiti.

You will find an uprise of digital art and graffiti culture that might be more fitting for this audience. Since we are designers and developers – I would suggest looking into tagged in motion and the Graffiti Research Lab for some inspiration that might strike your user base more accurately.

yea the first one is banksy.

Impressive, inspirational, refreshing my eyes, stunning…

the one titled gabor is made by 3 people:

yoghürt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoghurt/

eerie-t:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deliver_the_eerie/

gg:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27952233@N04/

Uh… the top one… is clearly banksy and the one you have marked as Anarchosyn of the birds is actually done Saber, Revok and Retna in the crew msk/AWR hense the Angels Will Rise. Anarchosyn is just the screen name of the person who took the photos if I am not mistaken. And the one you have marked as Claus Winkler is actually done by Revok MSK/AWR and Seak

You can see more Revok here: http://revok1.com/
Seak here: http://www.seakone.com http://www.twitter.com/seaking

for other information and videos of Revok and other affiliated artists spray-painting check out here: http://knowngallery.com/

Beautiful collection of pictures.

The first one, “There is no such thing as good publicity”, is by Banksy.

the ‘Vardon Ave’ one of the boxer guy punching monocle-spring head man is actually in my hometown [Adelaide, SA, Australia] and i saw it slowly being created! they dragged a couch out from a nearby store to chill on, haha
its actually a ton bigger than shown here and was done by the guys at http://www.everfreshstudio.com [their website has been sprayed in the bottom right corner on the mural.]