Inspired by Street Art – The Big Buff

Vlady Stroy is best known for his minimal, spontaneous and socio-political street-based works. Primarily working with unsanctioned art, his practise ranges from painting to performance and public intervention. After completing his degree in fine art, he grew disillusioned with the art world and became drawn to outdoor interventions — often with an undercurrent of sarcastic, guerilla-style activism.

While a buff is traditionally the result of overpainting some existing work, Stroy's 45-meter long piece is wholly original, not covering anything in particular but simply an abstraction created from scratch on a grey wall.