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Carrier Pigeon

Rembrandt, the oldest café in Tongeren (from 1881), no longer has a blind wall. Adéle Renault, a famous street art artist  has colored the facade with a life-size pigeon. "Pigeons are a metaphor for people," she explains. "Just because they are so urbanized." 
Adèle Renault has painted a carrier pigeon. Her work has been commissioned by Hip Hub Hooray, a regional hip hop festival with street art, break dance and other expressions of hip hop culture - and in collaboration with MoMent. The latter is a culture festival that runs this summer for the third year in a row in Tongeren. 
"The painting is the first of a series that we want to introduce to public places in the region," says Daniëlle Gielen of Hip Hub Hooray. "We want to realize a network of murals and thus connect the cities in the region."
The owners of café Rembrandt, were immediately able to freshen up the facade of their shop with a work of art. “The pigeon is not only painted in great detail, it is also a good example of an illusion. If you look good at the wall painting, you can even let the pigeon eat from your hand."

Created on July 14, 2019
Leopoldwal 5, 3700 Tongeren, Belgium
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Marker details

Date created2019-07-14T22:00:00.000Z
Camera usedONEPLUS A5010
Marker typeartwork
CityTongeren
CountryBelgium
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