Street art is often created with the intention of disrupting its environment and capturing our attention. However, the artists featured on this list employ a special technique that takes their unique art to a whole new level of eye-catching and playful brilliance. They skillfully tailor their artwork to seamlessly blend with their surroundings, resulting in their (typically) two-dimensional paintings appearing to interact with the three-dimensional elements around them.
It would seem to me like the most difficult part of creating works like these might be the fact that each must be created for a specific site or even temporary circumstance. You can’t just paint a stencil or some graffiti art piece wherever you find a good spot. Their ability to think of these wonderful creative ideas also speaks to these artists’ wild imaginations – where we see a vine and a brick wall or a railing, these artists see the opportunity to create an art installation that will make us think or make us smile.
There are artists who make work like this their MO. Oak Oak, Banksy, and Ernestas Zacharevičius are just a few examples of artists who regularly create awesome interactive art – interactive in the sense that it interacts directly with its environment and somewhat less directly with us, the observers.
Street artists aren’t the only ones who realize the value behind the cool artwork that interacts with its surroundings – these brilliant ambient advertisements was also designed with this goal in mind.
Have you noticed a piece of street art in your neighborhood that cleverly uses its surroundings? If so, be sure to submit it at the bottom of this post!
Face Of The City, Toronto, Canada
The Legend of Giants, Białystok, Poland
World Going Down The Drain, Spain
Calvin & Hobbes, France
Satellite Dishes, Birmingham, UK
Bruce Lee, Saint Etienne, France
Sluggo On The Street
UK Flags, London, UK
Pom Pom Girl
Spiderman, France
Cigarro
La Caravane Passe, France
Girl, George Town, Malaysia
Bird, Athens, Greece
Scream, France
Calvin & Hobbes, France
Seeder, Kaunas, Lithuania
Lost Eye, France
Bush, London, UK
Sideshow Bob, France
Sum Times
Ostrich, Rome, Italy
Bicycle, George Town, Malaysia
Shining, France
Hair, Fort De France, Martinique
Kenny, France
Glasses, Russia
The Straw
