Favorite Mural - a Tossup Between a Collaboration Between Blu and David Ellis and David Ellis' Stand-alone Work

This is an animation/mural/graffiti work by the artists Blu and David Ellis. It was shot in an abandoned building that they could mess with for a few hours. Blu is famous for his unique graffiti animations. He is based in Italy but has traveled around South America and Europe making street art and occasionally performing. David Ellis is based in New York City and is heavily influenced by music and hip hop but traveled to Italy to collaborate for this animation.

2:56 on is personally my favorite part of this video. David Ellis' use of color and Blu's use of line and strange humanoid creatures interact and intertwine. Blu's style typically does not use any color at all; all he employs is a brush, white house paint, and black paint. When Blu's style collides with David Ellis' bold, colorful shapes, a kind of harmony is reached where twisting patterns are integrated into the colors.

The ephemeral quality of this art makes it especially precious, while instantly contradicting itself. Each frame of this animation is a work of art, but erasing over it does not erase its history. The art was good, but they can paint over it and make something even better. This is a good reminder for everyone, not just artists, that good things come and good things will come again. Artists need to be confident in their skill, as these two artists demonstrate.

I especially like piece by David Ellis. He typically improvises, resulting in pieces that flow and twist. They're very free-flowing. He paints often on places open to the public for such work, leaving his pieces open to interpretation, erasure, and modification.