Tag: Axel Void
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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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Axel Void x WEEArt in Aalborg, Denmark
Alejandro Dorda Mevs, better known in the street art world as Axel Void, just shared with us new images of a wall he painted last year for the WEAART Festival in Aalborg, Denmark. For those who remember his last exhibition “Sehnsucht” at BC Gallery in august, the mural, depicting the head of a man wrapped in plastic, seems…
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Axel Void x Artesano Project in Nagua, Dominican Republic
“Tiempo” (Time) is Axel Void‘s latest street piece painted for this year’s Artesano Project organized in the city of Nagua in the Dominican Republic. The mural, part of Axel Void mediocre series, is based on a photo the artist took of Gladys and her granddaughter Rosibel at the entrance of their house. The delicate depiction of the…
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Axel Void ‘C10H15N’ New mural in Gainesville, Florida
Axel Void is back in the US where he recently finished this new mural titled ‘C10H15N’ and painted in Gainesville, Florida. According to the artist the mural depicts the view of Downtown Gainesville from the rooftop of a parking garage. A study of the city and its urban development. ‘Gainesville is considered a college town….
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Axel Void ‘Gray’ x CityLeaks in Cologne, Germany
Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs, better known as Axel Void, was until recently in Cologne, Germany for this year’s CityLeaks festival where he painted this rather claustrophobic piece. ‘Gray’ could reminds us of the pieces exhibited a couple of months ago at BC Gallery in Berlin (“Sehnsucht”) except for one little detail. Unlike the “Sehnsucht” paintings, which were also unpleasant, but where…
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‘Mediocre’ New mural by Axel Void x Dismaland
Axel Void spent a few days in the UK invited to take part of ‘Dismaland’ Banksy’s new ‘bemusement park’ for which he painted this wonderful piece in Weston-Super-Mare. Titled Mediocre, the mural not only forms part of Void’s acclaimed ‘Mediocre series’, but is also a clear statement that follows the logic of the unusual park…
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Currently showing: “Sehnsucht” by Axel Void at BC Gallery in Berlin
This Saturday is your last chance to see Axel Void‘s “Sehnsucht” at BC Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition consists of a series of paintings and videos created for the occasion and based on the concept of Sehnsucht, the German word for nostalgia. His Classically inspired oil paintings, 8 in total, portray people of different ages with…
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Preview: Axel Void „Sehnsucht“ at BC Gallery in Berlin
Next Thursday, July 16th is the opening of “Sehnsucht” Axel Void‘s much anticipated exhibition at BC Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition will consist in a new body of work created for the occasion; a series of paintings and videos about the pursuit of purpose in our everyday life. The artist draws our attention to the concept of…
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Axel Void creates new haunting mural portrait in Montreal
And we are back after a short break with this new and amazing wall by Axel Void painted in occasion of the MURAL Festival in Montreal, Canada. Painted on Chamberclerc, a social housing residence located in the center of Montreal, the new piece is a continuation of Axel Void’s ‘Mediocre’ series, a series that has…
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New murals by Axel Void x Katowice Street Art Festival, Poland
Axel Void spent a couple of weeks in Katowice, Poland painting a couple of murals in Szopienice, a working class neighbourhood in the outskirts of Katowice. The murals were painted on both sides of a zinc melter factory and are part of Void’s ongoing “Mediocre” series being a beautiful and haunting homage to working class and everyday…
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