Doors, gates and mailboxes share a (mainly) vertical format and attraction for street artists, who festoon them with slaps (stickers), paint and other media. Many serve as permanent, but constantly evolving public art installations, continuously transformed by the addition and decay of materials.
The details
These surfaces' dense layering and organic decay produce richly detailed images, affording ongoing discovery through repeat viewings. Click on thumbnails at right to see enlarged sections of detail.