It's been a while since I wrote a post, sorry for the 'silence radio!' I've been very busy with a holiday job which has taken up all my time. But I am jumping on now to write a quick post about a trip to Brussels I managed to squeeze in last weekend with friends. We had a lot of fun there and lots of good food--moules et frites et biere was certainly not the only thing(though very good)! Brussels is a very cool city, very nice-looking and buzzy and of course it has some great street art, different to Paris(though there is some pochoir stuff and some of the Parisians have painted in Brussels too).
Belgium has of course long been known for its fantastic comic-book art, it's known as the 'Neuvieme Art' or Ninth Art there and they take it very seriously, not surprisingly, in the land of Tintin and Lucky Luke and the Smurfs! I had a fantastic time in the Centre Belge de la Bande dessinee(Belgian Comic Strip Center)which has great expos and an awesome library, you just have to see it if you're in Brussels: http://www.comicscenter.net/en/home
Because Brussels is so much the home of comic-strip art, it is not surprising that a lot of its street art echoes the comic-strip and cartoons, with several murals also paying homage to the greats like Herge. You can go on a comic-strip street art tour, too, which is quite fun. There's all sorts of other styles to spot though too.
Belgium has of course long been known for its fantastic comic-book art, it's known as the 'Neuvieme Art' or Ninth Art there and they take it very seriously, not surprisingly, in the land of Tintin and Lucky Luke and the Smurfs! I had a fantastic time in the Centre Belge de la Bande dessinee(Belgian Comic Strip Center)which has great expos and an awesome library, you just have to see it if you're in Brussels: http://www.comicscenter.net/en/home
Because Brussels is so much the home of comic-strip art, it is not surprising that a lot of its street art echoes the comic-strip and cartoons, with several murals also paying homage to the greats like Herge. You can go on a comic-strip street art tour, too, which is quite fun. There's all sorts of other styles to spot though too.
