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A London Street Artist Paints Swarms of Bees on Urban Walls to Raise Awareness of Colony Collapse Disorder
Street artist Louis Masai is on a one-man mission to raise awareness of the plight of the humble honey bee through his The Art of Beeing mural project . The murals began shortly after Michel returned from a trip to South Africa where he was painting endangered animals, when he began to learn about about bees and the grave implications of colony collapse disorder. He immediately set out to paint a series of murals incorporating bees on walls around London in May of last year, but the endeavor proved wildly popular and has since spread to Bristol, Devon, Glastonbury, Croatia, New York, Miami, and New Orleans. Many of the bee works were done in collaboration with artist Jim Vision, including pieces in Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, and Hackney.
Michel is currently taking a break from bees to open a show of unrelated artwork at Lollipop Gallery later next month, but plans are in the making for a phase two sometime next year. See more of his work on Instagram.
Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith courtesy Sony’s #FutureofCities
Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith courtesy Sony’s #FutureofCities
#bees #environment #street art
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