{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Mural Art: Sten \u0026 Lex Big in Europe","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-rome.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-06-01T15:45:46Z","description":"The Italian street art duo Sten \u0026 Lex seems to be on a mural art tour though Europe. Some weeks ago they created a huge mural poster artwork in Rome, recently they beautified Lyon...","html":"\u003cp\u003eHa! Yesterday, I suspected, that \u003cem\u003e“it seems to be \u003ca href=\"/mural-art-antwerp/\"\u003emural art time\u003c/a\u003e for a lot of urban artists”\u003c/em\u003e, because so many beautiful and huge mural artworks spring up around the globe. Today I feel confirmed, because of that great new mural artwork, the Italian street art duo \u003cstrong\u003eSten \u0026amp; Lex\u003c/strong\u003e recently created in Lyon, France.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSten and Lex are very popular for their more or less unique styled large-scale prints, hand-drawings and stencil artworks, they left in a huge number of cities. Recently, a few weeks ago they beautified Rome with a two mixed poster mural showing famous football player Totti and a wolf - looks impressive!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike many street artists, we do not have a artistic background. Ten years ago we started using a stencil when the idea of street art did not have much legitimacy in Italy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe technique we use is called “hole school” and consists of stencils with many holes of different sizes that all together provide a highly photographic image. This technique was also often used for printing newspapers in the Sixties and Seventies. (\u003ca href=\"http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/arts/art/sten-and-lex-are-two-most-famous-street-artists-on-the-old-continent/\"\u003eSten \u0026amp; Lex interview\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m looking forward to hear about other new mural artworks\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 2004\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"2004\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2004\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_bedb032134fc075a.avif 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_2d11b230abc1be4a.avif 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_f98c2fe4f82f290c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_a96d0a87d22322b5.webp 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_9f0dc075d78be8b1.webp 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_8fe1a25442c3f73d.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_fdd4f59579b981d4.jpg\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_55878d8fe3ebdc72.jpg 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_10c6024bc327b8d7.jpg 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon_hu_fdd4f59579b981d4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1110\" alt=\"sten \u0026amp; lex - mural art in lyon\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esten \u0026amp; lex - mural art in lyon\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1832\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1832\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1832\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_a69ea1a261c587c1.avif 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_f119c1cb57beb102.avif 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_df5b41da6eb29dc.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_a9b7a492e2b4a5d2.webp 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_4166cc16573cc056.webp 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_29eb5d9d77c0bd3f.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_23b9f1f5629df1f4.jpg\" srcset=\"/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_b4a475d7ce317cf.jpg 480w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_ca176eed0f58e151.jpg 960w, /mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art_hu_23b9f1f5629df1f4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1015\" alt=\"sten \u0026amp; lex mural art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esten \u0026amp; lex mural art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.welikethat.de/2010/05/11/sten-and-lex-in-rome/\"\u003ewelikethat.de\u003c/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"http://www.woostercollective.com/2010/06/fresh_stuff_from_sten_and_lex_in_lyon_fr.html\"\u003ewoostercollective.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nHa! Yesterday, I suspected, that *“it seems to be [mural art time](/mural-art-antwerp/) for a lot of urban artists”*, because so many beautiful and huge mural artworks spring up around the globe. Today I feel confirmed, because of that great new mural artwork, the Italian street art duo **Sten \u0026 Lex** recently created in Lyon, France.\n\nSten and Lex are very popular for their more or less unique styled large-scale prints, hand-drawings and stencil artworks, they left in a huge number of cities. Recently, a few weeks ago they beautified Rome with a two mixed poster mural showing famous football player Totti and a wolf - looks impressive!\n\n\u003e Unlike many street artists, we do not have a artistic background. Ten years ago we started using a stencil when the idea of street art did not have much legitimacy in Italy.\n\u003e\n\u003e The technique we use is called “hole school” and consists of stencils with many holes of different sizes that all together provide a highly photographic image. This technique was also often used for printing newspapers in the Sixties and Seventies. ([Sten \u0026 Lex interview](http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/arts/art/sten-and-lex-are-two-most-famous-street-artists-on-the-old-continent/))\n\nI’m looking forward to hear about other new mural artworks...\n\n![sten \u0026 lex - mural art in lyon](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art-lyon.jpg\u003e)\n\nsten \u0026 lex - mural art in lyon ![sten \u0026 lex mural art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-sten-lex/sten-lex-mural-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nsten \u0026 lex mural artVia [welikethat.de](http://www.welikethat.de/2010/05/11/sten-and-lex-in-rome/) \u0026 [woostercollective.com](http://www.woostercollective.com/2010/06/fresh_stuff_from_sten_and_lex_in_lyon_fr.html).\n","tags":["Mural Art","Sten \u0026 Lex","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Mural Art: Sten \u0026 Lex Big in Europe","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mural-art-sten-lex/"}