Upfest really is an extraordinary opportunity to see street art form all corners of the globe, and with it a huge variety of cultural styles, to add to the broad ‘school of Bristol’ street art and graffiti. This is a wonderful piece from Audrey Kawasaki, a Japanese-American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.
There is a strong mix of eastern and western cultures coming together in this beautiful piece, where the tiger represents the east and the girl the west, perhaps. Audrey Kawasaki (who has a fabulous website) appears to use this styling in a lot of her work and also I detect some Art Nouveau influences in her work that makes it super-interesting.
Audrey Kawasaki’s composition in this mural is outstanding with the two central characters surrounded by crows and feathers and framed in a red ‘cloudy’ border. There is definitely a story in this piece, and it compels the viewer to want more. Clever and beautiful work from the visitor this year’s Upfest.
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I’ve followed her and her artistic journey for rather a long time now so it was absolutely lovely to catch up with her multiple times whilst she painted this beautiful piece.
She is now actually living in Norfolk which is incredibly different to LA . . .
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I saw her, but didn’t have time to say hello, which of course I now regret.
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Which I can fully understand
They both loved Bristol so I’m hoping they might make a return trip sometime soon . . .
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That would be great.
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