The most beautiful street art wall paintings & graffiti in Berlin

Street art has become an integral part of the streets of German cities. Berlin, in particular, attracts artists from all over the world. Political slogans and bright colors are present throughout the city.

Street art - a global phenomenon

Street art shapes public space. The artist communicates with the city through graffiti and wall paintings The art form is fleeting and fleeting. It is exposed to the weather, can be glued over or otherwise changed. It is not an art that has to be preserved in a gallery or a museum. The city itself is its gallery.

As a global phenomenon, it is present in almost every big city. Whether as a political statement or to poetize the cityscape, it wants to be seen and undermined public space.

In the meantime, however, the art form has arrived in the middle of society. Works by Obey and Banksy are sold expensive and exhibited in galleries . The desire for modern and young art is a phenomenon that reflects the rough charm of this art form.

The photographer Dan Meyers came across the following picture of Banksy Graffititis , which he had taken in the West Bank (Palestine) in 2014. To do this, he paid a Palestinian taxi driver to bring him to their side of the wall and took a few photos of the graffiti .

The West Bank is walled like a prison and is heavily guarded by the Israelis. For these reasons, this street art of rebellious to subversive banksy has a very special meaning.

Leon Wu photographed another work in Palestine that bears Banksy's handwriting.

Urban Art has gone this way earlier. As a mixture of an urban lifestyle and street art, Urban Art has long been found In the meantime, Urban Art and Street Art can hardly be distinguished, as they both find space in museums and galleries .

Street Art history in Berlin

Its start is difficult to make out. In Brazil, wall paintings were protested against the military dictatorship in the 1960s to 80s.

The first graffiti in New York discovered approximately at the same time. Trains, house walls and bridges were decorated with wall paintings.

In the 1970s, the West Berlin punk and hip hop scene through graffiti . As early as the end of the 1970s, art form got greater attention. More and more artists wanted to actively help shape the cityscape and brought new techniques.

The often political slogans were also found on the Berlin Wall. Street Art Map from Defshop provides a quick overview of the best known Murals in Berlin .

But also in East Berlin, Street Art was no unknown phenomenon. However, the East Berlin artists were severely restricted and had to submit political interests.

After the fall of the 1989 wall, a lot changed in the Berlin scene. Western and East German artists worked together and thus embellished the cityscape. Popular and supported at the beginning, the art form was heavily criminalized after reunification.

Today Street Art is a popular phenomenon. Artists are involved to beautify house walls. However, the commercialization reduces the proportion of critical and political wall paintings.

Street art highlights and unforgettable murals in Berlin

Teufelsberg

In the past, there was a listening system of the Americans on the Teufelsberg with which the East is to be overheard. Today the Teufelsberg serves many international artists as a canvas. The artists interact with the surroundings. So many works of art in one place, you can hardly find somewhere else.

Alexanderstrasse, center

In Alexanderstrasse in Berlin Mitte, Mural Art goes hand in hand with the GDR. Otherwise, very under the control of the socialist regime, the work of Walter Womacka is an exception. His work at the teacher's house shows life in the GDR.

Mariannenstrasse 37, Kreuzberg

Until 2017, the city's last coal dealer was located in Mariannstraße 37. Condominiums are to be built on the property. The wall painting of the company can still be seen today and is reminiscent of a Kreuzberg that is increasingly wiped out.

Uhlandstrasse 187

The largest wall painting in Berlin is located in Uhlandstrasse 187. Christian "Lake" Wahle and Gino Fuchs created the work in 2004. It is located in the back yard of an old petrol station. The "tryptichon" is a total of 1200 square kilometers. The anti -capitalist work has strong influences of classical art. In the meantime, the property has been built on in front of the building.

RAW site

The RAW site is one of the highlights of the Berlin scene. The former railway halls are decorated on every corner with Mural Art. The art on the RAW site is unique and an important part of every street art tour.

East Side Gallery

The East Side Gallery is the longest, still existing part of the Berlin Wall. It measures 1, 3 km and provided with around 100 works of art by international artists.

Top Street Art Artist Berlin

Nomad

Nomad is a Berlin artist. He wants to show art in a new context and criticizes the increasingly commercial scene. He became known by "Mr. Friendly". Mr. Friendly is a small male who gives advice and comments on scenes.

His wall painting "Rounded Heads" can be found in Oppelner Straße 44-46.

Shepard Fairey's Hope

Shepard Fairey's Hope designed the poster for the campaign campaign of Barack Obama 2018. With "Obey Giant" he changed the norms of Urban Art. "Obey Giant" is a marketing campaign on products that do not exist. Shepard Fairey's Hope criticizes commerce and consumption, but then delivered the corresponding products to the campaign.

Shepard Fairey's Hope Mural Art are located in Schwerinstraße 3 and at Mehringplatz 28.

Roa

The artist, who was fascinated by skeletons and skulls of dead animals as a small child, further developed the New York style and connected with his own. His works are mostly in black and white and show skeletons and skull of dead animals. Home animals serve as inspiration in the area.

In Berlin, his works can be found at Oranienstraße 2 and in Schönhauser Allee 116.

Nacot

Herakut is an artist duo consisting of Jasmin Siddiqui and Falk Lehmann. Their project "Giant Story Book" aims to connect people and demonstrate that they are all concerned with the same things and that they connect with one another. Herakut traveled the world for their project and created the siblings Jake and Lilly.

The stories about the siblings tell how Jake breaks out of his perfect world with the help of graffiti and mural art and how Lilly, who lives in a parallel world, goes in search of her brother together with a monkey.

Cryptic

Crypik, an artist from Los Angeles, is known for his geometric shapes and mantras. His mural art is supposed to bring people calm in their hectic everyday life. Inspiration gets cryptic in old writings.

His work "Mantradala" is located in Bergfriedstrasse 10.

Pichiavo

The Spanish artist duo "Pichiavo" has been embellished by the walls of the world since 2007. The works of the duo are supposed to combine mural art and classical art. Art should be visible everywhere and for everyone, whether on the street or in the museum.

The wall painting "Two Faces" can be found at Friedrichstrasse 9.

Jim Avignon

Jim Avignon is known for his colorful figures that can be found all over Berlin. At first happily and colorful, the figures do not appear as amusing on closer inspection. Jim Avignon's figures criticize the world, especially local things in Berlin.

His wall painting in the courtyard of the day mirrors S adorn three penguins in one plane. The aircraft is on the approach to a building with the inscription "Airport Closed". The work criticizes Berlin Brandenburg Airport.

Jim Avignon's works can be found at Askanische Platz 3, at Neheimer Straße 8, in Adalbertsrtaße 7 and in the East Side Gallery.

Conclusion

Street Art has changed significantly over the years. Today, it has been viewed from the embellishment of the cityscape to political revolutions and criminalization and has arrived in the middle of society. The scene in Berlin shapes the image of Urban and Wall Art and has a great influence on the Urban Art.