{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Concrete Wall Mural by GR170","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-wall-mural-gr170/gr170-mural-art.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-01-20T14:10:49Z","description":"The second part of the \u003cem\u003e“Concrete Walls”\u003c/em\u003e project is online. After Aryz, the Spanish urban artist GR170 shows his talent by creating a massive abandoned mural artwork...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMural Art\u003c/em\u003e | After Spanish graffiti and street artist \u003ca href=\"/concrete-wall-by-aryz/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAryz\u003c/strong\u003e painted his concrete wall\u003c/a\u003e, Barcelona-based \u003cstrong\u003eGR170\u003c/strong\u003e is the next artist participating in the \u003cem\u003e“Concrete Walls”\u003c/em\u003e project!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGR170 was born, and now paints and lives, in the outskirts of Barcelona. He began painting in 2001, and now considers himself to be a painting addict, who loves painting on the streets, and the stale smell of plastic (paint) in the morning.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the zero tolerance police, and the hypocrisy of the government bodies behind it, the creation of murals on the streets of Barcelona has become more and more restricted. For this, and other, reasons, the majority of murals created are illegal, and done with no profit in mind, in abandoned factories, tunnels, motorway bridges, and any other places with big cement walls which are not watched over by police.\n(\u003ca href=\"http://mtn-world.com/blog/2011/01/20/herokid%C2%B4s-concrete-walls-project-02-x-grito/\"\u003emtn-world.com\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is again a really nice footage of an urban artist in action and also a fantastic, abandoned masterpiece! Hope to watch more videos of the \u003cem\u003e“Concrete Walls”\u003c/em\u003e project in the near future\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Mural Art* | After Spanish graffiti and street artist [**Aryz** painted his concrete wall](/concrete-wall-by-aryz/), Barcelona-based **GR170** is the next artist participating in the *“Concrete Walls”* project!\n\n\u003e GR170 was born, and now paints and lives, in the outskirts of Barcelona. He began painting in 2001, and now considers himself to be a painting addict, who loves painting on the streets, and the stale smell of plastic (paint) in the morning.\n\u003e\n\u003e Due to the zero tolerance police, and the hypocrisy of the government bodies behind it, the creation of murals on the streets of Barcelona has become more and more restricted. For this, and other, reasons, the majority of murals created are illegal, and done with no profit in mind, in abandoned factories, tunnels, motorway bridges, and any other places with big cement walls which are not watched over by police.\n\u003e ([mtn-world.com](http://mtn-world.com/blog/2011/01/20/herokid%C2%B4s-concrete-walls-project-02-x-grito/))\n\nThis is again a really nice footage of an urban artist in action and also a fantastic, abandoned masterpiece! Hope to watch more videos of the *“Concrete Walls”* project in the near future...\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Mural Art","Concrete Art","GR170","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Concrete Wall Mural by GR170","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-wall-mural-gr170/"}