Rustam Qbic
23 August 2015 | Tagi: 2015, Monumental ArtThe mural tells of the relations between a parent and a child. According to Rustam, the harmonious development of a child demands that the parent sorts out his or her own knowledge and experience before they are able to pass them on to their children through playing and learning.
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Alfalfa / Licuado
| Tagi: 2015, Monumental ArtThis mural in Zaspa is the largest work in the history of Uruguayan muralism. It shows a cockerel with a comb representing the skyline of Gdańsk and a Polish girl helping a Uruguayan boy to realise his dreams. On the boy’s T-shirt, apart from the Uruguayan flag, we see badges, showing a cup for drinking yerba mate (the most popular South American infusion), Palacio Salvio (the most recognisable building in Montevideo), an artist’s roller and the artists themselves holding hands.
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Same84
| Tagi: 2015, Monumental ArtHints from the graffiti past of this painter and tattoo artist from Greece are clearly visible in this work in Zaspa. The wealth of detail, colour and themes in the mural seems to be saying that everything is definitely important to the artist and he has no intention of limiting himself in his message.
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Monstfur
| Tagi: 2015, Monstfur, Monumental Art, PolandSkarżyńskiego 4a 2015 Monumental Art 2015 The mural was created using the hand-cut stencil technique. The hero is arctium, or burdock, a plant of the ruderal species, which has successfully adapted to the changes brought about by aggressive urbanisation. Burdock is found everywhere on large urban residential estates and as such, can be seen as […]
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David de La Mano and Pablo S Herrero
| Tagi: 2015, Monumental Art, SpainThese artists from Spain deliberately chose a wall hidden behind trees. The mural shows the community of humanity as a network, a system close to the order which prevails in nature. According to the Spaniards, man is still a part of nature and regardless of the development and technological progress, this is his final refuge.
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Monumental Art 2011 – Love is Temptation
21 November 2014 | Tagi: Monumental ArtDuring this year’s festival, five new works will be created. This time artists are going to interpret a sentence “Love is temptation.” The artist invited to participate in the festival are: Run (Italy), Ekta (Sweden), Prozac (Brazil), Dem (Italy). Joanna Skiba (Poland) The works are going to start on July […]
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Monumental Art 2009
| Tagi: Monumental ArtThe concept of painting in Zaspa (the only world gallery of murals created on the walls of tower blocks) was brought back after the agreement between the European Capital of Culture 2016 Candidate Office and Piotr Szwabe – the organizer of Zaspa 2009 Festival of Monumental Painting. The paintings are to cover the walls of […]
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Monumental Art 2010 – Freedom in the Times of Crisis
| Tagi: Monumental ArtThe second edition of Monumental Art Festival was be held in Zaspa (one of the districts of Gdańsk) from July 2nd till 16th 2010. The main theme of the festival was Freedom in the Time of Crisis”. It was used as an inspiration for the artists from China, Germany, Italy and Poland. » Prace wykonane w 2010 roku.
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Zosen Bandido
| Tagi: Argentina, Monumental Art, SpainZosen Bandido has created his own mythology, covering the walls and canvases with fantastical figures, whose names, histories and mutual relations are known only to the artist. His work in Zaspa, as he says himself, is a “bestiary” of his imagination.
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Shai Dahan
| Tagi: 2013, Monumental Art, USAPilotów 6f 2013 Monumental Art 2013 This mural is inspired by the history of the American Express pilot from the 1920s, who made an emergency landing in a field of cows. In his attempt to save the animals, he damaged the fence, which allowed the frightened herd to escape. The artist working in large format […]
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