Mike FranksBy Amsterdam artist Niels "Shoe" Meulman @nielsshoemeulman at Wapping Street, Aberdeen, Scotland in June 2024 as part of @nuartaberdeen festival. Photos taken April 2025.
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"Last week I painted a large scale mural in Scotland, as I was one of the lucky artists to be (re)invited to the magnificent NuArt Aberdeen street art festival.
The main piece I did features the three main disciplines when it comes to letters:
- calligraphy (first layer painted with a broom)
- typography (roman capitals, Benguiat-style)
- lettering (details, drips and colored initials)
It reads:
Real graffiti writers
Do this illegally
Hanging from a rope
In the dark
Abseiling (or rappelling) graffiti is the latest and most admirable of the many forms of illegal name-writing. Born in São Paolo and Berlin, now practiced by daredevils worldwide. It shows us that graffiti culture is still evolving to highs (no pun intended) we never could have imagined.
My piece on the 7 by 30 meter wall is a twofold tribute.
Firstly, I am in awe of those who put their life on the line (another unintended pun) for our illegal existentialist cause, by hanging from buildings. I sometimes feel ashamed to not to get involved in this, but at the tender age of 56, my urge to get up (unintended pun #3) may just not be what it once was.
Secondly, my mural for NuArt Aberdeen is a tribute to the –genius but still somewhat unknown– Amsterdam graffiti pioneer Dr. Rat (Ivar Vičs), who bombed my city with his excellent drawings and ‘gothic’ letters before his untimely death in 1981. There is much to say about his work but better is it to watch the video ‘Dr. Rat Pissteeg’ on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean." @nielsshoemeulman June 13, 2024
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Artist website: https://nielsshoemeulman.com
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#AberdeenInspired #aberdeenstreetart #abseiling #acrylic #arteurbano #artinthestreets #calligraphy #contemporaryart #drrat #dutchartist #global street art #graffiti #insearchofstreetart #jj_urbanart #lettering #mural #muralartist #Nua
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"Last week I painted a large scale mural in Scotland, as I was one of the lucky artists to be (re)invited to the magnificent NuArt Aberdeen street art festival.
The main piece I did features the three main disciplines when it comes to letters:
- calligraphy (first layer painted with a broom)
- typography (roman capitals, Benguiat-style)
- lettering (details, drips and colored initials)
It reads:
Real graffiti writers
Do this illegally
Hanging from a rope
In the dark
Abseiling (or rappelling) graffiti is the latest and most admirable of the many forms of illegal name-writing. Born in São Paolo and Berlin, now practiced by daredevils worldwide. It shows us that graffiti culture is still evolving to highs (no pun intended) we never could have imagined.
My piece on the 7 by 30 meter wall is a twofold tribute.
Firstly, I am in awe of those who put their life on the line (another unintended pun) for our illegal existentialist cause, by hanging from buildings. I sometimes feel ashamed to not to get involved in this, but at the tender age of 56, my urge to get up (unintended pun #3) may just not be what it once was.
Secondly, my mural for NuArt Aberdeen is a tribute to the –genius but still somewhat unknown– Amsterdam graffiti pioneer Dr. Rat (Ivar Vičs), who bombed my city with his excellent drawings and ‘gothic’ letters before his untimely death in 1981. There is much to say about his work but better is it to watch the video ‘Dr. Rat Pissteeg’ on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean." @nielsshoemeulman June 13, 2024
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Artist website: https://nielsshoemeulman.com
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#AberdeenInspired #aberdeenstreetart #abseiling #acrylic #arteurbano #artinthestreets #calligraphy #contemporaryart #drrat #dutchartist #global street art #graffiti #insearchofstreetart #jj_urbanart #lettering #mural #muralartist #Nua
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