Julien de Casabianca's urban painting project challenges traditional street art aesthetics and borrows from classical works. The filmmaker's "Outings Project" aims to bring attention to lesser known museum paintings by mirroring them on city facades.
When visiting a museum, the artist picks out his favorite hidden gems, photographs them and pastes his images to city walls. His urban paintings are applied with wallpaper glue making them safe and damage-free to brick facades or store fronts.
These gorgeous graffiti works beautify streets and decaying facades rather than damaging them. While most street art can get a bad rep if viewed as vandalism, this project encourages graffiti naysayers to embrace city murals and the artistic talents behind them.
What's Driving This Trend
- Classical Urban Paintings
- Reuse of classical paintings in urban murals and graffiti art.
- Outings Project
- Promotion of lesser known museum paintings through urban art.
- Damage-free Urban Art
- Application of wallpaper glue to create damage-free urban graffiti.
Who This Affects Most
- Tourism
- Revitalization of cities through the promotion of urban graffiti art.
- Real Estate
- Integration of classical urban paintings as an aesthetic differentiation in residential and commercial real estate properties.
- Art Galleries and Museums
- Partnerships with artists to feature their works in public spaces as a way to promote the museum exhibits and generate interest.
