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Shelley’s Art Musings – Spotlight on D*Face
I am a massive fan of street art. In fact, alongside artworks about myths and legends, it is probably one of my favourite genres. It’s versatile and edgy, and an ever-changing landscape within the art world. It brings art to the masses who see art as something that is stuck in galleries, and above all else it brings colour to urban areas which could essentially be all concrete. D*Face (Dean Stockton), was born in 1978 in England, and until 2008 his identity as a street artist was kept under wraps, as he didn’t feel that his audience needed to know his identity to appreciate his work. You can see some of the early D*Face…
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American Graffiti
As the graffiti movement progressed it became more elaborate and ubiquitous, genuine artists emerged whose unique creativity captured the attention of the world.
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Shelley’s Art Musing: Street Art – an Art for the Masses
When people talk about art, what is the first thing you thinking of? Probably pictures hanging in galleries, or sculptures out of marble. You probably don’t automatically think of things like street art, as there is still a little bit of a stigma with some people around this type of art. It is often thought that art is an elitist subject, but street art brings itself to its audience, coming out of the galleries, becoming easily accessible and free to see. Some people will class anything they see painted on walls as graffiti, but there is a very distinct difference between graffiti and street art. The difference is intention. Graffiti…
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L’Art du graffiti
Le mouvement graffiti commença avec les expositions à la galerie Fashion Moda, à la Fun Gallery, au Mudd Club, et autres espaces ouverts au début des années 1980. Puis il s’étendit aux galeries établies de SoHo, de la 57e Rue, et du Salon de l’Art de Bâle. Il prit fin, quelques années plus tard, quand l’attention des critiques, des marchands d’art et des collectionneurs se porta vers de nouveaux engouements. Il existe nombre de raisons qui expliquent que les graffeurs du métro n’ont jamais reçu l’attention sérieuse donnée à leurs pairs. Tout d’abord, les compositions sur lesquelles ils basèrent leurs carrières, les voitures entières qui monopolisèrent l’attention, soit positive, soit négative…
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Bomber le gris, Combler le vide
Premier voyage à Rome ; choc. Les murs de la cité antique recouverts de tags, d’inscriptions incompréhensibles. Les immeubles, les boîtes aux lettres, les panneaux de signalisation. Les bus, les trains, rien ne semblait pouvoir échapper aux taggeurs. Je venais pour découvrir le Forum romain, le Colisée. En marchant dans les ruelles, ou bien le long du Tibre, je découvrais le street art… à l’italienne. Trois ans plus tard, premier voyage à Berlin. Le choc a laissé place à l’émerveillement. Dans la partie Est de la ville, je découvre un monde nouveau, un monde « souterrain ». Non loin de la fameuse East Side Gallery, des usines désaffectées, des hôpitaux abandonnés et autres…
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Birds of the City
Putting aside the odd park and a dreaded pigeon swooping in to steal your sandwich from your hand or leave a messy present atop your head, nature can be hard to find in cities. Sure, you can visit a zoo or take a trip out to the countryside every once in a while, but if you live in the middle of a sprawling metropolis, the chances are that your interactions with the native flora and fauna are few and far between. It’s not all that unusual to find a city kid with no idea what the connection might be between cows and the white liquid they put on their cereal…
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The Venetian (Beach) School
Before Arnold Schwarzenegger made it to Sacramento, or even to Hollywood, he could be found lifting weights at Muscle Beach in Venice. Very much like its Italian namesake, Venice Beach in Los Angeles is home to the artistic and the creative. But unlike the artists from the original Venice, those of the Los Angeles beach town paint beyond the canvas, and onto the streets. Amongst the street art found along the walls is Homage to Starry Night. The large mural replicating Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, occasionally the ‘tagged’ over, is found on the side of an apartment building, behind a ‘No Parking’ street sign. The treatment and placement…
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