Jorge RODRIGUEZ-GERADA
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s “Opening Horizons” Land Art: A Powerful Message of Accessibility
Renowned international artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada has once again captured the world’s attention with his monumental land art piece titled “Opening Horizons.” Unveiled in Villablino, Spain, this impressive artwork was created in collaboration with the Villablino City Council as part of the Caminos Naturales initiative, aiming to promote accessibility and inclusivity in natural spaces. The piece, …
OUTSIGHT, a Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada mural in Laon, France
Interrupting the status quo is something we associate with Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. From “culture jamming,” where he employed marketing strategies to call attention to the detrimental social impact of targeted advertising or the “Identity Series,” where he utilized random locals in massive charcoal drawings, he is using art as resistance. The same is true of his …
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, …
Gerada Creates 2 Murals in Madrid on Climate Crisis & Indigenous Rights
The Cuban/American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada created two new murals focusing on climate crisis and the fight of indigenous people to save their lands. Curated by Stephen Donofrio of Greenpoint Innovations for GreepointEarth Madrid 2019, the artist chose again to speak out for social issues and minorities. About the Murals “Forest Focus” and “Past, Present, Future” …
A Massive Mural by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada On Child Labor in NYC
New York City is an uncontested center of art world at large, including street art in particular. However, the city’s bustling center, populated by its most iconic skyscrapers and monuments, is somewhat bereft of murals. Midtown and the neighborhoods bordering its North are so heavily trafficked, so infused with the money flowing throughout them on a daily basis, …
5 Murals On Social Justice Around the UN Headquarters in NYC
To commemorate their 100th year, The International Labour Organization (ILO) partnered with Street Art for Mankind (SAM) to produce 5 beautiful and inspiring murals (#ILO100Murals) about social justice around the United Nations Headquarters in NYC. These murals created by prominent international street artists, will set the course for a contemporary Art Walk, in the streets …
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada Creates A Monumental Heart In Santa Coloma de Gramenet
A city is often most revered for its physical cityscape, its skyscrapers and other leviathan structures that are seen from miles away. Once inside a city, one might catch a more intimate artistic touch: colorful murals that frequently hint at culture and community. Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada has created a mural titled COR/CORE, that beautifies the floor …
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada in Beirut
Cuban Born, American Artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada is in Beirut and has just finished a mural in the district of Bachoura on a building, that is riddled with bullet holes, before it will be demolished to make room for new construction, something we are accustomed to in Beirut where gentrification is in full bloom, and …
Blog: Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada at the national mall in DC
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada at the national mall in DC Artist Jorge Rodriguez Gerada has spent weeks using soil and sand to create the portrait “Out Of Many, One” on the six acres between the World War II and Lincoln memorials. The portrait is made up of the faces of dozens of young men he photographed this …
“Grounding Gratitude” by Jorge RODRIGUEZ-GERADA
“Grounding Gratitude” by Jorge RODRIGUEZ-GERADA With “Grounding Gratitude” painted at the festival In Situ Art of Aubervilliers during spring 2014, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada sign one of the greatest portraits ever painted on the ground. She is Nicole Picquart, a social worker helping people to have better life. Galerie MATHGOTH