"When you
paint on the street the piece interacts with it’s surroundings, giving the
piece extra life"
Don John
Artist
A Denmark
based street artist
Began in
1983, heavily influenced by the film “Beat Street”
Was a
member of a crew combined hip hop and rap with graffiti art
Began tagging
trains etc but then decided to educate others towards a mural form of graffiti
art
He never
knew he would be an artist but became one professionally after he found that
people liked his stuff enough to make a living from it
He is
inspired by Jeremy Geddes and Conor Harrington
Artwork
Early work
consisted of merging animals and humans together
He works a
lot with the themes such as Civilization Vs Nature, Human Vs Animals and
transformation.
He works
with stencil graffiti and linocuts, using wood for his stencils and Fabriano
paper for the lino cuts and illustrations.
Audience
He has an
audience based both at exhibitions as well as in the streets
“They are
like pieces straight out from a dream; some kind of surreal and oniric tales
where their subjects are full of magnetism and strength, yet they ooze a
beautiful blend of darkness, fragility and innocence.” CFYE
World
21st
century, new emerging ideas, street art is becoming and is extremely popular
Wolf beard
Zoomorphism
John uses
the type of zoomorphism that combines human and animal feature
He works
with a number of themes such as nature vs civilization and this is a key
feature within his morphing artworks
Morphing
is an effective way of showing the relationship between animals and humanity
Influence on my artmaking
While I do
not do the same morphing artworks as him I believe that the strong emphasis on
line is evident within my artworks
The use of
bold lines is also evidence within his artworks and mine
The
unrealistic nature of his art is also a parallel between his artworks and mine
Note
Many of his artworks are contained on the street and have not been given names
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