BLU 4/9/15

Blu is an Italian mural artist. His identity remains unknown. In the early 2000s he was a very active artist, but has recently been quite since 2012. We watched some of his long wonderful animations in class last week. And I was automatically overwhelmed with how great of an artist he is. The skill and thought that goes into his art, and the videos he creates with the sounds are unbelievable. I have a goal to see one of his pieces on my Europe trip this summer. His murals are mainly England, Spain, Germany and Italy. His personal website shows a bunch of images of initial sketches for future murals. Most of his murals, and the ones that I enjoy most he uses his trademark of warping or contorting the body in strange and dysfunctional ways. He also deals with everyday controversial problems and gets down to the point. While I truly don't understand murals and how they are made I strongly respect them. The idea of putting art in a landscape that can be rural or urban and have thousands of people to stumble upon it in a lifetime is wonderful. I have a lot of respect for the artists that do this type of work, breaking the rules and going against the grain, which is what art is to me after all.