Image of the Day

[randy_byers]

Brussels, November 2010

Belgium is, amongst many other things, apparently a center of European comics culture. This is celebrated in Brussels with a series of murals in the city center. I'm not sure which artist is being honored in this one, but I love how, despite the crappy photo quality, there are a lot of perspective shifts, trompe-l'œil, and palimpsests in this shot.

There's a lot of great street art in Brussels, and just a lot of cool design in general. Belgium also lays claim to being the source of art nouveau. This is balanced somewhat by an overabundance of scary clowns and puppets.

Comments

[mrhedgehog.livejournal.com]

"..which artist" Hmm, maybe Joost Swarte? But I thought he's Dutch?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

There's a nice gallery of murals in Brussels that indicates it's François Schuiten.