Off the street and into the galleries, is the art of Brazillian graffiti artists as featured in the Jonathan Levine Gallery's "Ruas de São Paulo: A Survey of Brazilian Street Art from São Paulo" show. An example is the art of Zezão:
According to the site, "Zezão, 34, is one of the leaders of Brazilian abstract graffiti. His trademark arabesques have roots in the Brazilian style of tagging letters called “pixação”. His most striking works are creations in the São Paulo sewer system and subterranean water ducts." His work reminds me of Aztec embellishments.
More famous is the work of UK artist Banksy, who has his own website and is recognized as a full blown artist with installations in museums, and works for sale, though his fame came from street works such as this small addition to a road sign:
Or this controversial work of Brighton coppers kissing. The work was later painted over by another vandal, and both Banksy and the vandal were fined (as per the article):
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