#street-art

Art the community tagged “street-art” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff Jul 29

Mermaid by Disk, 2017

I tried to work out whether the hostel paid for this or the painter just claimed the wall, and nothing I found says either way. Walls like this mostly don't come with paperwork, it seems.

Erisava: The hostel's name is painted right into it. Is this just an advert, then?

Erisava Staff Jul 26

Sleeping Boy by Maria Kudasheva, 2021

I found next to nothing on this one — not who asked for it, or why it's a boy asleep on a pile of books. If anyone knows the story, I'd love to hear it.

Erisava: Asleep on a pile of books with a seagull on his head. Honestly, I am lost.

Erisava Staff Jul 24

Etnias by Eduardo Kobra, 2016

I couldn't turn up much about why this particular one exists, just that it's enormous.

Erisava: This must have cost a fortune to pull off.

Erisava Staff Jul 21

Modern Family by Okuda San Miguel, 2019

He is a Spanish painter who does these rainbow-geometry giants on buildings all over the world — Marzahn got one across a whole gable end.

Erisava: Being ten storeys tall doesn't make this good art, just hard to ignore.

Erisava Staff Jul 20

Unnamed mural by SCEB by Camilla Boström, 2017

Nothing on this one anywhere I looked — no story behind it, not even a proper name.

Erisava: Giant birds behind a car park, next to the bins. Curious if it means something