The Brazilian artist, who painted the largest mural in the world, honors Dalí in Murcia.
Eduardo Kobra, the Brazilian graffiti artist whose painting fell in love with Madonna, author of the world's largest mural, opens in Spain. During this week he will portray on the facade of a cultural center of Murcia his particular tribute to Salvador Dalí, to emphasize the idea that "there is no difference between the art exhibited in galleries and museums and the one in the streets", because "the Streets are the most democratic art museum there is. "
From the 80's until today, São Paulo has changed much of the gray of its buildings by the color of graffiti that decorate streets and neighborhoods, and have become a sign of identity and a real tourist attraction. The city is experiencing an outbreak of street artists who, in some cases, have achieved worldwide recognition. Eduardo Kobra (1976) is one of those star muralists: more than 3,000 paintings in some 40 countries around the world endorse it.
His latest work was commissioned directly by Madonna: decorating the walls of the hospital that his charity has in Malawi with the faces of the anti-apartheid bulwarks Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Having just finished this work, Kobra has set foot for the first time in Spain, in response to an invitation from the Grafiti Municipal Office of Murcia. In seven days, he will turn the facade of the cultural center Puertas de Castilla of the city into a canvas dedicated to Salvador Dalí, one of his head painters and whom he considers an "icon of creativity".
Many of his projects pay homage to important people in his life or in the country he is in. In fact, it is not the first time that Dalí has starred in one of his murals: in Miami he already painted the genius of Figueras in 2013, in a sequence in which you can also see the portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol.
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/27/actualidad/1493283016_049171.html
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