Accumulations of Building Facades

Though the architecture of individual buildings is worth taking note of, there is nothing that defines the cityscape more than the accumulation of building facades. Whether it is a potential canvas for street art or of intentional architectural design, the façade inspires the artist. The likes of The Grand Canal at the Church of La Salute (1727) by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) highlighted the importance of the “veduta" or “view". The Italian “veduta" and any attempt to capture it, not only noted the monumental perspective of the buildings along the shores of Venice but also foreshadowed how the city would only grow. As the cityscape has historically been painted, so has it changed, shifted and growing on top of itself. Medieval cities are often metaphorically referred to as lasagnas, with layer upon layer of architecture sitting on top of each other or bunched together on the surface to create the street views we meander through everyday. In Artsper's selection of works, Marion Zimmermann draws attention to this feature of the urban landscape, whilst Logan Hicks pioneered his stencil work in the 90s using layering to accumulate the building facades of the cities he explored in his street art – revealing their many faces.

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Chomp Chomp

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Old Books Street, Shanghai

NY Sbarro

La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

California Street

Gondolier, Venice

Aldgate East

Akihabara Street

On Broadway

Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York

Spring in Notting Hill

100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 2 - Thaïland Discovery

Rockin´Through the 1960s

Casa Abelló

New York Traffic Light

Jerusalem VII

New York Le rêve N°19/60

Confrontation

Secrets Défense N°5 - MA52

Untitled

When I Need You The Most

J Train On Williamsburg Bridge

Jules

Borough Station 1

Cab 733

Portrait au Bouquet

The painter's house

Place de Fürstenberg, Paris

Plaça Prim. Reus

It's a fire

Trafalgar Square From Above

Coucher de soleil sur Jérusalem

Marion Zimmermann

Roma

Speicherstadt #2, Hamburg

Façades

Past Glories (Battersea Power Station)

Sea Side Sun Set

Plateforme Environnementale

Mediodía

Robert Street

Grande Motte Façade

Cathédrale d'Ulm

The Last Break

5th Street

Landscape waltz

Brooklyn Dinner at Night

Yeni Cami (nouvelle mosquée)

Wynwood 2013

NYC Streets - Waverly Place

Liberty in the Center of it All … N.Y.C. DX Alu

Betty boop

Think positive

Enjoy game golf

Radiate positive

Around Shinsekai, Osaka

Magik love

Le Panthéon

Do or Undo

Hey Sam

Fight for your right

Dragon Ball Z yeah

Ueno Secondary Street, Tokyo

Gage Street Fruits corner, HK

Rainbow Building