Guerrilla street art

When we view the world around us, we don't always see things for what they are. Guerrilla art is just one thing that helps open our eyes.

Yumi Sakugawa

Dox guerilla art

Tweet Tweet“Guerrilla art” is a phrase used interchangeably with “street art”. It may typically entail any of the various art forms: graffiti, wheatpasting, stenciling, stickering, performance, video, LED, or installation art and must take place in a public place anonymously. Basquiat (graffiti), Banksy (stencil, graffiti), Shepard Fairey (wheatpasting, stencil), Improv Everywhere (flash mob, performance art), …

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Art comes in many forms. Some people might call these works vandalism but the majority of people agree that these are incredible masterpieces.

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by Millo

Artist Jim Bachor (previously) continued his guerrilla effort to remedy Chicago’s pothole problem by creating a number of flower mosaics in streets around the city. Bachor installed four mosaics through this fall while the weather cooperated, but as things get wet and cooler we’ll probably see a bit less of his, uhm, street art. I’m not sure if any of these are still around, but he keeps a list of photos and addresses where each piece was installed. More