A few days ago, completed German visual artist and muralist Johannes Mundinger his second mural for this year’s The Crystal Ship, an event that hosted incredible talents like Mundinger himself, Axel Void, Henrik Uldalen, the Outings Project, Jaune, Hyuro, Pastel, Bue The Warrior, Alexis Díaz, Bosoletti, Phlegm, C215 Buck and Schellekens.
Originally, Johannes had been appointed to paint a bridge, but sadly the festival only got permission for half of it, so they had to look for alternatives and finally another wall. The result was a completely new design.
Titled “Zonder Einde“ or “Without End“, which also happens to be the name of the street where great part of the mural was painted at, the new piece is characteristic of Johannes’ abstract expressionistic style, where shapes and colours express emotions, experiences and memories in a way that allow the viewer to project their own beliefs, and derive their own meanings.
According to Johannes, much of his work is process based, even when it comes to big walls. Having only rough sketches and a certain idea of what he wants to create as an starting point, he develops each piece right in space, based in a feeling, maybe a composition, and then see where they lead him to.
About the artistThrough his work, Johannes has certainly helped to change the way we see and experience Street Art.
Situated on the edge of what we commonly understand as Street Art, his work and style is easy to recognise and are, more often than not, reminiscent of collages and surreal abstract confluences of different streams, done in his own unique way.
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
