Help me find urban decoration

July 18, 2008 7:38 PM

I'm looking for "urban" decoration and posters.

A friend of mine has a pizzeria that has an urban ambiance. And by "urban" I mean an old looking brick wall with a small tag, some posters by Obey Giant, a couple of photograps of Banksy stuff and stickers from indie record labels.

He asked me for help searching for more stuff like that. Where can I find more stuff similar to what he has now? Allposters.com sites seem to have corny or classy stuff, but I'm looking more for independent/small artists.

thanks for any help.

posted by edmz to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

Best answer: Etsy, Etsy, Etsy!
posted by LoriFLA at 7:45 PM on July 18, 2008

Best answer: Upper Playground
posted by ad4pt at 7:49 PM on July 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Try and find a local street artist to do a custom piece for the wall. If he can't afford to pay much, maybe free pizza would do the trick! Also, stenciling is pretty easy to do- there are a few good tutorials over at Stencil Revolution. Give it a shot!
posted by ISeemToBeAVerb at 7:54 PM on July 18, 2008

gigposters.com classifieds
posted by bradbane at 7:55 PM on July 18, 2008

Best answer: Prints and posters at The Giant Peach.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 8:28 PM on July 18, 2008

Best answer: PosterWhore has some neat stuff
posted by jmnugent at 1:48 AM on July 19, 2008

There is a local artist in New Orleans who does some amazing stuff on the backs of skateboards.
posted by radioamy at 9:44 AM on July 19, 2008

Some wall space for local artists who want a place to sell their stuff. Good way to make some extra bucks too.
posted by sunshinesky at 11:34 AM on July 19, 2008