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Forget Paint. Street Artist Vhils uses EXPLOSIVES to Create his Graffiti.

While most street artists rely on spray paint, markers, stencils and paper and paste to create their graffiti art, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) uses explosives to create his murals. By setting his incendiary devices in specific places on a wall, Vhils is able to blow away portions of the wall to leave behind a relief design in the wall’s surface.

Vhils believes that destruction is inherent in the creative process. Even drawing on a piece of paper means that you need to destroy the blank page in order to create the drawing. He also uses drills to create his relief art works, carving directly into a wall to create permanent graffiti. Most of his street art focuses on emotive portraits of people, who will now stare out over passers-by for many years to come, thanks to the fact that they are a part of the wall, not simply painted or pasted onto the wall.

Check out more videos and pictures of Vhils’ art on his website. He also has some interesting 3D sculptural installations which are bound to inspire artists from all walks of life.

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February 24, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Graffiti artist Seth paints a little French girl in a traditional folk dress in this street art mural in Paris, France

These Children Grew Up to Become Street Art Murals

Street artist Julien Mallard (AKA Seth) travels the world painting graffiti murals of children. His characters are inspired by the country he’s creating in, and his style is inspired by children’s book illustrations. Seth’s graffiti kids wear the traditional clothing of their country or are posed writing in their home language; a reflection of the […]

February 25, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Watch Naples become a Biblical City Thanks to Street Artist Zilda

The Italian city of Naples (Napoli in Italian) comes under artistic attack when a single paste-up artist papers the streets with his biblical art. The beginning of the video shows the artist at work in his studio, creating paste-up graffiti pieces with oil paint on paper. We later see Zilda wandering the city choosing sites […]

February 24, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • February 24, 2015
  • by Catherine Nessworthy
  • Art Installations, Video
  • 3D, carving, europe, explosives, face, fire, incendiary, no paint, portrait, portugal, relief, vhils, video

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