I am loving the paintings of Portland based artist Jennifer Mercede. She has a wonderful way of mixing acrylics, colored pencils, pen and cray-pas to create brightly colored abstracts with a bit of graffiti shining through. “My work is designed to uplift your soul. It is positive, spiritual in origin and one look at the honesty and warmth captured in my pieces makes a viewer smile”. Shake it Jennifer.
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Street artists are certainly elusive little suckers. I searched for more information on E1000ink but only found this “These pieces are by E1000 who lives in Madrid, Spain. His goal is to add colorful patterns to everyday mundane urban locations.” Love the color, the geometrics and that he isn’t trying to be Banksy. Shake it guy.
One of my favorite things to research for Sodapopgirl is street art. Such a fascinating cultural and political statement. Strong, against the grain, and often full of vivid beauty and humor. This series of light hearted works is by Jana and JS. They are a creative team whose work consists of large scale, urban pieces and acrylic/spray paints on canvas for indoor exhibitions.
“They are inspired by the city and it’s architecture constantly changing, but also by those who live it and keep it, they paint urban landscapes, simple architectural details and pictures in sets of mirrors, transparency and development abyss.” They use the stencil technique basing it solely on their photographic work. Austrian and French, they now live in Salzburg, Austria after spending some years in Madrid and Paris. Shake it.
Yarn installations, yarn bombs, or yarn storms originated in the U.S. with Texas knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished knitting projects, it has now moved worldwide. I just found out the start of the movement has been attributed to Magda Sayeg from Houston, who says she first got the idea in 2005 when she covered the door handle of her boutique with a custom made cozy.
Her site Knittaplease is where I first saw yarn bombing. Now, a couple years later I still can’t get enough. I love seeing yarn graffiti around my hometown of Portland, Oregon. Thank you Magda for shakin up how we think about street art.
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