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Blu paints thought-provoking murals in cities across the world

Street artist Blu is the person behind some notable murals that have sprung up in various cities across the globe, most recently in Niscemi, Italy – where he created a massive piece depicting a military figure playing a weaponised xylophone.

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Blu's mural depicting a skeletal military figure playing a xylophone made of weapons and ammunition shells against a brick wall backdrop

Of course Blu's work always tends to show his perspective on contemporary society from sharing his views on religion and politics to showing a clear hatred for war and poverty. His murals always make you take a step back and consider the scale of emotion and thinking behind each one.

Large-scale mural by Blu showing gloved hands assembling military weapons and machinery against a red brick wall backdrop
Large mural by Blu on a pink and blue building showing a yellow skeletal figure holding a green barrel, commenting on military and social issues
Large-scale mural by Blu showing a military figure with a weaponised xylophone against radiating red and yellow concentric circles, with sketched figures below, on an urban wall
Blu's mural in Niscemi, Italy showing a military figure with glasses playing a weaponised xylophone, with concentric red waves and soldiers below
Blu's mural on a white-painted brick building façade featuring overlapping yellow taxi cabs and outlined vehicles in various poses across the entire wall surface
Large mural split between a detailed monochrome sketch on the lower half and a vibrant abstract burst of yellow, blue and orange on the upper half, covering an urban building wall
Detailed ink drawing crowded with everyday objects, animals, machinery and architectural elements in a chaotic composition with selective colour highlights in green, yellow and blue
Large mural on apartment building showing a cross-section of earth layers with trees on top and colourful refuse below, connected to a drainpipe
A mural by Blu depicting a large ship transformed into a cityscape with buildings and a dome, surrounded by whales in blue water below
Blu's mural in shades of blue depicting abstracted mechanical and robotic forms intertwined with sketched lines across a weathered wall surface
Blue mural featuring stylised fish swimming across a weathered concrete wall with a boarded-up window and door
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