Catalan artist Roc Blackblock just finished painting a new piece for Contorno Urbano, an open-air art gallery in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain).
About the mural
Contorno Urbano, has chosen Roc Blackblock to paint the February mural as part of the Project 12+1. Every month, for a year, 12 street artists will create a new artistic intervention.
Roc Blackblock’s stencil piece, which is inspired by a picture of a famous clown, aims to transmit a message that invite people to rediscover aspects of being child, aspects that the adult life takes to forget, like spontaneity, creativity, fantasy and imagination.
The artwork will be on show until the beginning of March, before being replaced by the next month’s intervention.
About the artist
Roc Blackblock is specialized in stencil graffiti, but is also an illustrator and tattoo artist. He is an eclectic painter that, as well as on the walls, paints on paper, canvas, on the skin and also in digital format.
He is well known for his attention to social issues. He uses art as a means of expression and activism in aid of social struggles, public memory and community.
About Contorno Urbano
Contorno Urbano is a cultural association based in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat which aims to properly integrate urban art and graffiti into the cultural life of the city, to spread artistic knowledge, to improve the city’s social fabric and ultimately people’s lives. Contorno Urbano works in collaboration with local institutions, businesses, and cultural mediators. The team has over 10 years of experience in murals and urban art dissemination, as well as having worked on an international project.
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