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LSD Magazine Interviews - Muro (Issue 5)
Bilbao born artist Muro has evolved out of straight up lettering into an astonishingly diverse and vibrant set of styles. Globetrotting from Europe to Senegal with cans in hand - his bizarre menagerie of surrealist wonder is truly the stuff that brings the concrete to life and sets the imagination flowing. Hampered by a language barrier on the interview front - we did a Q+A, but have tried to cram in as many images as possible into the piece......
Self taught or art school?
Self taught
How long you been painting and what influenced your decision to paint on the streets?
Since 2000, influenced by the 90´s Barcelona scene
Are artists safe from arrest in your city?
Absolutelly yes, I´m actually living in a small town where graffiti has a good reception by the people.
How important is street art and graffiti in your city?
Not enought, it´s never enought.
You’ve painted in many countries, how do you decide on what country to visit next?
Sometimes I receive a invitation to paint in a foreing city and other times I go where I want.
More and more artists are travelling to paint in Africa, how did Senegal respond to an artist painting on their streets?
It´s always a surprise, they are very opened to receive people and treated me very good, maybe they're inocence makes them better people than us.
Street art graffiti in most cities has a very short shelf life before someone goes over it or get buffed, do you have the same problem in your cities and how do you personally respond?
I try to not get affected by this acctions because everybody knows that graffiti is a ephemeral art, but sometimes I get angry and painted again over it.
Self taught or art school?
Self taught
How long you been painting and what influenced your decision to paint on the streets?
Since 2000, influenced by the 90´s Barcelona scene
Are artists safe from arrest in your city?
Absolutelly yes, I´m actually living in a small town where graffiti has a good reception by the people.
How important is street art and graffiti in your city?
Not enought, it´s never enought.
You’ve painted in many countries, how do you decide on what country to visit next?
Sometimes I receive a invitation to paint in a foreing city and other times I go where I want.
More and more artists are travelling to paint in Africa, how did Senegal respond to an artist painting on their streets?
It´s always a surprise, they are very opened to receive people and treated me very good, maybe they're inocence makes them better people than us.
Street art graffiti in most cities has a very short shelf life before someone goes over it or get buffed, do you have the same problem in your cities and how do you personally respond?
I try to not get affected by this acctions because everybody knows that graffiti is a ephemeral art, but sometimes I get angry and painted again over it.
READ FULL INTERVIEW IN LSD MAGAZINE ISSUE FIVE
- Global Street Art - Sharing Is Caring
'If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.' Vincent Van Gogh ...
- Sweet Revenge Exhibition By Sweet Toof In Hw Until Sunday
Renowned street artist Sweet Toof has been tagging streets with his signature gummy teeth since 2005. A credible street artist and deep thinker. Sweet Toof has redefined some of the old masters and given them a new lease of life with a new demographic....
- Lsd Magazine Interviews Belgian Street Artist Resto (issue 6)
Belgian artist Resto has been taking the flatland's by storm with his gargantuan dreamscape of lovingly warped, modern mythic wonder. Rippling with vibrant colour, he dances through styles from letters to questionably attired giants and has become...
- Lsd Magazine Interviews - Milo Tchais (issue 5)
Brazillian Londoner Milo Tchais’s rhapsodies of swirling form and joyous colour have been setting the streets of London and the wider firmament alight for many a year now. Synthesising radiant elements from the natural world with the gently distorting...
- El Mac — London Wall Art
We have been meaning to post these photos sooner of this photo realasitic cowboy painting by LA based graffiti artist El Mac. The artist was invited to the UK to paint at the See No Evil Bristol Street art event which took place in Bristol on August...
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- Global Street Art - Sharing Is Caring
'If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.' Vincent Van Gogh ...
- Sweet Revenge Exhibition By Sweet Toof In Hw Until Sunday
Renowned street artist Sweet Toof has been tagging streets with his signature gummy teeth since 2005. A credible street artist and deep thinker. Sweet Toof has redefined some of the old masters and given them a new lease of life with a new demographic....
- Lsd Magazine Interviews Belgian Street Artist Resto (issue 6)
Belgian artist Resto has been taking the flatland's by storm with his gargantuan dreamscape of lovingly warped, modern mythic wonder. Rippling with vibrant colour, he dances through styles from letters to questionably attired giants and has become...
- Lsd Magazine Interviews - Milo Tchais (issue 5)
Brazillian Londoner Milo Tchais’s rhapsodies of swirling form and joyous colour have been setting the streets of London and the wider firmament alight for many a year now. Synthesising radiant elements from the natural world with the gently distorting...
- El Mac — London Wall Art
We have been meaning to post these photos sooner of this photo realasitic cowboy painting by LA based graffiti artist El Mac. The artist was invited to the UK to paint at the See No Evil Bristol Street art event which took place in Bristol on August...
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