Tag: Stencil
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Artist Re-Appropriates Classical Paintings With A Satirical Twist Using Hundreds Of Layers Of Stencils
Luke Cornish is an Australian artist creating unique, powerful images from handmade stencils. His rise within the contemporary art world has been meteoric, becoming the first artist to be nominated for the Archibald Prize and the Sulman prize with a portrait created entirely out of stencils. A former blue-collar worker from Canberra, Luke’s apathy and…
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Who is BANKSY? We Try to Answer the Art World’s Biggest Mystery
It’s been the art world’s biggest mystery for some time… who is Banksy? The identity of the mysterious British street artist has been a closely guarded secret ever since he popped up in Bristol and took over as the most recognizable political and satirical street artist around the world. Over the years several different people have attempted to “unmask” Banksy,…
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An interview with BANKSY… finally!
One of Banksy’s greatest tricks in this selfie-obsessed, celebrity-hungry world, is that of anonymity. By remaining anonymous, Banksy takes the focus away from the artist or the source and puts the focus on the statement and the work. There is a reason that Banksy is the most infamous artist working today; Banksy represents an idea that…
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Artist Hand-Cuts Insanely Intricate Paper Art
Japanese artist Akira Nagaya creates insanely intricate paper cuttings called kirie that look like delicate pencil drawings or wire sculptures. Nagaya discovered his talent in his early 20s when he was learning sasabaran – a technique for cutting food decorations from bamboo leaves at sushi shops. When he practiced on his own using paper and…
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Artist Luke Cornish Stencils a HUGE Rhino On Melbourne Tram
Forget looking at a timetable while you’re waiting for your tram in Melbourne, Australia. You can instead check out this HUGE rhinoceros stenciled all over the exterior of a tram coming to a stop near you. The work is by award-winning stencil artist Luke Cornish (aka E.L.K), whose 2012 layered portrait of Father Bob Maguire…
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The Best Street Art Works From Around the World For 2014
Following on from our very successful post “100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013“, we’ve searched the world to find you the best street art works from around the world for the first quarter of 2014… Some will make you laugh, some will make you think, and some will make you ask “what…
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Taking Valentine’s Day To The Street In Brooklyn
A lot happens during Valentine’s Day. People fall in love. People break up. Hook up. Play up and Stay up. It’s a fun celebration that makes hearts flutter all over the world. So, while your inboxes and newsfeeds are filling up with traditional messages of love and images of strange little people with wings, we…