Tag: guido van helten
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Guido van Helten for Urban Forms in Łódź, Poland
Here are a few images of this stunning mural by Australian Guido van Helten painted last June in Łódź, Poland for Fundacja Urban Forms . Though Guido has been invited to participate of the project in two earlier occasions (in Poznań and Grudziądz), this is the first time he paints in Łódź, the home of over 100 spread all…
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Guido van Helten and Fintan Magee paint stunning mural in in Tehran, Iran
Last November Australian artists Guido van Helten and Fintan Magee travelled to Tehran as the first foreign artists invited to paint in the country by the Australian embassy in Iran to celebrate its 50th year of operation. Titled “The Carpet Repair Men’, the new mural is the result of the artists research on Persian carpet making, its distribution and…
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Guido van Helten celebrates Dharavi’s hip hoppers with stunning mural
Australian artist Guido van Helten is back with this stunning mural celebrating Dharavi’s hip hoppers in Mumbai, India. Through his work, Guido van Helten likes to build on the context of the spaces he works within. Having met Aku from the :: SlumGods :: crew – a hip-hop collective empowering children through teaching them the elements of hip-hop…
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“Waiting” by Guido van Helten in Ragusa, Italy
Australian artist Guido van Helten was recently in Italy invited to take part of this year’s FestiWall in the charming city of Ragusa in Sicily. Entitled “Waiting”, the new mural is according to the artist inspired by the city of Ragusa and specifically the ‘Marsala’ neighbourhood, a meeting point for several generations, but especially for…
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Guido van Helten for the Nashville Walls Project
Australian street artist Guido van Helten was recently in the US invited to take part of the Nashville Walls Project in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded by film producer and art advisor Brian Greif, this project sprang from their connections with muralists worldwide and Greif’s relocation to Nashville from San Francisco. Grief is also the producer of…
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Guido van Helten paints monumental jigsaw in Dubai
Australian artist Guido van Helten was recently in Dubai where he spent some time working on a monumental jigsaw. Measuring 135 metres long and 12 metres high in total, and organised by Red Bull Curates, the monumental project took Guido a total of 288 hours to complete. Spread over 18 days, under the boiling heat…
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Guido van Helten ‘Unity’ mural in Jacksonville, Florida
In town for the Art(Re)Public event in Jacksonville, Florida, Guido van Helten covered two giant silos with the images of a young man and woman he met during his stay in the city. According to Guido van Helten, the motivation for the content of this work came through a search for subjects and a representation…
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Guido van Helten paints freight trains for The Wanderers series
During the last time, Selina Miles has been developing a new miniseries called “The Wanderers” – premiering on ABC iView in Australia in 2017. The latest Wanderers episode features artist Guido Van Helten, as he paints seven freight train carriages in the flour milling town of Manildra, 300kms west of Sydney. With a population of 300…
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Guido van Helten paints mural in Ukraine’s ATO zone
Since March this year the ongoing project ArtUnitedUs has collaborated with artist from around the globe with one mission, to raise public awareness and attention to the problem of war, aggression and violence, bringing instead a message of love and reconciliation. With this idea in mind Australian artist Guido van Helten completed a couple of days ago…
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Guido van Helten – Portrait of an Artist by Selina Miles
Know for her amazing photography and short films like ‘Limitless’ featuring the work of Australian graffiti artist Sofles, Selina Miles is a 28-year-old self-taught director and editor from Brisbane who now travels and works full-time internationally specializing not only in the documentation of street art and graffiti, but also in music and advertising industry. In August 2015,…
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