Artist RUN, whose real name is Giacomo Bufarini, is an Italian-born artist who started with grafitti and street art. When I passed by Parkside Pools and Gym in Cambridge the other week, I spotted one of RUN's murals and instantly recognised the work as his. His work is characterised by the illustrations of colourfully-drawn hands and figures. The artist is currently advertising the Fitzwilliam Museum's exhibition "Human Touch" and created a couple of murals for this exhibition. It has been several years since I have seen the artist's work created in London.
The pool and gym mural shows a series of hands in green, pink, and blue colours with miniature people in these colours sitting on top of or around the hands.
The second mural is at Jesus Green Lido at the top of Cambridge and bordering the river. This mural shows a row of human figures that are connected to each other by placement of their hand on the one in front of them. In the middle, two figures face each other palm-to-palm. Like the first mural, they are painted and illustated in bright colours but are placed against a dark background.
The exhibition explores "touch" in the human experience along with creativity and society. This is particularly important at the moment in the middle of the global pandemic. The artist has always been inspired to create hands as a form of communication.
For more murals from RUN on this blog, see:
New Street Art by RUN and the Rolling People
Street Art: RUN
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