Axel Void
Axel Void Adorns One of Beirut’s Buildings With A Thought-provoking Mural
Spanish street artist Axel Void rounded 2021 out with a mural in Beirut that provokes fresh dialogue with the public. While recent art installations in the city by FaithXLVII and Alba Fabre Sacristán have sown sympathetic superblooms, Void’s contribution triggers something else. On a multi-story structure in Beirut, the Cadiz-based creative painted an old photograph …
Our Own Top Ten Murals of 2020
The first steps to spring cleaning require a mess—drawers must be emptied and cobwebbed closets gutted to make space for reorganization. Clutter must be uprooted, scattered across dusty floors, and assessed. Like James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Without the initial …
Change: A Short Film By Doug Gillen Documenting The Work Of The “Void Projects” In Ferizaj, Kosovo
At the end of January, Scottish filmmaker Doug Gillen released his debut short film, CHANGE. The succinct documentary’s press release explains that CHANGE explores “the intersection of culture, activism and social change with art collective Void Projects in Ferizaj, Kosovo.” The film makes use of multiple angles pertinent to its setting—the formerly war-torn country itself …
B-Murals Presents TÀPIA By AXEL VOID At Nau Bosik, Barcelona
B-Murals presents TÀPIA, a collective exhibition curated by superstar street artist Axel Void at at Nau Bostik (Barcelona). He has brought together some of the most recognized contemporary urban neo-muralists to open a discussion around the use of urban spaces. TÀPIA is the Catalonian word for wall, or partition, that divides spaces in a permanent …
‘Where’s Wally’ A Collaboration from Axel Void, Emilio Cerezo, Ivan Floró & Alberto Montes
Muralism derives its distinction as an art form from its lack of isolation. Rather than facing the confines of a canvas, which can receive the same perception regardless of its placement, a mural is rooted in its spot. Its size and position within the face of a community makes it a unique aspect of that …
A Mural On Co-existence & Common Humanity By Sebas Velasco & Axel Void
Spanish artist Sebastian Velasco and Miami-based artist Axel Void recently achieved a new chapter in their ongoing creative relationship with their latest collaboration for Mural Fest Kosovo. Their piece, titled ZOGJTE (Birds) can be found on two massive facades in the Balkan nation’s principal city of Ferizaj. Highlighting both of the artists’ technical prowess and …
We Are All Immigrants
In May, over two dozen mural projects took place in South Central, Los Angeles transforming the campus of the Maya Angelou Community High School into an artistic hub. Organized by Branded Arts, an LA-based company that brings public art to community-based settings, local and international artists such as Shepard Fairey, Faith XLVII, and Add Fuel …
Enchantment In The Granite City: 2019 Nuart Aberdeen Recap
Aberdeen in Scotland’s North East is the country’s third largest city. Famed for its granite, the light coming off the North Sea causes the pale grey stone to sparkle in the sun. The striking architecture (some dating back to the 15th Century) and statues are majestic, and the cobbled back streets are full of authentic …
A Mini Mural By Axel Void On Family Unity in Havana
Last month, Haitian-American-Spanish street artist Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs Aka Axel Void completed a small-scale mural in Havana, Cuba. In a press release for the project, the artist explains, “this image is based on a still from a short film I am working on. The film is based on a family living in the neighborhood …
2019 Nuart Aberdeen Artists Line Up Revealed
Nuart are delighted to be returning this spring to Aberdeen, dubbed ‘The Granite City’ for their third festival. Following the triumph of their previous festivals both in Stavanger and Aberdeen, Nuart has assembled another strong line up of artists; a combination of global titans and ascending stars. Nuart’s mainstay Dotmasters (aka Leon Sessix) will return, …
SAUS’ Ten Influential Murals Of 2018
Street-art is one of the most hybrid forms of artistic expression in our modern world. Socially, it can be used as a tool to change neighborhoods all over the world. Politically, it can voice and transcend instantly, changing rhetoric and opinion through direct communication to the masses. Murals, and public art can become influential, very …
A Tribute Mural To The Marginalized By Axel Void
Axel Void was recently in Manchester (UK) to paint a brilliant mural on the walls of the People’s History Museum, curated by Cities Of Hope. Entitled “Peterloo” this mural is a tribute to the sacrifices of the marginalized and oppressed who gave their everything, to stand against injustice. About The Mural According to Wikipedia, the Peterloo …