Monday Mural - Vhils in Aveiro

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks, Sami  

I spotted this mural just down the road from the old train station in the Portuguese city of Aveiro, when I visited in March this year -  at Rua (str) Dr. João de Moura.

You can check the post here and see the beautiful old station covered in blue tiles and other amazing Art Nouveau houses and monuments.

Sculpted (not really painted) by the very talented Portuguese young street artist Vhils, born Alexandre Farto in 1987.

It was done on the facade of an old building, and I spotted another mural next to it, which was now covered in scaffolding, and a new apartment block was coming up.

From the photos it appears that the old facade will stay, so hopefully Whils' mural, and maybe even the other one will stay.

Details of the brick sculpting

You might be able to spot 2 figures painted by the window at the bottom right.

The above mural by António Conceição depicts four young people on the facade of an abandoned building. The shadows create an optical illusion, and the figures appear to be walking on the wall with the onlooker having a bird’s eye view.  (photo below from the net, of what it looked like before the scaffolding)

(photo from net)

The following day we drove to Carregal do Sal, the country town where I had lived before coming to Australia, where Karina and I stayed with my cousin. Imagine my surprise when I found a Vhils limited edition plate in the entrance hall of the house! 

How about that?