If you haven’t heard of Camille Walala, you’ll definitely have spotted her work and said something along the lines of ‘ooh, pretty colours’.
She’s a London-based graphic designer and artist who’s known for her graphic lines and bright colours, having created jazzy street crossings, murals, and a mirrored labyrinth in the middle of the city.
Not to devalue her work, but her art also works wonderfully as a backdrop for an Instagram pic. You’ve definitely spotted some influencers posing against one of her dotted or striped designs.
Her latest project is an Instagrammer’s dream like the rest.
Camille teamed up with creative house JustKids to transform an abandoned 1950s petrol station in Arkansas into a piece of public art, plastering it with the bright colours she’s known for.
What used to be a rundown grey building that faded into the background is now covered with stark black and white lines, massive yellow spots on pink, and a sign declaring the location ‘Walala Pump & Go’.
That’s quite a lot of painting to be done by one person, so thankfully Camille had the support and collaboration of local artist Nate Myers and a bunch of volunteers – all committed to getting the transformation complete in the space of one week.
It’s all part of The Unexpected, a project by Justkids to give unexpected (hence the name) public spaces an arty makeover and make them part of the community again.
In this case we reckon it’s mission accomplished. We doubt many people were stopping by an old petrol station before, but thanks to a lot of paint there’ll be Instagrammers lining up the block.
‘I love this canvas — it was exciting to do something really bold, that stands out on a bigger scale,’ said Camille. ‘We had a great team of people working with us for a few days, most of them were locals from fort smith who came to help and it has been an amazing execution of the project.’
Can she come back to London and give our petrol stations a lick of paint next?
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/22/camille-walala-turns-abandoned-petrol-station-piece-art-11199582/
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