Faith47: Exploring the World of Urban Art

Delve into the captivating world of Faith47, a South African artist renowned for her poignant and visually stunning urban art. This collection explores her signature style—a blend of intricate detail and powerful symbolism often reflecting themes of spirituality, social justice, and the human condition. From large-scale murals to intimate canvases, we showcase the breadth of her work and examine her artistic evolution. Discover insightful articles delving into her creative process, inspirations, and the profound impact her art has on urban landscapes worldwide. Explore now and be inspired by her unique perspective.

Visual Intervention, Mural Art Project in Rochester

In July 2011, a first-of-its-kind public art mural project called Visual Intervention took place in Rochester, NY bringing together local artists and a group of four artists from Cape Town, SA, including Faith47, DAL, Mak1 and FreddySam who shared their talents and painted several nice murals in hopes of inspiring the Rochester community… Finally, the corresponding documentary was published last week which I don’t want to deforce from you. It gives a nice insight into the entire project, and includes not just statements by the artists and organizers, but also explains the event’s reasons and how everything worked out in the end. ...

Eye Candy #13: Roa in Berlin, Exhibitions, Paper Cut Maps & Interviews

Street Art News | I heard this weekend will be sunny and warm in London, so before you will go enjoying the weather, I will pelt you with the latest street art and graffiti news and of course some urban art eye candy from around the globe! This time I collected interesting interviews with artists, some exhibition hints for Paris and Berlin and new impressions from the streets. Have fun while clicking through these link-tips. Bon appétit! ...

Church Graffiti: Paint Your Faith

Today, Aaron sent me a nice e-mail, calling attention for an interesting urban painting action by four world-renowned aerosol artists - Faith47 from South Africa, Titi Freak from Sao Paulo, Peeta from Italy, and Indigo, a local artist! Religious Street Art? WTF? The event was organized and the four artists have been invited by the United Church of Canada. The urban artwork is a part of their ongoing national “Paint Your Faith” campaign… ...

Faith47 - Lost Spaces

South-African graffiti artist Faith47 is one of the best-known female urban artists worldwide. Yesterday, she uploaded her recent and very interesting video, called Epitaph. Epitaph is an exploration of lost spaces entered through sounds and images to reveal the echoes of empty rooms, flakes of paint, swollen curves, fragile lines, stories hidden in the flat colors broken apart by wood and steel… Faith47’s artwork, which was part of the last urban top shots, was created for this documentation of abandoned places. Take a look! ...

Urban Top Shots #8

From week to week, it’s harder to decide the three urban top shots from the Urban Artcore Flickr-group, ’cause every week there are are more members and a lot of great shots. What, you don’t know what I mean? Every week I feature the three best Urban Artcore shots of the last seven days. Perhaps you have a great shot of urban art, graffiti, architecture, street design, or other urban impressions, too – Become a member of the Urban Artcore Flickr-group and add your photos! ...

Faith47 – Cape of Good Hope

In her urban artworks Faith47 reflects her inner emotions and binds them to an rounded impression, which remains never without significance. Her artworks claim to be respected and interpreted. Once again, the smart South African has taken the nerve of the time! With her current work “The Cape Of Good Hope”, a mixture of poster art and paintings, Faith47 calls attention to the political and social problems in South Africa’s Cape Town and tries to fight against the wide social injustices. ...