Faces in the Blue Wall

“The wall of the Psychiatric Hospital of Lisbon continues, continues, continues for 1 km. At one point, a deep blue sea and begins to cover it and the faces appear to stare at us.”

untitled, Nark, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Portrait of a woman with stretched black hair and blue lips. The collar of the jackets is part of the letters "N" and "A" tag artist "NARK". The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Smile, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Two faces marked by life. The right face grimaces without knowing why it does and not caring on doing it. It is written on each side "Fez-se Puff!". The face on the left has a long lost look.

untitled, Tinta Crua, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A woman with a flower in her hair is under a tree in bloom, with eyes wide open. In the background the author painted gray buildings.

untitled, DRAW, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Three melting faces with crazy eyes looking for something in dispair .

untitled, Drawing Jesus, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Six crazily happy faces without knowing why they are happy or very happy crazy.

Mindset, ADDFUEL; EIME, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Painted with a pattern of blue tiles with the word MENTALIDADE (MINDSET). In front is a man squatting with paper bag on his head doing scribbles on the ground with a stick. The artists signed this piece with a dark blue square with their names (ADDFUEL + Eime).

untitled, Hugo Lucas, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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On the left, two figures, a woman and a man looking at each other. They are supposedly naked inside the barrels. Both have tattoos with the word "love." Among them are several onomatopoeia. In the center is a room painted, evoking the Van Gogh painting "The Bedroom." Right in front with a clear background, is a painted figure on a technical cabinet.

untitled, Tamara Alves, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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There's a girl eating a bird. She is a feline and not conscious of the feathers covering the animal, keeping him dead in her mouth. Her gaze is distant, silent, who once hunted prey, not showing any kind of disturbance experiencing this unusual situation.

untitled, GLAM, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A blue mosaic as a monster with piercing blue eyes is eating the word "Alma" (means Soul) with sharp teeth.

Be the Beyonce You Wish to See in This World, Wasted Rita, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A set of faces are floating on blue wall accompanied by the phrase "Be the Beyoncé you wish to see in this world". These are the hardest powerful women, scatological, angry attitudes. The podium "Top Women 2014," visible on the right side, you are always in the top three.

untitled, Leonor Brilha, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Woman seen from behind, whose matted hair like the waves of a troubled sea a  tiny caravel is surfing the waves The hair builds a face, invoking Cape of Storms, former name of Cape of Good Hope On the back of this woman the phrase "No man is born Distraught Life embarrasses himself like hair". The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Edis One, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Boy riding a flying bike. The boy is dressed in a yellow shirt, green trousers and gray wool cap. From the pedals leaves a cloud of color samples, marking the path of the flying bicycle. In the upper left corner is painted the phrase "I want to dream." The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Uivo, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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In front of us is a wild animal, an alien composed of two other small creatures that inhabit it In the background, we find a landscape made ​​of hills releasing gelatinous chunks floating and involve this triple entity.

Longe do Olhar. Longa da Alma, Sphiza, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A man with hand holding his face with a lost and still curious intense gaze With a geometric background the author wrote: "Away from the sight, Away from the Soul."

untitled, Mar, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A being is quietly smoking. We only see his huge head with multiple faces, two other in profile and one facing us. There are also two big gloved hands, whose fingers are touching, in an introspective attitude.

untitled, Nicolae Negura, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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This is a superhero, very gallant and adorned. The flying figure appears to be attacking, because he is releasing from both hands all the power of his superpowers. However, the blind superhero, looks surprised and even, possibly, going into a sudden plunge.

untitled, MAAT, 2013-05-03, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Color a picture of a figure with a worried look on his forehead that is divided into three heads. The head on the left uses a monocle, his head in the center looks sad, and the right head is looking curiously at a brain floating above the head center. The brain is connected to the center of the head by a cable. The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Sushi Moa, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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It's a party, full of colors, candy, cakes, girls, pandas, hearts, cornucopias, arabesques and spirals. All these elements are full of colors and floating like cotton candy on a blue wall.

untitled, Odeith, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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The artist took the letters of his tag (ODEITH) to draw in the background the main entrance to Psychiatric Hospital Júlio de Matos, where the wall is located. The wall has a blue background.

untitled, Jaime Ferraz, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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On the blue wall, the face of a man appears. His features are briefly outlined by stains curves. We might feel some sadness and even a moment of shock on the face expression. With the same shades of gray, floating station three small bubbles shaped ships.

untitled, Slap, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A black and white portrait of a woman, with lips painted red blood as a whale. The red paint is falling from her lips. The portrait is based on the poster of the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha". The letters "SK" on the left of the picture, and "TR" on the right, painted in shades of gray represent the crew that the artist belongs. There are some oriental characters followed by the words "Kill Tradition". The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Maio, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Three views of the color of a man without skin showing the morphology of the muscles from the waist to the head. A side view on the left, a rear view of the center and a front view on the right. The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Monk, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A Colored picture of a man's head, divided vertically in half, showing the skin layer, the layer of muscles and skull on blue peaks. The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

untitled, Béu and Opeo, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Behind the Devil's trumpet flower and some other plants, hides a fleeting look of a wild being. All in the same color palette, the figure is accompanied by tag Beu, a tiled background with the same geometric pattern.

untitled, Smile, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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Face marked by life, penetrating eyes in shades of blue. Smoking a cigarette with his head covered by a hood. The crown designed means the artist is very experienced.

untitled, Miguel Ayako, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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This image is a woman drawn like a stained glass in shades of blue. Yellow lightning bolts, crossing her face from her forehead and deep red lips.

untitled, José Carvalho, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A thinker is imagining birds. They leave your head in the center of the composition, unfolding into layers of different species and both ends off the wall. On the forehead of the figure's head appears another pigeon. This is a man, however half human, half bird.

untitled, Drawing Jesus, 2013/2013, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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This face is an amalgam. All its elements are disordered compared to the normal configuration of the human face. We can find a male profile, a nose, an ear, a mouth that screams, one eye glancing at us. In the center of the face, something comes as a landscape, probably a cave with stalactites, stalagmites and a small lake.

untitled, EIME, 2012/2012, From the collection of: Galeria de Arte Urbana
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A black and white portrait of an angry man, showing his teeth. The picture shows only from the neck to the line of the ears. The background is blue, characteristic of the project in which the piece is built: "Faces in the Blue Wall."

Credits: Story

Fotografia—2013 José Vicente | GAU | DPC | CML

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