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France is consumed by a ferocious and sustained outpouring of social unrest. The tumultuous, intermittently violent protests of the so-called Yellow Vests Movement have shaken the country since they began in November 2018, intensifying in recent weeks.   The Yellow Vests reverberate as a primal scream from working-class France at the tax-avoiding, wealth-hogging Parisian glitterati enabled by …

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They could be wild mustangs, the three rainbow splashed horses painted running in a mural done in Jacksonville, Florida, by Jacksonville native DAAS. Though Florida is not considered part of the country’s Wild West States, the horses exude that vision of powerfully moving freedom that constitutes ideas of the Western United States. The Florida owned …

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The St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida flows in close proximity to a very spacious white building that houses Bever Steet Fisheries. The mural that decorates the facade of this building is of a most intriguing design. Titled “Eikosi” by internationally renowned artist Etnik of Turin, Italy, its focus on Plato’s sacred geometry and the …

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In November of 2016, UK artist Phlegm created a new black-and-white mural for the first edition of Art (Re)Public street art festival in Jacksonville, Florida. About The Mural  All black and white and richly detailed, Phlegm’s mural is highly representative of his signature style. The mural was painted on a wide wall where only a …

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French artist Astro completed a twin-mural in Jacksonville (Florida) for Art(Re)Public 2016 art program.   About The Mural The artist said: “Art(Re)Public selected a very interesting size of wall, a rather large one, which is one of my favorite size. I have adapted my self to the shape of these 2 walls in order to …

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Spanish artist Borondo was recently in the US. He painted a mural in Jacksonville (Florida), organized by the Art(Re)Public mural project.  About The Mural Entitled “Show”, the mural is based on a 1967 work of philosophy and critical theory book “The Society of Spectacle” (La société du spectacle) by French philosopher Guy Debord, in which the …

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With a mission to establish the urban core as a nationally-recognized Art District, Art (Re)Public handpicked each of the 13 walls for the 2016 mural collection adopting ‘Modern City of Dreams’ as a curational theme, inspired by Jacksonville’s golden age. German artist, Case Maclaim was the first to arrive in Jacksonville, Florida and work on his brilliant mural. …

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