Beiruting News

Street art has long had a contentious relationship with the law. Judging by how New York is treating street-artist-in-residence Banksy, it doesn't look to get better in America anytime soon. However, two street artists in Poland are making a push to put legal street art on the map.

The Etam Cru- comprised of Bezt (Mateusz Gapski) and Sainer (Przemek Blejzyk) - have been legally creating street murals in the cities of Poland for more than ten years. Because they work legally, usually in a public-private partnership, they are able to create paintings that can stretch as tall as ten stories high.

The duo has been so successful that they've even begun to do murals in the United States and the rest of Europe. This past year they painted massive murals in Richmond, Virginia for the Richmond Mural Project.