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A street art piece by Francisco de Pájaro, a.k.a Art is Trash has mysteriously disappeared. The piece was painted on a door in El Raval last year and has now been removed, maliciously ribbed from the wall.  

Any information about the door`s whereabouts please contact Base Elements.  

El Xupet Negre celebrated 31 years of his carrier the other day at Holala, here in Barcelona.  As you probably know, he is one of the oldscool Urban artists and been keeping it real for longer than most.  He is well known for his pacifiers all around the world, Barcelona is especially full of them. Keep an open eye!!

Base Elements was at the opening to honor the maestro.

We talked to El Xupet about this milestone, but first we asked some opening gests about him.

Ivana Flores is occupying our basement this summer for her yearly residency, now fourth year in a row. Visitors can drop by every day to follow her creative process and see the paintings come to life.  You must move quickly though, she`ll only be here until the end of september!

Hi-Fructose art magazine, one of the most respected magazine in the industry just published a fantastic piece about her. Here is what they said:

“Spanish artist Ivana Flores crafts pop-surrealist oil paintings with both a childlike sense of whimsy and at times, ominous undertones. At grand sizes, the works carry an absorbing quality that pulls you into her worlds. Her work has been described as “reality, dream, everyday life and imagination merge at a turning point of boundless consciousness of self-image and world.”

More from Hi-Fructose: “Taking cue from the epic grandeur of historical painting, Flores constructs her body of work as a timeless primeval story with archetypes –both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, juxtaposing eras and configurations,” a statement says. “Her critical realism, inflected with magic, blurs the thin line between the representable and the imaginable, expanding artistic practice to direct utterances directed at the viewer, by means of reducing the visual distance.”

Here you can see the original piece published in Hi-Fructose magazine

Francisco de Pajaro a.k.a. Art is Trash just finished a commission piece 4 x 2 meters big. It`s now on its way to its new home in Florida, U.S.A.

This came about when the client, a new customer of Base Elements, was in the gallery admiring Franciscos work. He wanted a painting that was already sold, so Robert talked to Francisco and set up this arrangement for Francisco to make a piece especially for this client.

The painting is a remake of a famous art piece from 1799 by Jacques-Louis David “Rapture of the Sabines”.

Francisco is a spontaneous artist which is a useful talent on the streets.  On canvas he is also unhesitant and secure in his approach. He doesn’t sketch before-hand,  his compositions go straight onto the canvas.

As you can see, the painting evolved during the creative process.

He worked quickly but consciously, adding layers, details and putting some gold and silver leaf coating on selected areas.

Here you can see Francisco in action, brushing of the excess silver leaf.

We’re proud to welcome a new artists to the gallery: D.A.T!

The street is where D.A.T gets all the required resources for his approach to all the issues that he wishes to depict. A work based on recycled materials, day by day themes and apocalyptic landscapes. Stencils that make people question the world we live in, where it’s going and how we are treated in this society.

We think you’ll love the detail in D.A.T’s stencil work, it’s meticulous and precise.

Check out some of his murals:

And of course you have to check out the paintings we have!

A couple of years ago our man Ruben Sanchez got to work on a mural on the Syrian/Jordan border at a refugee camp. A stark reminder of what is really happening in the world. A video resurfaced and it’s important to feature it here:

New works by Ruben coming soon!

Our man Francisco AKA Art Is Trash is having a solo show in NYC and you need to go.

MATAÚRA

4 November – 6 November
4 November at 19:00 to 6 November at 17:00 in EDT
98 Orchard St, New York City, NY 10002-3106, United States
Stick your name down on the list!

MATAÚRA is an exhibition of the work of artist Francisco de Pajaro aka Art is Trash. The show will feature artist’s Canvases, Drawings, Etchings, Sculptures, and Trash Installations currently being produced. Exhibition will be accompanied by a private reception with surprise giveaways, starting 7pm on November 4th.

As an artform, the mural is the oldest creative technique around. Dating back to 30,000BC in the late stone age. Egyptians made some pretty intense murals as recently as 3,150BC. They were as important then as they are now, depicting battle scenes, historical moments, religious beliefs or political/economical struggles. Of course they can also be pure expressions of creative ideas. You can find out more about the history of mulrals here: wikipedia

We decided to collate some of the best and biggest from around the world and will add more as we stumble on them!

Stavanger, Norway

by Ella and Pitr

Up until recently the worlds biggest mural (on a roof but still classified as a mural, don’t be anal!)

Rio, Barzil

by Eduardo Kobra

Probably the coolest part of the Olympics was this mural, now the worlds largest!

Damascus, Syria

Group of artists led by Moaffak Makhoul

World’s largest mural made of recycled materials. A fantastic work of art to help brighten a public space in a city drained by war.

Lugano, Switzerland

by Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni

Cape town, South Africa

by Faith47

Lisbon, Portugal

by Bordallo II

Using recycled materials to add a 3D feel.

Bologna, Italy

by Blu

Valparaiso, Chile

by INTI

Gdynia, Poland

by Etam Cru

Lisbon, Portugal

Pixel Pancho and Vhils collaboration

and still in Poland

by Natalia Rak

Ghent, Belgium

by ROA

Milan, Italy

by Millo

London, England

by Conor Harrington

Barcelona, Spain

by Xupet and Konair

Casarano, Italy

by Bosoletti

Calabria, Italy

by Art Is Trash

Lisbon, Portugal

Os Gemeos, BLU, Sam3, Ericailcane, Lucy Mclauchlan

Shanghai, China

by Seth Globepainter

Zagreb, Croatia

by Lonac

Irbid, Jordan

Books can take you everywhere by Ruben Sanchez

Madrid, Spain

by NemO’s

Goes, Netherland

by Super A

Eauze, France

by Vinie

Warsaw, Poland

by SEPE

Rabat, Morocco

by JAZ

Maracay, Venezuela

by Koz Dos

New York, USA

by BANKSY

Hope you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for the next retrospective of mind bending murals from around the world.

Just before heading to NYC for his first solo show (info to come as soon as we know more) Francisco AKA Art Is Tra$h dropped these small works on paper over.

Here’s some action from NYC, more to follow…

You know your local council is pretty cool when (with a nudge from Soem) they commision artists to decorate all the town’s bins. Sounds weird but it’s exactly what they did in Vilassar De Dalt. In their words:

“Art exhibition in the urban Vilassar. BrossArt artistic action is to raise awareness among residents of the maintenance of the village. Containers and bins in Vilassar painted to become objects that can be works of art”.

The name is of the project is Brossart and here’s a recap of this years session.

Check out some pics stolen taken from Instagram. Check out more #brossart pics on IG

Artist shown, in no particular order:

PEZ, SOEM, CHAN, ZEMS, SM172, IVANA FLORES, DAVID ABRODOS, NEVENKART, JUSTIN CASE. SUSANA MEDINA, ALBERT FERNANDEZ, MIREIA PUJOL & IORDIE