French artist Ludo has been active on the streets for a few years now. His art is characterised with grey, white and his already famous acid green trademark. With his Nature’s Revenge theme it is like he is trying to get nature back in today’s hectic world. Images of, for example, butterflies, flowers, insects and vegetables with modern objects and techniques popping out. Pretty amazing! With his paste-ups he always goes large on billboards, walls or wooden boards, and is quite picky when it…Read More »
Dutch artist Collin van der Sluijs has had shows in Brooklyn, Paris and Copenhagen. Still there is relatively little known about him in The Netherlands. He is based in Maastricht, where he also has his own gallery. At the age of eleven he starts writing graffitti. The difference from what he makes now is that he went from graffiti to contemporary art.
Van der Sluijs’ graffiti style is, as he calls it, ‘honest graffiti’. At the age of twelve he starts a study at a…Read More »
It must not have been easy to get permission for ten massive walls to be painted. It must especially not have been easy to do so when it is normally being seen as vandalism. The people behind Caramundo got the permission and the results are to be seen in and near the city centre of Rotterdam. As part of R.U.A. Festival, street artists from Brazil were invited to show and paint their work on these walls and did so during July and August. Rua…Read More »
Some people catch your eyes quicker than others. I can not recall when I first heard about the in Ireland born Finbarr Notte (aka Finbarr DAC). It was probably via the infamous photo community site called Flickr, where almost every self respected urban artist is exhibiting his/her work. I do, however, remember when I first saw the man at work. It was at the Wonderland Collective show at London’s Light Bar earlier this year. I guess I can say that I was more than…Read More »