Here at Elvis Jesus we're constantly looking towards art and culture to inspire and enlighten us. Often times we find ourselves taking to the streets, looking at street style or graffiti to find our next design idea. Today I wanted to bring you an incredible artist that pushes the boundaries of traditional boundaries of graffiti art.
The artist Blu, living in Bolonga and working across most of Europe, paints massive murals using house paint and rollers with extensions, opting out of the tradition of spray paint as the graffiti painting medium of choice. Often creating gigantic human figures that dominate a wall or the side of a building, Blu frequently transforms the human shape by creating one form out of thousands of painted objects, such as bananas or smaller human beings.
Although I've seen his graffiti art for years, what really blew us away was the video MUTO, which he made in 2008. A stop-motion animated film using graffiti creatures moving across city streets and buildings, the video took a year to complete. Take a look at the video and some samples of his work. Definitely an awesome artist to get those mental gears turning in unusual ways.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
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