Shadow Graffiti
Jul 26th, 2007 by Chris
I always enjoy “urban art” or graffiti when it actually means something. The tool bags that run around with a spray can tagging their name or whatever words they think up along side street walls and signs can die in a fire. I do consider Graffiti an art form and there have been numerous commissions for street art along buildings and roads to decorate the plain cement walls found in most cities.
From the artist responsible for the above image:
“This piece is part of a line of work I have been developing over the last year or so, which is called “Urban Impressionismâ€, in which represent 3D objects in 2-Dimensions through shadows. These shadows are created at a particular point of day, or night, and later stenciled and spray-painted in order to resemble real shadows. Through this process I am able to discuss light and form, in an unconventional way, placing it directly on the streets of the contemporary urban “cityscape†that surrounds us.
Ideally I hope to create a moment of magic or illusion in which the spectator or passer-by questions the space around him/her, through the shadows that are either naturally cast or artificially created. This particular piece incorporates text to politicize a very important issue for many of us today — the end of the war in many regions of our globalized world.
