BIGI

Piece name: “Dream and Create”

Client: L1 Convention Center TLV

This mural is a love letter for the roots of hip hop culture. depicting a typicalBrooklyn scenery of a train bridge crossing over a street and its buildings, the scene is full traditional graffiti all over the urban landscape, which gives an old school theme to it all.At the front of the painting, are 4 main characters: Cheech Wizard and Bode Lizard - being ahomage to the legendary and iconic comics artist Bode, whose work has influenced the earlygraffiti scene heavily. next to these two, is the iconic figure of the statue of liberty of NYC,except this one is carrying spray paint cans rather than a torch, and is wearing sneakers.Finally, to the left of the statue of liberty, is the famous Brooklyn born rapper Biggie Smalls(RIP), who influenced and elevated hip hop culture all over the world. Together thesecharacters cross from the roof onto a bus roof and down to the street in an unconventionalfashion, resembling an alternative album cover.​​

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Painted in: 2021