{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Decayed Church Mural by Vhils","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-church-mural.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-08-05T15:35:49Z","description":"The pretty awesome decayed church mural was recently created by famous urban artist Vhils for the Walk and Talk festival on the Azores... ","html":"\u003cp\u003eAfter hitting \u003ca href=\"/vhils-documentary/\"\u003eCalifornia\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/vhils-murals-shanghai/\"\u003eChina\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/concrete-art-vhils-in-lisbon/\"\u003eLisbon\u003c/a\u003e, destruction muralist Alexandre Farto aka \u003cstrong\u003eVhils\u003c/strong\u003e (here our \u003ca href=\"/vhils-act-of-destruction/\"\u003einterview with him\u003c/a\u003e), just popped up on the Archipelago of the Azores for the currently running \u003ca href=\"http://walktalkazores.org\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalk \u0026amp; Talk\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e festival\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently, he and his team finished up a pretty impressing decayed church mural! This new piece entitled \u003cem\u003eAbraço to ruin\u003c/em\u003e (Embrace the ruin) depicts a women retaining the ruin’s walls as if protecting a child. Looks just amazing to me - especially the view over the trees (see above) is killing it. Here are some more impressions, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=430610240311495\u0026amp;set=a.422066381165881.88839.192613990777789\u0026amp;type=1\"\u003eVhils\u003c/a\u003e’ Facebook:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1840\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1840\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1840\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_d98c44aeb1b51b3f.avif 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_e339c9d8ae5f9b56.avif 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_477acf1d7a99a930.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_7109fe52db187093.webp 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_cb737f402b5bff5f.webp 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_30c9120b502fc337.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_a1979156f0c49673.jpg\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_8eabc71afa8a69d6.jpg 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_b4891928d94d8518.jpg 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival_hu_a1979156f0c49673.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" alt=\"Vhils at Walt and Talk Festival\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVhils at Walt and Talk Festival\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1840\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1840\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1840\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_b0f46bd80f63a57a.avif 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_253b71050fe603f8.avif 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_484089135248681.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_45a8ef7337ac71e1.webp 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_903a9c96d80f3f5.webp 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_7d4c6c5fb522a599.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_372db17d20dc1afc.jpg\" srcset=\"/decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_277938b8b29fedd6.jpg 480w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_b64e949c2255a6f6.jpg 960w, /decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores_hu_372db17d20dc1afc.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" alt=\"Vhils on the Azores\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVhils on the Azores\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter hitting [California](/vhils-documentary/), [China](/vhils-murals-shanghai/) and [Lisbon](/concrete-art-vhils-in-lisbon/), destruction muralist Alexandre Farto aka **Vhils** (here our [interview with him](/vhils-act-of-destruction/)), just popped up on the Archipelago of the Azores for the currently running [*Walk \u0026 Talk*](http://walktalkazores.org) festival...\n\nRecently, he and his team finished up a pretty impressing decayed church mural! This new piece entitled *Abraço to ruin* (Embrace the ruin) depicts a women retaining the ruin’s walls as if protecting a child. Looks just amazing to me - especially the view over the trees (see above) is killing it. Here are some more impressions, via [Vhils](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=430610240311495\u0026set=a.422066381165881.88839.192613990777789\u0026type=1)’ Facebook:\n\n![Vhils at Walt and Talk Festival](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/decayed-church-mural-vhils/vhils-walt-talk-festival.jpg\u003e)\n\nVhils at Walt and Talk Festival ![Vhils on the Azores](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/decayed-church-mural-vhils/Vhils-Azores.jpg\u003e)\n\nVhils on the Azores ","tags":["Mural Art","Concrete Art","Vhils","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Decayed Church Mural by Vhils","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/decayed-church-mural-vhils/"}