Just because they are cute and everybody on Instagram is going to offer aĬlever rejoinder on your new painting in Miami, you cool dude/dudette. When it comes to communicating a complicated or difficult idea. Past the neighborhood censors, maybe its because they are handily metaphoric Maybe its because animals are safe subjects to paint and make it He collects these images for inspiration.

(photo © Martha Cooper) Mohamed Lghacham based his mural on a vintage ad from a magazine. (photo © Martha Cooper) Mohamed Lghacham.

It was controversial but in the end, the organizers of the festival prevailed to keep the wall up without alterations or censorship. Martha tells us that this “I Will Pay Taxes” mural is painted on a building whose owner didn’t pay his taxes. (photo © Martha Cooper) Nuno Viegas’ “Queen of Hearts” is a match to the “King of Hearts” mural he painted for Nuart in 2019. (photo © Martha Cooper) James Klinge paints a portrait of his wife. (photo © Martha Cooper) James Klinge and Martin Whatson. “Martin Whatson’s mural this year shows a stone mason trimming off “excess” graffiti to make a straight edge along a graffiti-covered wall.” Nuart Aberdeen Festival 2022. Cooper of this city that boasts a long industry of granite work. “Most of the buildings in Aberdeen are built of granite giving the city a distinctive, very gray, look,” says Ms. Photographer Martha Cooper was invited to participate in Nuart’s newest event and she shares with us and our readers her documentation of the 11 artists’ artworks on the streets of Aberdeen. All told it’s a warm example of street art culture mainstreaming itself right into the daily fabric of this prosperous Scottish city often called the “Oil Capital of Europe” Martin Whatson. The events that engage the community feature live painting, a speaker program, walking tours, a pub fight/debate, and children’s art programming. (photo © Martha Cooper)Ī franchising, of sorts, of the original Norwegian Nuart festival and its originators, this offshoot festival was so successful that year that city officials here funded another few editions. With a theme of reconnection, the new iteration of the festival last month brought fresh murals to city walls, perhaps revitalizing people’s connection to the built environment in a new way. The locals and our hosts made certain that we had all we needed to do our job and to enjoy the festival, the city, and of course its people. We had a blast, and in the process fell in love with this city made of granite. We were fortunate to have been invited to participate in the very first edition of Nuart Aberdeen back in the quaint days of 2017.

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