Sacre Blue

Interior mural with custom die-cut wooden mounted shapes, 24K gold leaf, and custom-formulated paint
Meta / Facebook HQ, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA · 2020
Commissioned by Facebook AIR (Artist in Residence Program) · In collaboration with Craig Cundiff

The work spans the upper walls of Meta's South Lake Union building, transforming the space into a portal that is botanical and celestial at once. Oversized chrysanthemums rendered in the deepest black paint available on the market, their petals traced in 24K gold leaf that catches the industrial light of the space. The blue, intense and proprietary, became the visual anchor of the entire composition.

Ari and longtime collaborator Craig Cundiff used the freedom from Facebook’s AIR program to push the mural process into new technical territory.