This beautiful mural was commissioned in 2017 by Parcours Streetart. Sadly to this date no information could be found on their site about the project. The only information found on the internet was on the Delicious Brains website where a brief description by the project Swedish artist was mentioned and can read below.
The colorful mural entitled: “The First Date Mural” is the work of artist Olivier Binamé aka Oli-B. Commissioned at the request of the residents neighborhoods committee it was painted on a wall of a house recently purchased by five young fans of the artist.
The First Date mural is located at the corner of rue du Tocsin & rue Jenneval, Brussels, Belgium
“The purpose of the painting here was to make people dream. The abstract composition allows each spectator to come up with they very own interpretation. For me, it was a search for a balance between shapes and colorsâ€.
Oli-B
Regarding the street art, Olivier Binamé went on to say that Brussels had in the past too long remained frozen on the theme of comic strips murals which left little space for anything else. And of course, compared to other capitals, we are a good decade behind! But luckily things are changing and several people working within the city of Brussels cultural affairs have been opening up the space to graffiti artists which is quite exciting for us.
Commissioned by visit.brussels, the ASBL Urbana Project has been putting creativity of both local and international artists at the service of the Region to brighten up the walls of several districts of Brussels.
The “Au pied d’un arbre” mutal or at the foot of a tree in English, serves as a symbol of genealogy, where both old and new generations come together. This meeting, which is a source of discussion, represents the strong bond and hope essential to building the world of tomorrow.
NEAN is a Belgian street graffiti artist who grew up in Brussels. Self-taught, he made his debut on paper before turning to spray paint. In 2014, he joined the famous Belgian collective Propaganza, made up of around twenty artists from Belgium, France, Spain and England. Influenced by traditional painting and digital art, his work gravitates between an experimental style and photo realism. Curious about everything, he multiplies the tests on large supports, alternating digital painting, painting on wall and painting on canvas.
The KANAL-Centre Pompidou is a result of a 10 year partnership between the renowned Parisian Centre Pompidou and the city of Brussels. The new cultural center is located in a former Citroën factory dating from the 1930’s, one of the biggest of it’s time in Europe which holds an impressive 38,000 m2.
Once fully renovated in 2022, the KANAL-Centre Pompidou will become the single largest cultural institution of Brussels devoted purely to contemporary art and architecture in all its form.
Exhibitions and artistic residencies were organized for 14 months under the general commission of the Center Pompidou. Below and above are pictures, from among other things of the Phantom Offices & Red and white exhibitions.
the KANAL – Center Pompidou is located along the Willebroek canal, in a bit of a run down neighborhood currently undergoing major transformation and gentrification.
As a reminder for the long months of hard work under strict sanitary conditions. Healthcare workers of the Iris Sud hospital in Ixelles have been honored to see a giant Thank You mural painted right next door from the hospital. This tribute is an initiative of a collective of artists, supported by the municipality and various sponsors.
The 10-meter-high mural, required over 100 hours of work and 3 weeks of preparation for the artist collective CosMotion, FarmProd lead by the graffiti artist Amandine Lesay. It represents the different trades that make up the staff. Caregivers are portrayed as heroes, men and women of society who bravely donned their work clothes to save lives amid the coronavirus epidemic.
Balloons were also painted on the side of the building in reference to a real balloon release made a week earlier as a tribute to a nurse who had died treating patients with COVID-19.