He was far, very far from his native land when he landed in Morlaix. Guest of the MX Arts Tour in June, the artist from Bali Wild Painting has nevertheless left his mark in the small town of Finistère. On the gable of a house in the rue de Brest, the Balinese had produced an exceptional painting as part of the street-art festival. His “Message in a bottle” was crowned on Sunday by being voted the most beautiful work of street-art of 2022. Established by the Trompe l’oeil site, this ranking is the result of votes from the public and a jury of connoisseurs. Last year, he had already seen a work produced as part of the Morlaix festival triumph by crowning “The emergency kit”, by the Dutch artist Leon Keer, as recalled by The Telegram.
This year, it is once again the small town of Finistère which has won. Of the more than 14,000 votes from Internet users, the work showing a young girl locked in a bottle received 4,616, to which must be added a real plebiscite from the jury. “Today, more and more people are trapped and alone in their bottled up world… Nobody listens to their desperate efforts for communication, help and humanity,” the artist said.
Less prominent among Internet users, the work of French artist Seth ranks second. This trompe-l’oeil painted on a building in Le Mans (Sarthe) had already ranked fifth in a global competition organized by Street Art Cities.
It should be noted that Brittany places another of its representatives on the podium with the work of Aero carried out in Aurec-sur-Loire, very close to Saint-Etienne. The street-artist based in Rennes is the only one to have placed two of his works among the most beautiful of 2022.