Gorm has put together a brilliant street installation which is incredibly imaginative. The piece looks like a snowman but isn’t constructed of snow at all, a closer look and you’ll see its made of leaves, chicken wire and a carrot. A great addition to autumn.

Banksy hasn’t finished his tour of America just yet. He’s hit New York hard with this brilliant new piece shown on his website.

I’m guessing these telephone boxes were already knocked down before Banksy got his hands on them but this is a brilliant example of using the environment effectively to create awesome street art. I love the face on the telephone being crushed.

D*Face has set up some fantastic street installations in London. The brilliance of the pieces is that they look like they should be there. The stone used looks exactly like London’s buildings complete with grime.

Via Wooster.

Junky is an Australian artist taking a completely different idea of ‘environmentally friendly’. Junky creates crazy creatures from ‘the debris of society’. He then resurrects them onto telephone poles for passers by (and us) to appreciate.

Junky’s work is imaginative and some may see religious ideology in there - with the whole resurrection thing, but also the shape the creatures are placed in reminds me of the crucifixion of Jesus. This unique take on household trash breathes fresh air into the ’save the environment, recycle’ idea that we are constantly preached.

Unfortunately his work has just remained in Australia but he states ’soon global invasion will be complete’. Fingers crossed for work outside of his native Australia.

Links:
Junkyproject’s Flickr

A show that you can go to and come home with a piece of the exhibition? yes that is the reality of free art shows, a growing trend worldwide. The concept allowing the artist to be free from pressures of performing exceptionally well or meeting the expectations of some higher being. They just get to be themselves and have some fun. Get yourself involved in one of these shows, the belfast one, appearing in early november is still accepting entries - there are no boundaries to this also- the more are that there is the more that there is to give away! Although there most likely will be one going down more local to yourself.

Get in touch with dogtired(the belfast show organizer) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogtired/

or possibly you could hold your own

Edwin.

FilthyLuker is a street installation artist. Below is his latest piece of work which is magnificent.

Via Wooster.

The latest UK free art show hit the streets this weekend in Southsea, England. Featuring over 120 pieces from 60 artists local and worldwide. Some of whom traveled to attend the show. All of which donated the art to be exhibited and inevitably given away to whom ever took its fancy, hence the concept of “free art”

Check out some of the photos below and possibly visit the links, details regarding the next show are posted, some of which are being held worldwide

Get Involved

Edwin

http://www.flickr.com/groups/freeartfriday/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/itsyourstakeit/

The Little People project is a very unique and creative idea started by London Artist Slinkachu.

Little People Project is, I guess, a street installation. Slinkachu creates very small people and places them around London. The characters are wonderfully detailed and all seem to hide easily in reality (probably due to their tiny appearance). His work is often filled with humour and titles for his blog posts are L-O-L funny.

It’s a real shame to think that these models will probably be lost in the hustle and bustle of busy London - at least there are pictures to remember them by I suppose.

Check out his blog for more pictures.

Mark Jenkins is an American artist who is heavily involved in the street installation scene. This is a style of work we haven’t covered yet on Concrete Canvas. Street installations involve creating an object(s) and putting them into the street, they are often only meant to be used temporarily.

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