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    “Breathe” by David de la Mano and Pablo Herrero in Salamanca, Spain

    Street artists David de la Mano and Pablo S. Herrero worked on a new project  involving a mural and graffiti workshop related specifically to stonecutter marks. It was held last May 13 in Villamayor, a municipality historically known for its quarries and for being the one used historically in the monumental Salamanca.The graffiti workshop consisted of taking stonemason marks as the main axis, and around these, reproductions, interpretations and free marks were created.Attendees created their own stencils, painted freehand and combined techniques. About 40 to 50 people participated, mostly children from 5 to 14 years old.The workshop is a project of The PICA association, organized by the Town Hall of Villamayor and the Department of Culture.David de la Mano is known for his large dystopian murals featuring human and animal silhouettes and minimalist style. He creates distinctive artworks which are symbolic reflections on humankind and reminiscent of dark fairytales.On the other hand, the pictorical language of Pablo S. Herrero is linked to the code of plant forms. Trees and forests, both murals and paper, are the vehicle for show relationship between the dynamic and the static, individual and community, sustainability and resistance. His activity as a muralist, usually at off-center and marginal spaces, take the suburbs as a paradigm of the rejection that the city causes to large parts of itself.Take a look below for more photos of the project. More

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    “El Buen Augurio” by Clara Lurueña and Pablo S. Herrero in Salamanca, Spain

    Tribute to the figure of “El Perrero”, a character linked to the tradition of the little town of Nava de Francia that symbolizes the transition to the new year, which says goodbye to the dark and traumatic to attract light and good wishes in the new cycle.The magical and ritual character of this figure is accompanied by primitive animals and some typical embroidery motifs, which in turn feed on the popular imagination of the area. The representation of the trees in this case is added to the projection of the shadow of the oaks that surround Nava de Francia.Check out below for more photos of Clara Lurueña and Pablo S. Herrero’s latest project. More

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    “Secret Garden” by David de la Mano in Salamanca, Spain

    Street artist David de la Mano is back with a new piece in Villamayor, Salamanca, Spain. The mural entitled “Secret Garden” and like almost all gardens it has a human scale.The secret garden is inhabited and is also continually visited by birds, insects, etc. and events are continually taking place. Keeping our eyes open and attentive helps us discover the beginning, development and culmination of the most diverse stories and characters.Open your eyes.David de la Mano is a Spanish contemporary artist best known for his stunning murals often depicting silhouettes, trees and other monochromatic imagery. The artist experiments with different techniques including acrylics, watercolors, ink and collage. Through a minimalist style, characterized by the monochrome use of black, David de la Mano is able to create extremely poetic works of art, a symbolic reflection on humanity.Check out below for more photos of his latest work in Spain. More

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    “NON PLUS ULTRA” by Gonzalo Borondo in Salamanca, Spain

    Since the beginning of his artistic activity, Borondo has seen glass as an interesting material to explore, a source of original creative possibilities, attracted by the opposites that characterise it: transparency and hardness; fragility and resistance; protection and danger. He is also interested in its relationship with light and the elegance it transmits.

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    In recent years, Borondo has tackled the subject with a multidisciplinary approach, articulating innovative formal solutions that combine skills from different areas and that have seen the practice of “glass scratching” evolve in relation to the artist’s intentions: to enliven painting and to experiment with silkscreen printing. “Non Plus Ultra” is the result of a visionary perspective on screen printing, where the rules are shifted towards the unusual, where error is enjoyed, the cause before discovery, where the technique goes beyond the limits imposed by the blank sheet. More