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Mrfijodor and Corn79 Paint the Museum A Come Ambiente (MAcA), Turin

Mrfijodor and Corn79 Paint the Museum A Come Ambiente (MAcA), Turin

January 13, 2021

We are seeing more municipalities and institutions settle upon aspirational messages about the Earth and environmental issues every month now – a very common theme with murals in cities worldwide.

Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)

This new collaboration combines the skills of two former graffiti artists, Mrfijodor and Corn79, in Turin, Italy. The two murals interplay Mrfijodors illustration-inspired figurative elements and Corn79’s elegant language of abstraction to adorn the façade of the Museum A Come Ambiente (MAcA).

“The focus is on the balance between man and nature,” says Mrfijodor, “a balance that needs to be re-established.”

Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)
Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)
Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)
Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)
Mrfijodor and Corn79.Turin, Italy. January 2021 (photo courtesy of the artists)

The project is possible thanks to the contribution of the City of Turin, Area Giovani e Pari Opportunità – Torino Creativa, and the Museum A come Ambiente – MAcA.

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Greg Jager Creates Mural for All “Stagioni” (Seasons) in Turin, Italy

Greg Jager Creates Mural for All “Stagioni” (Seasons) in Turin, Italy

April 9, 2019

“I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of including vegetation in my artwork,” says Italian painter Greg Jager. “This way the work will never be the same. Every day you will notice differences due to the natural life cycle of the trees in front of it”.

Greg Jager “Stagioni” Turi, Itlay. April 2019. (photo © Michele Pasero)

A mural for all seasons it is; A natural collaboration between the Roman graffuturist and the branch spread of this city tree. Usually you can see the reflections, refractions of architecture in the work of this graffiti writer turned commercial/fine artist. Here in Turin the geometry will frame the organic as the tree continues to go through its life cycle.

The project is possible only by invitation, as Jager is one of three artists awarded by “Collegno SI-CURA” presented by the Municipality of Collegno and curated by Contrada Torino Onlus Foundation.

Greg Jager “Stagioni” Turi, Itlay. April 2019. (photo © Michele Pasero)

Through an international open call, three artists were selected: Greg Jager (ITA), Geometric Bang (ITA) and Himed & Reyben (USA / MEX). Each artist was invited to create an urban art painting and to direct a workshop in collaboration with Collegno schools and citizens of Turin.

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Mr. Fijodor: “Life Below Water” for #Envision2030 in Turin

Mr. Fijodor: “Life Below Water” for #Envision2030 in Turin

October 22, 2018

An appreciable number of Street Artists around the world continue to address climate change with their work, whether small stickers or large murals, often with a focus on the animals that cohabitate with humans. Functioning perhaps as the canary in a coalmine, this rising number or artists and creatives is beginning to sound like a chorus.

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

Today from Turin, Italy, we have this painted whale constructed entirely of garbage from Street Artist Mr. Fjodor. Our oceans are now showing more obvious signs of our reckless behavior, including more obvious examples like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.  Additionally, what is showing up in the water you drink?

From surface to seabed the plastics are now floating everywhere in our oceans, and microplastics are now appearing in your food. Even responsible coffee companies are examining their part in polluting the oceans and earth by producing plastic K-cups – reportedly enough K-cups each year that, if strung together, could encircle the earth at the Equator multiple times.

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

17 street artists are realizing public artworks that address the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development 2030 (#Envision2030), say organizers of this new initiative in Turin, and Mr. Fjodor chose number 14, which examines “Life Below Water” with a focus on sea and its inhabitants. He tells us that Goal No. 14 to him means first prevention of pollutants and then finding ways to significantly decrease every kind of marine pollution.

“I have interpreted the Life Below Water goal using a whale as the main character of my work, being the largest marine mammal but also one of the most vulnerable,” says the artist. “The whale represents the fragility of the marine ecosystem and the careless and shortsighted exploitation made by men”.

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

Mr. Fijodor. “Life Below Water”. IICerchio E Le Gocce Association. Lavazza, Turin. October 2018. (photo © Livio Ninni)

 

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Fabio Petani Combines Art, Nature, Chemistry in Naples

Fabio Petani Combines Art, Nature, Chemistry in Naples

April 9, 2018

O sciore cchiù felice (the happiest flower) 

“The happiest flower is the one that is able to have a secure foundation, to receive joy and nourishment.” We paraphrase the Italian muralist Fabio Petani about the name of his new piece in Parco dei Murales in Naples.

Fabio Petani. “O sciore cchiù felice”. Parco dei Murales. Napoli, Italy. April 2018. (photo © Fabio Petani)

He is speaking about flowers as a metaphor for children and families, and says that he took direct inspiration for this new mural from the observations of a group of youth who had been on a tour of this neighborhood and he observed the art and photography they created in a class after they went on the tour.

Petani says he took inspiration for the colors he chose, yellow and purple in particular, as these were the most photographed hues from the students. He says he also saw the geometry of the circle recurring so he used that shape as a formal pattern, repeated.

Fabio Petani. “O sciore cchiù felice”. Parco dei Murales. Napoli, Italy. April 2018. (photo © Fabio Petani)

Currently from Piedmont, Petani was born in 1987 in Pinerolo, Turin, Italy, and he says that his interventions are inspired by flora and he integrates the shapes occurring in nature with the geometric elements of the built environment.

He says he thinks his works are “telling a tale between art and nature through chemistry.”

Fabio Petani. “O sciore cchiù felice”. Parco dei Murales. Napoli, Italy. April 2018. (photo © Fabio Petani)

Fabio Petani. “O sciore cchiù felice”. Parco dei Murales. Napoli, Italy. April 2018. (photo © Fabio Petani)

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Icy & Sot on a European Street Art Tour

Icy & Sot on a European Street Art Tour

November 12, 2014

New York’s adopted Street Art brothers Icy & Sot have been spreading their wings in Brooklyn for a couple of years since we first interviewed them upon their arrival in the US from Iran. In that time they have continued to develop their personal style and voice, which is probably strongest when they use their work to address social issues and express opinion. To say that their New York experience has been a roller coaster of good and bad fortune for these two is an understatement, including having a solo show in Manhattan, being part of a supportive art community formed by ex-pats and street artists, and a horrifying shooting in their home that left three friends dead and Sot injured.

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Icy & Sot. Ad take over in Paris, France. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

The intensity of the experience was fed by a media frenzy, and for a few months the brothers were in a surreal state of mind. The music and art community rallied to support them and they continued working and focused on more positive endeavors, like curating a cross cultural dual show between Brooklyn and Tehran in galleries in both cities this summer.

Now for the first time the brothers were free to travel this fall and they wasted no time hopping a plane to Norway for the Nuart Festival in September and continued their trip through Switzerland, France, and Germany to paint and meet friends and (gasp) collectors. Yes, these 20-somethings who work very closely together to  conceive of and produce their work have garnered a growing following of fans in a relatively short period of time. While Icy and Sot have no plans to return to Iran in the near future, the brothers were excited to see Europe for the first time and to experience the sometimes pronounced differences in acceptance of street art and graffiti in various cities they visited.

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Icy & Sot. Ad take over in Paris, France. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

“It was our first time traveling and painting around Europe and it was a great experience,” says Sot of their various venues which included in-town interventions and a more intricate and contextual piece high in the mountains of Switzerland. They did some normal tourist stuff of course and Icy says, “From painting in a different environments and cultures to meeting artists, people and friends, we just loved it.” Aside from the many free-wheeling installations, including painting, stencil work, and bus shelter takeovers, they still are relishing the huge wall they did about homelessness in Stavanger, Norway they say. “We were so honored to be part of Nuart Festival,” says Sot, “which is our all time favorite festival.”

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Icy & Sot. Paris, France. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot. Tout Scene indoor installation in Stavanger, Norway for NUART 2014. (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot. Outdoor installation in Stavanger, Norway for NUART 2014 (photo © Steven P. Harrington)

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Icy & Sot. Ad takeover in Stavanger, Norway. 2014 (photo © Steven P. Harrington)

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Icy & Sot. Crans-Montana, Switzerland. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot. Crans-Montana, Switzerland. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot. Vitry, France. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot. Vitry, France. 2014 (photo © Icy & Sot)

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Icy & Sot for Urban Nation’s One Wall Project. Berlin, Germany. 2014. (photo © Icy & Sot)

 

 

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Images Of The Week: 12.15.13

Images Of The Week: 12.15.13

December 15, 2013

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Here is our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Ainac, Andreco, Axel Void, bunny M, Col Walnuts, FX Collective, Finbarr DAC, Killy Kilford, Kremen, LNY, Meer Sau, Mr. Toll, Rubin, Square, Starfightera, and Swoon.

Top image >>> OK this piece is signed and we should be able to decipher the tag. But we couldn’t. So help us out. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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SQUARE and bunny M collaboration. All hand painted, one of a kind piece. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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SQUARE and bunny M collaboration. Detail. All hand painted, one of a kind piece. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Finbarr DAC and Starfightera collaboration. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Finbarr DAC and Starfightera collaboration. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Finbarr DAC and Starfightera collaboration. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Meer Sau. Salzburg, Austria. “Never stop being childish,” he says.  (photo © Meer Sau)

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Artist Unknown. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Also, a nice framed piece. Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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An LNY and Axel Void collaboration for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Swoon’s Studio. A quick demo from Swoon showing her guests at her Holidays Party the 101 of lino prints. She invited her guests to get in on the action. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Swoon’s Studio. Two test prints hanging out to dry. This is a brand new piece of a steel worker from Braddock, Pennsylvania. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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A sculptor who places his work in public space, here is Andreco at work in his studio. Italy. (photo © Andreco)

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Andreco. The completed sculpture installed for Sub Urb Art 2 in Turin, Italy. (photo © Andreco)

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Ainac repurposes the image of Darth Vader to illustrate three ways to deny evil. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Let us prey. Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Kremen (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Robert Janz (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Col Walnuts (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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FX Collective. “Distributor of Ideas” Process shot. Italy (photo © FX Collective)

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Killy Kilford (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Rubin (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Mr. Toll (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Untitled. Red Hook, Brooklyn. December, 2013. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 

 

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Jesus Waves Italy’s Flag in Turin

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Street Artist Angel Cruciani Commemorates 150 Years of Italian Unity

This month Italy commemorates 150 years of unification. In March 1861 Turin became the first capital of Italy after the political and social movement known as il Risorgimento brought together most of the city-states from the Italian Peninsula. Rome was not part of this unification as it was still controlled by the Pope as part of the Papal States. In 1871 Rome became the third and last capital city of Italy.

To mark this occasion Italian artist Angel Cruciani has been busy stenciling numerous cities across Italy with a stylized and nationalistic portrait of Jesus, essentially unifying Church and State. Taking it’s cue from narrow facial lines in The Shroud of Turin, the stencil campaign brings the “Jesus Street” project all over Italy’s plazas and main streets.

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Angelo Cruciani  (photo © Veronica for BSA)

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Angelo Cruciani  (photo © Veronica for BSA)

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Angelo Cruciani  (photo © Veronica for BSA)

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Angelo Cruciani  (photo © Veronica for BSA)

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A negative of the Shoud of Turin from Wikipedia

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