Many artists around the world are beginning to turn towards art that draws people's attention to the issue of ever-increasing climate change. Among them is Oscar Olivares, of Venezuela, who finally made headlines with his massive mural made of bottle caps.
"I have always used my art to be happy, to express what I feel and think about," Olivares (23 years old) said, adding, "I am very happy when I paint, and I want people who look at my work to feel the same happiness that I feel during the creative process."
In cooperation with local environmental organization Oko Sperry and architectural experts, he created a giant mural using recycled plastic bottle caps and container caps. It took two and a half months to paste more than 200,000 different plastic sheets onto a wall, in the municipality of El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas. The mural extends a total length of up to 45 meters, and its height is 3.5 meters at the shortest point, and 7.25 meters at the highest point. "The initiative came from (Oku Sperry), which invited me to participate as an artist in the project to create the first environmental mural in Venezuela using only plastic sheeting," the young artist explained. "That's because I understand that making a good mural with the hoods is difficult, but impressive, and therefore worth it."
In addition, the mural also aims to revitalize this area, on the outskirts of the capital, which has been abandoned and has become somewhat a landfill.
It took two and a half months to paste over 200,000 different plastic sheets onto a wall, in the municipality of El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas.