Find the art hidden in objects everyday life is a virtue that few can boast, It is no longer just about street art framed in the world of professional graffiti with famous artists like Banksy or new trends of
Street art is much more and the game of altering the original function of objects does not leave indifferent to no one.
Use the public space of the street and squares to create stories with objects that invite reflection, to look differently at the world around us, is the goal of the artist Benedetto Bufalino. Imagination creative that can revitalize any urban space. This It's Street art but in capital letters!…
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What happens when we change the volume of the things?… As part of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Anglet (France). Bufalino has installed a "soccer field" in the middle of the beach. A past the ground level plane and in 2D of the chalk on the sand, to formalize an interactive work in 3D delimited by large concrete tiles that form walls alluding to the effort required to play in a field and, on the other hand, to the rules, to the order and the discipline that is required to participate in the game.
Interactive art on the beach that transforms the everyday in a different element.
With a humorous approach, he presents a street art of a picnic table with enormous dimensions. Their oversized proportions create an optical illusion, banking and the large-scale tabletop play with a disorientation before the spectators, a deception that is disconcerting from afar where the observer cannot believe the scale of the object.
«Although the history of art callejero has always been associated with a type of human manifestation with traits of vandalism, my intention is raise concerns in a society mentally comfortable»
Another example is an art gallery that only fits one piece inside, distorting the volume of the typical museums that we can find around the world.
Why objects should be used for what they that were created?… It may be that they have other functions more interesting. Here, the>street art artist wants make us reflect on the purpose of objects daily routines and their usefulness as well as the loss of interest when they no longer fulfill their original function.
The deprecation of an object does not necessarily mean the removal of it, we can reconvert and recycle it creatively to enhance urban interaction and community of an area. Only good ideas are missing!
In line with his urban interventions and the good humor, the artist Benedetto returns with art street sending a caravan straight to the sky. "La Caravane dans le ciel" is a mobile trailer consisting of a illuminated caravan towering over the trees and constructions, a new perspective of lighting and looking the cities.
The French artist rethinks tennis courts decks, placing you in the context of an apartment habitable. Where visitors are invited to catch a racket, and engage in a match with an opponent who takes up space at the other end of a door frame.
The unexpected within contemporary art, and its interest in redefining the norm, has led to a situation that invites the idea of «art as a game» to encourage participation and play in therapy joint.
In art theory, many paint, others draw, others recycle and create, some just scratch for the simple pleasure of scratch or put something that does not make sense sometimes, others reflect your artistic side whether on a wall or on paper, on canvas or On the asphalt, on the ground or the sidewalk, on glass or windows... etc, because at the end of everything it is about creativity, to be unique, to express ideas and to awaken consciences and values that we have forgotten.
As a note, there are two projects of interest that work on geolocation of works and artists to understand a little more about this philosophy and discover what's hidding. The first is called Street Art Project (Here) supported by Google Art Project where different artists from around the world bring their different look from the streets and the second Google Arts and Culture (Here) another database information that requires your attention.
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