This spring in Mons, art is in full bloom!
At this time, the town has undergone a total transformation, along with
the museum and concert hall openings. Literally invaded and swept away in an amazing
artistic atmosphere. No less than
15 Belgian and international artists have decided to embark on the concept of
street art, where each of their individual achievements is exposed.
A riot through Mons. We won’t be
able to escape the works of these artists. It’s everywhere.. at the square,
street, alley and all key places. But beware, it
is not an outdoor contemporary art exhibition. Rather a series of sudden
appearances at the corner of the street.
(Until September 21, 2015)
Very Expensive
Julia Wlodkowski
Rue de Cantimpret, 13
A giant vase on a placemat. It is a tribute to the artist’s grandmother and an ironic reflection on the simple life that today the company consumption has made impossible. Attention: precious!
Fresco de MOMO
Rue du Cantimpret, 14
The creator of the world’s longest piece of graffiti art that zigzags around Manhattan for 13 kilometers, MOMO is inventing new urban map-making. In Mons, look out for his monumental mural in brightly coloured zebra stripes. Fabulous!
Affichage Double
Ox
Rue
Samson
Dual Display of Advertising, this art
attack called "Brandalisme" (brand and vandalism) by an activist OX on how these two bunk billboards
used to advertise car etc. A revenue at a public space. Guess this
is more like a critical look towards the town.
Spread Your Wings
Filip
Gilissen
Square
Saint-Germain
After making the tunnel of gold in the St. Waudru Church for Opening Day
of Mons 2015, Filip Gilissen surprises us once again with this new
installation: angel
wings (also with
gold color, of course). An invitation to take a selfie with
the church as a background for a guaranteed angelic look.
Panorama
Atelier
Pica Pica
Passage Victor Hugo
This lined glazed mozaic tiles which represent silhouettes of
the enigmatic profiles form a impressionistic portrait of the town. The work is an invitation
to guess or look for the object of these shadows which refer to the symbols
Mons.
Hell’O Monsters
Folks
Rue
du 11 Novembre
Diverting symbols of our mystical-esoteric traditions, entrusting to the heroes of cartoons
and comics. An ironic look at our habits and customs of civilized humanoids.
Modern
Menhirs
Maarten
Vanden Eynde
Place
du Parc
Three menhir red bricks which has no equal to divert utensils and materials with a refreshing irony.
Paresseux
Elodie
Antoine
Place
du Parc
Looking up.. there’s a colony of ‘lazy’ objects
in the trees of the park. A colony of ‘sloths’ swaying
in the wind and strangely seem alive.
Biografias
Alicia
Martin
Place
Warocqué, 17 (UMONS)
Bookish attack!
The Spanish artist Alicia Martin couldn’t have found a better site than
the University of Mons to cause an avalanche of books to pour down from a
window. In our digital age, she poses
questions about the fate of knowledge and memory. To create this waterfall, around
7,000 books needed and donated by public libraries and charity shops.
City Says No
Inject
Love
Place
de Bootle
At
the building of the Provincial Government. Great idea to show these prohibition
signs.
A Forest
Vincent
Glowinski (Bonom)
Rue
des Fripiers, 19
The famous Belgian graffiti artist nicknamed
Bonom made a giant fresco of psychedelic forest. Feels like warm and colorful
spring.
Cinétismons
Sebastien
Preschoux
Jardin Gustave Jacobs
More like a trompe-l'œil, this installation
of multicolored cables between
buildings evokes the 3D multiplying the optical effects.
True
Story
Calvin Dussart & Charles Myncke
Look up!
The windows around the town center
(in different locations) have been replaced with reproductions of comics and
posters of Hollywood films of the fifties. This is probably my
favorite because I kept looking up and hoping to be surprised.
Hot
pursuit
Thierry
Verbeeck
The hands which seem to want to click on
storefronts (in different locations), pressurized by decentralized shopping
centers and the growth of online commerce.
Windows
Rue de la Clef
These windows presented as if they were
pop-ups on a computer screen.