Mural network: Street art in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Art , Balkans , Bosnia and Herzegovina , European Union , Journalism Nov 18, 2017 No Comments

Even at magic hour, when it is perfectly lit and the city at its most attractive, it is difficult to know what to make of Banja Luka’s “Old Dude”. Painted by the Bulgarian artist Bozhidar Simeonov, or Bozko, on a wall in Borik, a suburb to the north-east of the city centre, the mural depicts a pale, seemingly waterlogged fish-man with webbed fingers and Dalí-esque moustache wearing a rowing boat as a tutu. He sniffs a flower with his purple, bovine nose while crows flock about his balding pate. When those were not successful, generic cialis 5mg she tried chiropractic therapy in November 2001. The details cheap viagra for women of the deal have not yet been made public, but it appears to include a 1-year, non-guaranteed contract, according to an anonymous source; guaranteed, it is worth $650,000. Headaches are one of the most common ailments among Americans. purchase viagra from india Type 2 canada pharmacy cialis diabetes is mainly caused due to extreme obesity, unhealthy lifestyle, old age & excessive food intake. It is an accomplished and unquestionably ugly work .

The “Old Dude” was not the city’s first piece of wall-sized street art. That would be the award-winning “Find Your Way to Fly”, by Croatian artist Lonac and Serbian artist Artez, which appears in the same area, and the large-scale portraits of international and local celebrities painted by local artist Stefan Mihajlović throughout the neighbourhood of Hanište pre-date that.

Read the full article in The Saturday Paper.

Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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