![]() While St+Art India’s experiments are evidently rooted in social activism and urban design, they mark a significant moment in the historic timeline of the application of street art in cities: the initiative involves what it believes to be a first-of-its-kind engagement between street artists and the government. Primarily working within residential neighborhoods-they are touted with the creation of the country’s first public art district in Lodhi Colony, Delhi-the foundation has also collaborated with metro-rail corporations to enliven transit-spaces. The organization’s recent work in the Indian metropolises of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, has resulted in a popular reclamation of the cities’ civic spaces and a simultaneous transformation of their urban fabric. Last month, ArchDaily had an opportunity to speak with Akshat Nauriyal, Content Director at Delhi-based non-profit St+Art India Foundation which aims to do exactly what its name suggests-to embed art in streets. The Origin of the World by Borondo, Lodhi Colony, Delhi. ![]() ![]() Painted over the course of eight months, it was completed in 1976 and spans an amazing one hundred and forty six feet across and stretches six stories in height on the right side making a unique L shaped. It is painted on one of the south lobby walls of the National Air and Space Museum, in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. ![]() One that stands out in the greatest form is, The Space Mural A Cosmic View. Sustainability and Performance in Architecture Robert McCall was quite possibly most well known for his murals.
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