Switzerland

The featured country of the week is Switzerland.  Located on Western Europe, it is bordered by Germany to the North, France to the West, Italy to the South, and Austria and Liechtenstein (never even heard of that country?) to the East.

Quote of the Week

“You could also say that street art is dangerous. The controversial aspect of street art comes from this truth - that it's not clearly lawful... that's why it's interesting. It doesn't respect the rules of materialistic society where everything that’s paid for is what’s allowed.” It’s a free art form that can’t be controlled, that can stand up to “the commercial spam on the street”.  

 -SKARF, one of the first Czech graffiti artists. His real name is actually Jan Zajicek.

The Mongolian Death Worm attacks Prague

just kidding.  Street artist  CRYPTIC257 created this exhibition on the streets of Prague.

The Mongolian Death Worm is a mysterious creature said to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is generally considered a cryptozoological creature; one whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed.

CRYPTIC257, POINT, PASTA, SKARF, MASKER, TRON

Above are the mysterious names of some renowned Czech street artists. These artists are professionally trained  and have work exhibited both in the streets and in galleries. 


Examples of artwork in the streets:

Examples of artwork in galleries:

GRAFFOMAT, coming soon to a hood near you.

Cryptic 257, Czech street artist has installed one of the "Graffomat" vending machines he makes, which sell masks and cans of spray paint - labeled "Use for vandalism only"  

Watch the video.

CZECH'in out Prague

The Czech Republic will be the featured country of the week, located in the heart of Europe.  I will focus mainly on the art found in Prague, the beautiful capital city of Czech pictured below.