Tag: Street art
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Sami Wakim interviews Mantra
Originally published on Street Art United States Born in Metz (France) in 1987, Mantra is a self-taught street artist that has been painting in the streets since 2008. He grew up between the noise of the city and the whispers of the surrounding countryside. In his paintings and street canvases, the Artist pays tribute to his childhood heroes…
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BOA MISTURA Poetry and Magic in São Paulo, Brasil
This month the street art collective Boamistura returned to the Favela of Vila Brasilandia, located in the northern outskirts of São Paulo, in order to continue their project Luz Nas Vielas. The project started in January 2012 when they painted a series of words strategically scattered in different alleys in the favela, known as “vielas”. In that…
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Ruben Ubiera x Grove Street Neighbourhood and Sea Walls (FL)
Initially just one mural project, the Grove Street Neighbourhood event quickly gained the support of neighbourhood and developed into a full scale community project with the unveiling of ten murals in total, being Miami-based artist Ruben Ubeira is one of them. The opportunity to have Ruben as part of the team became a reality when curator Iryna…
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Gaia: Poetics and virtual reality in Gainesville, Florida
Last time I published something by Gaia was a pretty amazing mural in Monno, Italy that portrayed the issue of immigration (here). Now back in USA, he was recently invited by Iryna Kanishcheva and Daniel Pimentel to paint in virtual reality for Changeville: Gainesville’s Social Change Festival where he also was offered the opportunity to create another wall for…
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VESOD New mural in Rotterdam x Sober Walls 2017
As mentioned before Vesod is currently in the Netherlands where he recently finished this beautiful mural for Sober Walls in Rotterdam. Curated by Sober Collective and titled ‘An instant before’ this new mural by Vesod, and like the rest of his work, reflects his artistic research and evolution, exploring the dimensionality of the canvas through geometric…
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Elian “Esto no es un make-up” for TRAMA festival in Argentina
Last time I heard from Argentinian artist Elian Chali aka Elian was back in February when he painted the entire facade of Ciudad Cultural KONEX in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now he is back with “This is not make-up” painted for FESTIVAL TRAMA, an event curated by Martin Ron and Liliana Piñeiro. The new mural was created next…
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AEC paints ‘End of The Age of Walls’ in Cancun, Mexico
AEC from the ex duo Interesni Kazki just published a few images of his latest mural in Cancun, Mexico curated by Proyecto Panorama and organised by Visual Junkies. Titled ‘End of The Age of walls’ and painted in one of Cancun’s oldest neighbourhoods, the new mural is a good expression of AEC’s surrealist style. The new…
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O.Two and Andrea Riot “HEX CODA” at Punto618 Art Gallery
Punto618 Art Gallery in Turin, Italy announced about a week ago the opening of HEX CODA a new joint show by London-based artists James Carey, aka O. Two and Italian Andrea Riot. The two artists started their careers on the streets in (respectively) early and late 1990s, eventually developing a style that fitted their gallery…
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Simek and Donforty in Athens
After his last mural at the end of last month, Greek artist Simek is back with a fresh and contrasting collaboration in the streets of Athens with another Greek artist, Donforty. Although both artists enjoy painting at derelict places, Simek and Donforty own two quite different styles. On the one hand we have Donforty’s work, characterised by drippings and…
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Elbi Elem “The Ring” for the 12+1 Urban Art Project
Remember that amazing kinetic sculpture by Barcelona-based artist Elbi Elem she created at the end of 2016? Well, she was recently featured artist of the month at the 12+1 Urban Art Project at L’Hospitalet de Llobregat afor which she created this stunning mural. Titled “The Ring” and not unlike her kinetic sculptures and other 2D and 3D work, the…
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