Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Urbanism devouring a tree


I guess that's what this mural could be called. I'm not sure if it officially has a name, but here's how it was created:

In order to reestablish murals as artistic forms and to facilitate development of art in public places, BELEF (Belgrade Summer Festival), the Telenor Foundation, and the Platform for Contemporary Art have introduced project "Super Wall," which treats Belgraders and visitors to several murals, created by prominent Serbian and European artists, in various locations around the city. This particular mural was painted by a young Italian artist, BLU

TROMPE L'OEIL!

 In Lyon there are several buildings bearing fantastic trompe l'oeil paintings. Here is one, currently being touched up, hence the fence...