hello again, this here post centres on the stencil style of street art (as requested!)
stencil art is perhaps one of the newest forms of street art and is also perhaps one of the most involved and highly skilled media within the genre. it’s labor intensive, it’s extremely risky and it involves extra equipment to achieve if you wanna do it right, yo.
to produce a piece with multiple colours or tones one must draw and cut the same number of stencils as are colours/tones. each stencil is sprayed onto the wall and later overlapped with another stencil and another layer of colour/tone (very much like screen printing if anyone has dabbled in printmaking) to produce a detailed, high depth work. in between each layer is a waiting period, depending on the type of paint used, which can be a risky business when making ones art where people often pass by. even in the wee hours it only takes one narrower-minded walker-by to pick up a phone and dial 17 (the number for the police here).
hence, my feelings of respect towards such individuals and the work they so lovingly produce is strong. please scroll for a number of random works i am unable to credit very well (feel free to help me here if you can!) and never fear, i have a handful more really superb stencil works featuring in my next post. so watch this space!
enjoy…
by ‘jef aerosol’
i assume also by ‘jef aerosol’ as the style is remarkably similar
(esp. with the red arrows)
the red text on the windowsill translates as “the music soothes the walls”
i admit this one is not particularly skilled BUT i love the concept. this work is also really well located, surrounded by a lot of expensive boutiques, restaurants and bars in one of the most wealthy arrondissements of paris – a nice little comment on some of the weath and status obsessed parisians… and it’s cute!
to be illuminated 