It included the faces of the Huli people from New Guinea, the Mursi people of Ethiopia, the Kayin people from Thailand, the Supi people from Europe, and the Tapajos people from the Americas. Etnias depicts five faces from the five continents to spread the message of us all being one. In fact, it broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest graffiti art. This impressive feat took two months to finish and covers an area of nearly 30,000 square feet. Using his signature technique of squares and triangles, world-renowned graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra created Etnias for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Located at Port District in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Etnias (Ethnicities) by Eduardo Kobra, 2016 The Pandolfo brothers, known as Os Gemeos masterfully account for the curves in their unconventional canvas and, although it did spark some controversy, the piece was incredibly popular. This massive graffiti work took up 70 square feet and depicts a large, yellow character as he seems to be squeezing himself between the buildings that surround him. Smallman, Jake Nyman, Carl, Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne, West New York, NJ : Mark Batty Publisher, October 1, 2005.Located at Dewey Square Park in Boston, Massachusetts The Giant of Boston by Os Gemeos, 2012, via The Rose Kennedy Greenway WebsiteĬreated by the twin duo Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo from Brazil, The Giant of Boston was a temporary piece made as part of an exhibition for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.Manco, Tristan, Stencil Graffiti, Thames and Hudson, 2002.Rogers, Michelle, "Jef Aerosol", Gadabout Paris, Paris, France, 2008.Ĭ215 Community Service, Criteres ed.Norman, James, "Graffiti goes upmarket", The Age, Melbourne, Australia, August 16, 2003.Jinman, Richard, "Street art moves to a posh new hang-out", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, April 9, 2007.Instituto Monsa de ediciones, S.A., 2005. ^ Ellis, Rennie The All New Australian Graffiti, Sun Books (Macmillan), Melbourne, 1985 ( ISBN 0-7251-0484-8).Above / Tavar Zawacki, Banksy, Blek le Rat, Vhils, Shepard Fairey and Jef Aérosol are some names that are synonymous with this subculture. Stencil graffiti is illegal in some jurisdictions, and many of the members of this subculture shroud their identities in aliases. Many of its members connect through blogs and websites that are specifically built to display works, get feedback on posted works, and receive news of what is going on in the world of stencil graffiti. The members are linked through the Internet and the images spray-painted on the urban canvas they place throughout the world. Over the years this form of graffiti has become a worldwide subculture. unlike our subway-style graffiti, which is nothing more than a copy of a well-established New York tradition, the symbols of Australia and America had originated separately and unknown to each other. In the introduction to the book, Ellis noted that US photographer Charles Gatewood had written to him and sent him photographs of similar stencil graffiti that had recently appeared in New York City, leading Ellis to speculate that: He was influenced by the graffiti artists of New York City but wanted to create something of his own.Īustralian photographer Rennie Ellis documented some of the earliest examples of stencil art to appear in Sydney and Melbourne in his 1985 book The All New Australian Graffiti. Sometimes multiple layers of stencils are used on the same image to add colours or create the illusion of depth.īecause the stencil stays nearly unchanged throughout its use, it is easier for an artist to replicate what could be a complicated piece - at a high rate when compared to other conventional tagging methods.įrench artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest's stencilled silhouette of a nuclear bomb victim was spray painted in the south of France in 1966 (Plateau d'Albion, Vaucluse) īlek le Rat's first spray painted stencils were seen in Paris in 1981. The process of stencilling involves applying paint across a stencil to form an image on a surface below. The desired design is cut out of the selected medium and then the image is transferred to a surface through the use of spray paint or roll-on paint. Stencil graffiti is a form of graffiti that makes use of stencils made out of paper, cardboard, or other media to create an image or text that is easily reproducible. Stencil graffiti on a wall in Namur, Belgium
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