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Denial- Daniel Bombardier Cloudy With A Chance Archival Print by Denial- Daniel Bombardier

Cloudy With A Chance- Welcome Wall Archival Pigment Print on Metal with Etched Acrylic Base Sculpture Artwork by graffiti street artist modern pop legend artist Denial. DENIAL is a Canadian artist whose work critiques consumerism and the human condition. Though based in Windsor Ontario, DENIAL spends much of the year traveling and exhibiting throughout Canada and the USA, having done solo shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver. Denial is a Canadian artist who experiments with aerosol and stencil art, while his main fields of interest are consumerism, politics and the human condition in today’s society. Since the culture of graffiti was gaining more and more popularity in the US and Europe, the taggers had to be increasingly original in order to stand out. The signatures became bigger, more stylized and more colorful.

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$385.00
Madsaki Madsaki Mona Lisa 3 Dharma Green Spray Paint Can Artwork by Montana MTN

Madsaki- Mona Lisa 3 Dharma Green Limited Edition Rare Spray Paint Can Artwork Crossover by famous graffiti paint maker Montana MTN. Mona Lisa 3 Spray Paint Can, 2021 MNT Colors Spray Paint, Low Pressure Can in Wood and Acrylic Case Spray Paint Color: Dharma Green 400ml. Limited Edition of 500 Madsaki Mona Lisa 3 Dharma Green Spray Can in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork The Mona Lisa 3 Dharma Green spray paint can by Japanese artist Madsaki is a limited edition collectible released in 2021 as part of the Montana Colors artist series. Created in collaboration with the iconic graffiti paint brand Montana MTN, this edition transforms a 400ml can into a crossover artwork that bridges classical painting with the raw aesthetic of street expression. The artwork features Madsaki’s reinterpretation of the Mona Lisa, executed in his signature irreverent style with smeared eyes and a dripping smile. Known for challenging traditional art values through parody and graffiti energy, Madsaki reimagines one of the most recognized portraits in history by layering over it with his visual language of distortion, repetition, and satire. This edition was capped at 500 units and includes a Dharma Green paint fill, housed in a custom wood display case, making it both a functioning paint tool and a contemporary sculptural object. Visual Style and Conceptual Fusion Madsaki’s reworking of the Mona Lisa is emblematic of his broader practice, where he recontextualizes canonical works from art history through a graffiti-informed lens. His version on the Dharma Green can depicts the Mona Lisa with vacant eyes and a haunting grin rendered with black paint that bleeds downward, invoking both humor and discomfort. The brushwork mimics crude spray lines and hand-drawn texture, celebrating imperfection and emotional intensity over traditional beauty. This graffiti-infused rendition replaces reverence with raw energy, transforming a Renaissance icon into a modern pop symbol. Montana Colors used high-resolution printing technology to wrap this expression around the cylindrical form, reinforcing the unity between the artist’s visual narrative and the object’s street-level functionality. Each can serves as a portable canvas, allowing collectors to hold in hand a version of Madsaki’s bold and challenging artistic statement. Artist Background and Cross-Medium Innovation Madsaki, born in Osaka, Japan and raised in the United States, is internationally known for his ability to navigate fine art, graffiti, and pop culture. His career includes collaborations with galleries across Asia, Europe, and North America. Though trained at Parsons School of Design in New York, his artistic voice is rooted more in subversion than formalism. He frequently paints figures from Western art and mass media, overlaying them with emotive distortions and graffiti aesthetics. Madsaki's pieces often blur the lines between parody and homage, combining critique with cultural celebration. The Mona Lisa 3 can exemplifies this hybrid voice, drawing from art history and injecting it with street culture’s unfiltered pulse. His involvement in the Montana MTN series marks a fusion of museum-grade vision with urban materials, expanding the boundaries of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Collectible Value and Presentation Each Mona Lisa 3 Dharma Green can arrives sealed with Montana’s factory-fill low pressure paint and is encased in a wooden and acrylic box stamped with the artist’s signature. This dual presentation reinforces the piece’s status as both an art object and a practical tool of graffiti. The display-ready nature of the packaging elevates the can beyond utility, while retaining the cultural edge of a spray can as a symbol of resistance, autonomy, and creation. As part of a limited series of 500, it has become a coveted object among collectors of street art, pop art, and contemporary crossovers. The work holds significance in the evolution of spray paint culture, encapsulating the idea that tools once considered part of a counterculture can be reclaimed as works of art in their own right. Madsaki’s Mona Lisa 3 spray can is a direct challenge to the hierarchy of fine art, using humor and raw form to restage history in a new urban light.

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$175.00
Gene Guynn Girls With Stars In Their Hair 1 Giclee Print by Gene Guynn

Girls With Stars In Their Hair 1 Artwork Giclee Limited Edition Print on Heavy Fine Art Paper by Pop Culture Graffiti Artist Gene Guynn.

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$103.00
Gene Guynn Girls With Stars In Their Hair 2 Giclee Print by Gene Guynn

Girls With Stars In Their Hair 2 Artwork Giclee Limited Edition Print on Heavy Fine Art Paper by Pop Culture Graffiti Artist Gene Guynn.

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$103.00
Naoto Hattori Hello Picasso Giclee Print by Naoto Hattori

Hello Picasso Surreal Artwork Limited Edition Giclee Print on 100% Cotton Rag Fine Art Paper by Popular Artist Naoto Hattori. 2013 Signed & Hand-Numbered Limited Edition of 25 Artwork Size 6x8 Original Printing

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$470.00
Denial- Daniel Bombardier Ughhhmerica Sculpture Print by Denial- Daniel Bombardier

Ughhhmerica- Welcome Wall Archival Pigment Print on Metal with Etched Acrylic Base Sculpture Artwork by graffiti street artist modern pop legend artist Denial. 2020 Signed & Numbered HPM Limited Edition of 100 Artwork Size 4x8 DENIAL is a Canadian artist whose work critiques consumerism and the human condition. Though based in Windsor Ontario, DENIAL spends much of the year traveling and exhibiting throughout Canada and the USA, having done solo shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver. In the world of Denial, memory is important, because it is the basis of his work, as it nostalgically encourages the audience to engage with it. As a result, his art is as familiar, as it is disturbing because it reveals the most unsettling parts of society, the ones we are in a “denial” of. No matter its controversial history, graffiti is less and less viewed as a form of vandalism.

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$385.00
Naoto Hattori Sunya Giclee Print by Naoto Hattori

Sunya Artwork Giclee Limited Edition Surreal Print on 100% Cotton Rag Fine Art Paper by Pop Culture Graffiti Artist Naoto Hattori.

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$211.00
Jel Ena Black Pearl Giclee Print by Jel Ena

Black Pearl Artwork Giclee Limited Edition Print on Heavy Fine Art Paper by Pop Culture Graffiti Artist Jel Ena.

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$134.00
Ron English- POPaganda Bitter Tweet Fiction Welcome Wall Archival Print by Ron English- POPaganda

Bitter Tweet Fiction- Welcome Wall Archival Pigment Print on Metal with Etched Acrylic Base Sculpture Artwork by graffiti street artist modern pop legend artist Ron English- POPaganda. Ron English- POPaganda is widely considered a seminal figure in the advancement of street art away from traditional wild-style lettering into clever statement and masterful trompe l’oeil based art. He has created illegal murals and billboards that blend stunning visuals with biting political, consumerist and surrealist statements, hijacking public space worldwide for the sake of art since the 1980s.

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$371.00
Matt Bailey Breakout Art Toy Sculpture by Matt Bailey

Breakout Polystone Sculpture Limited Edition Artwork by Artist Matt Bailey of Pop Graffiti Painting & Street Art Fame. 2022 8" Limited Edition. All that remains is the sound of flesh ripping as a part of her breaks away. A metaphor of her state when her lover leaves, the brilliant Breakout by Matt Bailey captures the agony, the ache, and the torment of feeling a part of yourself torn away. Torn skin and melting flesh reveal the emptiness within her, a black goo that fills the void of her being. Breakout is made from premium polystone, with a gloss finish beautifully contrasted with matte detailing. They were one together, now they’re two alone. She keeps her lover in her heart, as she waits for the day they meet again. A surreal take on the pain of longing, Breakout by Matt Bailey is a timeless piece of art.

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$620.00
Jon-Paul Kaiser Inked Stories Eve Art Toy Sculpture by Jon-Paul Kaiser

Inked Stories: Eve Limited Edition Polystone Art Toy Collectible Artwork by street graffiti artist Jon-Paul Kaiser. New In Box The Fall of Man gets a figurative retelling in this collaborative piece by JPK and Mighty Jaxx. Taking a two-prong approach in the reimagining, Mighty Jaxx designed and sculpted the Eve figure with the forbidden fruit in hand. JPK works his magic, referencing her story through a series of full-body tattoos; the birth of man, the breath of life, the sculpting from the rib, the temptation of the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Decorated in a traditional tattoo style including apple blossom flowers, fig-trees, and maple leaves, relevant to the various stories from Eden.

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$363.00

Hair as a Symbol in Street Pop Art

From the iconic Warhol wigs to the vibrant and expressive spray-paint portraits found on urban walls, hair has played a significant role in the visual language of pop art, street art, and graffiti art. Its significance goes beyond just aesthetics, serving as a medium of cultural commentary, individual expression, and socio-political critique. Pop art, originating in the 1950s and 60s, often took inspiration from everyday objects and images, recontextualizing them to offer a fresh perspective. Within this movement, hair, especially hairstyles associated with popular celebrities, became symbolic of consumerism, celebrity culture, and the rapidly changing trends of the times. Artists like Andy Warhol leveraged the allure of hair, using it as a central element in his silkscreen prints. Marilyn Monroe’s glamorous blonde locks, for instance, repeated across canvas in bold colors, spoke of her iconic status but also hinted at the artifice and commercial nature of fame. The mass repetition of such imagery underscored the mechanized, commodified aspect of popular culture. Hair, in this regard, became both a subject and symbol within pop art. In the realm of street and graffiti art, hair takes on an even more nuanced and varied significance. Hair, in its myriad forms and connotations, has emerged as a powerful symbol within the domain of street pop art and graffiti artwork. It represents a canvas upon which artists project ideas related to identity, freedom, rebellion, and societal norms. In the vibrant landscape of urban art, hair is not merely a subject but a statement—a tool that artists wield with skill to convey messages that are as varied as the styles they depict. Street pop art, known for its visual punch and immediacy, often employs hair as a motif to draw attention to the socio-political themes of the era. Graffiti artists, too, use the image of hair to reflect individuality and diversity. Through the prism of hair, these artists celebrate the stories and experiences of people from all walks of life. Whether it is the flowing locks that adorn the portraits of iconic figures or the stylized depictions of everyday characters, hair in street art and graffiti becomes a metaphor for expression.

The Aesthetics of Hair in Contemporary Art

Street artists often use the walls of cities as their canvases, drawing from the environment, local culture, and current issues. In many urban settings, hair serves as a representation of cultural identity, socio-economic status, rebellion, or belonging. Graffiti artists often accentuate hairstyles, be it intricate braids representative of African or Afro-Caribbean cultures, or the sharp, angular cuts popular in urban punk scenes. These are not just depictions but are symbols of defiance, pride, or sometimes even resistance against prevailing norms and stereotypes. Beyond cultural identity, the portrayal of hair in street art has also been instrumental in drawing attention to pertinent issues such as racial bias and gender norms. Portraits showcasing the natural beauty of curly or coiled hair challenge prevailing beauty standards and comment on racial prejudices. Similarly, depictions of shaved or androgynous hairstyles might question traditional gender norms and the fluidity of identity. The methods and mediums used in graffiti art further enhance the significance of hair in these pieces. The very nature of spray paint allows for a dynamic range of expression. With swift strokes, an artist can create the illusion of flowing locks or the texture of a curly mane. The juxtaposition of hair, with its organic and fluid form, against the often rigid and gritty urban landscapes, creates a powerful visual statement. This contrast not only captures attention but often invites viewers to consider deeper narratives and stories behind such artworks. To understand the role of hair in pop, street, and graffiti art is to appreciate its transformative power. It's a medium that has allowed artists to delve into themes of identity, culture, rebellion, and society. Whether through the vibrant hues of a Warhol print or the textured strokes of a graffiti portrait, hair stands as a testament to the evolving dialogues and discourses within the world of art. In the context of modern street pop art, hair has been used to challenge gender stereotypes and explore cultural dynamics. Artists may exaggerate hairstyles to emphasize a point or to defy conventional beauty standards. Murals showcasing individuals with unique and bold hairdos are not uncommon and serve to highlight the artist's perspective on individuality and self-expression. The art of depicting hair requires a nuanced understanding of form and flow, making it a technical challenge as well. The texture of hair, the way it frames a face or character, and its movement can bring energy and life to a piece. In the hands of a skilled artist, hair transcends its role as a mere physical feature and becomes a dynamic element of the composition. It is both a visual focus and a thematic linchpin, often influencing the interpretation of the artwork itself.

Street Art, Pop Culture, and the Iconography of Hair

Hair in the context of street pop art also becomes a means of paying homage or critiquing popular culture. Icons of music, film, and fashion are frequently represented, with their distinctive hairstyles acting as shorthand for their identity. The striking afro of a 70s music legend, the slick back hair of a film icon, or the ever-changing colors of a pop star—these depictions utilize hair to encapsulate the essence of the subject. The role of hair in the lexicon of street art and graffiti artwork is emblematic of the timelessness of human adornment and decoration. As a feature that is both personal and public, hair encapsulates the dual nature of street art: an individual statement made in a space that is inherently communal. It is a reflection of both the artist's inner world and the broader cultural dialogue, making it a potent motif for commentary and artistry in the public sphere. Hair serves as a versatile and evocative theme within street pop art and graffiti artwork. It is used by artists to explore themes of identity, society, culture, and aesthetics. The depiction of hair in urban art becomes a form of storytelling, a way to engage with viewers, and an avenue for artists to leave their mark on the canvas of the city. Through the strokes of a paintbrush or the spray of a can, hair is transformed into a statement, a symbol, and a signature within the ever-evolving narrative of street art.

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Gene Guynn Girls With Stars In Their Hair 2 Giclee Print by Gene Guynn

Naoto Hattori Hello Picasso Giclee Print by Naoto Hattori

Denial- Daniel Bombardier Ughhhmerica Sculpture Print by Denial- Daniel Bombardier

Naoto Hattori Sunya Giclee Print by Naoto Hattori

Jel Ena Black Pearl Giclee Print by Jel Ena

Ron English- POPaganda Bitter Tweet Fiction Welcome Wall Archival Print by Ron English- POPaganda

Matt Bailey Breakout Art Toy Sculpture by Matt Bailey

Jon-Paul Kaiser Inked Stories Eve Art Toy Sculpture by Jon-Paul Kaiser

Hair as a Symbol in Street Pop Art

The Aesthetics of Hair in Contemporary Art

Street Art, Pop Culture, and the Iconography of Hair