One thing we love about street art is what methods the artist used to curate their pieces. As part of this year’s Urban Forms lineup, Portuguese street artist Vhils took it to the streets of Lodz, Poland to curate a rather one-of-a-kind piece for the community.

He used his unique technique of carving the wall of a building and it result, he created a striking image.

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The 2011 Nuart Festival is all set to hit the streets in exactly one month, but the festival’s organizers are also looking at its past. On October 1st, the event will kick off with a party and book signing for Eloquent Vandals: The History of Nuart Norway.

The book documents the festival’s last six years with over 250 pages of exclusive images from artists like Swoon, Vhils, Blu, Ericailcane, Dface, Nick Walker, and Blek Le Rat. There are also essays from Steve and Jaime from Brooklyn Street Art, stories from artist Logan Hicks, diary extracts from Chris Stain, and more.

As for the festival itself, here’s this year’s artist line up… Dan Witz, David Choe, Herakut, Herbert Baglione, Escif, Hyuro, Tellas, Lucy McLauchlan, Dolk, Phlegm and Vhils.

Instead of having most of the work on the buildings of Stavanger, Norway, per usual, the festival is going to be mostly indoors this year. According to the festival the artists will paint their murals on seven abandoned 17x5x5 meter tunnels [and] a 50meter long access tunnel with an entrance hall equal in size to the cities largest gallery. Sounds a little sketchy, doesn’t it?

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Once more, Phlegm is using his artwork to express his love of aquatic vessels, and how fitting it is that this mural was painted on an island!

The above piece was painted on São Miguel island in Azores, Portugal as part of the Walk & Talk Festival, where a total of 30 artists, including Vhils and Escif, will show off their work. The mural is massive and incredibly detailed, yet Phlegm was able to complete it in only 4 days. Incredible.

In other news, Phlegm just completed his book, The Illuminated Alphabet, which popped in stores on August 17th. To have completed both of these projects is truly an amazing feat.

See more pictures at Unurth.

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Plaster, concrete, paper, wood – where other people see construction materials and tools, the visionary Vhils sees art. After working on a wall outside of the Post No Bills gallery in the States in conjunction with the European Bailout Show (covered), the Lisbon-based street artist traveled to Italy to do his part for the annual Fame Fest.

Take a look at some of the other pieces he produced while in town after the jump.

via Arrested Motion

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