Street art is one of the finest style of art that people make on outside buildings, roads or even the public places such as train stations etc. You will see everything from stencils, pieces, characters, to art on big walls. Some of these arts are made by international professional artist and some are by local artist with interesting background. Each art work has its own importance and meaning, such as some work carry artistic reference, political, social and many with personal meaning.
This beautiful art work called Wiener Schmetterlinge (Viennese Butterflies) made by Mantra. The French artist who had made this shows his art with awesome and beautiful street art (Mural) in Vienna, Austria. This art work was made for ‘The Calle Libre Festival’ popular in Vienna for street art.
The Calle Libre Festival one of the most famous festivals in Vienna. It brings todays best form of art and graffiti together for urban aesthetics that are beautifully curated on the walls of the city. This event give people chance to engage with artist from Latin America and Austria freely and see their work live and attend their exhibitions. This festival was started in 2014 with great artist work and has been still continued every year and they have attracted over 16000 people over these year. Their main motive is to tell the audience that how important the street art is through its nature and potential.
As you see in the above video the event includes opening night, workshops, exhibition and Urban Art Guided Tour (UAT which cost 10€). And after that there is block party (with drinks, food and music). This event select the 10 best artist from the world to show their live paintings.
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Some more from The Calle Libre, tourist must plan their trip in such a way to attend the festival.
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