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Stik, stylised as STIK, [1] is a British graffiti artist based in London. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Born in 1979, with no formal art school training, Stik is known for painting large stick figures that are six-lines, and two-dot figures.
stikman figure, downtown Portland. He has been creating the stikman figures that he is best known for since the 1990s. [2] [4] [5] These are usually made of yellow linoleum-like pavement marking tape that becomes embedded in the asphalt over time, [6] [7] The artist places the figures, most frequently on crosswalks, [8] without any direct indication of authorship.
Graffiti was not considered a credible form of art until the 2000s with the likes of Alex Martinez spreading awareness of this new type of art form. As a result of this art collectors began to get street artists to do commissioned pieces of art for them [1] which lead to graffiti becoming a viable option for street artists to earn some money.
Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera. Image credits: Festina_lente123 #12
See No Evil 2011, was a week-long graffiti art event, [4] that claimed to be the largest street art event of its kind in the UK, reaffirmed Bristol's high position in the UK's urban art movement, [5] and supports the claim, that Bristol may be the current international center of this urban art movement. [6]
DOME (real name: Christian Krämer) – street art, murals, urban art; El Bocho (Berlin) – street art; Boris Hoppek (born 1970, in Kreuztal; also known as "Forty") – contemporary artist based in Barcelona; artistic roots lie in graffiti, but today his work spans painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation art
Tags are one of the primary forms of modern graffiti, along with throw ups and pieces.The act of writing a tag is known as tagging.Tags are often thought of as the simplest form of graffiti art, prioritising legibility and flow, [1] and are the form that most artists start with. [2]
ArtFacts relates artists to one another using a complex algorithm that assumes that each exhibition carries a different weight in the art world. So e.g. For example, an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is valued higher than one at a rural art club with few visitors. In addition to the exhibition activity, the algorithm also ...