Respect Authority

Street art is so fantastic because it allows underground artists who may not be pursuing endeavors which the mainstream contemporary art world considers commercially desirable to get their messages out, transform urban environments in a significant way, and introduce original, thought-provoking and visually interesting art to a broad audience by its very nature. Happening upon this new installation by Polish street artist Truth in Prato, Italy must be pleasantly surprising — that said, jellyfish are some mean gelatinous motherfuckers, not to mention just weird and vaguely creepy.

Truth’s work has a serious impact, much of it is large scale, and all of it stands in stark contrast to the vast majority of street art. Truth’s installations are abstract, cubist sculptures made out of colored polystyrene blocks. Some of the creations work with their surroundings, while others do quite the opposite.

His work commands your attention like watching the iTunes visualizer stoned, maybe even more, but I’m not a scientist and can’t do those kind of calculations in my head. Plus, I’m a bit busy watching the iTunes visualizer stoned anyway. Read More ›