Famed world-wide for its exciting night life, Downtown Las Vegas is also home to a rich array of murals fashioned by celebrated national and international artists. The image featured above was painted by the hugely talented Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz in 2013, the year that the annual Life Is Beautiful festival was born as part of “the major transformation of Downtown Las Vegas as a cultural hub.” What follows are several more images from the streets of Vegas captured on a recent visit by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad.
LA-native Tristan Eaton for Life Is Beautiful, curated by Just Kids, an award-winning, women-led art platform, 2016
UK-based D*Face on the side of the Plaza Hotel & Casino for Life Is Beautiful, curated by Just Kids, 2017
Portuguese “trash” artist Bordalo II, for Life Is Beautiful, curated by Just Kids, 2018
Swedish artist Joakim Ojanen for Life Is Beautiful, curated by Just Kids, 2018
Chicago-based Kate Lewis, for Life Is Beautiful, curated by Just Kids, 2019
Photos by Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad
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A renovated industrial complex that how houses some of Lisbon’s coolest shops, design firms and restaurants, the FX Factory is also home to an eclectic collection of first-rate street art. Pictured above is a bee fashioned by Bordalo II from discarded objects. Bordalo II has the following to say about his work: …I belong to a generation that is extremely consumerist, materialist and greedy. With the production of things at its highest, the production of “waste” and unused objects is also at its highest. “Waste” is quoted because of its abstract definition: “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. I create, recreate, assemble and develop ideas with end-of-life material and try to relate it to sustainability, ecological and social awareness.
Here are several other artworks I saw last week while visiting the FX Factory:
Miguel RAM
French artists Noty & Aroz
Mário Belém, close-up from huge mural
Mariana Dias Coutinho, close-up
MaisMenos, one of his “streetments”
Photos by Lois Stavsky
The following post is by Houda Lazrak, a contributor to StreetArtNYC and an M.A. candidate in Museum Studies at NYU:
Located on the river bank in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, Urban Spree is a vast multi-purpose creative space dedicated to promoting urban cultures. The walls of its industrial buildings are graced with constantly rotating murals, stencils, wheat pastes, and stickers from a rich array of local and international artists.
Here are a few more artworks I saw during a recent visit:
Portuguese artist Bordalo Segundo aka Bordalo II
London-based Jimmy C
London-based French artist Zabou
Mexican artist Paola Delfin with artist to-be-identified to her right
Iranian artists Icy and Sot
Note: The first image features Berlin-based Low Bros
All photos by Houda Lazrak
