Chiang Mai Street Art Part 3

Chiang Mai Street Art OwlThe third and final batch of street art photos from my month in Chiang Mai! There’s some more POAS tags and murals as well as other identified works. I found a lot of really great, colorful pieces, such as the owl on the left, on the road stretching from the northwest corner of the old city toward Doi Suthep as well as a couple of smaller pieces scattered throughout some side streets near my guesthouse.

If you like these, take a look at the first and second batches.

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Chiang Mai Street Art Part 2

A colorful mural with a positive message in Chiang Mai, Thailand

A colorful mural with a positive message in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Here’s the second batch of street art photos from Chiang Mai! There’s a few more from SY as well as some from POAS, another artist whose work can be seen throughout the city.

I love some of the wackier pieces of work that I saw, such as the walking birds and the bomb doing archery. I also like the Kurt Cobain angel, which is actually a stencil that pops up all around the old city and its surroundings.

You can see the first post of my Chiang Mai street art photos here. Yet another batch of photos will be coming soon!

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Chiang Mai Street Art Part 1

A cyclops painted on a wall in Chiang Mai

A cyclops painted on a wall in Chiang Mai

For the past few weeks I’ve been hanging out in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, taking a bit of a break from living out of a backpack and hopping on buses every few days. I’ve rented a room at Phra Singh Guesthouse for only 3,500 baht and it’s so nice to have a place to call home for a little while.

I’ve taken advantage of this time to explore some of the less touristy streets and hunt out some street art. The culture here isn’t huge on graffiti and murals, but the few artists that do work around here are pretty prolific. SY is one tag I have seen at least 30 times, and I think he is responsible for the 3D blocks that dot the walls around the city.

Here’s the first batch of photos, another batch coming soon!

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