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Reka Paints a New Cubist-Inspired Mural in San Francisco

Berlin-based artist Reka recently visited San Francisco to paint a colorful, Cubist-inspired mural in a quiet part of the SOMA district. With his work from the past year, Reka has increasingly moved away from figuration. Though his new mural has two female characters at its center, he fractured his subject matter into geometric shapes that evolve into design elements. The clean lines and rounded forms evoke an Art Deco aesthetic, which Reka underscores with his retro-inspired color palette.

Photo courtesy of Colin M. Day

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mural, REKA, street art

Berlin, street art, TwoOne, urban art, Urban Spree

August 21, 2015

When we visited Berlin-based Japanese artist Twoone in his studio last month, he shared explorative new works featuring animals. We got a chance to catch up with him again in Berlin last week, where he was hard at work on a new mural in the Urban Spree complex. Named after the nearby Spree river, the complex features rotating urban art by emerging and well known international artists. Sadly, it is rumored to become the construction site of a new highway, making Twoone's large scale mural covering the main building's facade particularly significant.

JR Continues His “Wrinkles of the City” Series in Istanbul

Istanbul, JR, street art, urban art, urbanization

June 9, 2015

French artist JR has just completed a new installment of his "Wrinkles of the City" project in Istanbul. He first began the series (covered here) in 2008, as an effort to paint a portrait of urbanization around the world. Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, is the economic and cultural center of the country. With a population of 14.4 million people, it is also the largest urban agglomeration in Europe - more than 60% of people living there were born out of the city. As an answer to the growing lack of space, buildings are being demolished to make room for the construction of new neighborhoods. JR spent two weeks on top of its roofs and in its streets, installing large scale images of its elder generation, who have shaped and been affected by Istanbul's population shift.

Yusuke Asai Uses Mud to Create Large-scale “Earth Paintings”

earth art, mural, Yusuke Asai

January 6, 2016

Japanese artist Yusuke Asai uses nothing but natural pigments and water to create his intricate large-scale murals that he calls "earth painting". The materials of his works are almost always collected on-site, or site-specific, made using a variety of different textures and types of local mud, dirt and dust. Each piece begins with applying masking tape to walls, then drawing shapes of plants and animals over it to create infinitely swirling images. Asai rejects commonly used art supplies that are manufactured in favor of mud, a sediment where microscopic organisms make their home, for its special connection to nature.

Bordalo II Creates Lively Animal Portraits Using Trash and Found Objects

assemblage, Bordalo II, sculpture, street art

October 27, 2014

Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Bordalo II creates resourceful assemblages out of the junk he collects in his city's streets. Using a bit of spray paint, the artist configures the found objects into playful animal portraits. His street art work hybridizes muralism and sculpture. A portrait of an owl conceals layers of scrap metal; a painting of an apple contains bent bicycle tires, cans, wood and cardboard. Bordalo II's art brings whimsical visions to Lisbon's streets and invites viewers to imagine creative ways to reuse their discarded items.

Reka Paints a New Cubist-Inspired Mural in San Francisco

Twoone Paints Largescale Mural in Urban Spree Complex, Berlin

JR Continues His “Wrinkles of the City” Series in Istanbul

Yusuke Asai Uses Mud to Create Large-scale “Earth Paintings”

Bordalo II Creates Lively Animal Portraits Using Trash and Found Objects

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