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Classical Wheatpastes by Zilda

French street artist Zilda incorporates both classical and contemporary imagery into his wheatpastes.

Zilda, in his own words, from unurth:

It is essential to know the social and architectural stratification of a city, to get familiar with its streets, its quarters, and to view that urban setting as a constraint that stimulates the staging of my ideas.

‘Spotting the city’ amounts to approaching it like an open-air museum where each wall constitutes a hypothetical painting, a backdrop already developing its own aesthetics and organization of colors and materials.

Zilda also created a series that drew its imagery from classic Roman cinema of the ’50s and ’60s.

All images courtesy of Zilda’s Flickr stream via Vandalog and My Modern Met



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4 Responses to “Classical Wheatpastes by Zilda”

  1. Guru says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    I am in love with these pictures, They really look amazing

  2. Andrea Garcia says:
    February 5, 2011 at 2:22 am

    This is amazing…old art coming back with a vengeance.

  3. Emily Cotton says:
    February 11, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    I LOVE THIS!!!!!! amazing i love public art !

  4. Thiago Bradshaw says:
    October 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    Perfect and creative!

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