WATCH THIS SPACE: MAYONAIZE
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Artist: Mayonaize (@mayonaize)
Date: 2017
Location: YMCA car park, Cashel Street
Located in the unassuming setting of the YMCA rear car park, Aotearoa-born, Melbourne-based artist Mayonaize’s stunning mural was produced as part of 2017’s Street Prints Ōtautahi event. Co-hosted by the YMCA with the North Island-based organisation Street Prints, the event saw a slew of artists arrive in Ōtautahi and produce murals across the city. Mayonaize’s striking work is a stunning example of contemporary muralism’s potential, eschewing figuration and representation in favour of a more abstract composition that harnesses calligraphic forms to construct a dynamic and evocative spatial dynamic. Concentric circles emanate outwards, increasing in size and revealing the bodily exertion of the artist across the wall in sweeping gestures. The greyscale palette densely packs the background in seemingly chaotic energy, with a unifying sense of order in the vortexes created in the pale blue circular forms that envelop the wall. Mayonaize’s hidden gem is well worth hunting out!