Robbo Incorporated by King Robbo, 1985, via Widewalls Located at Regent’s Canal in Camden, London, England Depending on who you ask, its either just praying hands, or the hands of god praying to humanity. The mural quickly became a favorite of the public not only because of its impressive nature but also its symbolism, as amid the Greek economic crisis, it was thought to reflect the public sentiment. Inspired by Albrecht Dürer‘s Praying Hands (1508), the Greek artist Pavlos Tsakonas created this mural in 2011, near the square of Omonoia at the center of Athens, Greece. Hands, 2011, via Pavlos Tsakonas’ website Standing ten stories high and covering more than 2,000 square feet, this piece overlooks the Nelson Mandela Bridge.įun fact: Fairey is the same artist to create the “Hope” poster from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The protest got its name after police officers sprayed the protesters with water dyed purple so they could be later identified. This iconic graffiti art by Shepard Fairey was created to remember the 25th anniversary of what would later be called the Purple Rain Protest for the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. The Purple Shall Govern by Shepard Fairey, 2014, via Obey Located at Juta Street in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa It included the faces of the Huli people from New Guinea, the Mursi people of Ethiopia, the Kayin people from Thailand, the Supi people from Europe, and the Tapajos people from the Americas. Etnias depicts five faces from the five continents to spread the message of us all being one. In fact, it broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest graffiti art. This impressive feat took two months to finish and covers an area of nearly 30,000 square feet. Using his signature technique of squares and triangles, world-renowned graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra created Etnias for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Thank you to all those involved, and we all hope that you like the outcome.Located at Port District in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilĮtnias (Ethnicities) by Eduardo Kobra, 2016 MLB motivated the students and worked tirelessly throughout the planning period and the kitchen staff were keen to chip in when we ran out of cling film to protect the Climbing grips. It’s a brilliant way to end the year.Ī big thank you must go out to the students and often staff who carried tables and chairs and paint around during the two days (particularly the PE department) and to Pete Sheridan who brings a re-assuring calm to the painting process. Every student stepped up and learned something knew and had fun in doing so. Projects like this are a real challenge and it is always re-assuring to see how it brings teams of students together with a collective purpose. They developed skills in freehand spray-painting with support from Pete and staff and learned how to construct and use stencils for their more detailed concepts. The finished outcome was the result of a great deal of work from students who put their heart and soul into getting the outcome perfect. RJV and MLB made sense of all of these themes and with help from our favourite graffiti artist Pete Sheridan we attacked the enormous wall over two days. These ideas were added to and embellished by students from across KS3 & 4 who wanted to have some input. The BTEC group drew up some plans as part of their vocational course and their visual ideas started the ball rolling. These ideas came from the students with over 60 of them coming forward with climbing related themes and motifs. The new build had concealed the wall, and whilst it was given a good undercoat and the climbing holds where attached we planned the designs to fit its new, more functional purpose. At the start of the year, we planned to re-invigorate the graffiti wall which after more than a decade was looking a bit tired.
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