In June this year,
Pantonio (Antonio Correia), Portuguese artist, created the highest, as far, mural in Europe. Pantonio has always been the part of artistic exhibitions, urban art festivals and even called once to go to China to design a giant mural, consisted of animals culturally relevant to China (more details and photos
here).
The animals and characters designed like if they were the photography's negatives, by use of the very flexible and soft lines, presented in motion that resembles the current of the river, are "swimming" on the walls. Sometimes lazy, sometimes more lively, Pantonio's incredibly soft compositions magnetize our eyes. Minimalist colours are the must. White, blue and black, sometimes pinch of red or yellow, to not get lost in this labyrinth of silhouettes...
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| Whirlwind of the fish - Pantonio |
This largest mural in Europe, was unveiled in 13th district in Paris, on Thursday 19 June 2014. On the website of
Galerie Itinerrance, which is the official patronage of this urban series of paintings, we can find few informations about it. Namely,
Pantonio was working on this fresco one month long and it has (the wall of the building actually) 66 meters high and 15 meters wide.
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| Whirlwind of the fish - Pantonio |
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| Whirlwind of the fish - Pantonio |
There's a documentary book by Jerome Thomas "Sky is the Limit, the painters of the extreme", where we can find this and much more other photos about "making-of".
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| Whirlwind of the fish - Pantonio |
Just next to it, on another building, there's a huge mural done under the patronage of Galery Itinerrance as well, ordered by the Town Hall of the 13th district of Paris.
Stewearth (I already did a
post about him) is the artist, who is often inspired by Japanese culture and even (if we can say so) invented his own world, populated by birds, fish, samurai etc...
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| Pantonio whirlwind and Stewearth's Blue Heron |
Wall's surface of 52 per 14 meters, 30 litres of paint, 100 aerosol cans and 60 hours of work to create this giant
Blue Heron...
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| Blue heron by Stewearth |
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| Blue heron by Stewearth |
What will be the next mighty animal to inhabit on of the walls in this district?
