Several months ago I met a student from Nepal while I was completing a traditional rendition of the Hindu deity Ganesh. Upon recognizing the image, he immediately introduced himself and a conversation about the artistic styles of both of our cultures ensued. He was curious to see how an American artist would depict traditional Eastern(specifically art of Nepal and India) artistic concepts in a more Western context. As a result, I decided to begin a body of work that would incorporate eastern images in a style that originated in America: graffiti. For the first image in the series, I chose to depict the friend whom helped to inspire the series.
posted by Chud at 7:46 AM
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While graffiti is traditionally done in spray paint and I have explored the medium previously, in this new series I am primarily concerned with the graphic street art style that dominates hip hop culture, not just the street tags associated with graffiti. Also, many current critics feel that graffiti loses its essence if you're not spray painting the image illegaly on a public space. I decided that wasn't the angle I wanted to take for this project.
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