The largest graffiti in the world. How many trips were there? How did you disguise it?
Street art is an area that develops according to its own laws. Graffiti can be treated differently, but in any case it is colorful, original and original. Let's take a walk through the capitals of street art right now?
Los Angeles
Graffiti and street art were internationally recognized as art precisely after the Museum contemporary art The first in the USA took place in Los Angeles museum exhibition Art in the Streets. Now the city's galleries are hosting exhibition after exhibition, and new objects are appearing in the natural environment. The greatest concentration of images is observed in the Arts District areas of Downtown and Venice Beach.
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Bristol
Banksy's laurels haunt creative youth who flock to the hometown artist. In the summer, Bristol hosts Europe's largest graffiti and street art festival. The districts of Bedminster and Southville are at the mercy of participants - there you can watch how new works are created from under sizzling cans of paint.
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Berlin
A hotspot for street art fans, the city voluntarily provides artists with platforms for self-expression. The main object is Berlin Wall- its fragments are covered with numerous layers of paint. In 2009, the wall was restored, and the city authorities asked individual artists to restore their mural paintings. So the creation of Dmitry Vrubel appeared on the wall again - the historical kiss of Brezhnev and Honecker.
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Mexico City
Tendency to monumental painting Mexicans have it in their blood - they have been doing this since ancient civilizations. From recent history, we need to remember the decades of Mexican muralism. These days, the capital has become a true paradise for street artists - hundreds of images, from super-realistic to experimental abstractions. The 2012 All City Canvas festival enriched this collection with nine huge art objects: for once, this was done absolutely legally, however, the organizers spent almost a year on approval.
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London
Graffiti is sometimes like a butterfly; its lifespan is short: popular places Every now and then they strive to paint over them with new works, and unapproved art objects can be destroyed by the administration. There are special guides to street art: they will help you find the best of the ephemeral creations, photograph Banksy stencils scattered around the city and get acquainted with the most fresh paintings in the ex-marginal, now bohemian area of Shoreditch.
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Sao Paulo
A cult place where almost everything is covered in paint. You can go to the rich district of Vila Madalena in the evening, but it’s better not to go to Bon Retira and Barra Funda after sunset. Don't miss the long wall on Avenue 23 de Mayo and the encrypted messages "Pixação" - this style of inscriptions applied in hard-to-reach places was born here. And in December in Sao Paulo the second one will pass O.bra festival - last year we spent 4,000 paint cans in two weeks.
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Valparaiso, Chile
The main centers of Valparaiso's vibrant street art culture are Cerro Alegro y Concepción, the less touristy areas of Puerto and Cerro Carcel, and the rather dangerous for gringo Van Buren. In the latter you can see vandal style graffiti and images that work in combination with stunning architecture. And finally, there is Cerro Polanco, which, after a recent festival, has become a real open-air graffiti museum.
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Cape Town
Self-expression through drawings in public places is so common for local residents that the city authorities have been trying to curb these manifestations for several years. But not through prohibitions, but through permits issued quite willingly. They should be received by artists who plan to display their creations on walls visible from the road. IN official galleries There are also many street art exhibitions.
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Paris
In the city center, graffiti can only be found on projects under construction and near the Georges Pompidou Center. Be sure to check out house 59 on Rue Rivoli, the abode of free artists. Then you need to stay away from the center: you will find the galleries of Rue Denoyer, trucks and buildings on Boulevard Menilmontant. For a snack - a walk through the 19th arrondissement of Paris along the Canal Saint-Martin towards Vilet Park.
Graffiti - popular Street art, in no way inferior to the paintings of great artists. Moreover, street art is an unsurpassed means of reflection modern realities and trends. Gradually, graffiti occupy its niche and acquire the status of city attractions.
You can see a lot of graffiti on the streets of Moscow, and some of them are real masterpieces. It is them that we will talk about today.
In the blue sea in white foam
This graffiti by street artist Qbic is a true example of surrealism. Either a man floating underwater or soaring above the city on his back huge fish resembles a fantasy image - one of those that appears to us in dreams.
Address: Begovaya St., 24
The floating and creeping mind
This work of art is located at the end of a residential building in residential area Moscow "Lublino". Fancy weave fairy tale images in the minds of humans and surreal characters, it leaves an indelible impression on everyone who decides to pay attention to this graffiti.
Address: st. Lyublinskaya, 111, building 3
Mayan
It is not difficult to assume that the graffiti depicts the great Russian and Soviet ballerina Maya Plisetskaya. Every emotion on the face is conveyed as accurately as possible, and a slight wave of the hand is reminiscent of a swan’s wing.
The color rendering of the graffiti is chosen in a very unusual manner - multi-colored waves extend from the figure of the ballerina, crouched in an elegant pose, referring us to the versatility of art.
The image of Maya Plisetskaya in this graffiti embodied the grace of the ballerina, her beauty and creative genius. Here everyone can see perfect combination graceful ballet movements and amazing energy, which throughout its entire professional life embodied Plisetskaya.
Address: st. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 16
Painted tunnel on Syromyatnicheskaya
Famous metropolitan street artist Kirill Kto and designer Pasha Zyumkin, having seen the peeling walls of the tunnel in the area of the Kursky railway station, decided to launch the project " patchwork quilt" The capital's volunteers provided indispensable assistance in the project and helped complete it in the shortest possible time.
In 8 days, the appearance of the tunnel changed beyond recognition. The bright multi-colored ornament created a truly bizarre world, which is especially visible at night when the lights come on in the tunnel.
The project was highly appreciated, and its implementation was approved by the city administration. The painting of the tunnel walls was supported by the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art and the Basmanny District Administration. The project was also sponsored by Standart Distribution, the Most festival and DULUX paints. This was one of the rarest examples of a situation where street artists collaborated with the authorities - and this cooperation turned out to be successful.
Address: metro station "Chkalovskaya", next to the Kursky railway station, tunnel and adjacent walls of Verkhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya street
Graffiti on the territory of the Flacon design plant
On the territory of one of the most famous places pilgrimage for lovers of contemporary art - the design factory "Flacon" - there are many interesting graffiti by contemporary artists.
Address: St. B. Novodmitrovskaya, 36.
Graffiti on the territory of the Artplay design and architecture center
Artplay is one of the largest art centers in Moscow. Exhibitions, fairs of handmade goods and others are constantly held here. significant events in the world of art.
You can also see some interesting graffiti here.
Address: st. Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya, 10.
Reproduction of Dali's painting "Woman at the Window"
This graffiti combines the world of Dali and the realities of the modern world. Fragments of graffiti inscriptions and a tape recorder from the turn of the 20th-21st centuries are organically framed by images borrowed from a painting by a famous artist.
Address: Staropimenovsky lane, 14/4
Graffiti dedicated to space exploration
The USSR, and then Russia, were and remain on the list of the largest space powers in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that in different areas of Moscow there are graffiti dedicated to space exploration.
Graffiti is located near metro station Shchukinskaya and m. Varshavskaya
Setting table
This graffiti is located near the Ostankino television center and is reminiscent of the well-known screensaver in the absence of a television signal. Graffiti has become a popular object of informal tourism. In addition, newlyweds often come here to celebrate wedding photo shoot in front of this surreal image. Eyewitnesses claim that during 2015-2016. Several other walls were painted in a similar style.
Address: Ostankino street, 12/4
Graffiti in the "graffiti district"
“Graffiti District” is located near the metro station “Babushkinskaya” or “Botanical Garden”
between Shushinskaya, Izumrudnaya, Minusinskaya and Yantarny proezd streets. Graffiti was applied directly to residential buildings. For ease of navigation at the end of the house at the address: st. Izumrudnaya, 22 you will see arrows indicating different directions- this can be considered a kind of invitation to the world of street art.
Address: st. Izumrudnaya, 22
Graffiti panorama "Steam Locomotive"
This original graffiti in Moscow was created by the WsMar & letscolors.ru team. The image is located near the Tulskaya metro station, right under the railway bridge. Street art connoisseurs call this graffiti panorama. Indeed, a large-scale image creates a feeling of presence and helps you immerse yourself in some other, unusual world.
Address: Varshavskoe highway, st. m. Tulskaya
Graffiti on the theme of wildlife in the 12th microdistrict of Mitino
These graffiti are painted on the walls of transformer booths. They depict the animal world, undersea world and a portrait of the famous explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Address: Pyatnitskoe highway, 38 с2, 40 с1
Of course, not all beautiful graffiti that are masterpieces are included in this list. Walking around Moscow, you will probably be able to make many discoveries for yourself. After all, new graffiti appears on the walls of the capital all the time - and you have a chance to be one of the first to appreciate the new masterpiece!
I was recently contacted by a guy from a group called Indecline, who said that he and his friends had just created the world's largest illegal graffiti.
Members of Indecline describe themselves as an "underground movement" that includes "activists, musicians, graffiti artists and photographers." But you most likely know them as the creators of the video Bumfights, or like the guys who were arrested on charges of stealing body parts from a hospital in Thailand.
Graffiti that reads "THIS LAND WAS OUR LAND" W.A.S. OUR LAND), was taken on an abandoned airstrip in California's Mojave Desert. This masterpiece took six days to create, used more than 250 liters of paint, and is more than half a mile long. This makes it almost twice as wide MTA graffiti on the river bed Los Angeles, which, before it was removed, was considered the world's largest outlaw graffiti.
To find out more about graphiti, I spoke with a representative from Indecline, who understandably wanted to remain anonymous.
VICE: How do you know that this is the largest graffiti in the world?
Indecline: We studied this issue for a long time. First, I want to point out the difference between graffiti that is legal and that is illegal. IN Lately graffiti is famous because it is usually done illegally. Graffiti, in our opinion, is not something that a business owner can pay for and then have on the side of their building as "the coolest graffiti in the world." Some governments pay for huge graffiti. For example, there is one huge one in Dubai , but these are drawings for which the state has issued permission. There is a huge difference between legal graffiti and illegal graffiti, which requires some risk (usually the artist risking his freedom) as well as cunning guerrilla tactics to pull it off and see it through to completion.
Where and when did you make this graffiti?
In April of this year. We spent a little over a month searching for a place, traveling to the site, making the necessary measurements and calculations. We spent a lot of time on Google Earth, there were several trips in general, which were aimed at working out elements, gathering a team and understanding how we would do it. It is extremely difficult to get to this particular airstrip. From Cramer Junction, California you have to walk about 45 minutes of dirt roads that are completely abandoned and unmaintained. And I'm not sure you can imagine the amount of paint and materials that we had to get there to realize our idea.
Why did you choose the landing strip?Cuddeback?
Primarily because of the location. We looked at about a dozen airstrips in California and Nevada. When we found this one, we knew it was exactly what we needed. It was an abandoned wasteland for military aircraft, which was simply rotting God knows where... We were just interested that the military took this piece of land and completely ruined it. It seems like they dropped there nuclear bomb, and just left. We thought the location was great; it is quite poetic and romantic in its desolation and despondency, and on the other hand, it is a social and civic object, an airstrip. It took us three days to clear the runway before we could even apply paint, but considering some of the other runways we looked at, this one was even in decent shape. Some of them were just a mess of dirt.
How did you clean it?
We had about six powerful leaf blowers. We just walked along the strip, all day long. These things will blow away a rock the size of a softball. They are very powerful. Although, this was secondary. We first built a fence chain apparatus that we put on the back of a truck and hung it so that when we just dragged it down the runway for a few hours, it would tear up all sorts of weeds and bushes and other crap that had been growing there for many years. years.
How many of you were there?
Just eight.
And how long did it take?
It took six days. Every day it took us 18-20 hours, we slept very little.
How many trips were there?
One trip. We took a Cruise America van and some trucks and built a massive camo camp and hid cars in there and slept there for six days.
How did you disguise it?
Using a tarp that we bought at a military store. With the exception of a few unforeseen trips to Home Depot, we were there the entire time.
How far was the nearestHomeDepot?
About 90 minutes.
Were there any unexpected challenges you encountered?
We did about 90% of the graffiti, and we saw some kind of plane circling the runway, and it turned out to be a military plane. So there is still a military presence there. This was an unexpected problem, but we decided to just carry on. Because you can't do anything if it's a threat. You're not going anywhere, we were probably 95% done by that point, so we packed up and left. It was a little scary. Other than that everything was going pretty well. I think the only major knock was that we completely miscalculated the amount of paint we needed - we ended up using over 250 liters of paint and we didn't realize we'd need that much to finish. That's why we had to make another trip to Home Depot.
How much money did you spend on this?
More than $20,000.
How did you choose the message?
Relevance. We touched on a lot of messages, and I think when we sat down and talked about it, the possibility of it being visible on Google Earth made us want to do something about the earth. So global warming became that message.
How does the message "This land was our land" relate to global warming?
We're big fans of Woody Guthrie, and original song, which he wrote - most people don't know the words to it, and we all grow up in America and sing a modified version. So there's a message there, so we wanted to tie it into the message that we were all given this land and we allowed people to take it away from us.
How illegal is this?
This private property, it belongs to the state. I suspect this will be treated the same as any other act of vandalism. Perhaps more strictly, given that she is in the military. But I do not know. I do not want to know.
How secure was the area you entered?
God knows where she is. There was a gate where we broke the lock. Apart from military aircraft, we saw no other activity there.
In the comments to video you made, there is one from someone saying, “I was there yesterday. There the navy has now installed new heavy-duty gates and they have also pushed outIndeclineand put the inscription “US Navy”. This is true?
I don't know if this is true, but it's damn cool. I'm guessing this is most likely true.
In retrospect, do you think you could have chosen a message that was more difficult to remake? Because it's kind of the perfect message for them to just write "US Navy" on top.
Well, we've already taken responsibility. This video will go much further. We live in the digital age. It's already on air. They can't erase the fact that the video was taken. And I can almost guarantee you that we will go back there and paint over their lettering.
On March 15, the winner will begin implementing his grandiose project international competition. It became Moscow street artist Misha Most.
In the meantime, we invite you to evaluate the creativity of his “comrades in the shop.” These are not just drawings on buildings. Murals - fundamentally the new kind modern art that requires patience, precise planning and dozens of liters of paint. This is graffiti that has reached a completely different level, works that occupy hundreds of square meters and visible from afar. This selection contains stunningly large-scale paintings that decorate the walls in different parts Sveta. Enjoy!
Eight giant concrete granaries in Northam, Australia, were turned into art objects as part of the PUBLIC-2015 project. Two famous artist– Hense from the USA and Phlegm from the UK - began working on the painting from opposite sides to create a unique design. The contrast was striking – rich, bright abstractions from Hense and surreal, smoky images from Phlegm.
To the start Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro set out to beat own record and painted five giant portraits symbolizing the five continents on a building in the port area. By the way, in his dynamic geometric style, Eduardo also created graffiti depicting ballerina Maya Plisetskaya in Moscow.
Inspired by traditional Japanese culture and the wonders of nature, street art artist Mademoiselle Maurice combines the two in her Lunar Cycle project. The wall of a 2,000 square meter Parisian apartment building, covered with black paint, turned into outer space with spheres made of origami paper figures and their painted copies.
Claiming to be the most big graffiti in the world ambitious project belongs to a team from the French company CiteCreation. The residential building has become a continuation of nature, with trees, flowers, birds and animals. The monumental painting has a chance to be included in the Guinness Book of Records, but for now it simply delights the eyes of passers-by and enlivens the city landscape.
To make city authorities think about the condition of old buildings in the Toledo area, the artist Inti took to the street not with a banner, but with cans of spray paint. A huge image of Don Quixote appeared on the facade of one of the buildings. “Build without destroying what you have!” - this is the slogan of the action, within which Inti took up work.
Wall painting is not only a way to attract attention or express yourself, but also an opportunity to capture the most bright moments history of mankind. Joseph Kristofoletti took part in a project for the famous Swiss CERN to perpetuate amazing force scientific progress. The author was inspired here, watching the work of employees and scientists.
Many are depressed by dullness and facelessness big cities and especially working-class neighborhoods. Argentine artist Alfredo Segatori approached the solution to the problem with great care and covered it entirely with drawings concrete walls with an area of 2000 square meters! Residents of Buenos Aires, where the drawing is located, are proud of it as one of the local landmarks.
An incredibly thoughtful and large-scale design decorates one of the squares in Morocco. Artist Giacomo Bufarini, also known as RUN, set out to show alienation in modern world, dividing their heroes in a wide stream. To see the full picture, you need to climb higher. The rest of the time, the painting is actually under the feet of passers-by.
It is already difficult to surprise the public with graffiti, even the most complex ones. But the artists of the German Crew collective succeeded: they turned not just one wall into a painting, but an entire block, which is now officially considered the largest mural in Mexico. Painted in bright colors the houses standing on the hill began to look like a giant painting - it looks very impressive and can be seen from afar with the naked eye.
Pokras Lampas, aka Arseniy Pyzhenkov, spent two days painting a mind-bogglingly complex calligraphic pattern on the roof of one of the buildings former factory"Red October". The work, which can only be seen in full from the air, claims to be the “largest calligraphy in Russia.” It will, of course, be difficult to beat his record, because the total area of the drawing is 1625 square meters.
Recently in St. Petersburg, a large portrait of Viktor Tsoi appeared on the wall of a transformer substation in the Central district of the city. It turned out that the image was not approved by the local authorities, and they intended to paint over the graffiti. However, the acting governor of the city defended the painting.
Now St. Petersburg officials promise to allocate places for graffiti in every district of the city. For now, this is only in the plans, so all wall drawings are most often unauthorized and must be painted over. The untouched drawings stand out against the background of the disappeared images. One simply cannot raise one’s hand to destroy such masterpieces. We will tell you about ten such graffiti in the city.
Savior on Spilled Blood
Leningradskaya st., 3
IN residential complex The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood grew up as “New Okkervil”. This graffiti reaches a size of 550 sq.m and 50 m in height and is rightfully considered the largest such drawing in Russia. In addition to the artists, twelve professional climbers worked to create the image. The work was not in vain: now the wall of the house is decorated with the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Griboyedov Canal and griffins.
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood grew up in the New Okkervil area. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Scarlet Sails
Ligovsky pr., 183 b
In the courtyard on Ligovsky Prospekt lives Assol, who finally waited for the ship with scarlet sails. A sailboat sails towards a girl along the Neva: outlines are visible on one bank of the river Peter and Paul Fortress, and on the other, a huge ship the size of a house is greeted by St. Petersburg resident Assol. This graffiti appeared on the wall of the house in honor of the Scarlet Sails alumni holiday. For several years now, schoolchildren in the Frunzensky district have been awarded certificates of secondary education.
A ship with scarlet sails sailed to Assol along the Neva. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Coliseum
Italianskaya st., 29
Looking into one of the courtyards on Italianskaya Street, you can practically find yourself in Rome. The central wall of the house is decorated with a huge Colosseum. Even the sky and clouds are drawn on the wall, which makes the picture look very realistic. The walls of the Colosseum are entwined with real branches of ivy and other living plants. An orange tree grows near the graffiti and there is a small fountain. The side walls are painted in the style of Italian houses. The windows have painted shutters, and the space above them is decorated with tiles. Real little Italy in St. Petersburg!
The courtyard in the city center will take you to Italy. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Paris
St. Moldagulova, 3
From St. Petersburg you can travel not only to sunny Italy, but also to romantic France. One of the courtyards of the Krasnogvardeisky district will take you straight to Paris. You can rest around Eiffel Tower or stroll through the narrow streets of Paris. St. Petersburg residents love to take photographs against the backdrop of these walls: it creates the effect of being inside a painting.
There is a French courtyard in St. Petersburg. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Victor Tsoi
Crossing the street Vosstaniya, 8 and st. Mayakovsky, 5
The HoodGraffTeam graffiti team painted a portrait of Viktor Tsoi on the wall of a transformer substation in a courtyard in the city center. At first, the authorities wanted to paint over the image because it was not authorized, but then they decided to leave the drawing intact. Tsoi's portrait appeared here before the 24th anniversary of the musician's death - August 15, 1990.
Dr. Dre
St. Marata, 16
The courtyards on Marata Street are completely covered with graffiti. The brightest courtyard is near house No. 16. Here the walls of the houses are decorated from top to bottom with colorful inscriptions and drawings. Until recently, the most entertaining image was a crazy face on a garage door. A few days ago, a new graffiti appeared here that eclipsed all others - this is a portrait of rapper Dr. Dre. The drawing, several meters in size, looks more like a photograph. The rapper was depicted on the wall by a team of artists, HoodGraffTeam, led by the popular St. Petersburg graffiti photographer Alexander Mavrin.
A portrait of a famous rapper appeared on Marat Street. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Skaters
St. Vvedenskaya, 9
On Vvedenskaya Street there is a large area with equipment for skaters. To inspire them to try new feints and tricks, skaters were depicted flying over St. Petersburg on the walls of houses around the site. They soar among the clouds, leaving Peter and Paul Fortress beneath them, Winter Palace and the colorful Neva. There weren't any skaters in the yard when this photo was taken. Maybe they followed the example of their painted comrades and skated to the skies?
Skaters on the site fly to the skies. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Borodino
St. Red Kursant, 8
This image appeared in the park on the Petrograd side two years ago, in honor of the bicentenary of the Battle of Borodino. Several years ago, the paint was peeling off the wall of house No. 8 and the plaster was crumbling. Now it has not only been restored, but turned into an exhibit art gallery. On the wall there is a picture of the Arc de Triomphe, through which our soldiers passed. On the sides of the arch are portraits of Alexander I and Kutuzov. Not far from the house with graffiti on the wall is a former engineering school. Kutuzov studied there and then taught.
The graffiti depicts Russian soldiers passing through Arc de Triomphe. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Blue bird
Syezzhinskaya st., 29
On the wall of a house on Syezzhinskaya Street it opened its wings Blue bird- a symbol of happiness and good luck in life. True, during its flight the bird aged a little and turned from blue to gray. However, according to local residents, she continues to grant wishes. For performance cherished dream It is enough just to look at her, without looking away and without blinking, for one minute.
Locals believe that the blue bird brings good luck. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
Elephants and cook
St. Podrezova, 7
This arch on Podrezova Street is impossible not to notice. It is decorated with three cute white elephants on top. However, this is only the beginning of the composition. The main part of it is hidden in the gateway. From the walls of the arch, funny guys - a cook and his brother - look at passers-by with suspicion. Here they advertise a nearby stamp and print company. Original and tasteful.
Cute elephants and an evil cook decorate the gateway on Podrezova Street. Photo: AiF / Yana Khvatova
