Tag: guido van helten
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Guido van Helten New mural in Chernobyl
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Brisbane-based artist Guido van Helten painted this wonderful portrait based on a photograph taken by the renowned photojournalist Igor Kostin short after the disaster in 1986. The mural, made possible thanks to the assistance from the Chernobyl district authorities, was painted inside an abandoned reactor that was under…
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Guido van Helten New mural in Chernobyl
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Brisbane-based artist Guido van Helten painted this wonderful portrait based on a photograph taken by the renowned photojournalist Igor Kostin short after the disaster in 1986. The mural, made possible thanks to the assistance from the Chernobyl district authorities, was painted inside an abandoned reactor that was under…
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Guido Van Helten transform grain silos into giant mural
Brisbane-based artist Guido van Helten spent three weeks, including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, working on this new mural in Brim, a small town with a population of about 100, in north-western Victoria, Australia. Made possible thanks to the support from Regional Arts Victoria, the Yarriambiack Shire Council, Brim Active Community Group and LoopColors Australia, the new…
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Guido Van Helten paints stunning mural for Wall To Wall in Benalla, Australia
Guido Van Helten is currently in Australia where he recently finished this new mural portrait for the Wall to Wall festival in Benalla curated by Judy Roller. Titled‘Nostalgia I’ the wall was, according to the artist, painted using the image of a boy Ned Kelly’s nephew, standing at the Kelly homestead in Greta West, just outside of…
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Stunning mural portrait by Guido Van Helten in Redfern, Australia
Here a stunning portrait by Australian artist Guido Van Helten painted in Redfern, Australia. The new mural painted from images from the archives of the Aboriginal Legal Service, first started in a shopfront in Redfern in 1970 providing free legal advice and services to Indigenous Australians. According to the artist, this was a vital step for Indigenous…
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Guido Van Helten New mural in Perth, Australia
This beautiful mural is the work of Brisbane based artist Guido Van Helten painted somewhere in Perth, Australia. Known for his nostalgic pieces, Van Helten draws his inspiration from culturally specific photographic references, just like this new wall painted from ‘Certificate of Exemption from Dictation Test’ immigration document of Afghan Cameleer ‘Said Kabool,’ Western Australia, 1916. About the…
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