2024-01-31 19:52:57
Los Spanish murals of Assembly Sabotage (Ondárroa, Basque Country), y Sfhir (Fene, Galicia) have been awarded for ‘Street Art Cities’ in the categories of Imapcto and Best Mural in the World respectively. The urban art community, which began in 2016 as a small project to create an online map of graffiti and online murals, is currently Every year it selects and recognizes the most innovative muralsimpressive and the best in the world.
The award-winning murals
The mural of Sfhir, awarded as best of 2023, was created in the inaugural edition of the Perla Mural Fest in August 2023 in Fene (A Coruña, Galicia) and is located in a 9-story building, a fact that makes the mural one of the largest verticals . Since its inception, the mural has aroused curiosity and interest in the media and among the population for the artist’s creativity.
The street artwork integrates perfectly with the building, creating the silhouette of a cello played by the painted cellist. Additionally, the mural, created during the festival, follows a musical theme and pays tribute to the Perla venue and its legacy, an iconic cultural center in the region that was demolished years ago.
The artists capture various elements related to music in their works, including instruments, musical notes, iconic artists and references to the musical history of the town and Galicia as a whole.
On the other hand, the mural of Assembly Sabotage has been awarded in the Impact category of ‘Street Art Cities’. The work makes visible the Matriarchy and women’s work in a fishing town with the colors of the Basque Country and is made with photographs from the historical archive to represent the story.
The mural of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Pi, nominated
The work ‘Breeding‘, which is located in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, was also nominated for the Innovation category of 2023, just six months after its premiere.
The painting is located in the back area of the altar of the basilica and illustrates a woman holding a child in her arms. According to the archivist and curator of the basilica, Jordi Sacasas, it is a work that can have numerous interpretations such as “the Mediterranean refugee crisis” or “the image of the virgin.” The basilica archivist emphasizes that it is a proposal with Christian values with the aim of remembering that the Pi is “an open community.”
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