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Tehran Street Art

Recently seen in the streets of Tehran. Read more about these images here.

Via FryingPanFire.

Advertising Takeover

The "New York Street Advertising Takeover" took place yesterday, with more than 120 illegal billboards throughout the city being turned into pieces of art. Organized by Jordan Seiler, the event reclaims hundreds of billboards that are not registered with the city, which makes them not only illegal, but intrusive and ugly. The boards were first whitewashed by volunteers and then handed over to artists for a final transformation. Excellent.

Via Wooster Collective.

Urban Furniture

Madrid-based SpY brings a positive sense of humor to his street art. The above images are from his Urban Furniture series of installations.

Via It's Nice That.

8-Bit Street Art

Found on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Wonderful.

Via Wooster Collective.

Crossbreeding and Crosshatching

Graffiti artist Fade (Michael Alan) led a double life for almost seventeen years. During the day, he studied anatomy and practiced his figure sketching. At night, he climbed and tagged New York buildings. According to Alan, there was no connection and he felt unsatisfied. Uninterested in pursuing one genre of art over the other, he started integrating his two seemingly inconsistent styles to arrive at a unique hybrid. With a heavy emphasis on his signature crosshatching, Alan's art is dark, surreal, and visually complex. You can check out some of his latest drawings through February 12 at the McCaig-Welles Gallery in Brooklyn.

Via Preik.

Moss Graffiti

Instead of using paint, Edina Tokodi creates her street art with patches of eco-friendly moss. Her green pieces, which are meant to be touched, have been popping up around Williamsburg, Brooklyn and in other spots. Read more about it over at Inhabitat.

Via Advertising Lab.

Rural Graffiti

There's just something about that face I really like. From Zonenkinder in Germany.

Via Wooster Collective.

Liquidated Logos

French street artist Zevs got his start by tagging billboards in Paris. Today, his work is displayed in art galleries. His Liquidated Logos show just finished concluded at the Lazarides Gallery in London.

Via Wooster Collective and Art MoCo.

The Forgotten Spaces

For her B-Side project, artist Andrea Acosta focused on the back side of street signs going one way on a street in Worpswede, Germany. Her goal was to delicately highlight these forgotten spaces, leading to a new "direction" on the street. Acosta's project contrasts the sheer amount of information in the public space with the utter lack of poetry that makes one see the world in a different way. I say bravo.

Via Wooster Collective.

Street Typography

Street artist Eine specializes in big, bright letters on shop shutters. His colorful typography can be found in London, Stockholm, and Paris. You have to admire the simplicity and sheer audacity of his work. Bonus points for his sweet Care Bears inspired web site.

Via CR Blog.