Tag: Street art
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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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Reka “Mother and Daughter” in Kiev, Ukraine
Melbourne-born artist Reka spent two weeks working on two murals for the ongoing project Art United us in Kiev, Ukraine. According to Reka, the two murals, titled “Mother and Daughter”, were influenced by Kiev’s unique architecture and especially the large monument “Mother of Motherland“. The two murals connect together to depict a mother’s love for her Daughter, a theme that has…
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Never2501 – “Scinduta” x Altrove Festival 2016
It’s been a while since I posted something about 2501 so here an update from his latest mural painted in Catanzaro, Italy for this year’s Altrove Festival. ‘A scinduta of Barracchi’ was a historical district in Catanzaro, erected immediately after the earthquake of 1832 with the construction of temporary housing in order to give shelter…
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Know Hope’s “Vicariously Speaking” project for OZ Art Fest
Israeli-American street artist Addam Yekutieli aka KNOW HOPE is probably one of the most interesting artists out there today. Over the past decade Know Hope has developed an unique visual iconography based on the the observation of real-life situations and the modern human condition. Vicariously Speaking is an ongoing project based on correspondence with incarcerated people currently…
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“Tre colli” Beautiful intallation by Alberonero in Catanzaro, Italy
The third edition of Altrove Street Art Festival is now over, but this year’s festival left behind a series of amazing murals and installations created under the concept Abstractism, Humanize Landscape in different places of Catanzaro, from the historical city center to the suburbs, inside abandoned buildings and as part of the natural landscape. Ten artists, from Italy and…
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Ernesto Maranje x Art United us in Kiev
Miami-based contemporary artist Ernesto Maranje is one of the many international artists participating of the Art United us project in Kiev, Ukraine. Know for his colourful murals and animal imagery, often making reference to myths, history, and his own experiences. According to Maranje many of his creatures resemble fish and birds, and their actions may often be parallel…
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Rustam QBic “Immigration” for Subsidenze festival in Ravenna, Italy
Rustam QBic was recently in Italy invited to take part of the Subsidenze Street Art Festival in the historical city of Ravenna for which he painted this beautiful and symbolic mural. Titled “Immigration”, there is no doubt that this 15m x 5m mural speaks about the current refugee situation in Europe. The mural depicts a flock of blindfolded birds travelling through…
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Sebas Velasco x Art United us in Kiev
Spanish painter and muralist Sebastián Velasco Navarro aka Sebas Velasco is currently in Ukraine where he recently finished this incredible piece for the Art United us project in the city of Kiev. Curated by Waone from Interesni Kazki, Iryna Kanishcheva and photographer Geo Leros, the new mural is a good example of Velasco’s work characterised by a confident brushwork and…
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Milu Correch “Nodo” x Impronte 2016
Here a lovely mural painted by Argentinian artist Milu Correch for this year’s Impronte festival curated by the guys behind Collettivo Boca in Bonito, Avellino, Italy. According to Correch, she got just one request for this mural: that it had to be about a Ferragamo shoe and femininity. The result is “Nodo” an outstanding mural, that translates…
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Ana Marietta “El abrazo del sosiego” x Art United us
Puerto Rican muralist and illustrator Ana Marietta just finished this new mural x the Art United us project in Kiev, Ukraine. According to Ana Marietta, she started reading about Ukraine’s political situation and decided to paint a mural that could bring some colour and calm to the city and the neighbourhood around Turhenievska street. Ana Marietta…
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