Fintan Magee
Fintan Magee in Istanbul, Turkey
After spending some time in Italy working on 2 murals, Australian Artist Fintan Magee made his way east and just completed a stunning mural in Istanbul, Turkey for Mural Istanbul. About The Mural “Pray for rain” is the title of Fintan’s mural in Istanbul. The artist uses humor and realist imagery to tell an Australian story …
Fintan Magee in Monteleone di Puglia, Italy
Australian artist Fintan Magee is having a very busy summer and just finished painting a new mural dedicated to the refugees in Monteleone di Puglia, Italy, for the Willoke Urban Art festival. This is Fintan’s second Mural in Italy this month. About the mural Fintan Magee’s last work is a 14×12 meter mural painted in the …
Fintan Magee in Acquapendente, Italy
Australian artist and one of my personal favorite artists Fintan Magee just completed a mural for Urban Vision Festival 2017 in Acquapendente, Italy. About The Mural “Drowning While Standing” is the title of Fintan Magee’s latest mural depicts a young man drowning while standing. His face is incased in plastic as rising water levels engulf his face, …
“The Broken Wall” by Fintan Magee in Aberdeen
Australian Artist Fintan Magee was part of the 11 artists that participated in the first edition of Nuart Aberdeen festival, which took place from Friday 14 – Sunday 16 April. Nuart Aberdeen was brought to you by the team behind Stavanger’s internationally renowned Nuart Festival and developed in collaboration with Aberdeen Inspired and Aberdeen City Council. …
Fintan Magee paints a mural in Amman Jordan
Inspired by Syrian children confined to refugee camps in Jordan, Fintan Magee painted “The Exile”, a mural of a girl he worked with in a painting project. Alongside a fading reflection of her past life she gazes into a future that is unknown. This mural was curated by aptART – Awareness & Prevention Through Art. …
Hyuro in Ragusa, Sicily
Hyuro just wrapped up her busy summer long painting tour across Europe with the brilliant mural entitled ‘Una donna libera’ (a free woman) for Festiwall in Ragusa, Sicily. About the Mural Hyuro said: ¨This wall pays tribute to Maria Ochipinti ( 1921-1996 ) militant pacifist, anarchist, feminist, a woman who can be´hardly labeled, recorded in …
Fintan Magee in Kiev.
Australian street artist Fintan Magee created his fourth mural in Kiev. As a part of the Mural Social Club Festival that is taking place in Ukraine a world-known Australian street artist Fintan Magee decorated a 17-floor high building in Kiev with the large-scale painting of a girl. The title of the artwork is ‘The visionary’. The …
Greek artist Fikos unveiled the biggest Byzantine painting in the world
As a part of the Mural Social Club Festival that is taking place in Ukraine a renowned Greek artist Fikos Antonios decorated a 16-floor high building in Kiev with the world’s biggest Byzantine painting. The name of the artwork is “Earth and Sky”. “People you see are the personifications of the earth and the sky. …
Blog: ArtUnitedUs kicks off their 2-year project with Rustam QBic’s Mural.
ArtUnitedUs kicks off their 2-year project with Rustam QBic‘s ‘Labyrinth’ in Kiev, Ukraine. The mural depicts a character wearing a crown shaped like a labyrinth over his head who, guided by scarab beetle compass, tries to find a way out of a massive maze of life challenges. The mural reflects on the meaning of this journey, a journey we …
Fintan Magee ‘Man Bites Dog’
Fintan Magee ‘Man Bites Dog’ Originally installed in an abandoned warehouse in Sydney’s Alexandria, Magee painted the detailed mural at the centre of the work before ceremoniously burning a life-sized wire sculpture filled with copies of The Daily Telegraph newspaper, filming the process to create a mesmeric video installation that will be exhibited as part …
Calle 13 – Proyecto de Arte MultiViral
Calle 13 – Proyecto de Arte MultiViral “Multiviralizyng Art” is a project organized by the band Calle 13, an urban alternative band founded in Puerto Rico in 2005 by René Pérez Joglar (“Residente”) and Eduardo Cabra Martínez (“Visitante”). This is by far the best urban music band of the island. The band has won a total …
Interview: Fintan Magee
Born in Lismore NSW (Australia), Fintan Magee moved to Brisbane as a child and began drawing shortly after. In his early teens, he was exposed to Brisbane’s graffiti culture, and began to scrawl his name across the city with large vibrant letter forms. Moving away from traditional graffiti in recent years, his guerilla murals often …