So, I was just introduced to something called spray paint art. So I don’t know if many people know what this is cause I definitely had never heard of it and it sounds like it could be graffiti art, but it's actually completely different because it’s not done on the side of buildings, but rather most often on poster boards. So what’s really cool about this is that it’s usually done as a performance often on street in large urban cities. So the artists will usually create landscapes like planets, comets, pyramids, city scenes, and things of the like. Often, a really important part of the art is the music that the artists will use to accompany the performance because it will not only affect the painting, but the experience for the spectators, as well. For me it was so cool because when I first started watching one of the videos below (not knowing what it was), I couldn’t help, but think it was bullshit, but then as he kept going and I could see the colors combining and it actually started turning into something. I was really in awe of it by the time it finished so I really wanted to share it with you guys. The first video is the first one I ever watched that introduced me to this and the one after it is just one of the paintings that I really love.
I really loved watching this. I watched a couple other videos of people making paintings like it after seeing these and I think you're right that the performance of making it is really important. There are some videos where you just see stages of the process and I was way less impressed by those. I would love to watch someone make one of these paintings live.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree!!! I doubt we'd find anyone now, much too cold, but I'm wondering if something like it would go on in Boston!
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