You may have noticed a lot of stencil art in Dumbo (and other parts of Brooklyn) lately. Halcyon presented the opening of an art show called “Stencil History X” last week, which is displaying works of world renowned stencil artists from France, Italy, and the US through October 26, 2008. One of these artists, French Street artist Christian Guémy, know as C215, has been covering his work around Dumbo. Dozens of his work can be seen on the streets in subtle and not so subtle locations. (Luna Park has photographed most of them in the area on her C215 Flickr set.)
C215 takes his art seriously and shows in the details of the stenciling. He paints images of mostly homeless people, refugees, street people. According to him, he does it to “make people notice more homeless people in the street. It’s contextual art. If I’m painting white and darkness, it means something. Because I want to give some life to darkness, their life is dark and want to impress some clear idea of their being.”
He has a lot of talent, but isn’t doing it for fame. “A lot of street artists now are very subversive, but when you [get to] know them personally, they can be conformist and just looking for success.” Have you spotted them all in Dumbo?
See artists profile video on YouTube here.
I finally saw some of these today and they are pretty rockin. I like the one over by Pedro’s especially.
I finally saw some of these today and they are pretty rockin. I like the one over by Pedro’s especially.
Glad someone got a shot of the one on the front of our shop. It didn’t take the landlord too long to buff it, along with another nice chunk of Oliver Vernon’s mural. So much for art appreciation in this so called artist enclave. Luckily there are two m ore on the walls inside halcyon where they can’t get to them 😉
Glad someone got a shot of the one on the front of our shop. It didn’t take the landlord too long to buff it, along with another nice chunk of Oliver Vernon’s mural. So much for art appreciation in this so called artist enclave. Luckily there are two m ore on the walls inside halcyon where they can’t get to them 😉
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