(Barcelona, Spain)
Aryz prefers to paint simply for the sake of painting. He enjoys using classic street art tools such as brushes, spray paint, rollers, and more. He paints in abandoned factories because people avoid bothering him there. These factories often offer a perfect location due to their huge walls and varied surfaces. Aryz attributes his skill as a painter to aerosols because that was the method that he used primarily to practice.
Aryz creates large character murals. This quickly earns him a spot with some of the best muralists. He states that placing a shape on a wall is a simple excuse to put colors in one place or another.
His street art often includes gigantic creatures, arranged through strange, emotional mixtures expressing both rawness and tenderness. His art may also represent a paint palette of vibrant, cool colors which create fantastic atmospheres resembling those of science fiction.
Watch a video by CityLeaks:
CityLeaks proudly presents ARYZ. This clip was shot for the CityLeaks Urban Art Festival (2nd-22nd of september 2013) i n Cologne Germany. The mural is located at Severinswall 54, 50678 Köln. more on the festivals second edition on: www.cityleaks-festival.com ABOUT ARYZ For many reasons young Catalonian artist ARYZ counts among the protagonists on the international street art scene. Marked by an intensive colourfulness and compositional brilliance, his large-scale murals never fall short of fascinating the observer. No matter if human, animal or skeleton – ARYZ’s surreal characters always appear strangely decomposed and therefore in a precarious state between life and death. No wonder then that in his morbid universe even the laws of nature are suspended: the borders between inside and outside as well as between humans, animals and machines are continuously blurred. Despite being undeniably indebted to Dalí, ARYZ’s style along with its subtle air of social critique is of unmistakable originality. Wall-consuming illustration, striking graffiti, and detailed anatomical study eventually fuse into a symbolism of hypnotic power. In recent years ARYZ has been a restless traveller, painting his immense murals in metropolises all across the globe. www.aryz.es camera operators: Rodrigo Mirando, Jan-Simon Krüger edit: Oliver Müller production: Lichthof Ehrenfeld interview: Georg Barringhaus music content partner: www.upmalley.net