blu + david ellis: combo.

Argentine street artist Blu made huge waves on the net a while ago with his incredible street art/stop motion vido “Muto.”

His latest is a collaborative piece with David Ellis. It looks like this would take forever. Even if it’s not your aesthetic, you can’t help but be blown away by the intensity of the process…

Via @MarcDSchiller

blu: “muto”.

I shudder to think of how long it took to make this. Shudddddder.

Well known Bologna-based street artist Blu is well-known for his cutting edge public art. To me it’s got a subtle fine art influence, with a Picasso meets Keith Haring-esque vibe and a bit of imagery from Dante’s Inferno thrown in for good measure. In his new video “Muto”, which he calls “an ambiguous animation painted on public walls”, he takes combines the realms of graffiti, street art, animation, and film… and in doing so take them to a whole new level. A ridiculously, amazingly, labour-intensive, respect-inducing, how-long-did-that-take, holy fuck kinda level. Check it out:

(Animation and Editing: Blu. Assistant: Sibe. Production: Mercurio Film. Music: Andrew Martignoni.)

Here is just a sampling of the dozens of public works Blu’s laid down…

All images © Blu.

Big thank to Clay (hxfour) for sending this my way.

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