"In Bushwick, Stanton - a kind of modern Michelangelo, or at least a painter who specializes in realistic, imaginative murals - painted a pair of murals, "Ariadne and the Flowers" and "Flower Boy," on a 150-foot-long, 15-foot-tall wall. The work is so big, he said, that he used a drone to get good images. Located at 421 Troutman Street, the piece was commissioned by Quebracho, a custom framing company surrounded by cafes, bars, clubs, restaurants, and other nightlife."
""People photograph themselves, do fashion shoots," Stanton said. "The building is a challenging canvas. It has lots of roll gates and windows, not a lot of open wall space." On Troutman Street, Stanton created "mini murals" that connect, including large, blooming magnolias, partially obscured by the figure of Ariadne asleep. They replaced another mural he had created there nearly a decade ago."
""I like to reference history, often things from antiquity, and contemporize them," Stanton said. "There is this Classical figure from Greek mythology, Ariadne, Perseus' partner for a while. She helped him get out of the Minotaur labyrinth." Stanton liked the idea of providing a placid pause on a busy street, showing someone "sleeping among the flowers," which he painted in the spring of 2023 "when magnolias were blooming.""
Beau Stanton uses New York City walls as public canvases, producing large-scale, realistic murals that reference classical imagery. Stanton painted "Ariadne and the Flowers" and "Flower Boy" on a 150-foot-long, 15-foot-tall wall at 421 Troutman Street, commissioned by Quebracho framing company. The scale required drone imagery. The installation includes interconnected mini murals with blooming magnolias and a sleeping Ariadne, replacing an earlier work. Stanton intentionally contemporizes antiquity to create placid pauses amid busy streets. Bushwick serves as a vibrant mural district and draws international artists and tourists to its mural-rich Troutman Street.
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