SatOne “TALKING LIKE A WATERFALL”
Another impressive large scale mural from Satone as he continues to spread color and paint around the world. This time he stopped in Rome for the Big City Life Project curated by 999contemporary. GF “TALKING LIKE A WATERFALL” SatOne 2015 (BIG CITY LIFE project in Tormarancia / Rome / Italy) “The idea is about the...
Lek & Sowat ‘Veni Vidi Vinci’ in Roma
For their participation to the Big City Life project, led by 999 Contemporary, Lek & Sowat came to Rome to paint the biggest spelling mistake of the eternal city’s Graffiti history. Inspiring themselves from the famous‘Veni Vidi Vici’ quote, used by Julius Caesar in 47 BC following his victorius Zela campaign, the two artist also...
Clemens Behr in Rome for Urban Avant-garde Roma Street Art Festival 2014
999 Contemporary and Stefano S. Antonelli have kicked off their Urban Avant-garde Roma Street Art festival 2014 with a monumental mural by Clemens Behr. The wall measuring 42 by 18 meters was painted on ATAC building in Rome. The street art festival will host 30 local and international artists over the next 2 months...
Preview 108 Solo Exhibition “The thin mountain, the soft mountain” at 999Contemporary
We are pleased to announce 108 will be exhibiting at 999Contemporary in Rome this week. The exhibition “The thin mountain, the soft mountain” curated by Stefano S. Antonelli sets out to showcase 108’s important role in Italian Graffiti/Urban art. Following the last exhibition of Moneyless 108 sets out to follow up with another impressive...
Mural Update Borondo “PIEDAD”
Borondo finished yet another monumental mural titled “Piedad”. The mural measures 130 ft representing 2 figures in a moment of embrace and Kiss. Borondo utilizes only a brush and roller with extension poll to paint these beautifully rendered figures. Working in flesh tone and earthy palette the artist paints loose yet is able to capture...
Mural Update Borondo
Borondo painted his most recent mural in Blanca Spain. The mural depicts 3 figures in what seem like a reference to the 3 graces but when you look closer you see faceless figures representing a larger demographic. As the figures seem to dance or turn in a closed circle so to is the reference...
Preview Moneyless Solo Exhibition “ALEA IACTA EST” at 999 Contemporary Rome
Moneyless will be exhibiting a new body of work in his first solo exhibition of 2013 in the city of Rome with 999 Contemporary. The titled of the exhibition “ALEA IACTA EST” is Latin for Let the Die be cast. The term was was originally used by Caesar as he crossed the point of no...
Video Mural Update Borondo in Rome
999 Contemporary just shared this new video and Project that they helped put together. The mural painted by Borondo was painted in San Lorenzo Rome and part of the Logout Project. Borondo paints a large scale portrait in an abstract painterly style. The large mural is another example of contemporary artists working in...
Wall Update Christopher Derek Bruno Rome
Derek has been making his way through Europe this summer. On one of these stops he painted this wall in Rome. The wall was curated by 999Contemporary as part of a public art project in the area Via Ostiense. This twentieth century industrial district has become a public art district in Rome. 999 Contemporary has...
New Mural 2501, Moneyless, Martina Merlini, Andreco, Tellas, Gaia & Ozmo in Rome
An amazing collaboration has been taking place the last few weeks in Rome, involving artists 2501, Moneyless, Martina Merlini, Andreco, Tellas, Gaia, and Ozmo. The artists choosing to work in collaboration have combined their aesthetic elements, as well as completely covering each others work. This is the truest sense of collaboration, one where you are...