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Richmond Mural Project Gets Closer to 100-Mural Goal

Celebrating its fourth year, the Richmond Mural Project recently brought a new crop of international artists to Virginia. The project has a goal to create 100 murals in five years, making this year especially ambitious with many artists creating multiple pieces. We've covered previous installments here on the blog, where the project has featured murals by Chazme 718, Meggs, Onur, Ron English, Sepe, Smitheone, Ekundayo, Proch, David Flores and Wes21. On July 14th, they were joined by Caratoes, Clog two, D*Face, Evoca1, Inkten, James Bullough, Jason Woodside, Jerkface, Moya, Nils Westergard, and Taylor White.


Evoca1

Celebrating its fourth year, the Richmond Mural Project recently brought a new crop of international artists to Virginia. The project has a goal to create 100 murals in five years, making this year especially ambitious with many artists creating multiple pieces. We’ve covered previous installments here on the blog, where the project has featured murals by Chazme 718, Meggs, Onur, Ron English, Sepe, Smitheone, Ekundayo, Proch, David Flores and Wes21. On July 14th, they were joined by Caratoes, Clog two, D*Face, Evoca1, Inkten, James Bullough, Jason Woodside, Jerkface, Moya, Nils Westergard, and Taylor White. Working through the rainy Richmond weather, their collective murals represent a convergence of varying cultures and artistic styles. The images in their murals are largely figurative and expressive, with both historical and contemporary influences. Evoca1’s colorful portrait of a Civil War Union drummer boy is representative of Richmond’s history, as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the majority of the Civil War. Others makes criticisms about modern society, such as our obsessions with pop culture and celebrity, as in D*Face’s work. Take a look at more photos of this year’s murals in progress below, which just wrapped on July 28th.

All images courtesy Art Whino.


Nils


Nils


Taylor White


Taylor White


Onur


Onur


James Bullough


James Bullough


James Bullough


Inkten


Inkten


Inkten & Clog two


Evoca1


Evoca1


Caratoes


Caratoes


Caratoes


Clog two


D*Face


D*Face

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