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A Melting Polar Bear and Surreal Wildlife Sculptures Burn in the Annual Falles Spectacle

[…] the ground, and at the heart of this year’s production was a 23-foot polar bear by artist Antonio Segura, aka Dulk (previously). Following works by PichiAvo, Okuda San Miguel, and Escif in previous iterations, Dulk’s fantastical and surreal “Protect What You Love” featured wildlife and plants balanced on top of […]

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A Graffiti-Covered Mural by PichiAvo Converts a Pipe into Cupid’s Arrow

Mural in Port Adelaide, 9 x 17 meters. Image © PichiAvo, shared with permission French artist François-Joseph Bosio notably left his iconic marble sculpture Cupid with a Bow (1808) without the actual weapon. In a recent rendering by Valencia-based duo PichiAvo (previously), though, the Roman god is outfitted with a […]

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This Too Shall Pass: How Spanish Artist Escif’s Meditating Woman Lit Up Valencia

[…] to be part of Valencia’s Las Fallas Festival. Each year, the outdoor celebration sees massive projects created by artists—like Okuda San Miguel in 2018 and PichiAvo in 2019—that are set on fire and eventually consumed by flames. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 event that would have featured Escif’s […]

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

Image by Agustín Ríos Art center Centro del Carmen in Valencia, Spain is currently hosting Evreka, a large solo exhibition by local artist duo PichiAvo (previously). Through this landmark showcase, the artists present their renowned Urbanmythology style that blends the dynamics, immediacy, and uncompromising attitude of graffiti along with the […]

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New Walls and Canvases by PichiAvo That Mix Classic Greek Imagery With Graffiti Writing

Mural in Boras, image via PichiAvo Although PichiAvo (previously here and here) have continued to focus on their signature style of classic Greek gods and mythology intermixed with graffiti writing, their works have now migrated off the wall and onto the canvas. The duo still produces stories-high murals, like the two […]

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Murals of Greek Gods Rendered Against a Chaotic Backdrop of Graffiti by PichiAvo

Since first collaborating in 2007, Spanish street art duo PichiAvo (previously) have created an intriguing blend of traditional graffiti and renderings of mythological figures influenced by ancient Greek sculpture. The precision, shading, and use of color is all that more impressive considering each piece is painted only with spray paint. […]

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