Collection in 8 parts · Paste-ups and wheatpaste

Paper on walls

Obey, Mentalgassi, La Pluma Eléctri*k, L’Atlas, JR, El Bocho and Sten & Lex: the artists who worked in paper and paste rather than paint.

Paper is the fastest way onto a wall. These posts follow paste-up artists from Shepard Fairey’s European tour in 2009 to Sten & Lex’s paper stencils in Rome, with Berlin’s Mentalgassi in the middle.

Start with part 1

  1. Part 1 ·

    Obey: European Invasion

    Shepard Fairey’s prints and paste-ups across Europe.

  2. Part 2 ·

    Street Art 3.0: Mentalgassi in Berlin

    Mentalgassi’s large-scale paper works in Berlin.

  3. Part 3 ·

    JR in China: The Wrinkles of Shanghai

    JR pastes the wrinkles of Shanghai.

  4. Part 4 ·

    Spanish Paste-Ups in Berlin

    La Pluma Eléctri*k from Madrid visits Berlin.

  5. Part 5 ·

    Mentalgassi Paste-Ups in Spain

    Mentalgassi’s paste-up installations in Spain.

  6. Part 6 ·

    L’Atlas - Giant Paste-Ups

    L’Atlas’s giant paper installation in New Delhi.

  7. Part 7 ·

    El Bocho Interview

    El Bocho on his painted paste-ups.

  8. Part 8 ·

    Stencil Street Art: Sten & Lex in Rome

    Sten & Lex’s paper stencil in Rome.

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