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Tile Urban Blue SpetoThis tile was created for Urban Blue – from Bricks to Tiles, the exhibition at Royal Delft Museum from March 7 to August 23, 2026. In this exhibition, the worlds of Delft Blue and street art converge. For this special project, six international street artists, selected by Straat Museum, translate their signature style into the world-famous Delft Blue pottery.
Six international artists merge tradition and innovation into a contemporary, urban visual language. Claudio Limon, Keya Tama, Madi, Ryol, Speto, and Tja Ling Hu each designed a tile with its own character and story. Together, they form a unique series that invites collection.
About Keya Tama
Keya Tama (b. 1997) is a South African artist living in New York City. Inspired by pastel color palettes, patterns, and symbolism, he has been active as an artist and muralist since the age of thirteen. His style can be described as old-contemporary minimalism; by editing and refining images into minimalist forms while retaining their essence, his works strive to reunite old and new. He does this in part through contrasting yet unified iconography. Keya Tama utilizes the rich visual language of art history and combines recurring themes to discover sharp contrasts and unexpected similarities. This results in unusual, striking, yet strangely familiar works.
Through the use of primarily acrylic paint in his artworks, a strong graphic sensibility is palpable in every piece. Recurring themes appear throughout the artist's oeuvre, including the contrast between ancient and contemporary, family and community, monomyths, and minimalism.
More information about Urban Blue can be found at: www.urbanblueexpo.nl
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Royal Delft Museum X STRAAT Museum Amsterdam
The subtitle from Bricks to Tiles refers to the creative leap made by six international street artists: from the surfaces they know best to the world-famous earthenware of Royal Delft. During two artistic residencies they brought their own visual language together with the centuries-old tradition of Delft Blue.
The first residency took place in November, when the artists worked live in a temporary studio inside Royal Delft Museum. This produced six monumental tile panels in which the expressive power of street art meets iconic Delft Blue.
In addition, each artist painted a selection of objects from the Royal Delft collection in the characteristic cobalt blue, complemented with polychrome colours and gold decoration. In doing so they made the step from a flat surface to three-dimensional objects.
This special exhibition was created in collaboration with STRAAT Museum Amsterdam, the museum for street art and graffiti on the iconic NDSM wharf. By combining the expertise of both museums, two contrasting art worlds meet in a unique presentation where tradition and contemporary street art come together.
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