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      “Subliminal Matrix” Solo Exhibition by Zhang Ji at Volery Gallery in Dubai, UAE

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      Zhang Ji is an artist whose sweeping-colours of paintings focus on mosaicked patterns or relief-centred geometrics, laid down edge to edge. Spare, elegant and texturized, his paintings offer a delicate balance between composition and decomposition, sturdiness and ephemerality. They begin as strikingly, repetitious patterns, but then move beyond, toward a consummate painterly expression.In this exhibition opening at Volery Gallery and entitled Subliminal Matrix, this precisely calibrated selection of 12 paintings, created from 2018 – 2020, demonstrates Zhang’s wholehearted engagement with the very structures and systems of painting. The series, simply titled The Skin of Truth, features the artist’s minimalistic yet richly intricate detailed artworks which appear to radiant into immediate material presence whereupon he shapes the aesthetical effect.“The Skin of Truth 58”, Oil on canvas, 2017Approximating a studied observation of sacred sites with their classical designs and backgrounds, Zhang possesses an instinctive talent for meticulously working in forms, shapes and structures. The Beijing-based artist is primarily drawn to the harmony and rhythm of religious architectonics for their tactility, physical presence, and in creating complex straight lines-making grids or parallel diagonals within fragments of decorated motifs.From earthy tones to magnetic blue and crimson red etc, Zhang used a variety of rich, bright hues as well as pure white, black and grey etc. His process calls attention to the paintings’ silken surfaces, loaded with oil paint; strengthened with the sheer physicality and expressive power of his medium. Gazing at these ethereal, atmospheric embossed-like paintings provide the viewers the sensation of a commanding optical quality, floating freely, bulged and ebbed, as if unanchored by gravity.Zhang sees his paintings as meditative. Thus, the resulting works are  calming, luminous forms rendered in an irresistible palette; striking for its subtle yet dramatic patch of illumination, which is perhaps their greatest appeal. It is a poetic exercise in giving colour and texture enough weight to stand alone, without the support of delineated forms.All in all, Zhang’s paintings evoke familiarity and memory in their vastness of collective illumination.Scroll down below to have a sneak peak on Subliminal Matrix exhibition.“The Skin of Truth 104” Oil on canvas, 2019“The Skin of Truth 9” 5Oil on canvas, 2018“The Skin of Truth 105” Oil on canvas, 2019 More

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      Art Decko – Bradford on Avon Skate Park Fundraiser Auction

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      Some of the UK’s finest street artists have chipped in their time and materials to help raise money for a new skatepark in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.Legends such as Will Barras, Mr Jago, China Mike and Inkie have joined forces with a team of fresh illustrators and artists like Matt Richards, Ben Allen, Olly Howe, Saki & Bitches, Peter Burke, Victoria Topping and Callum Eaton to donate artwork – mostly decorated skate decks – for an online auction via GalaBid. The bidding ends at midnight on Sunday, September 19.The campaign was started by local resident Carl Jones, whose skater son, Idris, went to the Town Council to ask for a new skatepark, after the old ramps were demolished with no plans to replace. The new skatepark will be on the same site as the old ramps and will form part of a redevelopment of the whole Poulton Park site. The auction aims to bring the organisers closer to their target of building the new skatepark that Bradford on Avon deserves.To view the artworks, place bids or donate to the cause, visit the GalaBid site – www.galabid.com/artdeckoFollow the BoA Skatepark journey here: www.instagram.com/bradfordonavonskateparkPhotos courtesy of the artists and www.instagram.com/matt_inwood More

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      “DOUCE VIE” Hommage to Hyuro in Angers, France

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      Hyuro was invited in 2020 to paint two walls for the festival Echappées d’Arts in Angers, France, where artists like Aryz, Nuria Mora, Jean Moderne, Tellas, Tania Mouraud, Hitnes, Daniel Munoz, Okuda, Vhils, and more were invited in the last years.During the preparation of the project, at the end of the month of may 2020, she sketched and wrote  :” The concept of the wall which I like most is a kind of celebration of life, there for the reading can work out with the actual moment we are living, with my personal situation which make it very special for me and to start, because I read an article, which stayed strongly on my mind, which title was ̈Angers and the sweetness of living ̈, it was a recently article talking about the simple nice things of this city. The idea are two figures dancing while sharing a beautiful blanket, one figure in each wall, you will see it clear in sketch, but I am happy with that idea since months now. “Hyuro was then in treatment to cure herself of leukemia, she wanted through this painting to celebrate the life and the sweetness of life in Angevin. Unfortunately, despite a long battle, the disease took her down in November 2020 at the age of 45.Tamara Djurovic, Hyuro by her artist name, was born in Argentina in 1974, then moved to Spain, to Valencia. Within ten years, Hyuro had established herself as one of the most respected painters in the world of “Street Art”. Her monumental works, of great gentleness and imbued with humanity, are visible all over the planet, all over Europe, but also in Brazil, Morocco, the United States and in her native country, Argentina.After discussions with her relatives, including the painters Escif and Axel Void, we made a point of bringing this project to fruition by paying tribute to her : the sketch she had sent us was painted in august 2021 by two artists who were close to her : FAITH47 (South Africa) and HELEN BUR (England).Take a look below for more images of “DOUCE VIE”: A Hommage to HyuroWatch the interview of the artists for the City of Angers here. More

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      “Lḗthē” by Pastel in Lisbon, Portugal

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      Argentinian painter Pastel recently worked on a new wall with Underdogs Gallery. The mural entitled “Lḗthē” (Greek term for forgetfulness or hiding) was developed to raise awareness about climate change and environmental sustainability.The project was based on the survey of the flora in extinction in Portugal, as part of the Public Art Program of Underdogs Gallery in association with the Museum of Natural History of Lisbon and the Botanical Garden of Lisbon. Curated by Vhils and Pauline Foessel.Francisco Diaz Scotto is a painter and architect (UBA). Far from conventional architecture, he understands public space work as urban acupuncture. Most of the mural contexts are the “non-places”. Those who are relegated from the irregular and non-inclusive urban designs. Many of his works are located in facades that operate as a canvas for his paintings. The main and most complex search is oriented towards creating a dialogue that is natural and respectful of the environment, since the limits of the work are understood between the painted space and its surroundings. The flora he uses as a reference in his paintings is that which grows in the cracks of sidewalks and facades. These cracks generated by a deficient construction process are reflection of the human need to control space for a rational and autarkic use. Taking these small plants and glorifying them with their change of scale can be a mechanism to question the modern methods we have as a society.Check out below for more photos of Pastel’s stunning work.Arte UrbanaArte Urbana More

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      “Szczecin Wars” by Mariusz Waras in Szczecin, Poland

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      Street artist from Poland Mariusz Waras, better known as M-City, just finished another mural in the city of Szczecin, Poland. The mural “Szczecin Wars” is an interpretation of  the Millennium Falcon, a fictional starship in the Star Wars franchise, highlighting the urban map of Szczecin city.Aerial view of Szczecin City, inspiration for the muralStreet artist Mariusz Waras have created more than 700 murals in Warsaw, Gdansk, Berlin, Paris, Budapest, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta, Bolzano, London or Prague and exhibited in several solo and group shows.With urban landscapes as their main motif, m-city murals have a specific, recognisable style. Black and white Lego-like forms and shapes of modular, anonymous and similar houses stand in dense agglomerations portrayed from a distance. With the help of stencils, images of never ending cities are spray painted onto empty facades, bridge pillars, staircases, alleys, underground passages, metro stations.Scroll down below to view more photos of “Szczecin Wars” and stay in tune for more updates from M-City. More

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      “Amen” by Urka in Fermo, Italy

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      Street artist Urka recently worked on a new mural entitled ” Amen” in Fermo for the event 360° of Fermo Urban Museum. His piece features devout individual carrying a golden vehicle with a cross. Check out below for photos of the mural.Urka is a talented, satirical scetch artist who enjoys also creating on city walls. Based in Italy, Urka is an introverted, meteoropathic and misanthropic person most of the time. His painting subjects usually revolves around silly and satiric puppets about human behaviors. More

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      “Atlantis of the North” by Pener in Olsztyn, Poland

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      Street artist Pener recently worked on a stunning piece in Olsztyn, Poland. Pener, together with the director of the Municipal Public Library in Olsztyn, Krzysztof Dąbkowski, came up with the idea that the project should be embedded in the literary tradition of Warmia and Mazury, and specifically intertwined with the notion of “Atlantis of the North”, the author of which is the poet and writer Kazimierz Brakoniecki.“I am very open to this type of synergistic projects that can significantly encourage reflection on our identity. Thanks to this, we can bend down and reflect on our common history related to Warmia and Masuria. As a creator and artist, I wanted to create something more than just an illustration for a literary text……because the image itself is ambiguous – birds appear in it – they change into geometric shapes – which interpenetrate and saturate each other. I am inspired by the space in which the wall is located, its shape and context, but I run away from unambiguous associations and strong dominant illustrative motives” Pener stated.Polish artist Bartek Świątecki, aka Pener, is one of the many artists using their talents to transform the façades of buildings into public works of art. He uses overlapping forms—some transparent and others opaque—to create a sense of motion in his work. He is inspired by the digital world and uses a modern, architectural style to capture its dynamism on a large scale. By layering structural forms together in an ambiguous space, he explores the face of virtual reality.His work ranges from, paintings, walls, animation and site specific installationTake a look below for more images of the project and check back with us shortly for more updates on the international street art scene. Photo credits: Mateusz Świątecki / Kamil Iwańczyk More

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      “Sacral” by Edoardo Tresoldi in Ravenna, Italy

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      From September 1, “Sacral”, an installation by Italian artist Edoardo Tresoldi will be open to the public at the Mar – Art Museum of the city of Ravenna. The work is the preview of the exhibition “An Epic POP” inside the exhibition project “Dante. The eyes and the mind”.With Sacral, built in 2016 and rehabilitated in the 2016th-century cloister of the city’s Museum of Art, the audience has the chance to physically enter the work, ideally in the Noble Castle, and retrace the Divine Comedy’s journey in a quasi-performative action.Within the path of the exhibition, the work has in fact a link with the Divina Commedia, poem written by the poet buried in the Italian city. In particular, the typical skeleton of Tresoldi’s installations refers, in the vision of the curator Giorgia Salerno, to the theme of souls and the Castle of the Great Spirits, described by Dante in the Canto IV of the Inferno, in which live the spirits of historical figures of the past, pagans and therefore not destinated to salvation.In a dialogue between classical architecture and contemporary art, the work transports the visitor into an unprecedented space-time experience in which arches, columns and domes create symphonies and contrasts with industrial materials. In fact, Sacral brings together some traits that characterize the artist’s work: the language of transparency capable of weaving in space something that is not there; references to Renaissance masters and classical architectural elements such as arches, columns and domes; the use of wire mesh to give shape to a new dimension in dialogue with light, atmospheric agents and the surrounding environment.Edoardo Tresoldi is an Italian artist, sculptor and set designer , known internationally for his monumental sculptures. explores the poetics of the dialogue between human beings and the landscape, using the language of architecture as an expressive tool and as a key to reading space.The artist plays with the transparency of wire mesh to transcend the spatiotemporal dimension and narrate a dialogue between art and the world, a visual synthesis revealed in the fading of the physical boundaries of his works.Scroll down below to view more photos of “Sacral” installation in Ravenna. More