{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Mural Art: Madrid is Blu!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-06-01T16:21:02Z","description":"A huge wall, a lot of paint, some paint roller and a creative idea - That’s what urban artist Blu needs to create those great mural artworks like he recently did in Madrid!","html":"\u003cp\u003eOne of my favorite urban artists, the Bologna-based painter \u003cstrong\u003eBlu\u003c/strong\u003e is known for his large-scale, surreal but always meaningful pictures in the public space. With his most recent mural artwork in Madrid he becomes part of the mural art trend I identified in the last days\u0026hellip;If you don’t know what I mean, check out the new mural artworks in \u003ca href=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/\"\u003eLyon\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/mural-art-antwerp/\"\u003eAntwerp\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/mural-art-blu-sam3-os-gemeos/\"\u003eLisbon\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/breaking-the-wall-wroclaw/\"\u003eWroclaw\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis very playful and comic-style pieces often carry a political or moral statement, yet without being patronising. (\u003ca href=\"http://urbangrassroots.net/kunstler/blu-bologna/\"\u003eabout Blu\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my opinion, \u003ca href=\"http://blublu.org/sito/blog/\"\u003eBlu\u003c/a\u003e’s new work is a bit different than his previous creations. I don’t know whether I’m right or not, but it seems that his mainly black and white style made way for more colors. Also there are some more picture elements than usually. Nevertheless, it’s a nice mural, although I don’t really understand the deeper meaning. The reason for this could be that I don’t know the imaged logo\u0026hellip;Maybe one of you could help me?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1740\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1740\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1740\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_ee1f4255db243793.avif 480w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_afcbe13671e75ed9.avif 960w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_a6a1f786e337642f.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_5d5692a528f422f6.webp 480w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_bb7852fb6e8c4e9d.webp 960w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_db3a6a5bbb3e8bc6.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_a701e9da2d2b5ad2.jpg\" srcset=\"/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_57a979819a70a1ed.jpg 480w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_c19f61b7a0228c77.jpg 960w, /mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art_hu_a701e9da2d2b5ad2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"964\" alt=\"blu in madrid - mural art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eblu in madrid - mural art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.ekosystem.org/date_big/2010-05-29\"\u003eekosystem.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nOne of my favorite urban artists, the Bologna-based painter **Blu** is known for his large-scale, surreal but always meaningful pictures in the public space. With his most recent mural artwork in Madrid he becomes part of the mural art trend I identified in the last days...If you don’t know what I mean, check out the new mural artworks in [Lyon](/mural-art-sten-lex/), [Antwerp](/mural-art-antwerp/), [Lisbon](/mural-art-blu-sam3-os-gemeos/) and [Wroclaw](/breaking-the-wall-wroclaw/)!\n\n\u003e His very playful and comic-style pieces often carry a political or moral statement, yet without being patronising. ([about Blu](http://urbangrassroots.net/kunstler/blu-bologna/))\n\nIn my opinion, [Blu](http://blublu.org/sito/blog/)’s new work is a bit different than his previous creations. I don’t know whether I’m right or not, but it seems that his mainly black and white style made way for more colors. Also there are some more picture elements than usually. Nevertheless, it’s a nice mural, although I don’t really understand the deeper meaning. The reason for this could be that I don’t know the imaged logo...Maybe one of you could help me?\n\n![blu in madrid - mural art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-blu/blu_madrid_mural-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nblu in madrid - mural art \nVia [ekosystem.org](http://www.ekosystem.org/date_big/2010-05-29).\n","tags":["Blu","Mural Art","Roller Painting","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Mural Art: Madrid is Blu!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-blu/"}