Tag: Pastel
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“Hogar” New mural by Pastel in Santa Fe, Argentina
“Hogar” is Argentinian street artist Francisco Díaz aka Pastel newest mural painted in Santa Fe, Argentina a few weeks ago. The piece is inspired by the development of FONAVI (social housing program) which was built during the military government in 1982. According to Pastel, the project consisted of tiny apartments in which the government planned…
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Pastel “Aster et symphorine” New mural in Paris
Before heading to the north of Norway for the UpNorth festival in Røst, Argentinian street artist Francisco Díaz aka Pastel stopped by Paris where he painted “Aster et symphorine”, a mural is located in the 14ème arrondissement, on the facade of a building surrounded by “La petite ceinture”, an old dismissed bounding rail built in…
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Pastel ‘Costanoans’ mural in San Leandro, California
I just got a few images from Pastel‘s new mural, painted in San Leandro, California and curated by Athen B. Gallery. Titled ‘Costanoan’ the name early Spanish colonists gave Native American people of the Northern California coast.When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the area along the coast from…
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PASTEL ‘Lethalic’ print x Blind Stamp Editions
On October 6th, Argentinian artist Francisco Díaz aka Pastel will be releasing a new print in collaboration with Brighton based Blind Stamp Editions and master print maker, Vaughan Williams. ‘LETHALIC’ is a beautiful nine-colour screenprint with an additional layer of hand-applied gold leaf. It measures 70 x 50cm with hand-torn edges and has been printed on Somerset Satin 300gsm…
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Pastel “Nelu” New mural in Oslo
Argentinian artist Francisco Díaz aka Pastel is currently in Oslo, Norway invited by the guys from Urban Samtidskunst for the project Områdeløft Tøyen (Revitalizing Tøyen). The idea behind the mural was born by the fact that the Tøyen Botanical Garden is located right behind the wall. A wonderful place containing flora from all over the world,…
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Pastel “Two peasants” x Art United us in Kiev
The Art United us project in Kiev has proved to be highly productive so far. Right after Reka (covered) Argentinian Francisco Díaz aka Pastel managed to finish his wall in a completely different part of the city. As explained by the artist, the mural is based on the history of the Makhnovist movement at the time of the Russian…
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Recap: 352Walls/The Gainesville Urban Art Initiative
Launched last October in Gainesville, Florida, the 352Walls initiative is an extensive project founded and curated by Iryna Kanishcheva, and coordinated by the City of Gainesville and Visit Gainesville, The idea behind the project, that so far has hosted a wide range of international and regional artists like 2501, Evoca1, Axel Void, Elian, Pastel and Gaia, just to name some of…
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Pastel “No amnesia” New Wall in Florida, USA
After a short stay in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Argentinian artist and architect Pastel headed all the way to sunny Florida where he recently finished this new mural painted in West Palm Beach for the Urban Canvas festival and titled “No Amnesia”. Not unlike the rest of Robert’s work, “No Amnesia” follows the same structure and…
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Pastel “Pre-hispanic conquest” New mural in Playa del Carmen, México
Argentinian artist and architect Pastel is now in Mexico where he recently finished this new mural in the well-known Mexican paradise Playa del Carmen. Titled “Pre-hispanic conquest”, the new mural explores the issue of pre-Hispanic times portraying (as usual) plants native to the region using that signature colour scale that has characterised his murals during the last year,…
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‘Lethal’ New solo show by Pastel at Galería Balneario in Querétaro, Mexico
This Friday October 16th is the opening of Lethal, a new solo show by Argentinian painter and architect Francisco M Diaz aka Pastel at Galería Balneario in Querétaro, Mexico. Lathal will be presenting a new body of work based on Pastel’s signature imagery characterized by symbolic elements such as arrowheads and local flora and establishing a dialogue between our human nature and surroundings. About…
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