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Leon Keer is a world leading artist in the anamorphic street art and has the ability to paint in an impressive and distorting way, and he did not disappoint at this year’s Crystal Ship, street art festival, in Ostend. Current issues are present in Leon’s work, such as environmental concerns and the liveability of this world.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Alex Stanhope / GraffitiStreet
Leon Keer’s mural was a short, but joyous, free ferry ride from Montgomery Dock over the water to C-power 1 Buskruitstraat, a Green energy supplier and wind farm in Ostend.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Alex Stanhope / GraffitiStreet
The weather conditions were definitely windy and slightly colder shall we say over the water , so the Artic scene Leon was painting was quite fitting.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Alex Stanhope / GraffitiStreet
The trompe l’oeil mural is an impressive 22m x 7meters and initially showed three vases housed in wooden crates.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Alex Stanhope / GraffitiStreet
On each of these vases Leon had painted an arctic scene with an apocalyptic setting.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Algomas
Each vase depicts a different story on environmental issues devastating our beautiful planet.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Algomas
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Algomas
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Algomas
The mural is titled “Fragile” which refers to the vulnerability of our planet and also the fragility of the vase cased in the crate.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Egmond Dobbelaere
The colour of the vases have been painted in a beautiful “delft” blue which was set against the tanned wooden grain of the crates.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship Street Art Festival, Ostend, Belgium 2019. Photo Credit Algomas
“Fragile” was painted with help of artist Massina.
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship Street Art Festival, Ostend, Belgium 2019. Photo Credit Algomas
Leon Keer, The Crystal Ship, Oostende 2019. Photo credit Egmond Dobbelaere
Check out the short video below of this mind blowing mural…
