Masonic Mural of Bram Stoker and Dracula
A permanent corner mural in Bucharest, known as "Tantem" by Obie Platon, showing Vlad Țepeș and Bram Stoker facing each other across a table in a playful, surreal scene.
Masonic Mural of Bram Stoker and Dracula is a fixed piece of street art in Bucharest, painted by the Romanian artist Obie Platon. A plaque mounted on the wall explains the artwork, anchoring it as a documented, intentional installation rather than something temporary or informal.
The mural is painted across the two sides of a corner wall. On one side, the “Dracula” figure is clearly Vlad Țepeș, depicted in a stylised, slightly comic way. On the other side of the corner is Bram Stoker. Between them is a table, staged like a strange meeting across time, fiction, and history.
The details make it memorable. Vlad Țepeș appears to be drinking a beer through a straw, shifting the mood away from horror and into dark humour. On the table sits a smaller object like a miniature table or platform, surrounded by tiny alien figures — a surreal element that pulls the scene into the territory of modern pop mythology rather than historical narrative. The result is less “mystery” than cultural remix: Romania’s most famous medieval ruler, the author who fictionalised Dracula, and a cluster of aliens, all trapped in one playful, unsettling tableau.
Location: Located on a corner wall in Bucharest, with an information plaque on-site.
Address: Strada Știrbei Vodă 16, 030167 Bucharest, Romania
Category: street art, symbolism, modern myth
Tags: Bram Stoker, Dracula, Masonic mural, Bucharest, street art, symbolism, gothic myth, esotericism
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