Hold me tight

Artist: JDL (Judith de Leeuw)

Festival: Tbilisi Mural Fest

Year: 2021

Location: Tbilisi

Adress: 10 Tornike Eristavi st

Category: Large Scale Mural

Topics: Best 25, Individuum, Society, Women

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Monumental mural (approx. 60 metres high) in the Didube district.

At the time, it was JDL’s largest mural. It depicts a curled-up, vulnerable female figure seeking protection - a tribute to people who are fragile yet admirable, and a call to see vulnerability as part of beauty and strength.

This is a tribute mural to all the broken and beautiful people I have met in the past year. One by one, they showed me their vulnerability. I notice people are often ashamed of their vulnerability, while I see the beauty in it. This mural is a reminder to embrace yourself (and your fragility), even though, it does not seem natural in, for instance, a depression. These people are the most admirable people that I have met in my life, including their trauma.

JDL - Judith de Leeuw

The artist worked from photographic references, using acrylic paint and spray paint. The golden halo elements emphasize the appreciation and dignity given to the stories and experiences of the people portrayed.

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Monumentales Wandbild (ca. 60m hoch) im Stadtteil Didube. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war es ihr größtes Mural. Es zeigt eine zusammengerollte, schutzsuchende Frauenfigur als Tribut an verletzliche und zugleich bewundernswerte Menschen - eine Aufforderung, Verwundbarkeit als Teil von Schönheit und Stärke zu sehen.

Die Künstlerin arbeitete auf Fotovorlagen und mit Acryl sowie Spray, die goldene Halo-Elemente betonen die Wertschätzung für die porträtierten Schicksale.