Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Part I – Mina Hamada

Japan’s Mina Hamada has just completed her mural for the 2020 edition of Avant Garde Tudela in Spain. Curated by artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada and organized by Tudela-Cultura, the northern Spanish city has been home to a number of murals in the last decade or so from names most street art fans will recognize, and despite being in the middle of Covid-19 lockdown and gradual stages of liberation, this show finds no excuse to stop.

Mina Hamada. Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Tudela, Spain. June 2020. (photo © Fer Alcala)

“Betting on culture is always risky, even more nowadays,” say organizers, but the results are solid. Three new medium and large scale murals my Hamada, Miss Van, and Jeff McCreight were added to the twenty-one brought in the previous edition of the festival.

Mina Hamada. Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Tudela, Spain. June 2020. (photo © Fer Alcala)

Here we see that Hamada’s universe of shapes and color call out the natural world and environmental elements. Flora and plant life react to the stimuli of wind and water, with Mina interpreting her relationship with them all.

Mina Hamada. Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Tudela, Spain. June 2020. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Mina Hamada. Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Tudela, Spain. June 2020. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Mina Hamada. Avant Garde Tudela 2020. Tudela, Spain. June 2020. (photo © Fer Alcala)
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