Could you do a post on these early
abstract graffiti artists?
Not exact matches
It should be noted that while the overall effect of Murray's work is one of abstraction, and the
artist described herself as an
abstract painter in an interview included in the 1987 catalogue, there are many representational elements and references in her paintings, in a stylized style emerging from cartoons, comics, and
graffiti as well as from pop
artists like Claes Oldenburg: works are shaped like shoes or cups and contains stylized
abstracted but identifiable figuration and still - life imagery.
• Tony Smith (1912 — 1980), sculptor who bridged AbEx and minimalism (dad of Kiki) Mel Kendrick (b. 1949), formalist process - based sculptor Chris Wilmarth (1943 — 1987), sculptor of steel, bronze, and etched glass Joel Shapiro (b. 1941), minimalist sculptor who flirts with figuration Christopher Wool (b. 1955), Neo-AbExer with a taste for
graffiti and repetition Alex Hubbard (b. 1975), rising master of painterly materials and
abstract coloration Josh Smith (b. 1976), Factory - like painter of great expressive volume Jacob Kassay (b. 1984), mirrored - painting - wunderkind - turned - sackcloth
artist • Andy Warhol (1928 — 1987), Pop maestro and appropriationist world - changer David Robbins (b. 1957),
artist and «Concrete Comedy» theorist David LaChapelle (b. 1963), lush photographer of celebrity decadence Ronnie Cutrone (1948 — 2013), Factory personality and East Village cult figure George Condo (b. 1957), Neo-Picassian painter of the grotesque Mark Dagley (b. 1957), Op abstractionist • Richard Serra (b. 1939), grand master of process art and the post-industrial sublime Grégoire Müller (b. 1947), painter of current - event appropriations Philip Glass (b. 1937), «Einstein on the Beach» composer Lawrence Chandler (b. 1951), composer, musician, and sound
artist • Sol LeWitt (1928 — 2007), father of conceptual art, multitasking artistic outsourcer Adrian Piper (b. 1948), performance art innovator Mark Williams (b. 1950), monochromatic minimalist painter
Focusing their program on
artists who are pushing the limits of contemporary art while having a strong connection with
graffiti culture, the British and Dutch
artists»
abstracted compositions were the perfect fit for the gallery's summer 2017 show.
The concept and title of the show were developed by
graffiti artist and curator, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffufuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti ar
graffiti artist and curator, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffufuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in
abstract, progressive and hybrid
Graffiti ar
Graffiti art forms.
The concept and title of the show were developed by
graffiti artist, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti ar
graffiti artist, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in
abstract, progressive and hybrid
Graffiti ar
Graffiti art forms.
Influenced by both Urban Art and
Abstract Contemporary, we present works from a group of
artists who merge the way between these styles focusing the energy and rawness of classical
graffiti with
abstract expressionism.
Artist Rajan Sedalia will teach a class about
graffiti art, painting, airbrushing, cartoons, comics, color and
abstract forms.
An impressive new body of work that bridges the
artists graffiti side with an
abstract take.
This exhibition also marks a turn for the
artist for it enables him to explain his work to the public, from
graffiti to
abstract art.
David Choong Lee is a Korean
artist who combines versatile genres such as
graffiti, collage, portraiture and graphic design to create an array of vibrant figurative and
abstract artworks.
For his excellent new show at Lehmann Maupin, NYC, Sunset in My Heart (which was celebrated at the opening by turning the gallery into a raucous Japanese summer street festival with a musical performance by the
artist dressed as a Japanese schoolgirl gone wrong), Mr. has returned to his expressive and experimental roots as a young
artist, incorporating
abstract elements like
graffiti, and using distressed and sullied canvases to accentuate his colorful anime - themed imagery.
Originally curated in 1984 by Jeffrey Deitch (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) at Leila Heller's former uptown gallery, Calligraffiti explored a myriad of possible connections shared between the seemingly disparate styles of select mid-century
abstract, U.S.
graffiti, and calligraphic
artists from the Middle East and its diaspora.
Drawing from the energy and freedom of painting in an urban landscape, he translates his roots as a
graffiti artist into paintings that are a completely unique form of
abstract expressionism.
Brazilian street
artist Luis Seven Martins, aka L7m, has produced these beautiful illustrations of exotic birds that merge the principles of
graffiti with
abstract art and nature.
A couple of weeks ago opened A Major Minority, an amazing group show featuring the work of contemporary urban
artists from around the world curated by
graffiti artist and curator Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti ar
graffiti artist and curator Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in
abstract, progressive and hybrid
Graffiti ar
Graffiti art forms.
For Sunset in My Heart, Mr. has returned to his expressive and experimental roots as a young
artist, incorporating
abstract elements like
graffiti, and using distressed and sullied canvases.
Ellanah Sadkin is an up - and - coming
artist who works primarily in acrylic and
graffiti pens to produce colorful and
abstract works.
Painter, illustrator, graphic designer and
graffiti artist, Rems 182's imagery unites violence, eroticism, and strength in both large - scale and smaller portraits characterised by a use of multiple perspectives that create a unique softness in each image that allows the various expressions to complement each other while revealing the complexities of human emotion Having a background as a
graffiti writer his work combines both letter - based and complex figurative images, or as the
artist himself explains: «I fuse my
graffiti writer language with my modern figurative art experience in perennial tension towards
abstract disaggregation.»
Abstract Expressionism also provoked avant - garde responses from several other
artists including Cy Twombly (1928 - 2011), whose calligraphic scribbling is part - drawing, part -
graffiti; and the Californian
abstract sculptor Mark Di Suvero (b. 1933) noted for his large scale iron / steel sculptures.
Street art and
abstract expressionism share several links and heavy connections, with some
artists developing from
graffiti to expressionism; creating art with both aspects in mind.
From painters who fill their canvases with colours, shapes and
abstract forms, to
artists who attack their art with vigorous brush strokes and expressive colours;
abstract expressionism is now welcomed in the gallery environment and regularly produced in the art world, but how does it connect to street art and
graffiti?
Artists create unique cultural hybrids that include
graffiti murals with Haida figures, sculptures carved out of skateboard decks,
abstract paintings with form - line design, live video remixes with Hollywood films, and hip hop performances in Aboriginal languages, to name a few.
Ingrid Calame, a Los Angeles — based
artist, is known for her brightly colored,
abstract paintings and drawings featuring complex configurations of traced stains and
graffiti from the embankments of the Los Angeles River and the streets and sidewalks of New York, Las Vegas, and Seoul, Korea.
With the internet as his podium and round table, he has been historicizing and canonizing these
artists, young and old, who have been creating art beyond the norms of traditional
graffiti, esoteric forms of painting and sculpture that veer outside of the proscribed boundaries into the experimental, the
abstract, the poetic, and the hybrid.
His process (known as «piecing» among
graffiti artists) involves the layering of diverse components such as stripes of automotive paint and
abstract expressionist - influenced paint whorls.
Also beginning in the late eighties on the West Coast of the US, the Wildstyle - reductionist Joker was one of the first
graffiti artists to paint purely geometric abstractions and pushed for its acceptance within the
graffiti community by founding the Transcend Collective in 1991 with She1, who was an
abstract writer in the UK.
With the internet as his podium and round table, he has been historicizing and canonizing these
artists, young and old, who have been creating art outside the norms of traditional
graffiti, esoteric forms of painting and sculpture that veer outside of the proscribed boundaries into the experimental, the abstract, the poetic, and the hybrid.Artists that fall under the term Progressive Graffiti are generally innately gifted draftsmen, who aspire to a Master's Level at thei
graffiti, esoteric forms of painting and sculpture that veer outside of the proscribed boundaries into the experimental, the
abstract, the poetic, and the hybrid.
Artists that fall under the term Progressive
Graffiti are generally innately gifted draftsmen, who aspire to a Master's Level at thei
Graffiti are generally innately gifted draftsmen, who aspire to a Master's Level at their craft.
The concept and title of the show were developed by
graffiti artist / curator, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti ar
graffiti artist / curator, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in
abstract, progressive and hybrid
Graffiti ar
Graffiti art forms.
A great lineup of talented
abstract artists with roots in
graffiti & street art.