A series of distinctly stunning murals surfaced last month in Brooklyn and Manhattan. They are the works of Brazilian artist Raul Zito, created — with the support of AnnexB — on his first visit to NYC. Raul refers to his artwork as “expanded photography,” in reference to the experimental printing techniques he uses to produce hybrid murals of photographic collage and painting. Based on his research of various forms of resistance, largely in Latin America, Raul’s stirring artwork combines the realism of black and white photography with the organic aesthetic of painting. Pictured above is the artist at work in Bushwick in collaboration with Spread Art NYC.
Completed mural at Harman Walls in Bushwick
At Sure We Can recycling center in Bushwick
With the Centre-fuge Public Art Project on the Lower East Side
In Bushwick with Brooklyn Brush based on the documentary “Martírio” by Vincent Carelli, Ernesto De Carvalho and Tatiana Almeida
After visiting NYC, Raul went off to Arizona, where he painted for The Painted Desert Project at the Navajo Nation territory
And this weekend — beginning tomorrow evening — you can check out Raul Zito‘s work at the Spread Art NYC Annual Art Show, 16 Dodsworth Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Photo credits: 1 Annex B; 2 & 4 Lois Stavsky; 5 Paul Fris, & 3, 6 & 7 Raul Zito
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