{"id":39107,"date":"2025-04-21T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39107\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T19:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:30:12","slug":"monumental-murals-by-agostino-iacurci-vibrantly-reimagine-urban-facades-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39107\/","title":{"rendered":"Monumental Murals by Agostino Iacurci Vibrantly Reimagine Urban Facades \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Murals by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agostinoiacurci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agostino Iacurci<\/a> bring drab buildings to life in bold jewel tones, playful patterns, color blocks, and symmetry. Whether painting directly onto bricks and plaster or designing immense fabric sheaths to cover construction scaffolding, the artist\u2019s vibrant compositions enliven street corners and urban thoroughfares.<\/p>\n<p>Iacurci often emphasizes geometric patterns, flora, classical vases, and niches that hold symbolic objects or figures. You might enjoy checking out Gingko Press\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2019\/02\/mural-masters-street-art-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mural Masters<\/a>, a survey of the next generation of street artists, and see more on Iacurci\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agostinoiacurci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/agostinoiacurci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-2-960x639.jpg\" alt=\"a long, wide building with colorful murals of palm trees and geometric patterns, photographed with a person riding a scooter in front of it\" class=\"wp-image-453918\"  \/>\u201cLandscape n.1\u201d (2021), wall painting, 27.7  x 7.1 meters. Las Vegas, Nevada. Commissioned by Life is Beautiful<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-4-960x639.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a building covered entirely in a colorful, geometric mural with a light yellow background and green, blue, and red patterns\" class=\"wp-image-453920\"  \/>\u201cDisegno d\u2019esame\u201d (2021), enamel on wall, dimensions variable. Pascucci Elementary School, Santarcangelo di Romagna. Photo by Francesco Marini<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imdoku_agostino_14-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"a colorfully designed fabric mural with abstract flower shapes, draped over the side of a building to mask scaffolding\" class=\"wp-image-453928\"  \/>\u201cGr\u00fcne Oase\u201d (2024). Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Photo by Ivan Murzin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-5-960x685.jpg\" alt=\"the end of a long block of apartments with a tall mural of a Greek-style vase filled with abstract color blocks and patterns\" class=\"wp-image-453921\"  \/>\u201cCOINCIDENCES.\u201d Ensorinstituut, Oostende, Belgium. Produced by  The Crystal Ship<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-7-960x648.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a large-scale mural on a brick surface with abstract color blocks\" class=\"wp-image-453923\"  \/>Detail of \u201cCOINCIDENCES\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-10-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"a large-scale printed covering for scaffolding with geometric shapes of amphorae and other patterns\" class=\"wp-image-453926\"  \/>\u201cLandscape n.2\u201d (2021), print on PVC scaffold sheet, 17 x 14 meters. Pastificio Cerere, Rome. Photo by Carlo Romano<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-11-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, geometric mural on the side of a wide building\" class=\"wp-image-453927\"  \/>\u201cLandscape n.3\u201d (2021). Pinacoteca Civica, Foggia. Photo by Domenico d\u2019Alessandro<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-8-960x641.jpg\" alt=\"a large mural on a building with a curved facade, featuring geometric shapes and a series of Viking ships\" class=\"wp-image-453924\"  \/>\u201cL\u2019antiporta\u201d (2021),  paint on wall, dimensions variable. Biblioteca Ugo Tognazzi, Pomezia.  Curated by Marcello Smarrelli and Pastificio Cerere for Sol Indiges. Photo by Lorenzo Palmieri<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-9-960x1440.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a large-scale mural on a building comprising geometric patterns and a figure in a green dress\" class=\"wp-image-453925\"  \/>Detail of \u201cL\u2019antiporta\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-6-960x1440.jpg\" alt=\"part of a mural on a two-story building in Italy, with a red background and geometric thistle designs\" class=\"wp-image-453922\"  \/>Detail of \u201cCardi (1571-2021).\u201d Photo by Domenico d\u2019Alessandro<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iacurci-1-960x1440.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a building covered entirely in a colorful, geometric mural with a light yellow background and green, blue, and red patterns\" class=\"wp-image-453917\"  \/>Detail of \u201cDisegno d\u2019esame.\u201d Photo by Domenico d\u2019Alessandro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.local\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Murals by Agostino Iacurci bring drab buildings to life in bold jewel tones, playful patterns, color blocks, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[22244,4021,4020,4022,77,22245,4065,11168,15790,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-39107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-agostino-iacurci","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-murals","14":"tag-painting","15":"tag-public-art","16":"tag-street-art","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114377616756704348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}