StreetArtNews has just revealed the 25 most popular street pieces of 2014. With little to no surprise, Banksy takes the #1 spot with his spy stencil mural that was painted in Cheltenham, home of the UK Government Communications Headquarters.
The year’s ranking takes us around North Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, offering a superb variety of style and imagery from some very talented artists that you definitely need to keep an eye out for.
See below to discover our full 2014’s ranking and then let us know in the COMMENTS section which are your favorite street art pieces of the year.
1 – Banksy – UK
2 – iHeartStencils (I Love Stencils) – Canada
3 – Pejac – France
4 – INTI – Spain
5 – Bikismo – Miami
6 – C215 – France
7 – Borondo – France
8 – Strøk – Italy
9 – DFace – USA
10 – Deih – Spain
11 – Etam Cru – Italy
12 – Invader – Hong-Kong
13 – ROA – Tunisia
14 – Smates – Belgium
15 – Fin DAC – USA
16 – Blu – Italy
17 – Bicicleta Sem Freio – USA
18 – Florentijn Hofman – Taiwan
19 – Ernest Zacharevic – Malaysia
20 – Saner – Tunisia
21 – Nychos – Austria
22 – Ella & Pitr – Portugal
23 – Bordalo II – Portugal
24 – Hopare – France
25 – Alexis Diaz – Canada
And for something equally as amazing, check out this Simpsons and Pink Panther Zoetrope! Wow!
http://youtu.be/s4tKu2PEBYs
5 of these I like for street art of the year
Both Fin DAC and Alex Diaz creations look like pen and
ink drawings and I appreciate how difficult a look that is to create with paint. Bikismo’s
chrome dog is excellent and realistic looking and C215’s amazingly captured a
cat’s likeness with spray paint which is hard to accomplish with just pencil
and paper. So my number one pick is Smates realistic dog and water, it does not
speak out on any injustices, just a beautiful piece of art work.
Runners up are
INTI’s pretty artwork but I have no clue to its meaning. Pejac’s was funny in a
remembering what it was like to be a kid burning ants with a magnifying glass.
I love stencils hits home with the child and cell phone with fb likes, simple
graphic conveying meaning, just cannot compete with the luxurious paintings on
walls around the world.
Finally our
main man Banksy is always thoughtful, insightful, showing us something and I
like the way he incorporates things like the satellite dish into his graphics and
I think that street artists like Banksy and I love stencils are a different
kind of graffiti artist than Bikismo or Smates. Even the artist Bordalo II from
Portugal is sort of a sculpture/painter and to me is not the same thing as
street graffiti artists like Banksy or I love stencils.
i dont think banksy is the best also but banksy is the banksy :)
not sure why Banksy comes top in this list…ok good political comment but hardly the best bit of art!
Its the most popular, not the most beautyful, dumb0.
:)