DMV crew members Sowat & Lek recently teamed up to paint their largest mural to date in Evry, France. Measuring impressive 150 feet long x 27 feet high the mural was done in collaboration with the local street art festival.This unusual, abstract mural is consisting of Lek's & Sowat's signature elements such as lines, geometric colorful or abstract shapes and repetitive calligraphic symbols. The artist's idea was to create sort of a tribute to the colossal wall paintings that flourished in the 70s along France’s freeways and tunnels. Along with painting the large wall on the side of the local college building, the artist included the roof elements into this masterpiece of street art. Check out more closeup images of this complex work and come back soon for more top news from around the world. Read The Full Story »
Sowat and Lek are currently in Saint-Etienne in France where they just finished working on a new piece for "Le Mur Saint Etienne". The duo was invited by Ella & Pitr.The idea behind the work was to produce was to create a modern and abstract war banner. To do that, working in the studio lent by Ella & Pitr, Sowat spent the first night tracing black bits and pieces of deconstructed letters with dripping paint brushes that Lek covered the next day with gold circles and lines. Once everything was dry, we proceeded to carefully place the piece on top of its designated billboard...Continue reading for more detailed images and then check back with us soon for more mural updates from France.Read The Full Story »
Our friends Lek and Sowat just released a new edition entitled "Paper Trail" via the good lads from Sold Art Gallery.The producer chose to publish a lithography hand-embellished by Lek and Sowat, both artists stayed three days in the studio of URDLA in Villeurbanne, France in order to create this print with a traditional printing-system which is still using 200 kilos stones."Paper Trail" is an edition of 30, it measures 80 x 120 cm, 2 color lithographic print, each one has been hand-embellished by the artists making each unique.Continue reading to discover more images and a video on this edition and then you can grab yourself a copy via Sold Art's online store.Read The Full Story »
