14 February 2013

A Huge, Hyper-Realistic Street Portrait That Washes Away With The Rain





Cuban-American contemporary artist Jorge Rodriguez created a piece of amazing temporal street art for the Alwan 338 Festival in Manama, Bahrain, last year.



Using charcoal—instead of the spray paint favored by street artists—he drew a monumental, large-scale portrait of a traditional Bahraini fisherman on the side of a building.



Meant to fade away with the onslaught of natural elements like rain and wind, the portrait is a realistic representation of the subject, complete with his wrinkled, weather-beaten skin and expressive eyes.



View the process of its creation and eventual destruction in the video below:











[via Street Art News]