Thursday, July 30, 2015

Jean Paul Sartre in Reykjavik, Iceland, with Guido Van Helten

A few steps from Old Harbor in Reykjavik, you can see a big street art project at Seljavegur, painted on three walls of Loftkastalinn building. Guido Van Helten, the artist, worked with old photographies taken from the Jean Paul Sartre play "No Exit", "Huis Clos" in french, performed in Reykjavik in 1961. He found these pictures in Reykjavik Museum of Photography. Painted portraits are the characters, Ines, Estelle and Garcin by Elga Lowell, Erling Gislason and Kristbjörg Kjeld. 
On this video Guido Van Helten explains his project which was not only his own but a share project with the owner of the building after this one saw the grand father's portrait, on a corner house on Vesturgata, painted by Guido.









Photographs by Andrés Kolbeinsson





Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Realistic Portrait

When the street art meets classical painting



Rue Saint Blaise on Saint Blaise Restaurant's shutter, Paris XX, France


Saturday, July 11, 2015

Paris XXème, Belleville

Paris 20th is a nest for street art, this is a first exploration in Belleville (map: Paris 20
with mostly two artists Ender and Philippe Hérard.




























 and some nice others








from rue Piat , so great view... 


Sunday, July 05, 2015

Art in The Street, Montreal QC

During 10 days, last June, it was the Mural Festival in the Plateau mainly on Boulevard Saint Laurent. This festival was the third one and all along the boulevard appeared new murals from many different artists. Walking all around and up to Mile End, you will discover many murals or graffitis from famous or unknown artists and each one will be a good surprise and an occasion to penetrate the small secret passages of these trendy neighborhoods. Here is a selection of my "coups de coeur" all over Montreal, to see the festival murals collection go to Montreal page (coming very soon)


Art of beauty












Bicycles for all




BIXI Station