Guerrilla Guitar String Art on Paris Bridge
Imagine clambering onto abandoned train tracks that look out over the city of Paris. One photographer, Mary-Jane Lee, did just that, and found this beautiful and surreal sight: guitar strings, attached to the rails in an X. This guerilla work of art is so unlikely, it almost looks Photoshopped.
Tape Art by BUFFdiss
Berlin-based tape artist BUFFdiss creeps into abandoned spaces and beautifies their walls with wholly unexpected scenes like human hands and geometric arrangements. Some of his newer artworks combine tape and paint.
Crocheted Gas Station
An eyesore of an abandoned gas station got a colorful makeover in the form of crocheted cozies, quilt squares, blankets and other fabrics. Artist Jennifer Marsh enlisted professional and amateur artists from 15 countries as well as over 2,500 grade-school students in 29 states to cover the 50-year-old former Citgo stations with more than 3,000 panels.
Marjan Teeuwen’s Destroyed Houses
From WebUrbanist: “Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen creates eerie, unsettling spaces by reclaiming the wreckage of destroyed abandoned buildings and re-assembling it in studios or museums for aesthetic and artistic effect. She also occasionally creates these installations within the abandoned spaces themselves, at one point hacking down an entire exterior wall and bringing the pieces inside to arrange.”
Enormous Graffiti on Abandoned Buildings in Lisbon
A massive abandoned building on the streets if Lisbon, Portugal is now a beautiful public mural thanks to the ‘Crono Project’, which brought street artists from around the world in to decorate abandoned structures. These particular images were created by BLU and Gemeos.
Beaded Spiderwebs
While abandoned churches no doubt have plenty of spiderwebs without the help of an artistic visitor, you can’t deny that this beaded installation is anything but charming. Information on this particular work is hard to find – if you have info, let us know!
Abandoned Lego Houses by Mike Doyle
And in a work of art that’s the exact opposite of all of those featured on this list, artist Mike Doyle creates super-creepy abandoned houses out of unlikely materials: little plastic LEGOs. The top house alone took Doyle over 600 hours to complete using standard LEGOs that have not been painted or altered in any way. No foreign materials like wood or glue were used, and the photos were not retouched.
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