3780) "Murals, Pop culture – Street Art", Croatia: Hrvatska pošta (Croatian Post) has issued a Souvenir Sheet of four postage stamps of 1.70 Euros each depicting Street Art of Croatia: Date/Year of Stamp Set issue: 20.02.2025:
Street Art is an artistic movement that stems from the
graffiti art scene of New York in the seventies and eighties of the 20th
century.
Artists like Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kenny Scharf in
the USA or Blek Le Rat, Harald Naegeli and Hugo Kaagman in Europe were the
forerunners of the explosion of street art that occurred after the year 2000.
The media and the public called this movement Street Art, and the streets of
London, Paris, New York, Madrid or Berlin received street interventions in the
form of sculptures, stickers, painted fronts of the buildings or “decorated”
mailboxes.
Artists like Banksy, Shepard Fairey or Space Invader are top world
street artists today, whereas in Croatia we have to mention the most important
ones such as Slaven Kosanović LUNAR, Boris Bare, Marina Mesar OKO, Tea Jurišić,
Chez186 & Sarme and Grupa ZID.
Tea Jurišić, Ploče – KITESURFER:
The most famous Croatian muralist Tea Jurišić painted a
mural called Kitesurfer in Ploče in 2023.
The mural exudes the colours of local nature, and the
motifs chosen by the artist connect everything essential to the Neretva delta,
the emerald river, tangerines and kitesurfing, a sport that is becoming
increasingly popular among young people as well as tourists who come to this
part of Croatia.
This mural is part of a large production by the Graffiti na
gradele collective, of which Tea is a member. The Graffiti na gradele
collective is not only a group of people who paint, but they also organise the
eponymous festival, art workshops and various art events.
Melinda Šefčić, Sisak – ARIES:
Academic painter and street artist Melinda Šefčić painted
the facade of a building in Sisak at Ulica Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda 10 as
part of the Re-Think festival held in 2018.
The artist’s work on the front of
the building in Sisak shows the symbol of Aries, which in its color variant
reminds us of the constellation from Ptolemy’s catalog, while the created black
and white background of flowers symbolises the universe along with the infinity
and beauty of the murals that have been created in Sisak in recent years
through the very successful organisation of such Street Art festivals.
The
mural was painted in the artist’s manner, which we all recognize from the
countless projects of painting and ennobling public spaces that we had the
opportunity to see over many years of her work.
Tomislav Lončarić LONAC, Split – HYPOCRITE:
Academic painter and street artist Tomislav Lončarić
LONAC painted the facade of the Spaladium Arena in Split in 2021 as part of one
of the most important and longest-running graffiti and street art festivals in
the Republic of Croatia – the xSTatic Festival.
The mural called "Hypocrite" is
one of the largest that LONAC has done, and the motif of the pot (Croat. Lonac)
used by the artist permeates all of the artist’s works.
The artist took the
catchphrase “Polupani lončići” (“Broken pots”, something along the lines of
“Olly Olly Oxen Free”) from a childhood game, which obviously left too deep a
significance in the artist’s life.
Lonac’s mural is precisely the artistic counterbalance to
the endless murals that paint Split and which the city under the Marjan hill
was so lacking.
He has been a member of the P_3 platform since 2013, and
a member of Croatian Society of Fine Artists since 2016.
Thiago Mazza, Vukovar – IRISES:
Street artist Thiago Mazza came to Croatia from Brazil, and he
left his mark on the buildings of Croatia in Vukovar in 2019 as part of the
VukovART festival.
His work reflects the beautiful and rich nature of Croatia,
which he paid tribute to in his mural called “Irises”.
Thiago is one of the representatives of
Brazilian contemporary muralism and has participated in urban art festivals
such as UpFest (Great Britain), Stenograffia (Russia), IPAF (México) and CURA
(Brazil).
His work communicates with classical painting, street art
and contemporary art. Thiago Mazza brings to his art the nature that is within
him, the ingenuity to transform it and the art to bring us into it.
The Stamps:
The Souvenir Sheet (SS) presenting the four stamps.
The First Day Cover (FDC)
Technical details:
Issue Date: 20.02.2025
Designer: Alenka Lalić, designer from Zagreb
Printer: AKD d.o.o., Zagreb
Process: Offset Printing
Colours: Multicolour (CMYK)
Size:
Stamp size: 29.82 mm x 35.50 mm,
Souvenir sheet
size: 140.00 mm x 100.00 mm
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35) "Murals, Pop Culture - Street Art, Croatia: Hrvatska Posta (Croatian Post) has issued a Cuuvenir Sheet of four postage stamps of 1.70 Euro each depicting Street Art of Croatia: Date/Year of Stamp Set issue: 20.02.2025
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