Art by Buff Monster
This image displays a vibrant street art mural painted by the American artist Buff Monster in 2015. It features his signature style: a brightly coloured, pink-dominated landscape populated by cartoonish, melting ice cream characters.
Mural Key Details
•The Location: The piece was painted on a wall on Durham Street South in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The building houses the local wine merchant Vino Fino Fine Wines, visible on the storefront signage above the mural.
The Event: It was created as part of the Oi YOU! Spectrum Street Art Festival in March 2015. This festival was part of a larger post-earthquake cultural movement aimed at using street art to revitalize and bring positive energy back to the city center after the devastating 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
Local Elements: While keeping to his universal "Melty Misfits" motif, Buff Monster added unique New Zealand themes. The main cycloptic ice cream cone character is holding a flag displaying the Silver Fern, a national symbol of New Zealand. The figure stands triumphantly on a mound of grey sludge, a playful nod to the silt and liquefaction common during the region's seismic events.
Like many large-scale festival pieces, this mural does not have an official, formalized title and is universally documented simply as "Art by Buff Monster" or "Buff Monster's Spectrum Mural".
Street artists participating in these massive post-earthquake festivals often painted freehand to add to a collective landscape rather than naming individual works. However, the scene itself depicts characters from the artist's overarching, long-running personal brand and universe known as the "Melty Misfits".
Art by Buff Monster
This image displays a vibrant street art mural painted by the American artist Buff Monster in 2015. It features his signature style: a brightly coloured, pink-dominated landscape populated by cartoonish, melting ice cream characters.
Mural Key Details
•The Location: The piece was painted on a wall on Durham Street South in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The building houses the local wine merchant Vino Fino Fine Wines, visible on the storefront signage above the mural.
The Event: It was created as part of the Oi YOU! Spectrum Street Art Festival in March 2015. This festival was part of a larger post-earthquake cultural movement aimed at using street art to revitalize and bring positive energy back to the city center after the devastating 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
Local Elements: While keeping to his universal "Melty Misfits" motif, Buff Monster added unique New Zealand themes. The main cycloptic ice cream cone character is holding a flag displaying the Silver Fern, a national symbol of New Zealand. The figure stands triumphantly on a mound of grey sludge, a playful nod to the silt and liquefaction common during the region's seismic events.
Like many large-scale festival pieces, this mural does not have an official, formalized title and is universally documented simply as "Art by Buff Monster" or "Buff Monster's Spectrum Mural".
Street artists participating in these massive post-earthquake festivals often painted freehand to add to a collective landscape rather than naming individual works. However, the scene itself depicts characters from the artist's overarching, long-running personal brand and universe known as the "Melty Misfits".