Butterfly Wall

This is one of the mural art displayed in Turin, and is right in front of the parking place of Nuvola Lavazza where I had my anti-Covid vaccine.

The photo was taken on the day I had my first dose and was feeling ok enough to hang around to make some shots.

It is in Via Parma,  titled Lotta contro il cambiamento climatico ( Fight against climate change ) by artist Mantra

The work was done on a blind but protected facade and even the windows or curtains of the latter are the same color as the mural. The subject is a set of butterflies: all dead (symbolizing environmental degradation due to climate change) except the blue one (the hope of humanity)! Hence the title of Mantra's work.

Location : Via Parma 

Fine Art On The Street

Torino is a beautiful city, regardless of the poor management of the governer. Art display can be seen everywhere, not limited in museums or art galleries.

 

Such as this copy of  'Bacco' of Caravaggio, it was painted on the road in via Roma, beautifully done. Of course it wasn't meant to last, after some days, it was long gone.

 

Location : Via Roma

Graffiti In San Donanto

 By chance, came across another wall of graffiti art in San Donato zone.

It is a wall at the end of a piece of space seems to be used as car park for the nearby residents.

Location : Zona San Donato

Graffiti Art

Happened to discover these graffiti art work beside a huge carpark near the Politecnic. I was just wandering around the area in the SaN Paolo district, saw something colorful at the end of a road which passed by the car park, and there are these huge graffiti painted on the long wall.

Location : Borgo San Paolo

Museo d'Arte Urbana (2)

Personal view about the MAU ( Museo d'Arte Urbana ) is that it seems not well developed yet, the paintings on the walls are interesting, the allies and the houses formed like a small art village, but in some spots, cars are parked just in front of the art display, as though the people living there don't care much about the paintings.

The time when I was there, the whole place was rather quiet and deserted, there were paintings on the walls, as well as ugly grafitti.

I guess the place needs more support from the state to really live it up.

Location : MAU

Museo d'Arte Urbana (1)

Located in the area between Via Nicola Fabrizi-Corso Svizzera-Via Levanna-Via Netro, The MAU - Museum of Urban Art in Turin - is the first project of its kind to be realized in Italy. Its aim is to create a permanent artistic outdoor structure situated within a big metropolitan space.

It is like a tiny artistic village with  paintings painted on the wall of the houses, in the Borgo Campidoglio.

Location : MAU

Street Art Appreciation

Occasionally there are artists displaying their works for sale under the arcade along various streets, transforming the arcades into an art gallery,

Last week, it was in via Roma, it did attract people stopping to appreciate their works. Not sure about the sale though.

Location : Via Roma

Bear Mural

Have known about this huge mural for quite some time, but it is located not exactly in the center, so didn't have the chance to see it up close until recently a visit to a clinic near by.

The mural features a huge sitting bear and is located just beside the Colosseo Theatre, at the San Salvario district.
It is the creation of Portuguese artist Artur Bordalo who is also the nephew of painter Real Bordalo.
Named "Big Trash Animal" as it is made of recycled materials and scrap, mostly from cars and bicycles.

Mural Of Via Fiochetto

2010 Pic Turin Festival, Bologna artist Ericailcane painted this on the wall of Italian-Arab Cultural Centre Dar Al Hikma at via GianFrancesco Fiochetto.