Hazr Azzopardi

Hazr is an observational image-maker specializing in street scenes and landscapes on paper. His goal is freshness: using paint markers, an efficient medium for recording quick-changing conditions, he uses an expressive shorthand of colour and line to capture moments of stillness in a world in constant motion.

Hazr’s art career began in 2013, the same year that he moved to Barcelona. He started by recording his favourite places in Barcelona with Posca markers on paper, then focused on particular categories of image - “barber shop”, “urban lights”, “tourists”, “postcards”, “cafe” - to which he returns regularly.

He is inspired by Cartier-Bresson’s street photography and Basquiat’s painting.

Café Culture, Barcelona 2019