Despite my love for street art was born only a few years ago, I think we can all agree that this one existed for a long while now. It's true that, as a kid, most of the street art I could observe were some random words or names written in the artist's own style, making the letters even harder to understand anyway.
However, as time has passed and we got in the loop of constant evolution, the undecipherable letters slowly turned into objects, then into abstract work, and then into what we can call detailed stories shared through art, where words are not needed anymore.
While most of my previous editions shared with street art came with lots of interesting murals, this time I felt like turning back to the origins and seeking street art that shows exactly what I mentioned at the beginning of this post. Letters, words, but especially hidden messages that perhaps will never be truly discovered. This post is also going to take part in the CCC's Street Art Contest #235!
The first pick of this selection comes with lots of interesting elements mixed together but where brain is the single limit as a proper story for it, was never shared by the artist. It's not one of the oldest street arts we have in town so I am sure this happened on purpose, but makes it an even better time staring at it and trying to make a connection between all the elements. So what do you think is this mural's story?
Name: CUMUL (2019)
Artists: RECIS
Location: Strada Emil Cioran, 3 550025, România
Next up, we have another mural with no story shared for the audience, but which is a bit easier to understand as it was placed on the Faculty of Engineering so I'm assuming this is, in one way or another, it's connected with the studies undergoing beyond the painted wall.
Name: ORIGINI (2020)
Artists: ȘATRAN, BIEX & ANA GABRIELA
Location: Strada Emil Cioran 4, Sibiu 550025, România
The 3rd mural of this post comes with a Wild Style of sharing street art where the wording is the closest it can get to all the art you can find online when looking for this kind of concept. However, while the text is hard to read, what caught my attention the most was the mix of vivid colours placed in a communist neighbourhood where locals were used to seeing only grey and white in terms of buildings.
Name: Re:Think (2021)
Artists: POPESCU
Location: Str. Electricienilor 1, Sibiu 550311, România
The 4th street art comes, again, with no story. What a surprise, right? So while in the rest of the murals I could figure out some letters, objects or even words, this time is one of the rare moments when I honestly can't understand anything from the mural. The main element seems like a scissor but who can really guarantee that?
Name: OBJECTS IN ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE (2022)
Artists: HNRX
Location: Aleea Buia, Sibiu, România
Last but not least, we have one of the murals that stirred my curiosity the least, maybe also because of slowly fading away after 10 years since it was added to the walls. However, this is the single moment from this post where an actual story was shared as to what was the purpose behind it when the artist started to spray. Thus, he suggests, and I can 100% approve of his sayings, life often puts you in situations where no words can save you but maybe an abstract shape, a smile or an emotion. So he used this building as his own sketch of exploring new shapes and creating new letters and objects that could be used to fill the empty space from a conversation.
Name: UNTITLE (2015)
Artists: PISICA PĂTRATĂ
Location: Strada Șureanu 1, Sibiu 557260, România
Previous posts containing Sibiu Street Art Festival's graffiti:
- Tracking down Street Art in Sibiu (#1)
- I think it's ART O'Clock! (#2)
- You Can't See Me! (#3)
- Lost In Wonderland (#4)
- Lost in Space (#5)
- A Bit Of Abstract Never Hurt Nobody (#6)
- Traditions & Cultures (#7)
- Dazzling Eruption (#8)
- How Many Faces Do You See? (#9)
- The Meaning of "Safety" Through Art (#10)
- The Frosty Spirit of the Season Through Art (#11)
- Spray-Painted Hope (#12)
- When Does "Old" Stop Being "Gold"? (#13)
- Street Art on Endless Walls (#14)
- The Animal Kingdom of Street Art (#15)
- Decoding the Streets (#16)
more coming soon...
Gabriela Travels is the FOUNDER of "Festival Mania" who started this community from the passion of attending various festivals and with the purpose of encouraging more people to explore festivals all around the world and share their experiences. At the same time, Gabriela is an independent Graphic Design Freelancer since 2019 completing over 600+ orders in this time and collaborating with various businesses and people from all over the globe. Additionally, Gabriela has her own corner on the internet since 2017 where she writes various articles for her blog, the most popular being the travel ones (300+ articles written on this field), but also approaching other topics as well, like game reviews, movie and series reviews, photography posts, cooking recipes and more, boosting the total number of articles written to 750+ blog posts. Gabriela is also a gamer since she was 11 years old and gaming remains one of her biggest passions along with travelling, editing, cooking, and doing various sports activities.