The whale and the ship L'Afrique by A-mo — artwork #6880 by A-mo · Bordeaux, France
graffiti baleine boat bateau nature whale marine maritime
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A self-taught artist born in 1982, A-mo discovered urban art in the late 1990s in Bordeaux and developed a distinctive technique he calls the paintag. The process involves layering hundreds of tags — stylized spray-painted or marker signatures — that interweave like oil paint strokes, gradually revealing detailed animal figures when viewed from a distance. Up close, the viewer sees only a dense t…
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Added 26/03/2023
A majestic blue whale swims against a black background at Quai des Chartrons, overlooked by the white silhouette of a ship inscribed "L'Afrique - the wreck of the French Titanic". A-mo pays tribute to this ship that sank in 1920 with this poetic composition blending marine fauna and maritime memory. The blue palette and anatomical precision of the animal highlight the artist's naturalist talent.
The artwork La baleine et le navire L'Afrique par A-mo is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Bordeaux in France, more precisely here: 76 Quai des Chartrons, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
This graffiti is also tagged as: baleine, boat, bateau, nature, whale, marine, maritime.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: A-mo
The photo was published on 26-03-2023 by Mephisroth.
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