Kristiansand (southern part of Norway) has got some new pieces of art this spring. One of them is painted by a Dutch artist, who also had an exhibition in one of the galleries while she was here. The problem with plastic in the oceans, is something that is getting a lot of attention these days. Both these pieces of art have plastic as a theme. The first one is a mural painted by Yasja Ligteijn. The other one is partly painted and partly made up from trash - mostly plastic! Unfortunatly I don't know anything about the artist.
Yasja Ligteijn (March 2019)
This beautiful mural is done by the Dutch artist Yasja Ligteijn. The child is underwater when he discovers a sea horse. There is a deeper meaning to this colorful mural. The sea horse is holding a cotton swab that links to the problem of the plastic in the sea.
Yasja was born in Amsterdam, but raised in natural surroundings of South Holland. She has a wide variety of works. In addition to being a street artist, she is also doing portraits, abstract paintings, illustrations, comics, storyboards, etchings, animations etc. This spring she visited Norway and Iceland. Here in Kristiansand she had an excibition at the Mint Galley.
Mint Street art gallery
The Mint Gallery is a «street art» gallery which opened here in Kristiansand last year. It is an urban contemporary art gallery, which showcasing an exhibiting mix between emerging and established Norwegian and international artists. Their goal is to bring people together, discover talents and spread art. They want to change the idea about traditional galleries by creating something complety new.
Two seals
An amazing sculpture! It is a large piece of art in a parking lot. It is made of trash and paint. On a distance it looks like a if it is painted, but when you get closer you will see that the two seals are made of trash!
Look closely and you will see what makes up the whole sculpture: toalet seats, helmets, pieces of trash cans, a radio.... I did not try to press the button, but a friend told me he did. It played!
Please do follow if you want to keep up with my next street art. Any upvotes or resteems are hugely appreciated!
Latest street art post, check out :
STREET ART #36 – More street art from Buenos Aires, Argentina
U.J
Kristiansand, Norway
All the photoes are mine, Ulla Jensen (flickr, Instagram and facebook)
[//]:# (!steemitworldmap 58.148018 lat 7.995410 long STREET ART #36 – New pieces of art in Kristiansand (Norway) d3scr)Latest content: Travel, Art, Food, Article, Poetry
