"Miso {Stanislava Pinchuk} is a 21 year old artist, living in Melbourne, Australia. Her work sways between pasting hand drawn portraits in city streets, to intricate drawings and installations in gallery spaces. She has just completed writing a book for Thames & Hudson, and had her street work bought and archived by the National Gallery of Australia."
From her website: http://cityofreubens.com/about/
What would you call this? I don't think it's graffiti. In Berlin, there was both public art and graffiti covering many of the public spaces, houses, train stations and cars. Graffiti can be funny and inspiring, but often it's vandalism which has little to do with art.
For me, this is public art. Like art, it has a message and great artistic skill. My favorites are her doorway frames, picturing women influenced by folktales and her Ukrainian heritage. Miso likes the idea of transforming a seemingly unimportant moment of passing through a doorway into a more special event by creating a connection, and awareness in our busy lives. And surprising beauty. I definitely need a few of those moments today, with my poor kid being sick since days and days and days......
Learn more about her work here:
http://cityofreubens.com/
I love graffiti. here is Texas it is found in Latino area of cities and railroad cars. Vandalism usually means they did not have permission and in someway ruined the property value. Graffiti is the artistic expression of a low income population and a style taken over by others who are paid or given permission. A graffiti artist is as much an artist as Miso
ReplyDeleteI'd call it street art. The line that makes sense to me is this: if the object of the work is to add beauty or make you think, street art. If the object of the work is to mark territory or let the world know you were here, graffiti. A grey line. Sometimes people want you to know they were here just to make you think.
ReplyDeleteHow GREAT are these?! Such beautiful expression, I love the art deco style Miso is incorporating in her art. History's past with today's modern street art. So wonderful. I had no idea it could be purchased. Innnteresting.
ReplyDeleteI actually do know what this kind of art is called. Worn Throught did a post on it and how it has been applied to clothing. People are categorizing it as 'trompe l'oeil', Banksey being the most popular these days.
Oh my goodness! Those images are so incredibly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow. That is beautiful! Love the thought of giving passers-by cause to reflect when they walk through those doors.
ReplyDeletethese are gorgeous--thanks for sharing...i love cities and places where there is no line between art and life...
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing her. I'm off to visit her site!
ReplyDeleteSehr schön, dass es diese Papierkunstwerke in dieser Größe gibt, wusste ich gar nicht. Aus Berlin kenne ich nur ganz kleine, fast versteckte, meistens nicht größer als ein Blatt Papier. In der deutschsprachigen Straßenkunstszene heißen diese Bilder "paste ups", aber wie so oft scheint das in der englischsprachigen Welt kein gebräuchlicher Begriff zu sein. Künstler verwenden oft diese Technik, weil das Ankleben dieser Bilder, im Gegensatz zu Graffiti, nicht als Sachbeschädigung verfolgt werden kann, es ist zwar nicht direkt erlaubt, aber man kann deswegen nicht bestraft werden.
ReplyDeleteGute Besserung fürs Kind!
I see a whole bunch of Gustav Klimt's ladies in there... wonderful...
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