As you walk or drive down the road to Mathallen in Oslo, you will see a stone wall on your left side. This has been painted with different murals depicting different situations and moods. I've posted some of Oslo's street art in previous posts (A New Yorker in Oslo: Street art in Oslo (paulamdeangelis.blogspot.com); A New Yorker in Oslo: Some new street art in Oslo (paulamdeangelis.blogspot.com); A New Yorker in Oslo: More Street Art in Oslo (paulamdeangelis.blogspot.com); A New Yorker in Oslo: Street Art in Oslo III (paulamdeangelis.blogspot.com), but it's been a while since I've seen new street art. I'm not sure how long these murals have been here, but I really like them. I took some photos today so that you can make up your own minds. I'm happy to see the street art as long as it's not the boring ugly tagging that is tantamount to vandalism. Street art is done by talented people.
Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts
Friday, July 12, 2024
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Some new street art in Oslo
Wandering around Oslo, walking in different areas of the city; I ran across this cool graffiti recently. Intriguing street art--I love the use of the different colors! I don't know who the artist is, otherwise, I would credit him or her immediately. If someone who reads this post knows who the artist is, please let me know and I'll update this post.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Day 3 of the Facebook photo challenge
I posted this street art photo of The Gray Wolf that I took at the beginning of November, but am using the photo again for Day 3 of the black & white photo challenge on Facebook. I love this art by Jussi Twoseven. Here is the post:
https://paulamdeangelis.blogspot.no/2017/11/gray-wolf-by-jussi-twoseven.html
https://paulamdeangelis.blogspot.no/2017/11/gray-wolf-by-jussi-twoseven.html
Monday, November 13, 2017
The Gray Wolf by Jussi Twoseven
I think this recent street art by Jussi Twoseven is pretty incredible. I took this photo a couple of weeks ago, but when I walked past the same building yesterday, it had been painted over. Personally, I would have kept it there, since it is beautiful painting of a gray wolf.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Street Art in Oslo III
Out walking yesterday in the nice weather, as were many others. We came upon some newer street art (at least I haven't seen it before on my walks around Oslo) and snapped some photos. There were a lot of other hobby photographers doing the same. A lot of artistic talent out there......Enjoy today's photos, and my earlier posts about street art in Oslo: http://paulamdeangelis.blogspot.no/2012/10/street-art-in-oslo.html and http://paulamdeangelis.blogspot.no/2013/06/more-street-art-in-oslo.html
Saturday, June 1, 2013
More Street Art in Oslo
I first published a post about street art in Oslo back in October 2012: http://paulamdeangelis.blogspot.no/2012/10/street-art-in-oslo.html. I am always looking for more of it when I walk around the city, and every now and then I luck out. Like with these images--colorful and different. I don't know who the artists are, but they sure don't lack for imagination.
If you want to check out some really good street art sites on Facebook, try Street Art in the United States: https://www.facebook.com/streetartunitedstates and Street Art in Germany: https://www.facebook.com/StreetArtGermany.
If you want to check out some really good street art sites on Facebook, try Street Art in the United States: https://www.facebook.com/streetartunitedstates and Street Art in Germany: https://www.facebook.com/StreetArtGermany.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Street art in Oslo
Street art in Oslo is more prevalent now, and some of it is really eye-catching. I don’t know who the artists are, but I hope you enjoy their work. Feel free to comment if you know who the artists are. I'm only the photographer, but I like what I see.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Random thoughts on writing, street art and 'Living in the Material World'
A very busy
week at work, which did not leave me much time for writing of any sort. I have
mixed feelings about these kinds of weeks. On the one hand, it’s good to be
busy at work. On the other hand, time passes and each day that ticks by is one
less day to write and to pursue those small personal dreams. I guess others
have the same problem—being torn between personal dreams that have less to do
with career ambitions and more to do with personal fulfillment, and workplace ambitions
and goals that are held up as meaningful by the workplace. I am always trying
to find time to write. It has become my soul’s desire, nothing more, nothing
less.
Tired in
the evenings, so that doesn’t always bode well for writing, either for its
quality or its quantity. In other words, I don’t get many words on a page
before my eyes start to close and I feel sleepy. Twenty-five years ago, I could
pack another life into my evenings, and I did. I worked sixty to seventy hour weeks
then, and sometimes on the weekends. Sometimes I took courses at night—accounting,
Italian, business courses, or sometimes I attended evening seminars having to
do with investing. It’s been a while since I’ve taken a course. I’m more into
learning how to do things myself these days, and less interested in traditional
ways of learning. I suppose that has to do with how the brain changes and
learns as one grows older. I like that aspect of growing older. Everything
feels more fluid and less rigid. There is not one right way to do things
anymore, like we were ‘taught’ when we were young.
Inspiration
comes from films—I watched ‘Exit Through
the Gift Shop’, a documentary film from
2010 about street art as viewed through the eyes of Thierry Guetta, a would-be
filmmaker, who followed street artists around the world for years as they pursued their
art. One of those artists was Banksy, who ended up using Guetta’s video footage
to make this film, because the film that Guetta first made was (presumably) a chaotic mess. Hard
to know for sure how tongue-in-cheek this movie really is—is it a hoax film or
is it for real? Thierry Guetta followed these street artists and ended up
besting them at their own game—setting up a big ‘street art’ show happening in
Los Angeles as MBW (Mr. Brainwash) and making millions. By the end of the film,
Madonna has hired him to do the artwork for her latest album cover. The
question then becomes, who was the brainwasher and who was being brainwashed? Are
we being hoodwinked, or is this film for real? The film is well-worth watching,
as it is a good introduction to the lives of currently-popular street artists
from around the world.
Apropos Madonna (“…You know
that we are living in a material world, And I am a material girl”), another
good documentary film I watched this past week was from 2011—‘George Harrison: Living in the Material
World’ (director Martin Scorsese). Scorsese did a great job with this film;
we get a real introduction to the spiritual Beatle, and to his spiritual
journey as well as to his progression and evolution as an artist. We also get a
real sense of the conflict that pervaded most of his life—how to remain
spiritual in a material world. Harrison was truly an amazing artist—creative,
spiritual, persistent, focused, dedicated. All of this came through in the film.
Mostly when you think of the Beatles, you think of Paul McCartney and John
Lennon. This film shows you why George Harrison was an artistic force to be
reckoned with. He was way ahead of his time in terms of collaborating musically
with ‘foreign’ artists—Ravi Shankar and other Indian musicians--as well as
organizing the first charity concert for Bangladesh in 1971. But mostly, I was
impressed with his spiritual journey. Here was a man who thought it was
important to prepare for death, for the time when he would leave his body for
another world. He never denigrated or poked fun at the world of the spirit. And
he was a pretty good example of practicing what he preached, with the possible
exception of the few periods in his life when he dishonored his body through
excessive drug use. I like films about artists of all kinds; I like watching the
creative process at work—how artists think, act, work, live in a family, relax—all those
things.
Friday, August 10, 2012
New York city graffiti (street art in New York)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Graffiti in Oslo (street art in Oslo Norway)
Got a new photo project going--photographing the different graffiti I come across in my wanderings around Oslo. I'll share the photos with you from time to time. Here are some that I took recently. One of them I've posted before. Enjoy!
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