Smile

4 artworks

  • Feeling Super Archival Print by Joshua Horkey

    Joshua Horkey Feeling Super Archival Print by Joshua Horkey

    Feeling Super Limited Edition Archival Pigment Fine Art Prints on 290gsm Moab Entrada Rag Bright Paper by Graffiti Street Art and Pop Culture Artist Joshua Horkey. Joshua Horkey "Feeling Super" - Archival Print, Limited Edition of 12 - 12 x 12" Feeling Super • Autographed archival pigment print • Moab Entrada Rag Bright 290 GSM archival paper • 12 x 12 inches Hand-signed and numbered by artist Joshua Horkey in a limited edition of 12

    $217.00

  • Untitled III Original Acrylic Painting by Atomik

    Atomik Untitled III Original Acrylic Painting by Atomik

    Untitled III Original Acrylic Painting by Atomik One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas by Street Art Pop Artist. 2020 Signed Acrylic Painting Original Artwork Size 12x12 Smiling Atomik Orange Untitled III by Atomik: The Smiling Orange as Icon of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Untitled III is a 12 x 12 inch original acrylic painting on canvas by Atomik, a Miami-based artist widely recognized for his recurring character—the grinning orange with exaggerated features and slick green leaves. Created in 2020, this one-of-a-kind signed piece captures the energy and wit that defines Atomik’s work in the worlds of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. The subject, affectionately known as the Atomik Orange, emerged as a response to the demolition of Miami’s Orange Bowl in 2008 and has since evolved into a vibrant symbol of community memory, local pride, and artistic defiance. In Untitled III, the orange character is presented in a tightly cropped view, its cartoonish grin stretched across the lower canvas, eyes glinting with thick, comic-style highlights. The paint is layered with precision, bold black linework creating a crisp barrier between vivid orange and lime green tones. Shades of blue and white bring depth to the character’s eyes and smile, while the use of directional hatching nods to print-era comic illustrations. The background, rendered in a calm sky blue, allows the character’s electric palette to explode off the canvas. This color relationship enhances the orange’s buoyant personality, which is humorous, manic, and defiant all at once. The Atomik Orange and the Language of Urban Reclamation The character at the center of Untitled III represents more than just visual branding—it is a reclamation of space and memory. When the Orange Bowl was razed, a piece of Miami’s identity was lost. Atomik, born and active in the United States, responded with a visual intervention that turned grief into vibrancy. His orange character began to appear across the city on walls, mailboxes, rooftops, and abandoned buildings, acting as both a tribute and a defiant marker of presence. In canvas form, as seen here, the character retains all of its street energy while transitioning into a collectible artifact. The cheeky grin and raised brow act as visual shorthand for Miami’s blend of attitude, warmth, and creative resistance. Atomik’s work embodies the style and function of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, where characters serve as symbolic graffiti tags, social commentary, and public avatars. His orange exists in multiple states—rebel, clown, mascot—and its simplicity is its power. The use of expressive line, exaggerated proportion, and strategic highlights is directly linked to the language of muralism and comic book art, both of which feed into graffiti’s visual vocabulary. From Street to Canvas: Atomik’s Expansion into Gallery Culture Untitled III represents an important aspect of Atomik’s practice: the movement of street-born characters into formal art spaces without sacrificing edge or identity. By bringing his orange to canvas, Atomik maintains the same boldness and accessibility found on city walls. The work is not diluted but concentrated, focusing all its pop intensity into a contained format. The painting retains the urgency and charm of its graffiti roots, made sharper through studio technique and acrylic detail. This transition from public wall to private collection is central to many Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork artists, who continue to operate in both spheres simultaneously. Atomik remains prolific in Miami’s streets, but his gallery pieces like Untitled III allow collectors to engage with the movement in intimate, long-lasting ways. These pieces become cultural documents, embodying not only the energy of a character but the broader movement it represents. Visual Identity and Cultural Commentary in the Work of Atomik Atomik’s orange is more than an aesthetic motif—it is a cultural signal. The bold grin, the splash of citrus color, and the playful features all contribute to a language of visual activism. It communicates joy while remembering loss, mischief while asserting presence. Untitled III, with its clean composition and signature style, preserves this energy on canvas in a way that invites repeated viewing. The piece pulses with the same character-driven ethos that has defined pop art figures since the mid-twentieth century, while remaining grounded in graffiti’s rebellious tradition. As a singular work of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, Untitled III captures a moment in time when characters were not just imagined but lived across a city’s architecture. Atomik’s orange continues to smile—on walls, on canvases, in print, and in spirit—reminding viewers that personality and protest often share the same line.

    $655.00

  • My Blossoming Heart Giclee Print by Jason Naylor- OPN Heart

    Jason Naylor- OPN Heart My Blossoming Heart Giclee Print by Jason Naylor- OPN Heart

    My Blossoming Heart Pop Street Artwork Limited Edition Giclee Print on Fine Art Paper by Urban Graffiti Modern Artist Jason Naylor. 2022 Signed "My Blossoming Heart" by Jason Naylor Giclée Print on Paper Measures Mothership's Lonely Hearts Club~ 16" tall x 12" wide Edition of 30. Numbered and Signed by the Artist.

    $214.00

  • Mr A PP Silkscreen Print by Mr André Saraiva

    Mr André Saraiva Mr A PP Silkscreen Print by Mr André Saraiva

    Mr A PP Printers Proof Silkscreen Print by Mr André Saraiva Hand-Pulled on Fine Art Paper Limited Edition Screenprint Artwork. PP Printers Proof 2020 Signed & Marked PP Limited Edition Artwork Size 12x28 Silkscreen Print Mr A PP Printer’s Proof by Mr André Saraiva – Character Romance in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Mr A PP is a 2020 hand-pulled silkscreen print by French-Portuguese street artist Mr André Saraiva, executed on fine art paper in a 12 x 28 inch vertical format. This artwork is a signed and marked printer’s proof from a limited edition run, highlighting the precision and individuality of the printmaking process. Featuring the artist’s iconic alter ego Mr A, the piece captures the spirit of joyful rebellion, romantic mischief, and timeless graffiti personality that defines Saraiva’s legacy in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Mr A stands tall and thin, his wide grin and crossed eyes drawn in confident black linework over a vivid electric blue spray-painted background. Surrounding him are playful symbols—hearts, curls, and floating marks—that turn the figure into a charismatic emblem of love, irony, and freedom. Mr A as Urban Icon and Emotional Blueprint The Mr A character, with his top hat, single winking eye, and perpetual grin, has appeared on walls, alleyways, rooftops, and galleries across the world since the late 1980s. In this print, Saraiva renders him in a simplified yet expressive pose—his elongated limbs, floating presence, and casual posture reflect both elegance and absurdity. The XO on his face references affection and irreverence in equal measure. This version of Mr A floats effortlessly in a sea of blue mist, his whimsical form flanked by hand-drawn hearts and abstract doodles. The character becomes a visual haiku: minimal, coded, and expressive. Within the framework of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, Mr A functions as both a personal avatar and universal symbol, able to express charm, distance, and attitude through just a few lines and gestures. Spray and Screen Technique on Fine Art Paper This silkscreen print is more than a reproduction—it is a hand-crafted object that blends printing precision with graffiti spontaneity. The base features layered spray patterns in rich turquoise and teal tones, with paint clouds and speckled bursts giving the background depth and kinetic energy. Over this energetic ground, the silkscreened Mr A is printed in sharp black ink, maintaining the loose vitality of Saraiva’s original line drawings. The print’s verticality enhances the figure’s lightness, as though he is levitating between the layers of paint. The fine art paper captures every stroke and edge without gloss, retaining the street-born roughness while offering the durability and clarity expected from contemporary fine editions. Mr André Saraiva and the Line Between Romance and Rebellion Mr André Saraiva’s work operates where elegance meets graffiti, where flirtation meets permanence. Mr A PP distills this ethos into a single figure—his arms stretched, his presence untouchable, and his smile disarming. The artwork is not about volume or noise, but about character. Mr A exists as a romantic ambassador of urban expression, appearing as both a trace of the artist and a public invitation to feel lighter. In the language of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, this print is a perfect artifact: expressive, minimal, confident, and instantly iconic. Through Mr A, Saraiva writes a love letter to cities, to spontaneity, and to the enduring power of a simple line to carry deep meaning.

    $480.00

Smile Graffiti Street Pop Artwork

The Emblematic Smile in Street Pop Art and Graffiti Artwork

The smile as a symbol holds a universal language of positivity, happiness, and amiability, transcending cultural and linguistic barriers. In street pop art and graffiti art, the smile has been a recurring motif, reinterpreted and reimagined by artists to convey messages that range from the sincerely optimistic to the profoundly ironic. Street pop art, in particular, has a history of taking quotidian symbols and infusing them with new life on the urban canvas. A smile in this context can be a powerful communicator, transforming the mood of a decrepit alleyway or a bustling city corner. In the hands of a street artist, the smile often transcends its simple, joyful beginnings. It can become a social commentary, a mask of the complexities and contradictions of human emotions, or a satirical jab at the commercialization of happiness. The smiley face, for instance, an icon that became a pop culture phenomenon in the 1970s, has been adopted and adapted by street artists around the globe. Its presence in street art is frequently laden with a sense of nostalgia. Yet, it's injected with contemporary concerns, echoing the sentiments of a generation connected by digital smiles through emojis and yet may feel profound disconnection in the urban sprawl.

Artistic Interpretations of the Smile in Urban Environments

The manifestation of the smile in graffiti artwork has often been far from the original intent of pure joy. It has evolved into a complex symbol expressing various emotions and societal critiques. Artists like Banksy have utilized the smile to challenge viewers' perceptions, juxtaposing the icon of happiness with scenarios that provoke thought about issues such as consumerism, surveillance, and identity. The smile becomes an ironic counterpoint to the gravity of these subjects, highlighting the contrast between the facade of societal happiness and the underlying issues that plague modern life. Moreover, the smile has been central to specific artists' oeuvre, acting as a signature motif representing their artistic identity. Some have taken the smile and distorted it, creating murals that showcase grinning faces with an edge of menace or melancholy, playing with the observer's expectations and emotions. In these instances, the smile does not signify happiness but serves as a visual paradox that underscores the complexities of the human condition. This evolution of the smile motif in street art reflects the genre's inclination to subvert and question rather than beautify.

The Duality of the Smile in Street Art Narratives

The duality of the smile in street pop art and graffiti artwork is a compelling aspect of its use. It can be both an emblem of shared joy and a communal mask hiding the multifaceted stories of a neighborhood. Murals and tags featuring smiles can unite communities, offering a bright spot in otherwise neglected urban landscapes. Conversely, they can also represent a collective facade, a commentary on the societal pressure to appear content and suppress authentic emotional expression. This dichotomy is evident in how the smile is sometimes portrayed in urban art—exaggeratedly large smiles on characters in a piece of art can seem almost dystopian, reflecting the tension between genuine happiness and the pressure to maintain its appearance. This representation can provoke discussions about mental health and the social expectation to suppress negative emotions in favor of a perpetually cheerful exterior. This capacity to embody dual meanings and provoke thought and conversation solidifies the smile's position in street art as a powerful symbol, capable of carrying weighty narratives within its simple curve.

The Cultural Significance of the Smile in Street Art

In the context of street pop art and graffiti artwork, the smile symbolizes the culture's ability to take universal symbols and charge them with new, often unexpected meanings. As a piece of iconography, it is malleable, able to carry the lightest of messages and the heaviest of societal critiques. Artists have harnessed the smile to communicate directly with the public, surprise, delight, and challenge the onlooker. Whether through a simple tag or a complex mural, the smile in street art reflects the diversity of human experience and the environment it inhabits. It is a testament to the genre's power to embed deep stories within simple signs, to engage the public in a dialogue without words, and to leave a lasting impression that continues to resonate long after the viewer has walked away from the artwork.
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