Blu recently completed a new mural in Greece. The piece depicts the ancient Greek temples with columns built of stacked coins, tumbling over. Pretty poignant commentary on the current financial situation in that country. More photos after the jump.
Some of Blu’s latest work recently showed up in Spain. The piece is consistent with Blu’s past work, being large in scale, brightly pigmented, and interacting with the canvas.
Noted back in January, the prolific Blu has chronicled all his animations, drawings on paper and time-lapse murals in one single disk! The DVD, BLU:Sketch Note-Book, is now available from colette. The film is in English, and the DVD is formatted for all regions.
Arrested Motion shares this fantastic find – “Wow. We sat down to scan through the Megunica documentary real quick but ended up watching the whole thing. The film first made rounds in 2009 or so and has won multiple awards at various film festivals but we don’t think there has been an easy way for street art fans get ahold of it – until now. Wired Italy has now made the entire film, all 83 minutes of it, available streamed on their website.
For those unfamiliar, the footage follows Blu on a trip to South America through the countries of Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Argentina. The film follows the Italian street star as he paints and as the crew interact with other people and other artists – basically tracking their adventures. What is particularly enjoyable are all the little animations and the different techniques they use in the process inserted throughout the film. At the end the film, you can definitely see this is when Blu started perfecting his now famous graffiti-animation style. As a bonus, you should read Wired’s interview with the director – Lorenzo Fonda.”
A gasoline Medusa is the latest large scale, politically driven mural by Blu. The work follows a few collaborative pieces with Ericailcane. Another banger.
Blu and regular partner in crime, Ericailcane, were busy in Bologna last week and through the weekend. The above mural is where the duo stands currently. After the jump you can check out the wall as work in progress.
Taken directly from a mural in Rennes, Blu’s latest print release is produced with five colors on 290 grams fabriano cotton rag, each individually signed and numbered by the artist.
