Untitled
Fork One (Timur Fork) · Strasbourg
Artwork by Fork One. Photo credited to Fork One on World Art Utopia; camera date unconfirmed.
Russian artist Timur Fork, known as Fork One, painted this giant clay-like figure at the AFPA training centre in Strasbourg for the 8th COLORS Urban Art Festival in 2026. The festival says he calls these figures companions and leaves them in cities around the world; a visitor who photographed it adds that the corner it seems to wrap around is an optical illusion on a flat wall. Source Source Source Reported
Seen Sep 2026 — evidence dated 2026-09-19. A visitor photographed the mural on Saturday 19 September 2026 (camera date of the article's photo), during the European Heritage Days visits to the festival; the article with the photos was published on 16 October 2026. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- The corner is an illusionA visitor's report says the wall only looks as if it turns a corner: it is perfectly flat. Source Reported
- Clay, painted with sprayThe festival calls his style plasticine realism: he paints the bumps, folds and fingerprints of modelling clay, working notably with spray paint. Source Reported
- A companion that staysFork calls his figures companions and leaves them in cities around the world; the festival writes that the Strasbourg companion will stay. Source Reported
- One of ten festival wallsStreet Art Cities lists Fork One among the ten artists of the 2026 edition, held at the AFPA training centre under the artistic direction of Stom500. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
🗓️ Sightings
- 20268 Sep
Street Art Cities marker created (suggested by Zibbli); photo date not stated
- 202619 Sep
Visitor's own photos of the mural (published 16 Oct)
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
“Fork les appelle des compagnons.”
Fork calls them companions.
“Le compagnon de Strasbourg restera là.”
The Strasbourg companion will stay there.
“A noter qu’on a l’impression que le mur fait un angle. Ce n’est qu’une illusion d’optique”
Note that the wall seems to form a corner. It is only an optical illusion.
✅ The facts
🔗 Related
- Stone Faces Got Weird (12 Photos) — Street Art Utopia
- New Street Art! (12 Photos) — Vol. 98 — World Art Utopia
- Fork One on Instagram
- All Artwork Files
All sources & image credits
- www.colors-art.eu: Fork One – Œuvre COLORS Festival 2026
- streetartcities.com: Untitled by Timur Fork
- auboutdelalorgnettelavietoutsimplement.fr: Les Journées du Patrimoine 2026 : Colors Urban Art Festival # 1 (16 October 2026)
- Image: credited to Fork One, as published on World Art Utopia (New Street Art! (12 Photos) — Vol. 98); converted, and a 16:9 share version with blurred sides.
Last checked: 30 October 2026. How we verify art