He enjoys creating either unity or conflict among materials, backgrounds, motives, and human intervention. This interest in decay has nourished his style, motives, and composition. Martins work features with festivals, projects and walls globally. He looks for inspiration in people, city landscapes, old buildings, graffiti, posters, and decaying walls.
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I also have other Martin Whatson pieces for sale. I can send in framed or unframed, please be in contact as this will effect the price for shipping. whether immersing entirely or embellishing a detail, the images disappear beneath expressive, spray-painted strokes of assorted colours and textures. It is fully painted, drawn and stencilled on very thick deckled paper/card. True to form, no gray space stays gray for long in Martins presence. The ashen tones of the compositions and vacant backgrounds are reminiscent of his alternative canvases, the concrete. Almost stylised, these minimal figures are constructed of a few layers of hand-cut stencils. Delicate and organic characters feature butterflies, ballerinas and animals all rendered in empty grayscale space. With as many works on walls as on canvas and paper, the relationship between vulnerability and strength remains constant in each work. This balance would come to define his creative approach. The evolution moved him closer to a simple yet effective aesthetic he believed could bridge the gap between the passion and spontaneity Graffiti held for him, with the fragility and transience of nature. In the early 2000s, this interest in layers became more literal with the introduction of stencils into his work. The same deconstructive processes can be seen in his creative influences of Jose Parla and Cy Twombly. The physical architecture of the city was a constant inspiration, the elaboration and destruction of each generation contributing to the urban infrastructure. Growing up in Oslo Norway, Martin was an active part of the emerging graffiti scene of the early 90’s which at the time maintained zero tolerance. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. Since his artistic debut in 2004, he has had several solo shows and participated in many group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally.Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. He use grey tones as a foundation but adds vibrant colors to break the monochrome concrete expression and bring a splash of life to his work. Inspired by artist like Jose Parlá and Cy Twombly, his abstract graffiti and stencils are a mix of urban scenes showing the development of a walls lifetime. His artistic expression started more political, but has developed into a more subtle expression blending graffiti, stencil art and decay together. This interest for decay has helped develop his style, motives and composition and he enjoys creating either unity or conflict between materials, backgrounds and human intervention. He looks for inspiration in people, city landscapes, old buildings, graffiti, posters and decaying walls. Martin has a continuous urge to search for beauty in what is commonly dismissed as ugly, out of style or simply left behind. Anyone recognize the image print martinwhatson graffiriprints martinwhatson. After following graffiti and its development, he started his own stencil production 10 years ago in the winter of 2004. Back in the UK signing a new edition with graffitiprints coming out soon. While studying Art and Graphic design at Westerdals School of Communication, Oslo, he discovered stencils and the urban art scene. 1984) is a Norwegian born and based stencil artist.
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