{"id":1268,"date":"2025-05-26T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:32:56","slug":"alicja-kozlowska-stitches-rebellion-into-the-streets-with-embroidered-graffiti-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/alicja-kozlowska-stitches-rebellion-into-the-streets-with-embroidered-graffiti-series\/","title":{"rendered":"alicja koz\u0142owska stitches rebellion into the streets with embroidered graffiti series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alicja Koz\u0142owska explores intersection of craft & street culture<\/h2>\n

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Polish textile artist Alicja Koz\u0142owska<\/strong><\/a> redefines the boundaries between craft and street art in Banksy<\/strong><\/a> Who?, a public art<\/strong><\/a> series that brings embroidery<\/strong><\/a> to the urban landscape. Comprising seven large-scale embroidered graffiti works, along with crocheted balaclavas and hand-stitched spray cans, the project fuses traditional textile techniques with the raw, expressive language of graffiti<\/strong><\/a>. Set against the backdrop of city walls and industrial settings, Banksy Who? challenges preconceived notions of both mediums\u2014provoking viewers to see embroidery not as delicate decoration, but as a bold, contemporary form of protest and expression.<\/p>\n

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\nARTISTS SKULL \u2013 embroidered graffiti by Alicja Koz\u0142owska | all images courtesy of Alicja Koz\u0142owska<\/a><\/p>\n

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Banksy Who? reimagines graffiti through embroidered textures<\/h2>\n

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Alicja Koz\u0142owska draws from the visual intensity and immediacy of street art, but trades aerosol paint for thread, beads, and fabric. By introducing the tactile richness of textiles to the urban canvas, the Polish textile artist and designer<\/strong><\/a> adds depth and dimension that spray paint alone cannot achieve. Embroidery becomes a tool for storytelling and resistance\u2014each stitch a deliberate mark, echoing the energy of graffiti tags and murals while offering a new, layered materiality. Beads shimmer like fresh paint, quilted textures emulate worn city surfaces, and stitched motifs stand defiantly where murals might once have been.<\/p>\n

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\nBANKSY WHO? textile piece on a trash can\u00a0<\/p>\n

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reclaiming public space through a raw textile language<\/h2>\n

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The project is not only a visual intervention but also a conceptual one. Banksy Who? seeks to upend the hierarchy that often separates \u2018high\u2019 art from street culture, or traditional craft from contemporary commentary. By integrating centuries-old techniques into the ephemeral, rebellious realm of graffiti, Koz\u0142owska breathes new life into textile art\u2014proving it can be raw, political, and urgent. The accompanying photoshoot, capturing each piece embedded within real city environments, further emphasizes the work\u2019s mission: to reclaim public space with thread as its medium and message.<\/p>\n

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With Banksy Who?, Koz\u0142owska speaks to a new generation\u2014inviting them to see embroidery not as an artifact of the past, but as an evolving, boundary-pushing practice deeply connected to urban life. In doing so, she not only reshapes the narrative around textile arts but also stitches her own place into the fabric of contemporary visual culture.<\/p>\n

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\nARTISTS SKULL on an electricity junction box\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nBANANA embroidered graffiti piece in an elevator<\/p>\n

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\nBANKSY WHO? on a wall\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nSOFT VANDALISM<\/p>\n

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project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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name: <\/strong>Banksy Who?
\ndesigner<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Alicja Kozlowska<\/a> | @alice.kozlow<\/a><\/p>\n

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designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<\/i>DIY submissions<\/i><\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<\/i>here.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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edited by: myrto katsikopoulou | designboom<\/i><\/p>\n

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Alicja Koz\u0142owska explores intersection of craft & street culture \u00a0 Polish textile artist Alicja Koz\u0142owska redefines the boundaries between craft and street art in Banksy Who?, a public art series that brings embroidery to the urban landscape. Comprising seven large-scale embroidered graffiti works, along with crocheted balaclavas and hand-stitched spray cans, the project fuses traditional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.www.good-broker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}