Starting 2017 with Striking Murals
Here's to starting 2017 with something interesting and different and with a welcome change! Transformative murals featured on Art Is Everywhere.
Modern Escher
These images have been making the email circuit but they are too interesting not to post. Obviously this is a reference to Escher with updated scenarios — taking technology into consideration, for example. Nonetheless, they are technically well done and I appreciate their trompe l’oeil appearance. They are even a bit wacky and make you think that things are a bit crazy and off kilter. I don’t know how this first one appears animated, but it’s pretty cool. Unfortunately, there is no known credit but I did come across this FreakingNews link in researching. Here’s a previous post with reference to Escher, an artist who’s work I’ve always enjoyed. I…
Some Over the Top Trompe l’Oeil Murals
Continuing with my Mural Monday Theme, several muralists are known for their over-the-top, grand, trompe l’oeil style. I’m listing just a few here. 1) Eric Grohe, as described in the article, “Move over Bansky…” from the London Evening Standard. (There are a lot more pictures to be viewed on this link + here’s a previous post.) 2) John Pugh’s 3-D work is described in the article, “Off the Wall…” on the Daily Mail UK. 3) Murals of Lyon, France by Halim Bensaïd (CitéCréation), as described on France Today: Murals produced by CitéCréation were designed not just as decoration but to help the people of Lyon rediscover their local identity, to…
