The installation by artist Ray Bartkus, “Floating World”, is an upside-down mural that can only be perceived by looking at it reflected in the river below.
It looks like an upside-down painting, an upside-down drawing without a logical thread. Yet if you look down a little the vision of this mural leaves you spellbound: the graffito is reflected beautifully in the body of water below, to give an overall idea that is unprecedented.
It is a work with the precise title, "Floating World", and comes from the genius of the New York artist of Lithuanian origin Ray Bartkus who gave birth (also) to this original mural on the shore of the Lithuanian river Šešupė, in the city of Marijampolé , in the south of the country.
Designed, therefore, to make full use of the surface of the water as a real canvas, the mural was intentionally painted upside down so that the swimmers, rowers and swans depicted were reflected on the right side of the river that flows through the center of the city.
A graffiti that is anything but simple. In fact it is rather an authentic jewel of urban art, which gives life to a "reflection" effect in a masterly way that integrates perfectly with the surrounding environment.
Bartkus with the “Floating World” is a noble purpose: the mural is in fact part of the works of the MaLonNy project (Marijampole / London / New York), created to bring art and involve the inhabitants of small towns in Lithuania.
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