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Eltono is a French artist born in the suburbs of Paris in 1975.[1] His work is mostly influenced by his graffiti background.[2] He started painting around 1989[3] in his neighborhood[4][5] mostly on train tracks and highway walls. "Eltono focused mainly on the railway lines to the northwest of the city, painting in the traditional silver and black, block letter Parisian style."[6] He lived in Madrid from 1999 to 2010 (where he got his pseudonym[7]), then in Beijing[8] from 2010 to 2014 and since 2014 lives in the south of France.[9] In 1999, while living in Madrid, he started painting abstract symbols with tape and acrylic paint.[10] "It was then that he developed the colorful geometric box patterns for which he is now known."[11] "As Eltono himself suggested, his move away from traditional graffiti was produced so as to find a harmony with both the material and the social body of the city (integrating both its architectonic and societal elements in a more consensual manner)."[12] "Eltono also rejects conventional letterforms in favor of a minimalism device with which to negotiate space."[13]
Eltono's work is mainly influenced by the urban environment and questions the limits between public and private space.[14] He uses the term "public space artist" to describe his practice.[15] When showing his work in galleries and museums, he focuses on finding a coherent way to show street art in private spaces.[16] "[Eltono's] career in both the street and the galleries [], is an example of a certain ethic of sustained work, oblivious to everything, which creates its own parameters and builds its own audience."[17]
He has collaborated with artists such as MOMO (artist), Nuria Mora (http://nuriamora.com/), Luce and is part of Equipo Plástico art collective (alongside Nuria Mora, Nano4814 and Sixeart) and Noviciado9 (alongside 3ttman, Remed, Spok, Nano4814 and Luciano Suarez).
Site-specific art is artwork created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork. Site-specific art is produced both by commercial artists, and independently, and can include some instances of work such as sculpture, stencil graffiti, rock balancing, and other art forms. Installations can be in urban areas, remote natural settings, or underwater.
Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and physically accessible to the public; it is installed in public space in both outdoor and indoor settings. Public art seeks to embody public or universal concepts rather than commercial, partisan, or personal concepts or interests. Notably, public art is also the direct or indirect product of a public process of creation, procurement, and/or maintenance.
Miss Van, also known as Vanessa Alice, is a graffiti and street artist. Miss Van started painting on the street of Toulouse alongside Mademoiselle Kat at the age of 18. Today, she is now internationally known as a street and fine artist. Primarily, her work is marked by the use of unique characters, called poupées, or dolls. Miss Van's work has appeared on streets internationally, although she also exhibits canvases in galleries across France, Europe and the United States. Today, her work is characterized by both street art and fine art, blurring the lines between both worlds.
Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art.
André Saraiva born 2 July 1971. Known mononymously as André, is a Swedish-French artist best known for his work in graffiti. Amongst his creations is Mr. A which he has painted across all six inhabited continents. His work has been featured in museums such as the MoCA as in feature films such as Exit Through the Gift Shop. As an entrepreneur, he owns restaurants, nightclubs such as Le Baron, and hotel chains such as Hotel Amour.
La Mano is a graffiti artist based in Barcelona, who often paints a large hand. Unlike almost every noun ending in "o" in Spanish, it is feminine.
John Fekner is an American artist known for his spray painted environmental and conceptual outdoor works.
108 is an Italian artist in the field of street art and contemporary art from Alessandria.
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked together as an artist duo since 1995. Their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design.
Nug is a Swedish graffiti artist.
Francisco Rodrigues da Silva also known as "Nunca" is a Brazilian artist who uses a graffiti technique to create images that confront modern urban Brazil with its native past. His name Nunca is an affirmation of his determination not to be bound by cultural or psychological constraints. Nunca is one of the most famous street artists of his generation.
Boris Hoppek is a German contemporary artist based in Barcelona. His artistic roots lie in graffiti, but today his work spans painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation art. His work has been used in advertising campaigns as well.
A1one is the pseudonym of Karan Reshad, an Iranian visual artist who pioneered graffiti and street art in Iran. His career as a street artist began in his hometown Tehran.
DAIM is a German graffiti artist who lives and works in Hamburg. He is particularly known for his large-size, 3D-style graffiti works. This has become known as his trademark. For his technically sophisticated style he obtained the reputation of being one of the best graffiti artists in the world.
Urban art refers to a Biennial, which has set its goal to clarify the current positions of this relatively new art movement, document its development in a two-yearly rhythm and provide an overview of the world scene in UrbanArt. The European Centre for Art and Industry Culture at UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks is hosting it in the Saarland town Völklingen.
Marc C. Woehr is a German contemporary artist known for his sculptural wooden relief constructions and monumental city paintings. The former graffiti sprayer now exhibits in international galleries and art fairs.
Okuda San Miguel, is a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his distinctive style of colorful geometric patterns that portray animals, skulls, religious iconography and human figures. He is perhaps most famous for painting the Kaos Temple in Llanera, Asturias, Spain. His murals can be seen on buildings and objects across the world in India, Mali, France, the United States, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Morocco, Ukraine and Spain.
Priscila De Carvalho is a Brazilian-born American contemporary artist who is known for paintings, sculptures, murals, site-specific art installations, and permanent public art.
In semiotics, a parergon is a supplementary issue or embellishment.
Montana Colors, also known as MTN, or sometimes Spanish Montana, is an art company founded by Jordi Rubio in Barcelona in 1994. The majority of its products are designed for use in graffiti. They are considered to be one of the best spray paint brands in the world.
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