L'art prend le metro - art takes the tube. The artist
Francois Schuiten . The tube station: Porte de Hal.
The first in a 2 part series: Le Passage Inconnu
. This mural (cartoon mural) was created in 1993 in the style of Schuiten's imaginary cities (Les Cités Obscures).
As I have been working on this series for a while (granted only recently in an organized way), let me introduce the concept to you: when
the tube was established in Brussels, the city / government decided that art should not miss from this project.
Thus every tube station in Brussels has become a small art exhibition in itself. Only Belgian resident artists have been chosen, and the art displayed includes paintings, sculptures, photos, stained glass paintings, etc. Previously in the series of l'art prend le metro:
Eddy Merckx tube station.
Coovi tube station.
Heysel tube station.
Parvis de Saint Gilles tube station.
Horta tube station.
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Not the usual cartoon posts from Brussels, but a cartoon wall nevertheless. This drunken character is drawn just above a night shop down town Brussel. Would this define a Belgian to you? :)
To continue on the famous Brussels cartoons: there are not only the cartoon walls. Brussels has also recently renamed (or double named) 31 streets after famous cartoon characters. The first one up on this new discovery trail is the Rue Le Petit Spirou.
Luc Dupanloup, called Dupa, is the author of this cartoon mural. The main character? Cubitus, the 'animal', more accurately a big, fat dog. Created in 1968, Cubitus is amongst the very famous cartoon characters. 
Well, Brussels (Belgium) is indeed all about chocolate, beer and cartoons. I understand that tourists (locals as well, I would guess) can even get specially designed maps to visit Brussels on the cartoon trail. 
For everyone still guessing, this year marks the centenary of Herge's birth. To celebrate this important date for Belgian culture, a new cartoon was unveiled recently (10 January) at the Eurostar / Gare du Midi station in Brussels.
This is just a hint to what will follow tomorrow. A premiere in Brussels, obviously linked to Herge and one of his most famous characters. Anyone guesses what this is all about? To give you a hint: Paris hosts an event linked to all this.
L'art prend le metro - art takes the tube. The artist Francois Schuiten . The tube station: Porte de Hal.
Another year, more cartoon murals from Brussels. I will try as much as possible to bring you a new one every week. This week, the Patrouille des Castors, based on the aventures of a boy-scouts group. The series was created at the beginning of the 50's by MiTacq (Michel Tacq), and turns around the adventures of 5 boy scouts.
