Mariusz Waras | Eyes on the Streets

In a small area where Resit Efendi Sk. ends at Talimhane Sk. in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul, there are three large murals.

below: Two Polish artists, SEPE (aka Michal Wrega) and chazme (aka Daniel Chazme), painted. If you follow the links to their instagram pages, you will see that SEPE’s work is with faces and figures while chazme’s style is very geometric.

large mural on a sand coloured wall, 4 groups of people approach a central building made of many box like sections, each group from a different side

below: A stark mural in black and white showing vehicles falling through an opening in the sky is the work of M-City aka Mariusz Waras (painted in 2014).

a black and white mural by m-city showing jeep type vehicles with white stars on the sides that are piling up after falling through an opening in the sky

close up of part of a black and white mural by m-city showing jeep type vehicles with white stars on the sides that are piling up after falling through an opening in the sky

below: The last of the three murals is this blue bird with orange feet. It was painted in 2018 by Ukranian artist Alex Maxsiov. It is titled, “Turkish Tea” – perhaps because this bird (like the seagulls seen around Istanbul) has landed on a table with a glass of tea and a plate with unfinished food on it.