What goes around comes around

Sepe is another artist at this year’s ARTURb residency in Lagos, Portugal for which he created this beautiful mural titled “What Goes Around Comes Around”.
The mural remind us of traditional history painting with a linear narrative which in this case works as a comment on the history of the country going from a powerful conqueror status to face the huge exodus most of it population is experiencing due the lack of opportunities.
The colours seem to mark a transition between these two stages, going from a dark lilac to  grey and soft pinks. His character are drawn as sketches, in a recognizable comic-like style and integrating the structural elements of the building into the composition. Nostalgia and insecurity are two words that come to my mind.

Artwork made during the 2014 edition of ARTURb - United Artists in Residence

ARTURb is a unique project in the Algarve that involves some of the most important names in urban art. This project consists of a period of artistic residency at LAC, followed by an exhibition at the same location and several public art interventions throughout the city of Lagos, guided tours and the launch of a catalogue.

During the period of artistic residency, artists have complete freedom to develop their work inside and outside the collective space of the LAC (former Lagos prison) which is available for any intervention, adaptation or artistic creation