Blu show at Subaquatica

Blu started out his artistic career without a well-defined artistic project, following his passion for drawings, Street art, particularly unauthorized, illegal art. His work is developed in two stages and two different spaces. It originates from sketches jotted down in sketchbook, which represent a diary as well as a skeleton draft for the second stage: the mural. The actual project starts in front of the building, with size and load bearing elements of the wall, in effort to identify an impossible combination between painting and surrounding architecture. He avail himself of the most traditional and essential painting tools: brushes, paint roller, one colour and black; he often use techniques drawn from scenography as well as long sticks, which act as supports when working on large surfaces. The language adopted is strictly based on drawings: it originated from comics and cartoons alike, although it is best and provisionally epitomized by urban Graffiti. The work remains on paper once the mural has disappeared or faded, when it has been taken down, covered or destroyed together with its supporting frame.

Blu works and lives in Bologna (Italy) and has prepared a series of previously unseen drawings for his show at Subaquatica, entitled “La nada” (”The nothingness”).

Blu’s works can be seen on his site: www.blublu.org

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