Art
CategoryFrom traditional to avante-garde, art is a ubiquitous component of the urban landscape. Taking a broad definition of “urban art”, Urban Ghosts features a wide variety of unique works from thought-provoking individuals, with a focus on recycled art created from discarded objects – which fits neatly with our coverage of the abandoned and the re-purposed.
Giant Statues in The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Restored in 1992, The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, UK, are home to several enormous sculptures including the “Mud Maid” and the “Giant’s Head”. …Read More
Urbex Photography: Digital Light Rays Brighten Abandoned Chapels
In these images, urban explorer and urbex photographer Kiekmal digitally recreates the effect of light rays shining through a church window with striking results.
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre: Figures Carved from Discarded Objects Recount Stories of Life & Death
It’s hard to find a better way of describing the bizarre work of Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre than in the words of the artists themselves…
Praça Cantão: Favela Painting Set to Span Entire Neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro
In the Santa Marta slum of Rio de Janeiro, an art project called Praça Cantão has transformed a run-down town square into a vibrant display of colours.
Seattle’s Stunning Blue Trees Highlight Global Deforestation Issues
Located in downtown Seattle, these stunning “blue trees” have been coloured with a water-based environmentally-friendly pigment to draw public attention to deforestation.
Urban Explorer Creates Ghostly Images in Abandoned Buildings
Urbex images are visually compelling in their own right, but French urban explorer Bousure has gone a step further, adding ghostly figures to his photographs of an abandoned mansion.
Carpet of Grass Makes for Clever Art Installation
Artist Gaëlle Villedary created this beautiful turf grass carpet, which winds through the French village of Jaujac, to celebrate ten years of its annual arts and nature trail programmes.
Hong Kong in the Rain: a Photo Series by Christophe Jacrot
Rain-soaked streets and heavy skies are enough to send most of us running for shelter. But that’s when photographer Christophe Jacrot heads outdoors.
Sustainable Living: The History & Practice of Urban Homesteading
Urban homesteading encompasses a range of ideas, including urban farming and urban agriculture, relating to the practice of sustainable living.
Braddock Mosaic Park Transforms Abandoned Lot
The Braddock Mosaic Park – the brainchild of sculptor James Simon – saw the transformation of an abandoned lot into a stunning urban space, adopting recycled materials and harnessing the creativity of local youth.
Urban Art, Libraries & More: Recycling Britain’s Iconic Red Telephone Boxes
With many now being phased out across Britain, the iconic red telephone box has been repurposed as libraries and toilets and transformed into recycled art.
The Last Supper: Creepy “Ghosts” Sculpture Near Rhyolite Ghost Town
Near the Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada’s Mojave Desert stands a strange museum, boasting one of the most evocative art installations of the American west – The Last Supper.
Recycled Tube Trains Serve as Artists’ Studios in London
Standing on Great Eastern Street in London, a glance several metres above eye level with reveal two recycled Tube trains, now the sustainable studios of Village Underground.
Pete Dungey’s Pothole Gardens Highlight Poor State of Britain’s Roads
Oxford-based guerrilla gardener Pete Dungey creates pothole gardens to highlight the extensive problem of surface imperfections on Britain’s roads.
Tiny Worlds: The Stunning Model Buildings of Takanori Aiba
These amazing “bonsai buildings” are the brainchild of Takanori Aiba, who designed them based on his experience of working as an art director for architectural spaces.