Artists reacted by producing even larger and colorful eye-catching posters that would, in turn, give Lima’s grey streets their iconic, chromatic identity.Īmapolay (Fernando Castro & Carol Fernandez) The first chicha artists Local artists began the nightly ritual of pasting screen-printed flyers throughout Lima’s streets, which were often removed by city workers at dawn. Along with the explosion of this genre came the need for advertising performances. By the 1980s it was the most widely played style of music on Peru’s radio waves.
The resulting fusion is what became known as the chicha style of music, pioneered by bands like Alegria, Los Shapis and Chacalón.
It became clear that the cultural clash would redefine Lima’s music scene, with migrants introducing Limeños (residents of Lima) to native Huayno music, while they themselves incorporated newly accessible electric guitars. In the 1960s and 1970s, the influx of migrants entering Lima from Andean and Amazonian regions attempted to carve a place for themselves within the city’s cultural landscape, which was seemingly influenced by Europe and the United States. SpY, an urban artist loves to confuse people with surreal and unexpected imagery like sky-high basketball hoops and ‘Don’t Walk’ LED pedestrian symbols that escape from their confines.įrancois Chastanet is a graphic designer specializing in typography, and is especially inspired by “Cholo writing”, the graffiti of Latino gangs in Los Angeles.Amapolay (Fernando Castro & Carol Fernandez) His work is a response to the perpetually changing image of the city drawing on influences from graffiti and art history. Sean Martindale is a multimedia artist who brings text to the city in at least two highly unusual ways: with his string art installation, ‘FREE’, and ‘PARK’, a grass installation at a bare construction site.įaust is a visual artist living in New York. Known for painting them on shutters all over the world, Eine expresses his love for letters in nearly all of his works, including those he does on canvas for gallery exhibits. In this clever work by Dopludo Collective, three-dimensional shapes that stand up on their own in a parking lot reveal themselves to be a word when viewed from a certain angle.īig, bold letters are artist Eine’s M.O. Robert Montgomery’s thoughtful typographic art brings surprisingly poignant messages to urban spaces. This was another piece of art by Anna Garforth in rural Catalunya, northern Spain using masking tape and utilizing a wire fence as a grid.
Instead of traditional form of tagging in street art, artist Greg Papagrigoriou takes a calligraphic and graffiti approach that left impeccable impression. This beautiful piece of street art is carved from sheets of moss which is designed by UK based artist Anna Garforth. Here are 10 cool examples of typographic street art. Street arts started with names, letters and symbols but in today’s scenario, it’s more complex as artists started to explore the beauty of lettering with several typographies. When we walk through the street, we pass through several street arts.
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