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Recap: Openwalls Conference 2014 in Barcelona

Barcelona recently hosted a group of international artists for the Openwalls Conference, a street art festival featuring Alexis Diaz, Madsteez, M-city, Escif, Joao Lelo, Pastel, 310, Spogo and Kenor. While the above-mentioned artists created murals across the city's historical architecture, artists such as Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada gave lectures and hosted workshops. The murals were diverse and included illustrative styles (such as Escif and Alexis Diaz's pieces) as well as colorful abstraction (see Kenor and Joao Lelo's work). Photographer Fernando Alcala captured the highlights of the event.

Alexis Diaz and Pastel. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Barcelona recently hosted a group of international artists for the Openwalls Conference, a street art festival featuring Alexis Diaz, Madsteez, M-city, Escif, Joao Lelo, Pastel, 310, Spogo and Kenor. While the above-mentioned artists created murals across the city’s historical architecture, artists such as Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada gave lectures and hosted workshops. The murals were diverse and included illustrative styles (such as Escif and Alexis Diaz’s pieces) as well as colorful abstraction (see Kenor and Joao Lelo’s work). Photographer Fernando Alcala captured the highlights of the event.

Alexis Diaz and Pastel. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Escif. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Joao Lelo. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Kenor. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

Madsteez. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

M-city. Photo by Fernando Alcala.

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Alexis Diaz, Escif, Madsteez, Openwalls Conference, street art

Sheryo, street art, The Yok

June 17, 2014

The Yok & Sheryo are a New York-based artist duo whose busy, illustrative murals can be found on walls world-over, from Hong Kong to Miami. Most recently spotted at the street art festival Pow! Wow! Taiwan (see our coverage here), the frequent collaborators have developed a signature style that contrasts an austere palette of red, white and black with jovial, surreal imagery — sentient hot dogs on a tropical vacation, a surfing Satan that seems as friendly as Santa Claus, et cetera. The artists' frequently-used motifs, like pizza and palm trees, reference pulp illustrations, skateboard graphics and their unabashed affinity for kitsch. They bring together a frenzied array of imagery that speaks to those who grew up admiring '80s and '90s skateboarding and surfing culture.

Ricky Lee Gordon Paints New Mural in Downtown Oakland

Freddy Sam, Ricky Lee Gordon, street art

February 29, 2016

Ricky Lee Gordon, who also paints under the moniker of Freddy Sam, is a Cape Town, South Africa based artist focused on bringing to light social issues with his large scale murals. "My intention with this and all my murals is to create an artwork that has meaning to the community who will live with the mural," Gordon writes at his blog. He is also known for his curatorial work and creative activism, notably as the co-founder of Colour Ikamva, an art outreach program designed to re-imagine education through creativity and self-empowerment.

Bumblebeelovesyou Retraces Childhood with a Social Message

bumblebeelovesyou, graffiti, street art, Thinkspace Gallery, urban art

May 3, 2014

Los Angeles based street artist Bumblebeelovesyou colors the urban landscape with stencils of children that deliver an important message. Why take the namesake of a bee? This little insect has been attributed to human survival and development because of its role as a pollinator. The bee’s endangerment due to pollution, urbanization, and other factors could mean devastation. Bumblebeelovesyou began with hanging paper mache beehives in phone kiosks, pointing to the link between rising cellphone usage and change in bee migration. Since then, his work has developed into a range of paintings, sculpture, and installations with a social and environmental focus. By telling his personal coming of age story for anyone to see, Bumblebee reminds us of the value of innocence, away from industry and technology.

Telmo Miel’s Murals Play with Distorted Perspectives

mural, street art, Telmo Miel

July 9, 2014

Dutch artist duo Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann join forces as Telmo Miel, the moniker under which they've painted large-scale, surreal murals all over Europe. While well-versed in traditional figure painting, the artists distort and overlap their realistic renderings to create something dreamlike and surreal. They layer iterations of the same subject over one another in a way that evokes double-exposure photography. Telmo Miel's work, whether it contains something as morbid as an animal skull or pleasant as a beautiful human face, retains a quality of softness. The images drape over one another like sheer, silky fabrics, enveloping buildings in their dreamy haze.

Recap: Openwalls Conference 2014 in Barcelona

Humorous Murals and Paintings by The Yok & Sheryo

Ricky Lee Gordon Paints New Mural in Downtown Oakland

Bumblebeelovesyou Retraces Childhood with a Social Message

Telmo Miel’s Murals Play with Distorted Perspectives

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