Henrik Uldalen brings dreamlike portraiture to Aberdeen’s walls
London-based Norwegian artist, Henrik Uldalen was the second artist to descend on The Granite City for this years Nuart Aberdeen festival, which due to covid restrictions has taken the form of a series of artist in residence projects. It’s rare that Henrik works in public space, most of his time being dedicated to his studio …
BLACK SUN by photographer Søren Solkær and graffiti legend Henrik Soten
The Danish star photographer Søren Solkær has beautified the city of Copenhagen with his first ever mural depicting the natural phenomenon of starling murmurations, known in Danish as “black sun”. The giant artwork is a declaration of love to the city Søren has lived in since the mid-nineties, Copenhagen. It is also a part of …
MARTHA COOPER: first ever open-air exhibition for the BLOOP Festival IBIZA
BLOOP International Proactive Art Festival by Biokip Labs is proud to announce its return despite the pandemic, setbacks, challenges, and everything that came along while running a strictly completely-free-open-to-all event for eleven consecutive years. The annual mediterranean appointment is going micro for the second year due to the global health crisis but continues to spread …
Nuart Aberdeen STUCK UP – Summer 2021 Recap
Mural festivals still look a little different this year. Always thoughtful but also always pushing the envelope, Nuart Festival leads efforts in restoring normalcy with mindfulness in Scotland, where Nuart Aberdeen recently concluded its latest edition. Where better than “The Granite City” to begin rebuilding on a foundation sturdy as stone? To account for continued …
The Vision: An Anamorphic Mural By Cheone In Milan
A mural by mural Cheone adorned the streets of Milan earlier this month. Using his signature anamorphic street art, the Italian artist, once again, plays with perception in this trompe-l’œil titled The Vision. “The language of life-size anamorphic street art allows me to communicate with a very large audience. Once intrigued, the viewer is invited …
Orientalism: The Imitation Or Depiction Of Aspects In The Eastern World By Western Superiority
“Arabs, for example, are thought of as camel-riding, terroristic, hook-nosed, venal lechers whose undeserved wealth is an affront to real civilization. Always there lurks the assumption that although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world resources. Why? Because …
Mural By Li-Hill in celebration of World Environment Day 2021
‘New Futures’ is the latest mural collaboration between GreenPoint Innovations and international artist Li Hill for a special edition of @greenpoint.earth. This new mural shines a light on the vital role of ecosystem restoration in tackling climate change and food system instability, while also supporting natural freshwater and public health. Featuring Brooklyn’s youth, this mural champions the leading role …
Despite Anti-Racist PR by Our Favorite Fortune 500 Companies, Concentrated Poverty Persists
Detroit based Artist Pat Perry was commissioned to paint a mural on something that fit thematically with Detroit and the culture of the surrounding neighborhoods. He decided to paint a portrait of his neighbor with his mini bike as the artist wanted to try to put something up that the kids in his neighborhood would …
Kotis Street Art Offers a New Model for Muralism
After spending my second day beneath the blaring sun in the back parking lot of Kingsway Shopping Center in Eden, NC, I watched a group of artists spray paint individual canvases at a killer clip throughout the entryway to a well-appointed loft. My cells vibrated while Noé Barnett, Dale Conboy, Jenna Rice, Aaron Golbeck, Chad …
‘PIONEER’ by Innerfields in Aalborg, Denmark
Out in the Open 2021 has just kicked off with its 7th season with a beautiful mural by the German Duo Holger Weissflog & Jakob Bardou AKA Innerfields. Titled Pioneer, the mural is the first out of six murals that are scheduled for this summer by some of the most renowned street artists, under the …
A Mural By Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada About Our Relationship With Social Media
Cuban American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada recently completed a mural in Madrid (Spain) titled ‘Byte the Candy’. It’s the first piece created by Gerada which brings his terrestrial land art style to the wall, creating a perfect union of the two aesthetics. The project was curated by Urvanity. In a press release Jorge said: “In 1984, …
INSIDE (We shelter here sometimes) by My Dog Sighs in Portsmouth, England
Internationally renowned artist My Dog Sighs has been secretly beavering away on a project for the best part of 18 months. He has been transforming a large derelict building into an immersive, alternative world inhabited by his ‘Quiet Little Voices’. INSIDE is on the scale of which the artist had never even contemplated before and …