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Abcdanke

Daniil Abcdanke's mural for the Smena public art festival

A new mural by Daniil Abcdanke has appeared in Kovdor in the Murmansk region, created for the Smena festival of monumental art. The artist was one of seven winners of the festival's open call, with a work connected to the history and visual image of the town.

  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
  • Мурал Даниила Abcdanke для паблик-арт фестиваля Смена
© Smena festival press office. Photo: Artyom Gryanik

Daniil turned to the very character of Kovdor, an industrial town in the north surrounded by natural landscape and tied to its mining and processing plant. The composition features recognisable details of local life: the quarry, the railway, the industrial infrastructure. Real images sit alongside freer, more symbolic motifs, turning the townscape into a space for associations.

The second season of Smena runs under the theme "In Progress" and brings together artists working with industrial towns and local stories. This year the festival covers 15 towns and settlements, with 24 artists taking part in the programme.

About the artist

Abcdanke

Abcdanke

Lives and works in Moscow

Daniil Abcdanke is an artist who began his practice in street art in 2008. Today his visual language is a finely balanced synthesis of graffiti, painting and experimental visual forms. Drawing inspiration from nature, travel, music and the urban environment, he creates works in which real landscapes are transformed into abstract visual images. His canvases are rich in colour, texture and detail, and their narrative…

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