Bhubaneswar: As part of the Street Art and Murals Project (STAMP) of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), city-based Bakul Foundation has mobilised five famous international street artists – Tracy Lee Stum, Anat Ronen, Zee Schindler, Julio Jimenez and Sayak Mitra. The team will be in the city from November 1 to 15 during which they will paint the sidewalls of the flyovers on the National Highway and create some iconic murals that would give Bhubaneswar an artistic stamp in the world.
Renowned street artist Tracy Lee Stum, known for her spectacular interactive 3D chalk paintings has been an “Arts Ambassador of America” and has travelled to different countries on behalf of the Arts Department of the USA, demonstrating and teaching 3D street art.
During her trip to India, she had conducted a workshop with young artists and children at Bakul Foundation in Bhubaneswar as a guest of the US Consulate, Hyderabad. Tracy has been inspired by Bhubaneswar’s attempt to become a child friendly city and will create a huge mural with a 3D illusion showing children at play. Bakul Foundation has played a major role in the STAMP initiative of BMC and has in the past undertaken the painting of flyovers at Rajmahal, Acharya Vihar and Jayadev Vihar.
Anat Ronen of Israeli origin, currently based in Houston, USA tries to reflect her views on current affairs, injustice all over the globe, social matters and love for animals. She will be painting at Acharya Vihar. Since the pillars of the flyover have already been painted on the theme of birds, given its proximity to the Natural History Museum, Anat will be painting a huge pangolin, drawing attention to the illegal trade of the animal. She will also paint the stunning Indian roller bird, the state bird of Odisha.
Zee Schindler, an artist of Brazilian origin, now based in Las Vegas, will be painting on the flyover at the ID Market turning. She will present a 3D illusion of trucks bursting out of the walls and eco-friendly bulbs fixed to the wall.
Los Angeles based Julio Jimenez of Mexican origin will be painting the inside wall under the Jayadev Vihar flyover. He will create a 3D illusion of hockey being played as the murals are coming up before the Hockey World Cup. Sayak Mitra, originally from Kolkata, now based in Los Angeles, could not travel to Bhubaneswar but his paintings will be executed by others.
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