{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Exploration"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1500,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-2.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2009-12-23T16:32:22Z","description":"French urban artist Iemza is internationally well-known for his amazing paintings, he creates at abandoned places like old factory sites. Here’s a small special about him...","html":"\u003cp\u003eI love it to see paintings and other artworks at abandoned places like old factory sites or derelict ruins: The power and colorfulness of the artworks in contradistinction to the gray, grungy and lifeless buildings and walls.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I saw photos of \u003cstrong\u003eIemza\u003c/strong\u003e’s abandoned paintings the first time, I was really astonished! The French artist creates fantastic abstract creatures, which bring back life to their brown, gray and dirty walls:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My characters’ limbs stretch, fly away, mix up. Shadows sigh and give way to despair. Bodies extend, twist and break themselves. My characters are distorted and tortured - they scream. The tightness of the chest, the tenseness and the stifling are the feelings they tend to express. I deform the characters\u0026rsquo; bodies to express their despair, their differences.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere can be different levels of interpretation as far as the central character is concerned: Sometimes it encompasses, encloses, encircles the other characters who themselves, feel stifled and suffocated. Or this character with its huge arms meant to give hugs, finds himself squashed, worn out, tired by the others.” (Iemza on evolvingstyles.co.uk)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI collected some photos of his paintings to show you, that his artworks are really so impressing as I wrote. If you like to see more of those great urban artworks, take a look into \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/iemza/\"\u003eIemza’s photo-stream on Flickr\u003c/a\u003e! Via \u003ca href=\"http://unurth.com/171302/Iemza-Reims-France\"\u003eunurth.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1500\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1500\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1500\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_5b2f6b87a0d203e9.avif 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_a47dd61738f32d96.avif 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_2d1994fb21f5dbd0.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_7ea68e79a1330030.webp 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_f86e4bae05d331e9.webp 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_c31ad8acde125348.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_ececa85d61977acb.jpg\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_4f267127ab88f227.jpg 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_b5ae2ff779ddf965.jpg 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting_hu_ececa85d61977acb.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"888\" alt=\"iemza abandoned painting\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eiemza abandoned painting\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1504\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1504\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1504\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_5e2cc1018defb640.avif 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_89d6dea0333d3579.avif 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_a025d1ea9eaf83c1.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_97813cb0bdbba688.webp 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_4c29889aff820c90.webp 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_72e0c372fda61a53.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_d5286c2519edd8d6.jpg\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_f5166c8c07aed3da.jpg 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_4e6838394a7204da.jpg 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3_hu_d5286c2519edd8d6.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"891\" alt=\"iemza - abandoned painting\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eiemza - abandoned painting\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1616\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1616\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1616\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_a08b70f7cbfe9745.avif 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_11eb65e78d7f75c7.avif 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_838b4993193532d9.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_f16960cdd1ba63de.webp 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_400d0fb71265f8f4.webp 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_c89d907fa0e83564.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_ee35e2ab65664aa9.jpg\" srcset=\"/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_d9fe7495fca7b19a.jpg 480w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_b02d4345019be1dd.jpg 960w, /iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4_hu_ee35e2ab65664aa9.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" alt=\"iemza - abandoned painting\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eiemza - abandoned painting\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n Characters by Iemza\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nI love it to see paintings and other artworks at abandoned places like old factory sites or derelict ruins: The power and colorfulness of the artworks in contradistinction to the gray, grungy and lifeless buildings and walls.\n\nWhen I saw photos of **Iemza**’s abandoned paintings the first time, I was really astonished! The French artist creates fantastic abstract creatures, which bring back life to their brown, gray and dirty walls:\n\n\u003e “My characters’ limbs stretch, fly away, mix up. Shadows sigh and give way to despair. Bodies extend, twist and break themselves. My characters are distorted and tortured - they scream. The tightness of the chest, the tenseness and the stifling are the feelings they tend to express. I deform the characters' bodies to express their despair, their differences.\n\u003e\n\u003e There can be different levels of interpretation as far as the central character is concerned: Sometimes it encompasses, encloses, encircles the other characters who themselves, feel stifled and suffocated. Or this character with its huge arms meant to give hugs, finds himself squashed, worn out, tired by the others.” (Iemza on evolvingstyles.co.uk)\n\nI collected some photos of his paintings to show you, that his artworks are really so impressing as I wrote. If you like to see more of those great urban artworks, take a look into [Iemza’s photo-stream on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/iemza/)! Via [unurth.com](http://unurth.com/171302/Iemza-Reims-France).\n\n![iemza abandoned painting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting.jpg\u003e)\n\niemza abandoned painting ![iemza - abandoned painting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-3.jpg\u003e)\n\niemza - abandoned painting ![iemza - abandoned painting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/iemza-abandoned-paintings/iemza-abandoned-painting-4.jpg\u003e)\n\niemza - abandoned painting Characters by Iemza\n","tags":["Mural Art","Iemza","Painting","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Iemza - Abandoned Paintings","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/iemza-abandoned-paintings/"}