“ The boundaries of art are changing . This project will continue to shift the paradigm of how people interact with art .”
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Logan Hicks has a beautiful cityscape scene arcing over a passageway called The Waterway . He is a New York-based stencil artist whose work explores the dynamics of the urban environment . Stenciling started as a substitution for screen printing , but quickly morphed into Logan ' s medium of choice . With his photorealistic style , Logan draws a parallel between the cold , harsh city and a warm , vibrant organism . It is alive ; a breathing creature where the ebb and flow of people washing over its sidewalks act as cells circulating through its veins .
Jen Stark was born in Miami , Florida in 1983 and received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005 . She has made some amazing noise the last few years with large murals on buildings nationwide - including the Surf Lodge in Montauk a few years back - and she designed the sets and commercials for MTV Music Awards the year Miley Cyrus hosted . Her artwork mimics intricate melting patterns and colors found in nature while exploring ideas of replication and infinity . Stark said her mural took about a week and she used a team of 3 or 4 assistants .
Mural by Logan Hicks
Six European artists who contributed to the stadium include Portugal ’ s Vhils , one of the most innovative artists working today whose textural muralscome to life after he drills and jackhammers away layers of concrete revealing his portraits . His major contribution at the stadium is his portrait of famous coach Don Shula . South America is represented by the bold and colorful works of three artists : Felipe Pantone , Dasic Fernandez and the art collective AVAF . Rounding out the group from Australia is Fintan Magee , whose surreal and figurative large-scale works dominate landscapes around the globe .
Much like art at the Wynwood Walls , the artwork will expand and change over time . The rotation of the murals will enable the dialogue to consistently change and expose an all ages audience to artists with different styles .
So now art lovers can experience art in whole new ways in an unlikely venue and in enormous sizes . At a football game fans get a game , a gourmet meal and a gander at the world ’ s largest indoor museum show .
Jen Stark at work
“ The boundaries of art are changing . This project will continue to shift the paradigm of how people interact with art .”
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