Friday 7 September 2018

The Art of Travels - Part III (Arts of the World)

Street Art, London

Looking back at my travel photos, I realized that I had compiled quite a collection of street art photos from the various countries that I had visited. Some might wonder why the obsession with street art? Well, I am not so sure myself. Ever since my husband and I moved to Europe and started travelling more, our travel goals seemed to have evolved into one that allows us to see the unique parts of our travel destinations and street art seems to fit that bill! We would still make it a point to visit the main tourist attraction sites whenever we travel to a new place but we would be constantly on the lookout for unique street art along the way.


Street Art, Paris

As mentioned in my earlier post, I do feel that art and travel goes hand in hand and I personally feel that it is even so for street art. Most of us travel to venture out of our comfort zone, to explore and discover new things that cannot be found in our homeland. However, now with globalization, we can easily see the outside world from the photos and videos posted on social media without even the need to step out of our house. To me, it would be quite meaningless to travel all the way to another country just to see things that appeared exactly the same as the photos seen on the various social media. Street art, on the other hand, adds color and vibrancy to a place. Furthermore, a new piece of street art can be easily painted over an existing one, which thus allows for the injection of a whole new outlook and new elements of surprises to the same region! It is this form of fluidity that motivates me and my husband to travel more!


Street Art, Singapore

We had noted the transition of the haphazard graffiti into beautiful art murals in the many places that we had visited. Today, street art is still a rather controversial issue with some countries becoming more open to it and letting these form of art create a more lively and colorful outlook to the region while others still frowns upon it and view them as a form of vandalism. Regardless of how the world see street art, my husband and I just purely treat them as art pieces and as a way to better understand what the locals are trying to express in a rather creative format. As an amateur painter, I also find inspirations from these various street art and I always find myself having the burning desire to pick up my painting brush after coming across some interesting art on the streets!

There are certainly many more gorgeous art pieces waiting to be discovered and it is my greatest wish to be able to find them while travelling to the different corners of the World! With that, I would like to end off this “Art of Travels” series with some of my most valued street art photos that I had taken so far. Hope that you have enjoyed this series thus far and feel free to share with us your thoughts on this topic! Cheers :)


Brussels





Dublin




Iceland






Istanbul






Lisbon





London





Morocco





Paris








Singapore





14 comments:

  1. This post is AMAZING! I loved all the photos I dont know which city has the best street art it is so hard to choose from! I lived in London for almost 6 years and loved the street art there , I used to walk around my neighbourhood (Waterloo first then Holborn and finally Camden) looking for new pieces! Congrats on your work here!

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    1. Hi Valentini, thanks for reading and I am glad that you enjoy this post! London has got quite a vibrant street art culture and there are still much more places there that I have yet to discover! Cheers to the discovery of more interesting street art, fellow street-art-lover :D

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  2. I love street art too, what a great collection! My favourite is that Singapore one with the small side cupboard storing crockery, and on top some food items and a tiffin box! Love it!

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    1. Hi Kavey, thanks for reading and I am glad that you enjoyed this post! I love the street art in Singapore as well and it's all these art that makes traveling so much more fun, isn't it?
      Cheers!

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  3. Of the ones you show, my favorites are the Singapore ones because they depict scenes of real life. The Istanbul ones were striking. I just posted some from Hamburg that I really liked. Another favorite spot for street art for me is Barrio Bellavista, in Santiago, Chile where I worked in 2010.

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    1. Hi Raul, thanks for reading and for sharing your thoughts on some of your favorite street art locations! Street art is certainly up and coming and cheers to the discovery to more vibrant and awe-inspiring art pieces during our travels :D

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  4. What a fascinating collection of pictures of Street Art. We too love street art and photographing it during our travels. Street is such a vibrant and creative expression of unknown artists. It is also in many ways a window to the history, culture, and mores of the region.

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    1. Hi Sandy and Vyjay, thanks for dropping by! I totally agree with you on the various positive aspects of street art - those are the very reasons why I am totally captivated by them and will make it a point to look our for different types of street art during my travels :)
      Cheers!

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  5. I love building murals. Spending 12 years in Philadelphia, I never grew old of the murals I would pass during my time there. These are great photos and you share a lot of wonderful city art murals. Thank you.

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    1. Hi Alison, thanks for dropping by and I am glad that you enjoyed this post as much as I did writing it :D
      Cheers to the discovery of more art murals around us! :D

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  6. I really loved your take on travel and art, and street art particularly. Yes, street art makes the place more vibrant and colourful. I realised that in Darjeeling India. There is a wall across a narrow street near a horrible looking building there. I had seen that 3 years back. Last time when I went there, the wall was painted and had lovely street art. The look of the place changed completely. Street art makes the place look more appealing. And the picture you have given here are all so beautiful. Keep on traveling and painting! :-)

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    1. Hi! Thanks for dropping by and I am glad that you enjoyed this post and thanks for all the encouraging words as well! Indeed, isn't it amazing that art can be so versatile and can create such a huge impact on changing the appearances of the landscape around us? ;P
      Cheers to more traveling and to the discovery of more interesting things happening around us! :D

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  7. You have actually collected the beautiful pictures of street art and each one is just amazing. These graffitis actually make the place so gorgeous and vibrant.

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    1. Hi! Thanks for dropping by and I am glad that you enjoyed this post!
      Cheers!! :D

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