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WD aka Wild Drawing

One of the most talented artists of the contemporary art scene in Greece, WD aka Wild Drawing is an Athens-based Indonesian creative widely known for his photo-realistic murals that often address current economic, political, and social issues in local and global terms.

Never afraid to speak his mind and express his own opinions, he is passionate about creating bold and thought-provoking pieces that raise awareness about some of the major problems that our world is facing today. Among socially charged work, he also creates murals inspired by nature, comics, graphic novels, and Disney characters.

One of WD’s solo shows was held at Sarri12 Gallery, Athens in March 2016. Entitled Late Night Tale, it was inspired by one of the most beloved children’s books of all time – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

For this exhibition, the artist painted the entire gallery from top to bottom – it took him fourteen days to paint the surface of 350 m². His paintings were then hung in specified spaces blurring the lines between the canvas and wall.
All the gallery’s walls, floors, windows, and ceiling were transformed to WD’s Wonderland, one giant artwork consisting of different motives that narrate a story of human demise and issues like consumerism, war, and nature destruction among others.

The artwork in 2019 took 10 days to create and was produced by him as part of the Cheltenham Paint Festival, which takes place every September. It was due to have been finished earlier but was finally completed the very last week after delays due to bad weather.

Festival director Andrew Davies said WD used a “mini-roller” on the end of a 4m (13ft)-long pole to sketch out the painting. “He learned to do this in his native Bali when starting out as he didn’t have the money available for lifts etc., and has carried on ever since,” he said.

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