Belgium
5 Recent Murals steeped in Femininity By Hyuro
A woman can be so many things. She can be thoughtful and serene, like a placid lake. She can roar impetuous and ferocious like an ocean caught in turbulent gale winds. She can heal and provide nourishment in the vein of a babbling spring carrying water from mountain peaks down to the desert. A certain …
A Squid Called Sebastian in Ostend, Belgium
For the third edition of The Crystal Ship, the popular art festival in Ostend, Belgium‘s largest coastal city. Over fifteen local and international artists were on site such as Icy & Sot, Milu Correch and Oak Oak using the City by the Sea as their canvas. The American born, Ghent-based artist A Squid Called Sebastian …
Requiem for Migrants, Requiem for the Liberal Order by Gaia in Ostend
Baltimore based street artist GAIA, just completed a striking mural in Ostend (Belgium) for the 3 edition of the brilliant mural festival The Crystal Ship. GAIA along with other artists left behind them works of art that will become permanent additions to the ever growing street art scene that resulted from the two prior editions. About the …
Telmo Miel brings colors to Rock Werchter festival
On the occasion of Belgium’s annual summer rock festival Rock Werchter, Dutch duo Telmo Miel mixed their art with that of Radiohead, Kings of Leon, the Foo Fighters, Blink-182 and Linkin Park. About The Mural The duo Telmo Miel is no stranger in Belgium. This time they painted one the symbolic piles of containers of …
Rock Out With the Finest Street Art at North West Walls
Whoever said Rock Music and Street Art don’t go hand in hand, Well, here is North West Walls to prove them wrong! North West Walls serve as permanent art installations in Festivalpark in Werchter (Belgium) since 2014 to coincide with Rock Werchter, Belgium’s greatest yearly summer Rock festival, and this year it takes place from Thursday June 29th to …
Sebas Velasco in Ostend, Belgium
Spanish artist Sebas Velasco was part of the great line-up of artists that participated in this year’s The Crystal Ship brilliant and contemporary art festival in Ostend, Belgium. About The Mural The Title of this mural is “Gie zie mien zeekapiting“, a song by a native Ostend singer called Lucy Loes. This song is often …
Johannes Mundinger “Zonder Einde“ in Ostend, Belgium
A few days ago, the German visual artist and muralist Johannes Mundinger completed his second mural for this year’s The Crystal Ship, an event that hosted incredible talents like Mundinger himself, Axel Void, Henrik Uldalen, the Outings Project, Jaune, Hyuro, Pastel, Bue The Warrior, Alexis Díaz, Bosoletti, Phlegm, C215 Buck and Schellekens. About The Mural Originally, Johannes …
Axel Void “Leven” in Ostend, Belgium
Do you have an artist whose work you never get tired of? I do, and his name is Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs aka Axel Void. This time in Ostend, Belgium for the second edition of the always amazing The Crystal Ship street art festival, Axel Void created “Leven” (Life), a haunting mural featuring the image of to …
Stefaan De Croock in Ostend
Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock created his last recycled wooden assemblage in Ostend, Belgium, for The Crystal Ship event. About The Mural The last piece by Stefaan De Croock in Ostend is the biggest yet ever realized by the artist. His installation, entirely composed by pieces of recycled wood, is 9 meters (30′) heigh. As usual, Stefaan uses …
Hyuro in Ostend, Belgium
Spanish based artist Hyuro just finished her latest mural a few days ago for this year’s The Crystal Ship event in Ostend, Belgium. About The Mural This untitled piece depicts a person trying to put back together a broken pottery, knowing that this urn will never return to its original state, and for how long it will hold together before it crumbles again. …
Interview: Martin Ron
For Martin Ron, Painting was a way of life, something he has been doing since he was a child with friends, at school, and in the streets. He continued with his passion for painting without even knowing that this would take him around the world, and that he would leave his art in the most important …
Interview: Steve Locatelli
Steve Locatelli is a Belgian artist born in Brussels. He started on the graffiti scene in the early 90s in the Brussels metro. Steve’s passion for Graffiti drove him to conquer forbidden boundaries and his works were often visible in unmarked territories. In 1998 the city walls have become exclusive places to let young people …