| Stencil Poster Contributor(s): Stenlex, Stenlex (Author) |
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ISBN: 888849362X ISBN-13: 9788888493626 Publisher: Drago OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | Popular Culture - Art | Graffiti & Street Art |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (0.70 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second volume of the stencil techniques from this Roman duo. From dots to line, from mid-sized images to over-sized canvases, their work always maintains an orientation toward the street. Totally devoted to the space that surround and contains their works, they find their vital inspiration from the street. This is the emerging Italian style. Part of 36Chambers project which includes artists like WK Interact, Nick Walker, Mike Giant, Logan Hick, JonOne and Mai Lucas. This book is a part of the highly desirable 36 Chamber Series box collection and shares in the preceding prestige. Sten and Lex are entering the international art market, which makes this book a "must-have" for those who are interested in keeping current with new trends in contemporary art. The book presents a collection of never before seen works. The seventeenth chapter of Drago's 36 Chambers Series "Stencil Poster" by Roman artists Sten and Lex represents the most recent developments in their style. Sten and Lex, who by now are renowned world wide for their work both on the street and in various galleries, began working together in 2001. Since then they have continued to refresh and reinvent the application of their medium by introducing new methods and developing their style from the early days of the "Hole School" to what we see today, which they refer to as the "Stencil Poster" technique. Their innovative approach toward the standard stencil has received much deserved attention from gallerists, curators, and collectors from around the world. In addition to their growing international acclaim, Stencil Poster is their second book published by Drago. A brief statement from the artists compliments the eighty-three images in the book, each page presents the reader with an original piece made exclusively for the publication. The subjects of their work come from photographs of nameless faces found as a result of their meanderings through different outdoor markets in cities all over the world. The lines that form the images, when seen from a close proximity appear to be a visual study in black and white, but from afar magically expand and contract to create a complete vision. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stenlex, Stenlex: - Sten (born 1982, Rome) and Lex (born 1982, Taranto), known as Sten & Lex, are two Italian street artists. Sten & Lex have been doing stencils on the street since 2000/2001 and today their work is part of the urban landscape in London, Paris, Barcelona, New York City, and in their home town of Rome. During that early period in Rome, and Italy in general, there wasn't a strong stencil culture such as there was in France, and Sten & Lex are seen by many as the pioneers of "Stencil Graffiti" in Italy and were the first to be considered "stencil artists." All the work of Sten & Lex results from an individual path that developed far from art academies and design institutes and far from a classic writing and graffiti background. The duo are best known in the history of stencil-making for introducing the halftone stencil technique, in which the greater part of their stencil portraits is composed of thousands of lines. They usually produce portraits of anonymous people they have photographed themselves or found in family photos album. In 2008, they took part in the Cans Festival: Banksy invited thirty-nine artists from around the world, including, Prism, Blek, Faile, Vhils, Vexta, to exhibit their work in an abandoned tunnel near Leake Street in South East London. In 2009, they started producing what they call "Stencil Poster . The technique derives from the union of two of the main techniques of street art: Stencil and Poster. They glue a stencil cut from paper on the wall and paint over it. They then destroy the matrix and apply its scraps to the wall, thus allowing them to become part of the work itself. The bits of matrix applied to the wall wear out over time, producing work in a state of constant change. Unlike stencil work in general, the images thus created cannot be reproduced, rendering each piece original and unique. In 2011, they entered the contemporary art world with large-scale pieces in museums, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO) in Rome, Italy and the Carandente Museum in Spoleto, Italy. That same year, they participated in major international festivals, such as the "Walk This Way" Festival in Koge, Denmark and the "Nuart" Festival in Stavanger, Norway, contributing to the growth of their fame and popularity. 2012 saw the production of monumental projects that led to Sten Lex being recognized as emerging artists increasingly in demand. They were invited to the "Living Walls" show in Atlanta, USA; the Centre de la Gravure et de l Image imprimee in La Louviere, Belgium, as well as to the "Outer Spaces" outdoor show in Poznan, Poland and the "Open Walls" in Baltimore, USA. In 2012, they also presented their work in a large solo show at the Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris. The Shanghai, China branch of the same gallery granted them another solo show in the Spring of 2013, referring to the duo as among "the most innovative at the moment. |
