Urban Art Australia

Urban Prints Featuring bold, striking colours, this vibrant range of urban art has an edge to it and brings a real grungy style to your wall art space. Gritty, grungy...
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City in Autumn

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Urban Prints

Featuring bold, striking colours, this vibrant range of urban art has an edge to it and brings a real grungy style to your wall art space.

Gritty, grungy and full of colour, urban artwork is well known for its bold statements as much as its edgy styles, encompassing everything from underground graffiti art elements to the world-renowned guerrilla tactics of Banksy. Urban prints began to appear primarily in America in the 1970s and 80s with ‘tagging’ of public places and property, which in concurrence with the development of hip-hop culture; inspired artists to take the form and develop it further into a full-blown subculture. The forms of mural art, street art and graffiti have become the mainstays of this urban art, constantly referenced and utilized in music culture and commercially across the world. Find your edgy difference amongst our eclectic collection of urban wall art from all the top artists around the world.

What is Urban Art?

Urban art is a combination of street art and graffiti. Urban art encompasses the art forms and mediums created in the urban environment. It’s a genre inspired by urban design, urban architecture, and urban lifestyle, and doesn’t have to be made on city streets but can be created in studios. Unlike street art, urban art can be found in traditional institutions such as museums and galleries, while street art is primarily created and kept on the streets. Many urban artists had their start in street art before transitioning to urban art.

Over the years, the acceptance of urban artists in the mainstream art scene has expanded. There’s more investment in the genre, and more and more urban artists are transitioning to fine arts. Some of these early urban artists are Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, while modern urban artists include Kaws and Banksy.

Urban art first emerged through the neighbourhoods, with neighbourhood issues in mind. Over the years, it evolved to act as comments on global issues, or become a global movement. Urban art, however, is still an uplifting genre of art. It can be a sobering, beautiful experience that can enhance one’s living experience in the city.

What is Urban Life in Art?

Urban life comprises of city-living. The art created about urban life is usually made by artists living and experiencing city life. The subject matter often includes city buildings, transport, and people living a city life.

Urban Street Artists

Creating art in the city isn’t as easy as picking up the paintbrush. There’s the higher cost of city living that can have an impact on artists, plus the challenge of finding a good studio space. If the artworks are created outdoors, then the artist must consider unpredictable weather conditions, deal with councils and private owners of buildings for permission to paint on them.

Banksy

When it comes to urban art, none is more successful and sought after than Banksy. The England-based artist is known only by his pseudonym and has maintained a successful career whilst maintaining a level of privacy most artists can’t or aren’t interested in. His artworks usually contain political messages in a snarky or satirical tone. Banksy has transitioned from creating art in urban streets to having artworks sold at prestigious auction houses. His artworks go for a whopping six figures. Banksy’s work can be seen in cities around the world, from Manhattan to Melbourne, and in countries such as France, the United States of America, and Palestine. Banksy’s motive is to sneak up on a sleeping city at night and create an artwork overnight, while at the same time maintaining his identity secretive.

Roa

The muralist Roa breaks boundaries with his urban art. His artworks predominantly feature animals, including rodents and birds, and often shows them on a skeletal level. On this, Roa says, “Organs are the vital substances of our body and they represent a lot of the symbolism which I like!” Roa comes from Ghent, Belgium, and has been prolific on the urban art scene since 2009. His work, which is usually large scale, and dominating, can be seen in Berlin, New York, London, Madrid, Moscow, and more.

C215

Bringing beauty back into the neighbourhood is the French urban artist C215. Ignoring celebrities and politicians, C215 paints local faces on walls to beautify the streets. The French artist has had a career in street and urban art for about twenty years, working with stencils, spray paints, and painting large-scale murals. His subjects not only include local faces but his daughter Nina, depicting her from being a small child up to a young woman.

Hyuro

The Argentinian street artist Hyuro created artwork that dealt with themes of motherhood and gender violence. Usually, her painted people are faceless, and Hyuro has stated this is to leave interpretation open to the viewer. Her artworks unfold like pieces of animation on a wall, full of movement a life. Hyuro came into prominence when she began working in Valencia, Spain, and her murals have appeared around the world.

SpY

From Madrid, Spain, SpY uses a variety of mediums to depict the urban landscape. SpY often replicates, transforms, and appropriates the urban environment. In a career that began way back in the eighties, SpY has worked on large posters, billboards, traffic lights, and skate parks. He takes a playful approach to his work, and there’s a sense of irony and positive humour to them.

Are All Urban Artists Street Artists?

Not all artists who work in the genre of urban art are technically street artists. Many artists depict urban living without needing to paint on the side of a building. These artists include Tom Christopher, known for his expressive paintings of New York streets; Nick Gentry, known for his collaged portraits created using floppy disks, x-rays, VHS cassettes, and paint.