
AEC (Aleksei Bordusov) and Waone (Wladimir Manzhos) are two graffiti precursors in the Eastern Europe. They both grew up in Kiev, Ukraine, where they developed their art through their collective IK created in 1999. At first, these initials corresponded to Ingenuous Kids, a crew of 11 friends who practiced...
“Peace by Piece”
The underwater world is gradually being overlaid by the buildings in the jigsaw puzzle, representing our need to work with nature and not simply ignore the repercussions of unplanned development. How to balance our needs with those of the environment is indeed a little like...
Born in 1976 in Boston and based in neighboring Cambridge, Caleb is an artist, writer, and educator. Caleb’s paintings and installation artwork has appeared in solo and group shows in venues in America and Europe, as murals on walls in Kathmandu, Reykjavik, Bermuda, Calcutta, Sao Paulo, across...
Although born in Amsterdam, Holland, Carin Steen has been living in Honduras for the last thirteen years. Besides her work as an artist, designer and illustrator, Carin is the director of Arte Acción Copán Ruinas, an NGO that organizes cultural activities for children in Copán Ruinas, Honduras....
Peace Pillows
Edith Kappeler, sculptor
The Thinking Dreamer and the Dreaming
Thinker
As a restorer of murals, Edith Kappeler has experienced close contact with the power and dynamism of the past. Roman and Gothic sculptures exude a radiance which has a lasting effect on her. She confronts the modern...
My mural design has its roots in the practice of Biomimicry. Biomimicry is a fundamental shift in scientific thinking pioneered by biologist Janine Benyus in which one “borrows nature’s design principles to create more-sustainable products and processes.” The main figure in the design...
What I have here is an image of Humanitarian Nelson Mandela, it is comprised of text. The words used would come from Nelson’s speeches of inspiration. By using a grid system I would layer text upon text to create a some what realistic image of Mandela. The color would be a bit more vibrant that...
A idéia é trazer a arte realmente para todos de uma forma que aborde questões mundiais, sem preconceitos e com intuitos de reflexão. Com base nisso e mais uma mistura originalmente brasileira, a idéia é levar um pouco do Brasil para o Mundo, e demostrar como a arte afeta a cidade de São Paulo...
I was born in Lille (north of France) on the 31st of December 1950 and I have a degree in mathematics.
As I love Brittany and the Bretons, Jean-Louis and I went to live in the Finistère. My passion for earth and fire led me to study the practice of turning, modelling and enamelling of stoneware and...
Water for All
One billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, help to stop the drop; every drop counts.
Water link us together.
LUNA DE TROYA
SUSTENTO TEORICO
La historia narrada por Homero sobre una guerra donde los griegos, ante la imposibilidad de conseguir una victoria, desarrollan una astuta estrategia y engañan a los troyanos con un regalo que esconde en sus entrañas una poderosa fuerza destructiva, nos deja una enseñanza...
Esta obra es un brote, un plantin, es parte de la naturaleza, una escultura ecológica, que convive con el viento, agua y sol.
Simboliza lo nuevo, la posibilidad, el futuro y la paz. La inocencia de una ser nuevo que asoma para habitar este mundo.
Juega con el sol y mira hacia el cielo y goza...
1_Coordinador del comité internacional de la
AHAVI ( asociación hondureña de artistas visuales)
2_Muralista Urbano,con proyectos independientes y voluntario a
la estructura de artistas muralistas de Naciones Unidas (arte para todos)
(La Habana,Caracas,Barcelona,Tokio,Seul,Laos,Lima,Tegucigalpa,
...
Katie Yamasaki is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She works primarily as a muralist, community artist and children’s book illustrator. Her work has enabled her to travel and create visual dialogues with children in Cuba, Namibian teens, Japanese auto manufacturers and indigenous women fighting...
la obra que plasmare, es una alegoria a nuestro planeta, es por eso que se ve la union de todas las especies vivas dentro de una composicion , como un totem , fusionados en una composicion de integracion y respeto, del cual deberiamos ser mas consecuentes y hacer de nuesto habitat un templo de unidad...
Sabotaje al montaje no es un colectivo sino un manifiesto con una actitud
de ámbito artístico y cultural llevado a reivindicaciones sociales con un
formato multidisciplinar en torno a las intervenciones en el espacio
transitorio (espacio público) a través del arte urbano.
SYMPHONY OF LIFE
The work represents harmony, love and is a harbinger of hope for future generations of achievement, that with effort, dedication and respect for men, women and nature, with wisdom we can eradicate the problems of modern society such as: drug addiction, crime, prostitution and HIV / AIDS...
Selection of relevant projects & exhibitions:
Streetlab- 9/08
Commissioned to paint a small mural for an urban-themed fashion event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (http://www.streetlab.nl)
R-16 Seoul- 5/08
Invited to paint two small murals for an international government-sponsored Hip-hop event...
EL CACIQUE BANANA Y SUS GUERREROS. Mi obra
conceptualmente ha sido creada, tomando como referencia a la fruta banana
o platano, camburo, guineo etc. nombres o denominaciones que se han dado a
esta fruta tan prodijiosa y milenaria, rica en vitaminas, minerales etc.
bueno para el consumo humano y tan popular...
Five hunderd years ago Columbus discovered the Caribbean, today you are discovering The Art of Nena Sanchez.
Nena Sanchez’s colorful paintings have a personality of their own. Born in Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean Island, she grew up surrounded by sunlight and the beautiful bright colors of the Caribbean...
Artista colombiana reconocida nacional e internacionalmente quien comienza su carrera 1971 y durante esta ha tenido un gran número de exposiciones tanto individuales como colectivas, en Europa, Australia, Norte América y Sur América y sus obras se encuentran en colecciones privadas y Estatales....
The theme attempts to show human as evolved from yet part of the integrated universe – with the earth as our natural home; a place for peace, compassion, equity and enjoyment.
Sergio Vergara es Agrónomo de profesión, Poeta y Pintor por vocación. Como poeta ha publicado 5 libros de poemas, ha dirigido un Taller de poesía y creado una Revista de Arte. Como pinto, es autor del Mural Infantil mas largo de America Latina, patrocinado por la UNICEF. La mayor parte de su obra...
Stephan Krasnov and Tseluyko Andrey artists from art group “310″
The work that I will do is a huge fragment of classic comics from the 60s, with imitation a basic print element – the raster points are made manualy, my work is a combination of pop-art and abstraction it is always improvisation,...
His needs for self-representation in public space, the designation of spots with a personal statement and for the enrichment of the surroundings with his owns ideas and associations are expressed in the art of Thomas Mock in a diversity of graffiti and paintings on walls, wood or canvas.
The artist known...
Hemos elegido tratar el tema de la igualdad de género o lo que es lo mismo los derechos y el poder de la mujer. Utilizando imágenes de la cultura andaluza con un fondo de textos de Maya Angelou y la cantante Bebe
El titulo de la Obra es: Démonos una mano; tiene mucho que ver con la solidaridad. Esta obra está realizada como si fuera un móvil, hombres de 80 cm. sujetándose entre ellos elaborados en metal, colgados de un soporte, soldados sobre un tubo estructural fundido en el piso de aproximadamente 3.5...
Work tittle: The spiral
When I was a kid I used to watch many American TV series and particularly I liked “The Time Tunnel” from the 60ts, the story was about 2 guys lost in time, traveling back and forth in it.
For this work I inspired myself from that series and I worked on the subject...
Decide to break the chain and you will get help.
Vincent was born in Copenhagen in 1947. Named “Flemming Vincent”
He grew up in a working class family, with his father, his mother, and two sisters.
Vincent left school at the age of 14. Because, as his father said, ”You can’t become and artist,...
In my work I strive to create imagery that has a quiet, simple strength and has the ability to invoke inner questioning—-visual koans. I make use of monolithic forms, totemic images and the reverence man imbues into the space around them. It is my goal as an artist to create an experience in a...
Event Dates: 27th of September and the 11th of October, 2010 Event Location: Seville, Spain • 35 world-renowned artists donating their art work voluntarily to Seville, Spain • Empowerment of Urban Culture and Art • The largest outdoor museum in Europe • Art as a way to create a social dialogue on important issues • Recovery
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Polígono de San Pablo, is one of Seville’s most traditional neighborhoods, filled with art from all sides both in the name of its streets and squares (made up of flamenco and matadors names of those who since 2003 have been added titles of paintings by Velazquez in a few areas that were not “baptized”), as
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