ludo colorizes the caribbean's tropical urban landscape

ludo colorizes the caribbean’s tropical urban landscape
all images courtesy of ludo

using his trademark neon green and monochrome color palette, parisian street artist ludo has taken his motifs to the caribbean, painting throughout the neighborhoods of st. martin and st. barthélemy. the designs are connected to the natural world — plants, animals and produce are united with a technological universe, speaking for the material world around us while trying to highlight humanity. painted onto ships, docks and urban walls, the images and their location reflect the local culture, while juxtaposing the symbols of botanicals and flowers with armored vehicles, teeth, gas masks and goggles.

ludo paints a series of skulls on the side of a ship 

a skull takes on characteristics of a pineapple 

a split coconut refers to the image of a grenade, painted on the side of a local business 

two images, a butterfly and a gun, are united into a single composition 

one of ludo’s works on the wall overlooks the lush tropical landscape 

half-insect-half-jet crawls along the beach

the pineapple-skull appears again on the side of a building 

a banana is juxtaposed with the image of MAC lipstick