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Cuba street art : Salvador Escalona

Cuba street art : Salvador Escalona, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Salvador Escalona has totally painted a full area of Havana, huge and colorful fresques

Reza : an eye with a soul

Reza is enlightening La Villette park in Paris with a series of giant enlargements of his photos.

He commented with passion some of those during the opening of that outdoor exhibition last week. The exhibition will be displayed until Jan 3, 2011.

 

 

Mundano in Trinidad de Cuba !

Mundano in Trinidad de Cuba !, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Mundano from Sao Paulo, pasted in Trinidad de Cuba as part of street art without borders

O Saci by Vaz in Cuba : street art sem fronteiras

O Saci by Vaz in Cuba : street art sem fronteiras, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Thiago Vaz is from Brazil. His character, Saci, is a legendary symbol in Brasil representing a liar, like Pinocchio.
I ended pasting all the street with 9 works of worldwide street art at the request of people living there...

ZHE155 in "Street Art Without Borders" street of Trinidad de Cuba

ZHE155 in "Street Art Without Borders" street of Trinidad de Cuba, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

That street was covered with worldwide street art at the request of people living there...
I started with one from Army of One, and then everyone asked for his art piece !!! cool people of Cuba !

StreetArt Without Borders in Cuba

Kris Trappeniers , première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Cuba is a different country : lots of colors, beautiful architecture, lots of very cool people welcoming the visitor with great generosity despite a general lack of most goods we enjoy in our countries.
Also, very little street art...and no pasting at all.
I was in most cases welcome to paste the art pieces I had with me, representing artists form France, Brasil, USA, Belgium, UK, Germany, Australia and Korea.
33 artists in total within the 200 I already pasted...sorry for those I could not take with me, I wished I had taken all of them !

Women and men from Cuba

The most interesting part of Cuba is not its beaches, it's definitely the people.

A selection of portraits taken in August 2010...

 

 

Collective work from Fortaleza, Brazil : Buuna, Terezadequinta, Leobdss, Shiki, Evertondibujos, Grud

Collective work from Fortaleza, Brazil : Buuna, Terezadequinta, Leobdss, Shiki, Evertondibujos, Grud, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

All artists are from Nordeste, Brazil.
Pasted as part of street art without borders...

Galo's big fish near bassin de La Villette

Galo's big fish, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Galo from Sao Paulo, Brazil, pasted as part of street art without borders

Armamento & Cris Gommes : street art sem fronteiras

Armamento & Cris Gommes : street art sem fronteiras, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Armamento and Cris Gommes are from Brazil, pasted here in Paris.
Part of street art without borders

Trees Art Without Borders : Kris Trappeniers

Trees Art Without Borders : Kris Trappeniers, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Kris is from Belgium, pasted as part of street art without borders

Sao Paulo planet of Apes : Titi + Elias + Ro

Sao Paulo planet of Apes : Titi + Elias + Ro, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Deuxième opus de la planète des singes, à Sao Paulo cette fois, avec Elias entouré de Titi from Paris et de Ro.
Second version odf the planet of Apes with Elias (from Sao Paulo) ,Titi from Paris and Ro from France.

Tony, Sao Paulo.

Tony, Sao Paulo., première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Tony (from USA) , pasted in Zona Sul of Sao Paulo.

Teoz + Astrowitch + Parkydoodle in Sao Paulo

Teoz + Astrowitch + Parkydoodle in Sao Paulo, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Astrowitch from USA, Teoz from Italy and Parkydoodle from UK : street art without borders !

Astrowitch + Nana +ZHE155 + 2026 + Pedro, Sao Paulo

Astrowitch + Nana +ZHE155 + 2026 + Pedro, Sao Paulo, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Street Art Without Borders in action, in front of Hotel Renaissance, Sao Paulo, June 2010

Marilyn by Tony & Mittenimwald

Marilyn by Tony & Mittenimwald, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Tony (USA) and Mittenimwald's (Germany) interpretation of the icon Marilyn...pasted as part of Street Art Without Borders

Verdeee's triple horny women

Verdeee's triple horny women, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Verdeee is from Sao Paulo, pasted as part of street art without borders

Elias the Sphinx : back from ashes...

Elias the Sphinx : back from ashes..., première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Ten days after being pasted, some ignorant set fire to Elias's monkeys...so I put this new set, baptised by the artist himslef "the modern monkeys", right above the ashes of the destroyed ones.
I also added a Face monkey from USA.
Elias is from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Hommage à Willy Ronis with Quasikunst from Hamburg, Germany

Hommage à Willy Ronis with Quasikunst from Hamburg, Germany, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

In the background, the poster for the Willy Ronis exhibition, the french photographer who died last year, aged 99.
Quasikunst is from Hamburg and is pasted as part of Trees Art Without Borders !
check this link : fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/asa,quasikunst

Apes without borders in Paris !

Apes without borders in Paris !, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

I had gathered some apes from Brazil, USA, and Singapore. Ro, the french street artist, created a series of demontrating apes to gather this "planet of Apes"...we just had to find the right wall in Paris for this gathering !
J'avais rassemblé des singes du Brésil, USA, Singapour et Ro a construit une mise en scène de singes manifestants pour rassembler tout ce beau monde...il ne restait qu'à trouver le bon endroit pour ce rassemblement.

Planet of Apes : demonstration of Apes from France, USA, Brazil and Singapore !

Planet of Apes : demonstration of Apes from France, USA, Brazil and Singapore !, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

SRX in Paris

SRX in Paris, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

After being pasted in Sao Paulo, spanish artist SRX is pasted in Paris, near the Pompidou Centre.

Mittenimwald & Chibalove, Paris

Mittenimwald & Chibalove, Paris, première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

Mitenimwald from germany, with Chibalove from UK , as well as Tona (germany), Lidia B and Fernanda Manea (Brazil) in the background.
All pasted as part of street art without borders.

Ro @ Sao Paulo (detail)

Ro @ Sao Paulo (detail), première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

detail of Ro's work pasted in Sao Paulo

Zilda @ Sao Paulo

Zilda @ Sao Paulo , première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

after being pasted last October on the Minhocao, Zilda is now is pasted close to Praça Roosevelt, aka Crackolandia.
Pasted as part of street art without borders.

Street Art Without Borders : Ro the Great in Sao Paulo

Street Art Without Borders : Ro the Great in Sao Paulo , première mise en ligne par urbanhearts.

After last October's Ro pasting at Bras (Sao Paulo) with a 6,7 meters long work, this time Ro gave me the task to paste a series of characters for which 11 meters were needed !
I found it with the great help of Fabiano (2D Crew) close to Praça Roosevelt...the result is amazing !

Naples Mafia by Inca 84 (with Elvis by Tony)

Naples Mafia by Inca 84 (with Elvis by Tony), originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Naples : a great city for street art...walls are live with colours, posters, structure...ideal place for pasting street art without borders : 34 artists from France, Brazil, Germany, Scotland, UK, Japan, Korea, Belgium, Australia and Columbia were pasted.

Street Art Without Borders in Naples : Billikid from NYC

Street Art Without Borders in Naples : Billikid from NYC, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Billikid and 30 other artists from around the world were pasted in the heart of Naples, italy. A great city with a lovely population which proved to be very opened to street art without borders.

Expo New heArt CitY Gallery

Expo New heArt CitY Gallery, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

samedi 13 mars, 11 rue de Picardie, 75003 Paris

When the vandals are paid by the City hall...

Crime scene 1 : Dooldedubz, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Some will say "it's the name of the game" : art thieves, angry people tearing the posters, and then the ultimate army of cleaners, masked, attacking the art like an enemy, pointing their water guns straight into the faces of the artists ! This is the real vandalism and should not be accepted as the rule of the game...artists spend their energy, passion into their work...the day I will find it "normal" to see people tearing, stealing or "cleaning" street art, is a day I do not wish to see...I feel deeply sadened by the stupidity of ignorants who destroy the essence of our dreams.

PHOTOGRAFF COLLECTIF interview : "Street Art Without Borders, an open air museum"

PHOTOGRAFF COLLECTIF interview : "Street Art Without Borders, an open air museum", originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

http://photograffcollectif.blogspot.com/

Street Art Without Borders takes off with TAM RED Magazine

Street Art Without Borders takes off with TAM RED Magazine, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

RED is the inflight magazine of brazilian TAM airlines. This short artcile presents the project Street Art Without Borders" of the March 2010 issue with pics of Zeila, Claire, OZI, NiceArt, Suriani and Ro.

Shooting season, by Seifrei, joining Katala.

Shooting season, by Seifrei, joining Katala., originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Seifrei is the latest in the growing number of artists joining "street art without borders" from all parts of the world.
Seifrei is from Switzerland and is pasted next to Katala's bird, from Finland, pasted a couple of weeks ago.

The Dirt Floor Interview

The Dirt Floor Interview, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

A very cool interview by THE DIRT FLOOR

"Ce vertige de l'amour me donne des sueurs froides..." by Niko

"Ce vertige de l'amour me donne des sueurs froides..." by Niko, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Based on the film "Vertigo"...
Unfortunately, some vandal took it away less than 24 hours after pasting. A stupid collector removing this great piece from the public.

Malheureusement cette oeuvre de Niko a été dérobée moins de 24 h après collage...vandalisme pur (le ZHE 155 à l'autre bout de la rue a été également volé)

 

Autre oeuvre volée, celle de ZHE 155 collée le même jour que le Niko...  

Elvis fluo de Niko avec 2D Crew de Sao Paulo.

Street Art without borders expands to new horizons with 2026 from Australia...

...and Katala from Finland ! 

NEW HEART CITY : ouverture samedi 23

Projection de 250 photos de street art de New York, prises en 2005, dans le cadre de l'ouverture de la galerie de Nadège Buffe, NEW HEART CITY au 11 rue de Picardie, Paris 3ème.

NEW HEART CITY : ouverture samedi 23, originally uploaded by urbanhearts.

Interview TV Sao Paulo "Street Art Sem Fronteiras"

Street Art Without Borders goes on...trees

along bd Sébastopol, in the heart of Paris, and along the Seine river.

G Crackle from USA with Paulo Ito from Sao Paulo

John Howard from Sao Paulo (John is 72 years old)

Léna and her brother Akuz from Metz (France)

Andrew Wilson from California

Kris Trappeniers from Belgium

et pendant ce temps là...

...les artistes de rue continuent d'illuminer notre espace urbain.

l'immense artiste Zilda, de Rennes. (voir le Fickr de Zilda )

Ro l'enchanteur

et Jeremica.

Street Art Without Borders goes on...

Pastings done all around the Halles, in the heart of Paris...

Cranio, from Sao Paulo

 

Celso Gitahy from Sao Paulo

Thiago Hattnher from Sao Paulo

Hélio from Sao Paulo

another Helio

Liniya from Bogota

 

Toligadoboe from Natal (Nordeste of Brazil)

Mauro from Sao Paulo

The fantastic world of Ro pasted in Sao Paulo

As part of the "Street Art Without Borders" project, I pasted the largest work on paper I ever had to paste so far : 6,60 meters long, 2,30 meters high !!!

The final result was outstanding and greeted with a warm welcome from the homeless people living in the streets around Bràs Station, Sao Paulo.

I also pasted (with the help of Fabiano from 2D Crew) another of Ro's pieces under the Minhocao, the elevated highway which crosses the centre of Sao Paulo.

and a third one near Bara Funda :

 
 
 

New pasting in Sao Paulo : Zilda from France

New pastings of outstanding artwork form Zilda, a french young artist from Rennes, west of France. I choose three places in Sao Paulo : top of Paulista, end of Minhocao (Bara Funda) and Bràs.

 
 
 

"Street Art sem Fronteiras" exhibitions in Sao Paulo : Z Carniceria & Vegas

Thanks to Susan (aka as Dona Augusta), two exhibitions were organised on Oct 15 and 20 in Sao Paulo. See Susan's website :Dona Augusta

The first exhib was set up in a old butcher's shop : Z Carniceria. The artists presented were Niko, Léo & Pipo, Suriani and Ozi, with a combination of original works pasted on the walls and pictures of the same artists works taken around the world.

The second exhib, also comining pasted original works and pictures was set up at Vegas, a famous night spot of rua Augusta, Sao Paulo.

The artists were ZHE155 (UK), Nice Art, Léna, Tian (France) and 2D Crew (Brazil)

 
 
 
  

Street Art Without Borders on TV in Sao Paulo

JR's improbable dream comes to reality in Paris

As part of "women are heroes" project, JR covers Ile St Louis's walls with 1500 m of pictures ! 15,000 rolls of paper to achieve the most gigantic ephemeral piece of art of all times.

 

 

 

 

Street Art Without Borders expands to new horizons

In September, new talents from USA, Korea, Brasil, Nederlands, UK, Belgium and Australia joined the projects and were all pasted in Paris.

 

Andrew Wilson from California on Obey's pasting in front of the Cartier Foundation.

 

At Point Ephémère, Alessandra Cestac and Zezao completed a pasting by Betty Baron (left). I added korean artist Bigmoon (right of Alessandra) and brazilian Cris Gommes (top right).
 
 

 JX from Nederlands, next to Alessandra Cestac from Sao Paulo and Bigmoon from Seoul, Korea.

 

tCHë from Brazil pasted next to Paul Bloas giants.

 
Lena a french artist next to Suriani's dog

 

Cris Gommes from Sao Paulo in the heart  of Paris
 
 

Street art without borders : Pedro, Claire and Suriani in "Estadao do Sao Paulo", Tian, Speedy and Gorellaume in "Intercambio"

Thanks to the journalist Susan Eiko, a great coverage of the french, korean and US street artists pasting in Sao Paulo was published in the daily newspaper O Estadao do Sao Paulo.

 

 

Intercambio is the weekly supplement of "Estadao"; report by journalist Marina Vaz.

Projecto "Street Art sem Fronteiras" em Sao, Rio e Bahia

In addition to my friends Niko, Kouka, Tian, Speedy Graphito, Larry, Paella, Leo & Pipo, Pedro, Billikid (from NYC), Andrew Wilson (from San Diego), Nara Youn (US), Seung Min Cho, Hwan Soo & Santa (from Korea), I pasted new talents from France : Claire, Oniria, Suriani and Gorellaume. 

They were pasted in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia.

Every couple made by Claire is the result of a picture she takes of a real couple, then paints a unique work to be pasted. You will never see the same work twice.

Pasted in Rio with the help of street artist Daniel Bileu.

Oniria (Sting stencil on the left) and Gorellaume (Leviathan) in Rio

Suriani's cat on Chivitz cat in Sao Paulo, pasted with the help of stencil artist OZI. 

Suriani is a Brazilian artist living in Paris for the last 3 years.

Gorellaume (the shark) and in the background Tian and Pedro, all pasted in Salvador de Bahia (with the great help from street artist Adriano Drico)

Gorellaume (aka papy microgramm) in Rio de Janeiro.

Rimbaud by Pedro, a french stencil artist from Paris, in Sao Paulo street.

Close to Rua Augusta, Sao paulo, the Street Art without borders Hall of Fame with works from (top from left) Santa, Hwan Soo, Mosko, Larry, NiceArt, Pedro, Billikid, Stew, Liz Lorini, Seung Min Choo, Rero, Pedro (again, the camera) and Suriani ! All twelve artists are part of the "treet art without borders" project.

Brésil été 2009 : parmi 3800 photos prises

...dont 2000 de Street Art

Magrela, toujours aussi active et inspirée par la poètique urbaine...

l'immense Mauro...

sans oublier les Os Gemeos.

Santa Teresa Crew, les grafs le plus hauts de Rio !

en haut des célèbres marches de l'escalier Sélaron, à Lapa (Rio)

Salvador de Bahia : Limpo, présent partout dans le centre historique.

Brazil Street Art : o melhor do mundo !

Well, if "best of the world" means anything in a world full of talents, Brazil is certainly one of the most active, with so much creativity.

My trip took me to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia...

first, this collective work with Pontello, Sinha and Magrela in Sao Paulo

then of course Vila Madalena with a piece from Eymard in the back.

a great work from Marcella França, an artist from Rio de Janeiro

in the streets of Rio...

and this last one from Salvador de Bahia...more pics on Flickr (type "urbanhearts")