Exhibition: WALLSCAPES – Prints in Street Art
On the occasion of La Louvière métropole culturelle 2012 in Belgium, the “Centre De La Gravure Et De L’image Imprimée” will have the exhibtion “WALLSCAPES – Prints in Street Art”. Starting with the Vernissage on May 25th at 18h, the show will run from May 26th to September 2nd.
There will be artworks by streetartists from all over Europe, such as Obey aka Shepard Fairey, C215, Invader, Denis Meyers, Doctor H, Evol, Muga, Obêtre, Sten & Lex, Swoon, Jef Aerosol and Ludo.
Quote website: “Wallscapes – Prints in Street Art illustrates the amazing wealth of this bold artform, that has manifested itself during the last thirty years through many various techniques.”
New Banksy in London ?
A new Banksy seems to have been spotted in Turnpike Lane London, broaching the issue of child labour, punctual to Queen Elisabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.
The mural is set next to a store that caused an uproar a couple of years ago: A young boy was forced to work for a sweatshop, producing goods for about 100 hours weekly.
New Collaboration in Melbourne: Remi Rough,TWOONE & Henderson
Remi Rough, TWOONE and Darren Henderson teamed up to create this awesome new mural above the Bat Your Lash beauty salon in Melbourne, Australia. The artwork depicts each artists’ characteristic style consorting perfectly with each other.
Introducing: Pau Quintanajornet
Born in Chile, Pau Quintanajornet today lives and works in Cologne and is one of the few well-known female streetartists in Germany. Pau prefers the direct color application by brush and spends a lot of time with the walls she is working on. The colorful and delicate murals and wood works mostly deal with the quest for identity and the meaning of life. In this spirit, her mostly female characters represent human emotional states, such as love, melancholy and courage. To convey her messages, the young artist makes use of the contrast between day and night, both with their specific patterns and opposed colors.
Pau Quintanajornet is also part of the crew “Turronas“. Their work depict each members unique style harmonizing perfectly with each other.
More about Pau Quintanajornet and her work.
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada – Identity Series Projects
As founder of the New York Culture Jamming movement and an innovator in the international urban art scene, Cuban American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada creates works that aim for bringing awareness to relevant social issues.
Lately, the artist went to the insular state of Bahrain to create a new breathtaking mural, featuring a Bahraini fisherman named Yousif, in Manama. The work is part of the Alwan 338 Festival presented by the Al Riwaq Art Space.
As an extra,you can see the mural’s creation process in the following video:
Quote artist:
“It is easy to make a political cartoon, but it is much more difficult to create contemporary art. There are few Bahraini artists creating profound work about this multilayered place and time. Al Riwaq Art Space is trying to change that and I have nothing but admiration for their efforts. My Identity Series murals fade away with the wind and rain. I decided to create a mural of a traditional Bahraini fisherman, one of a few hundred that are left.”
Stik in Dulwich
Stik is by now one of the best known and most influential street artists in GB.
During the last couple of days, he kept himself busy with reinterpreting old master paintings in Dulwich, South London. Astonishingly, they are instantly recognizable:
“The Guardian Angel” by Marcantonio Francheschini.
“The Linley Sisters” by Thomas Gainsborough.
More classic painting adaptions will be coming soon, e.g. “Three Boys” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Moreover, as part of the Dulwich Festival starting tomorrow, there will be the special “Stik Street Art Walk” on May 19th at 2.30pm, led by Stik and Ingrid Beazley at Push Studios, Blackwater Court, Blackwater Street and ending at Dulwich Picture Gallery. While Stik will present and comment, Beazley will be introducing the Dulwich Picture Gallery paintings on which Stik based his recent works.
DAL – “Adrenalin” Mural in Cape Town
By now frequently known as the “academic sculptor“, street artist DALeast completed his new mural “Adrenaline“ in Cape Town, South Africa.
JADE – Alto Perú Festival
Peruvian artist Jade, whose work is currently featured in the exhibition “Behind the Eyes” at Pretty Portal, recently completed his new mural in Chorillos, Lima, for the Alto Perú Festival.
The delicate work is dedicated to all the people in the neighborhood and serves as an acknowledgment of the artist being allowed to be present in the residents’ day to day life with his murals.
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