
Urban art gives people a platform. Artists are transforming cities with large-scale portraits. By Elke Hildebrandt

Natural beauty
Brazilian street artist Fábio Gomes Trindade depicts the faces of women and children in his work. The locations of the portraits are always well chosen: flowers and leaves are part of their natural beauty.

„Walls of Memory“
Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra incorporates superheroes and figures from contemporary history in his work. In Murcia, Spain, he painted a Salvador Dalí mural on the façade of the cultural centre.

Expression and emotion
In her large-scale portraits, French street artist Zabou aims to express what moves people. In London, she painted a determined chess champion, the main character of a TV series.

Hyperrealistic faces
Spanish artist Belin creates monumental faces like this one in the Punto Urban Art Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. His portraits in a distinctive post-neo-Cubist style are painted freehand without templates.

Dedication visible from afar
Under the title “Home is where the heart is”, Mexican artist Adry del Rocio dedicated a 32-metre-high portrait to everyone who has had to leave their place of origin.