Bonom strikes back

Posted on May 19, 2010 by |

Bonom, one of LDBK’s favorite street artist, kept a low profile during the winter. But now it’s spring time and we’ll hear a lot more about him. Next to the live performance that he presented on the 8th of May at KVS during the KunstenFestivaldesArts (KFDA), Bonom also painted this impressive gorilla.


Picture by photograff92.

This performance was the opportunity for KFDA to publish a translation of Valerie Droeven’s great article originally published in De Standaard on the 19th of December 2009 and entitled “A ghost colouring the city – A nightly excursion in Brussels with Bonom”:

Graffiti guerrilla Bonom is conquering Brussels. De Standaard joined him on a nightly excursion on a freezing night. “There are spiders in my head,” he said. And so he painted a large spider on a blank wall high above the sleeping city…

Download the full article in FR, NL & EN.


Picture by jeankes

More about Bonom’s live performance: pictures – leaflet.


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8 Responses to “Bonom strikes back”

  1. JoBee, on May 19th, 2010 at 1:54 pm Said:

    i saw the ghost:=) lovely thnxx !

  2. Dee, on May 25th, 2010 at 11:55 am Said:

    there’s a link to this at Molotow Premium’s site (http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/)

  3. Julius, on May 25th, 2010 at 1:41 pm Said:

    Thank you Dee!

  4. Dee, on May 25th, 2010 at 1:45 pm Said:

    no problem !

  5. lamazone, on May 27th, 2010 at 9:11 am Said:

    Spectacular.
    Have you seen this interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd2v6hHrhj4 (HT @freaky.be)

  6. Julius, on May 27th, 2010 at 9:45 am Said:

    yes and i don’t really like it as explained in this article > http://www.laid-back.be/blog/?p=2887
    but thanks for mentioning it.

  7. Julius, on May 29th, 2010 at 11:31 am Said:

    Here are two interesting texts (one in dutch, one in french) about bonom’s current legal problem: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julius_laidback/4643235982/

  8. laptop parts uk, on May 18th, 2013 at 4:23 am Said:

    Its superb as your other blog posts : D, thanks for posting .

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