Posted: 27 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST

Art should be created only for stetic purposes or it should have a deeper meaning? This is a question that will probably never be answered, but in my opinion I think art should be always a way to express our feelings and ideas.

Lately, many art critics have questioned if some urban interventions like Banksy, Specter, and other street artists have done and do are art or not. Most of their artworks have a message about politics, government, security, AIDS, poverty and other important issues nowadays. I found the work o Specter while looking thru graffiti blogs, what impress me is that he really knows how to shock with his art, not satisfied with doing only wheatpastes, he also create pieces with cardboards, wood and other medias. If you got interested on his work, check more pieces on his website.

Bridge

"Works created to occupy specific spaces which would otherwise not be used for art or other purposes" (Specter's website).

Ad Project

"Advertisments and logos altered to change there message and connotations." (Specter's website).

Cardboard Project

"Gates crafted with cardbord boxes then installed in specific alley ways." (Specter's website).

Gentrification Billboards

"Gentrification Billboards for MoCADA's exhibition The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks." (Specter's website).

From Russia with Love

If I Saw You in Heaven

" Portraits of homeless citizens" (Specter's website).

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