The Wa Paints WWII Bunkers and Stuttgart House with Childlike Drawings

The artist known as The Wa has transformed abandoned World War II bunkers and other structures along the Atlantic Wall into vibrant, childlike drawings as part of his series 'A Kid Could Do It.' The Atlantic Wall, a network of Nazi coastal defenses built between 1942 and 1944, includes tens of thousands of concrete structures now disused. The Wa's project, which began in collaboration with his mother, applies saturated colors, blocky windows, doors, and flowers to these otherwise nondescript buildings. The title references the common dismissive remark about abstract art, 'My kid could do that,' but The Wa embraces this sentiment by following 'one simple rule: the unfiltered creative logic of a child.' For this year's PFFFestival in Stuttgart, he painted a large-scale rendition on an empty house, featuring purple curtains, a door narrower at the bottom, scalloped roof shapes, and bold blue and red scrawls. The project has been documented on his Instagram, and photographs of the Stuttgart works were credited to Sven Weber. The artist's work is featured on Colossal, an independent arts publication that supports membership for as little as $7 per month.