24 Pieces Of Street Art That Creatively Play With Their Surroundings

MAY 23, 2014

We all know that street art can be pretty cool, but it takes an extra spark of creativity (or luck) to create the sort of street art that can cleverly make use of its surroundings and location to give it extra depth.

These clever site-specific arrangements take these pieces of street art above and beyond. Rather than just painting a preconceived painting on a public canvas, these artists found locations that work together with their artwork. Whether it's meaningful, beautiful, funny, or a bit of each, these clever and imaginative pieces of site-specific street art are definitely worth checking out.

via: Bored Panda

1. Face Of The City, Toronto, Canada

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Image credits: fauxreel

2. The Legend of Giants, Białystok, Poland

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Image credits: Natalia Rak

3. World Going Down The Drain, Spain

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Image credits: pejac

4. Sideshow Bob, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

5. Pom Pom Girl

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Image credits: Sandrine Boulet

6. Satellite Dishes, Birmingham, UK

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Image credits: Davyd Samuels

7. Calvin & Hobbes, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

8. Hair, Fort De France, Martinique

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Image credits: Nuxuno Xän

9. Sluggo On The Street

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Image credits: David Zinn

10. Bruce Lee, Saint Etienne, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

11. La Caravane Passe, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

12. Girl, George Town, Malaysia

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Image credits: Ernest Zacharevich

13. Dead Drainage In Paris

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Image credits: boredpanda.org

14. Bird, Athens, Greece

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Image credits: WD.street.art

15. Seeder, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Image credits: morfai

16. Lost Eye, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

17. Bush, London, UK

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Image credits: banksy

18. Sum Times

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Image credits: Aakash Nihalani

19. Ostrich, Rome, Italy

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Image credits: Pao

20. Bicycle, George Town, Malaysia

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Image credits: Ernest Zacharevich

21. Shining, France

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Image credits: Oak Oak

22. Glasses, Russia

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Image credits: P183

23. Germany

Image credits: boredpanda.org

24. The Straw

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Image credits: mentalgassi

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