Sandra Chevrier & Martin Whatson La Cage Et Le Cur De La Bête Hand Finished

  
SANDRA CHEVRIER & MARTIN WHATSON COLLAB - LA CAGE ET LE CUR DE LA BÊTE. 25 COLOUR SCREENPRINT WITH HEAVY HAND PAINTING BY MARTIN WHATSON ON 330 GSM SOMERSET SATIN PAPER. Signed By BOTH ARTISTS and COMPLETE WITH COA. 1984 is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids.

Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations.

Growing up in Oslo Norway, Martin was an active part of the emerging graffiti scene of the early 90s which at the time maintained zero tolerance. The physical architecture of the city was a constant inspiration, the elaboration and destruction of each generation contributing to the urban infrastructure. The same deconstructive processes can be seen in his creative influences of Jose Parla and Cy Twombly. In the early 2000s, this interest in layers became more literal with the introduction of stencils into his work. The evolution moved him closer to a simple yet effective aesthetic he believed could bridge the gap between the passion and spontaneity Graffiti held for him, with the fragility and transience of nature.

This balance would come to define his creative approach. With as many works on walls as on canvas and paper, the relationship between vulnerability and strength remains constant in each work. Delicate and organic characters feature; butterflies, ballerinas and animals all rendered in empty grayscale space.

Almost stylised, these minimal figures are constructed of a few layers of hand-cut stencils. The ashen tones of the compositions and vacant backgrounds are reminiscent of his alternative canvases, the concrete. True to form, no gray space stays gray for long in Martins presence.

Whether immersing entirely or embellishing a detail, the images disappear beneath expressive, spray-painted strokes of assorted colours and textures. Martins work features with festivals, projects and walls globally. His original work can be found in private collections and institutions with solo exhibitions featured in cities from Tokyo to LA, London to New York. In addition to his large-scale outdoor installations, Whatson applies his vibrant motifs to canvas, prints, and sculptures.

Sandra Chevrier is a Canadian contemporary artist, as a self-taught artist Chevrier first expressed her emotions through pencil drawings. At first, her sketches were almost always of eyes and this initial passion is still present in her current work. The focus on the eyes is visible in Chevriers Cages Series of works, in which she uses a combines the medium of painting and collage to create portraits of women. In her portraits, Chevrier uses the contrasting mediums of paint and actual comic book cuttings to produce these intense mixed-media portraits, which express an underlying tragedy of female oppression. Before the discovery of collage and mixed media, Chevrier used to have a hyper-realistic art style.

Now, Chevriers work is an amalgam of fine and street art that is self-governed as well as supremely crafted, her hyper-realism still expressed through her portrayal of eyes. Martin Whatson and Sandra Chevrier belong together Snik, Mr Brainwash, Mr Doodle, KAWS, Banksy, Invader, Obey, Shepard Fairey, Insane51, Daniel Arsham, Paul Insect, Stik, Fin DAC, Nick Smith to the most celebrated artists of our time.

The item "Sandra Chevrier & Martin Whatson La Cage Et Le Cur De La Bête Hand Finished" is in sale since Monday, December 28, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiquitäten & Kunst\Kunst\Kunstdrucke". The seller is "lenne2020" and is located in Hagen.

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