Street Art: Cuboliquido paints an Arocs in Istanbul

RoadStars meets Street Art

An Arocs on a construction site in Istanbul.

When a new airport is being built on the Bosporus, an Arocs is a must.


The task:

One of the largest airports in the world is being built close to Istanbul. In the near future the ultra-large airport will become the new hub for international air traffic in Turkey. Every day hundreds of tonnes of steel and concrete are being used for building on the large-scale construction site. And of course they are delivered by a robust Arocs. A special challenge for the 43 year-old artist Cuboliquido.



"I come from Milan in Italy and have already painted in a lot of different places. In the meantime, I have almost lost track of where exactly. In 1994 I started street painting. I attended different schools including the Academy of Art in Milan. I did further studies in the areas of graphic design, illustration and comics. The best teacher is however experience. Every year I manage about 25 3D paintings."

"I don't have any specific style, but I do admire artists who do have one. Every day dozens of things influence me which in turn are reflected in the way I paint, the subjects, techniques and colours."


RoadStars meets Street Art.

In our twelve-part series "RoadStars meets Street Art", internationally acclaimed street artists paint pictures of the best-looking Mercedes-Benz trucks. Twelve works of art that are up to fifty square metres in size and painted using a special 3D painting technique.

Discover even more works of art and learn about the people and the stories behind them.


Photos and video: Mike Kothuis

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