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      “Eye Candy” by Jon Burgerman in Boston, Massachusetts

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      Praise Shadows Art Gallery will be opening the first solo exhibition in Boston by the New York-based artist Jon Burgerman this coming July 8 to August 8, 2021. Along with this, the artist will be on site creating a mural for the gallery, on which they’ll install new canvases, works on paper, and more.Eye Candy embodies the world of Burgerman’s characters through works in various media from drawing, painting, to three-dimensional collectible items and books.Burgerman’s creations manifest themselves in amusement, often an effort to make him laugh or distract his thoughts from outside pressures. This became particularly heightened during the lockdown in 2020.“Art is my route of escape, not only from the world around me but the anxieties inside of me,” says the artist. “I wanted to create a joyful, colourful space for people to visit, that shares how I managed to cope with the lockdown by focusing my attention on play and creativity. Hopefully visitors will come away with some of that energy and feel creatively inspired themselves.”Jon Burgerman (b. 1979, Birmingham UK) has been a practicing artist for over 20 years. His instantly recognisable art has been exhibited all over the world from DIY exhibition spaces to museums to even the White House. His works are held in the permanent collections of institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. More

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      Artist Retrospective: DALeast

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      DALeas, born in 1984 in Wuhan, China, is a prolific, multi-faceted artist known for his unusual paintings of animals. He has been making art since he was three and studied Sculpture at the Institute of Fine Arts. He was fascinated by every form of art and worked on everything – painting, sculpture, installations, synchronizing performance, and digital art. He officially began doing art on public space in 2004 under the pseudonym DAL.“Phoenix” in Penang, Malaysia, 2015Animals are his main subject matter. His animals are typically depicted in two disconnected parts, often disintegrating at the center or falling away at the sides. Within every piece of DALeast’s art, a pop of color observed in the background brings his subject to life. This allows him to focus on the intricacy of his technique while delivering his final product. The use of fractured imagery and contrasting backgrounds serve to give his art a breath of energy and soul that can sometimes be lost in art with a more somber subject matter.Perth, Australia, 2015Delhi, India, 2015Lodz, Poland, 2014DALeast created mpressive and gigantic mural featuring his energetic and unique line-based imagery. The giant deer has its inner body transforming into roots for the birds to nest in.New York City, USA, 2014San Diego, USA, 2014Raising awareness about conservation and preservation of sharks and other marine species, DALeast painted this double piece showing a human on one, and shark on another wall of the same building. Using minimalist color palette that accents the water element on a shark, both images are slowly decomposing towards each other, symbolizing mutual dependence.“Maus Malaga” in Malaga, Spain, 2013London, UK, 2013This mural is a part of DALeast’s first UK solo show “The London Dare – The Finale Night” in London which was curated by Rom Levy. The artist, all in all, painted 7 walls through the streets of London.“T4” in Shanghai, China, 2012The Chinese artist painted “T4” with a powerful image on the crumbling walls of houses being destroyed. The result is a beautiful tribute to forgotten and powerless inhabitants, many of whom are mostly fighting in vain to keep their homes.“Osteoplasty.C” in Miami, USA, 2012To discover more about DALeast visit our #DALeast page! More

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      Eye-Catching Water-Based Murals and Installations

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      From beach coasts to the ocean floor, shipwrecked vessels to floating icebergs – street art truly can be found in a diverse range of environments.Below is our selection of impressive water-based murals and installations. Whether basking under the sun or completely submerged underwater,  these works perfectly complement their setting. Continue reading and witness how the works of art interact with the surface of the water.“Catanzaro ColorFul 2020” by Massimo Sirelli in Italy, 2020“Pelican” by Bordalo II in Aruba, 2016“Pelican” is an an aquatic installation in a rusty abandoned vessel by the the talented Portuguese street artist Bordalo II. Hecreated this solid 3D installation using trash and found materials collected around the streets of Aruba.“Ho’i Mai” by Hula in Hawaii, 2015Hula in Hawaii, 2015Hula is an NYC-based artist which decided to grab his surfboard, a bunch of acrylic paints, and get as far away from the street as possible!! In equilibrium on his surfboard, the Hawaii-native artist brought to life a series of beautiful portraits which perfectly integrates with the ocean.ROA in Vieques, Puerto RicoHula in North America, 2015This mural on a large glacier in North America was made using fixed oil painted transparent Acrylic sheets directly on the icebergs.“Imagination Conquering The World” by Dome in Karlsruhe, Germany, 2015Cece in Siouville-Hague, France, 2015Pøbel in Henningsvær, Norway, 2014Phlegm in Dunedin, New Zealand, 2014“Ophelia” by Borondo x Carmen Maín in London, UK, 2014This mural is located in River Lee in East London. The talented Spanish artist Borondo painted the roof with a signature image showing his remix of the iconic “Ophelia” painting by John Everett Millais.Ernest Zacharevic in Penang, Malaysia, 2014Invader in Cancun, Mexico, 2012For his underwater invasion, Invader collaborated with the renowned sculptor Jason Taylor deCaires which assisted the French artist in the depths of the Bay of Cancun. The pieces was affixed on one of DeCaires’ underwater sculpture. More

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      “PIONEER” by Innerfields in Aalborg, Denmark

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      Boom! Out in the Open 2021 has just kicked off with the 7th season of new beautiful murals, where Innerfields have just finished the first mural entitled “Pioneer” to come in the summer of 2021.Launched in 2014 the project aims to bring the art out of the gallery and into the streets, adding beautiful art to the every-day-lives of all citizens and not just to the few visiting the gallery. To break away from a museum setting and have street art of the highest caliber more accessible to the public.“Our world is an endless cosmos of miracles, not least to the children living in it.On their own and free from prejudice, children explore the universe with lots of curiosity and passion. Conquering the world from a playful point of view shapes new imageries every day.In the last year, children have been confronted with much worry and anxiety due to a year where the pandemic has been the general rule for our everyday lives and how we were meant to behave, not least affecting the circumstances of how to be a child.Due to these circumstances, it has been important for us to create an imagery to give children the courage to keep on looking at the world in a playful frame of mind, far from anxiety and fear and keep on creating their own imagery. To maintain their own interpretation of the mysterious world we live in to create a brighter future.”Born and raised in Berlin, Innerfields (Holger Weissflog & Jakob Bardou) have been influenced by the urban currents in the city from a very young age. They started working together in 1998, and since then, they have been making murals all over the world, among other at numerous street art festivals, besides working on canvas in the studio.They are known for their figurative and realistic imagery where topics such as the environment, society and the relationship between man and nature are often the main theme.During the summer, another 5 artists will arrive to add new murals to ‘Out in the Open 2021’. The artists will be Lonac, Augustine, Kofie, Telmo Mie, Joe Iurato, Akut More

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      Artist Retrospective: Invader

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      French artist Invader began his signature practice in the late 1990s, plastering mosaic Space Invaders, a character from a 1978 Atari game, on the streets of Paris. Joined by Pac-Man ghosts and other popular 8-bit characters, the works soon became a familiar sight in cities around the world, from Los Angeles to Kathmandu.Also known as Space Invader, he is an Urban artist originally based in Paris. Once a work is completed, Invader records it as an “invasion” and creates accompanying maps and reference books to indicate the location of each piece.Los Angeles, California (2018)Invader began his ‘invasion’ in 1998. The Louvre, the Hollywood hill, the walls of Paris, Montpellier (with fellow artist ZEVS), and in random order, Aix-en-Provence, Frankfurt, London, Miami, Hong Kong, Rome, New York, Los Angeles and Vienna, the underwater depths of the Bay of Cancún and outer space with the International Space Station. Twenty years on, he has affixed more than 3,400 mosaics worldwide in over 70 cities.“Going into a city with tiles and cement and invading it,” says anonymous French street artist Invader of his craft. “This is the most addictive game I have ever played.”Versailles, France (2017)“I have never been tempted to reveal my identity,” the artist has said. “What I do and create is more important than who exactly I am.”Below are more of our favorite pieces from Invader around the world (and even in space)!Rabat, Morocco (2017)Malaga, Spain (2017)Darmstadt, Germany (2015)Tanzania (2015)Ravenna, Italy (2014)Tokyo, Japan (2014)Swiss Alps, Anzere, Switzerland (2014)London, UK (2013)Paris, France (2013)Cancun, Mexico (2012)Space Invasion from Miami, Florida (2012)If you want to discover more about Invader visit our Invader Page! More

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      “Data Bees” by Ludo in Paris, France

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      Street artist Ludo is back with a new series of murals in the streets of Paris. His new murals features his iconic “Data Bees” which are decked with protective gas masks and cyber parts.Ludo is known for his hybrid plant-insect-machinery motif. He is often called ‘Nature’s Revenge’ as he connects the world of plants and animals with our technological universe and a quest for modernism. It speaks about what surrounds us, what affects us and tries to highlight some kind of humility.Drawn with the precision of botanical illustrations, Ludo’s new order of hybrid organisms is both elegant and fierce. Armoured vehicles spawn stag beetle horns; carnivorous plants bare rows of hunting-knife teeth; bees hover, hidden behind gas masks and goggles; automatic weapons crown the head of sunflowers; human skulls cluster together like grapes.Ludo’s work aspires to jolt us out of a longstanding collective denial: despite repeated natural disasters, we refuse to acknowledge our own fragile state.Scroll down below to see more photos of “Data Bees” More

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      “Byte the Candy” by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada in Madrid, Spain

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      Muralist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada recenlty worked on a new mural entitled “Byte the Candy” for Urvanity 2021 in Madrid, Spain. In this mural, the artist speaks out about our relationship with social media. It’s the first piece created by Gerada which brings his terrestrial land art style to the wall, creating a perfect union of the two aesthetics.In 1984, Neil Postman gave a talk about how we are “Amusing Ourselves to Death”. He criticised how the news we see on television is entertainment, there only to maintain our attention in order to sell advertisement time instead of trying to make us think.Today, we are living something beyond what Neil Postman was warning us about, social media platforms, with a system of algorithms that have no conscience or mercy. These algorithms work incessantly to keep our constant attention to see advertising and propaganda, and in that way become more efficient with the use of personal data, achieving the ability to target advertising that coincides exactly with the profile of interests of each user.Orwell, Huxley and Postman are rolling in their graves, raising their voices from the past when all of this was just a macabre idea, while the artists of the 21st century are complicit, do not denounce or give alternatives.In this portrait I incorporate the “on” button symbol that is ubiquitous in our technological reality, on the portrait of young beauty, to create a visual dialogue and invite contemplation about the possible narratives that the piece may have and how the spectators might see themselves reflected within it.Rodriguez-Gerada’s portraits, performed as murals or as terrestrial interventions that can be seen from space, more than the artist’s mark, reflect other people’s imprints. They are part of a memory that refuses to solely be a passing signal.Although it has always been based in cities, urban art hasn’t always belonged to the citizens. Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada has changed this and has given it a new condition. He has achieved this because his work is not made solely for “urbanites.” Above all, it is truly aimed at the citizenship that is forced to live, and above all, forced to transform the beast that is the City in the 21st century. Photo credits: all pics by Fer Alcalá More

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      “Mirror Land” by Paner in Olsztyn, Poland

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      Street artist Paner is back with his latest abstract mural located in Olsztyn, Poland.Bartek Świątecki’s aka Paner work mixes abstraction and traditional graffiti. High art and youth culture, modernism and skateboarding. His images are based around geometric groupings and angular forms which reference futuristic architectural design.The apparent slickness of Świątecki’s productions is often at odds with the decayed settings the works are placed in. The visual language used in these pieces gives a glimpse in to a brave new world of graffiti and fine art cross over. It’s a world where graffiti writers are as happy to quote from De Stijl as they are Wu Tang.Take a look below for more photos of “Mirror Land” More