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Ten Massive Spanish Silos Transformed to Promote Social Inclusion

…he cultural project, Titanes, will bring 14 street artists including Okuda San Miguel (previously), Fintan Magee (previously), and Nychos (previously) to Spanish municipalities. Massive murals will transform old silos in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Corral de Calatrava, Herencia, La Solana, Manzanares, Malagón, Porzuna and Villanueva de los Infantes. Each artist will work alongside members of the Laborvalía association to make the realizatio…

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PichiAvo Pushes the Boundaries of their Urbanmythology Style with New Solo Exhibition and Graffiti-Covered Greek Statue

…through the city of Valencia. Following the success of their friend Okuda San Miguel, who was invited by the Falles Festival in 2018 to build the Falla Mayor (previously), the art duo started working on their own statue right after the burning of last year’s works. Pichi & Avo partnered with the local Falles artisan firm Latorre y Sanz to execute the incredibly large-scale piece. Unlike previous years when artisans used mostly foam as a…

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New Mural Masters Book Offers a Colorful Tour of Contemporary Street Art Around the World

…the locations and photographer credits for each mural included in its pages. Mural Masters: A New Generation is available on shelves now, but you can save a trip and grab a copy here. Mural by Okuda San Miguel Mural by James Bullough & Li Hill Mural by WD Mural by Fintan Magee Mural by Agostino Iacurci Mural by Agostino Iacurci Mural by DULK Mural by Hendrik Beikirch…

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Air Sea Land: Okuda’s Largest Public Art Project Brings Colorful Sculptures to the Streets of Boston

…ed facets have recently landed on the streets of Boston, courtesy of Okuda San Miguel. The multi-disciplinary Spanish artist, best known for his colorful interventions in and on buildings around the world, installed the series of seven sculptures called Air Sea Land in Boston’s seaport corridor. Okuda’s creations range from eight to twelve feet tall, and include regional wildlife like deer and squirrels, while also integrating mytholog…

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Artist Okuda San Miguel Sets an 82-Foot Sculpture Aflame for the Falles Festival in Valencia

…20, 2018 at 12:07am PDT Photo by the author for Colossal done #universalequilibrium falla @latorreysanz ❤💛💚💗💙 #falles2018 @jcf_valencia #okudasanmiguel #okudart +++ A post shared by OKUDA SAN MIGUEL (@okudart) on Mar 16, 2018 at 11:10am PDT Falles sculpture by Salvador Dali, 1954…

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Twin Skulls Transform the Facade of this 19th Century French Castle

Okuda San Miguel’s (previously) recently transformed 19th-century castle in Château, France is perhaps my favorite work by the artist to date. The intervention, titled Skull in the Mirror, covers the gigantic home’s facade in a mix of colorful polka dots, and is flanked on either side by two three-story skulls. Three dormer windows at the top of the castle are lined in bright red, blue, and orange, while the second story windows serv…

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Okuda San Miguel Transforms the Walls of an Italian Kindergarten Into a Prismatic Fairytale

All images provided by Ink and Movement. Okuda San Miguel (previously here and here) recently visited the Italian town of Arcugnano with his assistant Antonyo Marest to paint five different murals on the walls of the town’s kindergarten. The five murals contain birds, bears, and a winged lion—each radiating a spectrum of colors that seem to animate the mystical creatures. San Miguel was watched closely by an audience of the kindergarten&#82…