THE KING'S LAND MURALS
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TAKING OVER A HOUSING ESTATE
The King’s Land was an urban art installation consisting of a series of drawing-based murals by Nazir Tanbouli on the exterior walls of an East London housing estate undergoing the process of large scale regeneration. The Kingsland Estate off the Kingsland Road in Haggerston, is due for imminent demolition and is depopulated and bricked up. The King’s Land aimed to bring a dramatic eruption of art into this dreary urban landscape.
Nazir Tanbouli is an Egyptian-born artist working in drawing, painting and mural art. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt and studied at the Faculty of Fine Art there, and also at Camberwell College of Art in London.
Nazir is a strong proponent of graphic drawing as fine art practice. His website and CV are at www.nazirtanbouli.com
Taking Over the King's Land film trailer
Taking Over The King's Land is a documentary fillm about a site specific urban mural installation by Nazir Tanbouli, taking over a whole semi-derelict housing estate in East London.A Film by Gillian McIver | Release date: summer 2013
