Start Mobile announced the launch of a free mobile art gallery application for iPhone. The app features images from painted rooms at Hotel des Arts in San Francisco.

Each image can be ‘flipped’ to reveal additional information about the world’s premier emerging and underground artists and their artwork. According to John Doffing, the founder of Start Mobile,  when we’re in a real-world art gallery or museum, we will read the placard to get more information.  “We attempted to imitate this experience within the context of our mobile art galleries for the iPhone.”

Artists featured in the first gallery include Shepard Fairey, David Choe, Sugarluxe, Tricia Choi, Apex, Casey O’Connell, Punkadelik, Buff Monster, Terrance Hughes, Peat Wollaeger, Kelly Ording, Jet Martinez, and Chor Boogie.

Start mobile wallpaper applications now available via iTunes. Each wallpaper will cost you USD 0.99.

[via Start Mobile]