Post by dungle on Jun 10, 2015 8:05:07 GMT
Post all your pictures of street and gallery work here.
Some info about them from their new show:-
Broken Fingaz are a world-renowned psych-pop graffiti collective from Haifa, Israel. Since their founding in 2001, its members Unga, Kip, Tant and Deso have worked prolifically on the international art scene, with a practice that extends to graphic design, music, film and installation. Their work has been exhibited in major galleries in the native Israel including the Haifa Museum of Art and the Tel Aviv Museum alongside solo shows in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, St Petersburg, Tokyo and Vienna. The BF’s visual aesthetic draws on the rootless culture of their homeland, creating an identity that was lacking for young Israelis. At the same time, over a decade of traveling, between Haifa, Asia and Europe, has lead to an absorption of cultural influences from both East and West, the natural place they find themselves as citizens of the contentious and problematic Middle-East.
Using bold lines and acid pop colours, Broken Fingaz Crew’s work visually alludes to ‘80s comic book illustrations and pulp horror. Exploring two of art history’s oldest themes – sex and death – the BFC confront viewers with humorous, controversial and often sexually explicit imagery, that contemplates notions of the abject through a confrontation with the baseness of humanity and its suppressed desires. Bodily dismemberment, mutilated limbs and skeletons represent not only death, but the need to understand the physical body and the unseen side of our corporeality.
In both style and subject matter, their work is also heavily inspired by Japanese Shunga woodcut prints from the Edo period. In their recent work, this has been combined with motifs from Indian spirituality, interrogating the duality between the sacred and profane through symbolic imagery. In this way, their art feeds off a tradition in the East where art has long been used to express the imperfect, primal side of the human spirit. With their transgressive themes, Broken Fingaz’ intention is to provoke the viewer; this is made more significant with their work in the street, as private desires invade the public space.
Read more: notbanksyforum.com/thread/749/broken-fingaz-griffin-gallery-angeles#ixzz3ce1BTS8h
Some info about them from their new show:-
Broken Fingaz are a world-renowned psych-pop graffiti collective from Haifa, Israel. Since their founding in 2001, its members Unga, Kip, Tant and Deso have worked prolifically on the international art scene, with a practice that extends to graphic design, music, film and installation. Their work has been exhibited in major galleries in the native Israel including the Haifa Museum of Art and the Tel Aviv Museum alongside solo shows in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, St Petersburg, Tokyo and Vienna. The BF’s visual aesthetic draws on the rootless culture of their homeland, creating an identity that was lacking for young Israelis. At the same time, over a decade of traveling, between Haifa, Asia and Europe, has lead to an absorption of cultural influences from both East and West, the natural place they find themselves as citizens of the contentious and problematic Middle-East.
Using bold lines and acid pop colours, Broken Fingaz Crew’s work visually alludes to ‘80s comic book illustrations and pulp horror. Exploring two of art history’s oldest themes – sex and death – the BFC confront viewers with humorous, controversial and often sexually explicit imagery, that contemplates notions of the abject through a confrontation with the baseness of humanity and its suppressed desires. Bodily dismemberment, mutilated limbs and skeletons represent not only death, but the need to understand the physical body and the unseen side of our corporeality.
In both style and subject matter, their work is also heavily inspired by Japanese Shunga woodcut prints from the Edo period. In their recent work, this has been combined with motifs from Indian spirituality, interrogating the duality between the sacred and profane through symbolic imagery. In this way, their art feeds off a tradition in the East where art has long been used to express the imperfect, primal side of the human spirit. With their transgressive themes, Broken Fingaz’ intention is to provoke the viewer; this is made more significant with their work in the street, as private desires invade the public space.
Read more: notbanksyforum.com/thread/749/broken-fingaz-griffin-gallery-angeles#ixzz3ce1BTS8h
