Please note this blog does not endorse anyone’s graffiti nor are any of these pieces mine. This blog entry is merely a survey of styles and techniques found in Budapest. Thank you. Enjoy.
Street Art
Budapest, Hungary is the real East-meets-West gateway. Situated on the fringes of Eastern Europe, this city plays host to travelers of multiple directions.
Streetside Stencil
For this reason, the graffiti scene is a mixture of traveling international graffiti artists of varying abilities as well as the local Hungarian street artists who compete for space on the ancient city walls.
Sticker piece, possibly influenced by “Banksy.”
During World War II, the Hungarian Nazi party isolated the Jewish community in a ghetto. This place was later renamed during communist occupation: Sector Seven. After the fall of communism in 1989, many of those dilapidated buildings were left abandoned. But now an amazing trend called “Ruin Bars” turns these tragic crumbling buildings into thumping night life centers which attract international PubCrawlers. It is no surprise this is where one can find a heavy concentration of graffiti here in inner city Budapest.
Complex freehand spray piece, utilizing 3D two-toned letters
While scouting any city for graffiti, When in doubt, follow the tracks. Typically, The local graffiti artists can ride the perimeter of their territory on a route and see their work and monitor who else has also been getting up in their hood.
“Scrawl” or writing without a particular style
Styles which are commonly found in America are also very widespread in Europe.
The “Halo” or “Crown” above the name.
Cubic Writing
The “Upstroke”
Or upward flare
The Drip
Two-Toned Streaker
Placement: Above street level.
Sometime grafiti ends up in places that should be protected and preserved for future generations.
Ancient Ruins covered in scrawl
Sometimes the presence of irritating graffiti encourages a rise of local street art. Competition for space often gives way to respect for good art. Walls covered in well done paintings typically do not get covered in scrawl.
Modern Impressionist piece
Fantasy Art
Let me know what you think of my survey!
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