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Graffiti by D*Face in Barcelona, Spain
Graffiti by D*Face in Barcelona, Spain

D*Face is an English multimedia street artist who utilizes spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Street art is any Art developed in Public spaces — that is "in the Streets quot — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature as

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Life and work

"D*Face" aka. Richard Stockton. Grew up in London and had a childhood interest in graffiti. He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of New York subway graffiti in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines. Henry Chalfant (born January 2, 1940 in Sewickley Pennsylvania, USA) is a well known and highly regarded urban culture photographer The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency Graffiti (singular graffito; the plural is used as a Mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched scrawled painted or marked in any manner on property Thrasher is a monthly Skateboarding Magazine founded in 1981 by Kevin Thatcher and is currently edited by Jake Phelps He attended an illustration and design course and worked as a freelance illustrator/designer whilst honing his street work. Influences included Shepard Fairey's "Obey Giant" art campaign, Jim Philips, hip hop, punk music, and popular animated cartoons. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970 in Charleston South Carolina) is a contemporary Artist, Graphic designer and Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a Street art campaign based on a Design by Shepard Fairey created in 1986 in Charleston South Carolina [1]

He held his first major London solo exhibition, Death & Glory, at the Stolenspace gallery, which sold out in October 2006[2] Since then, his exhibitions have included a solo show, Eyecons, at O Contemporary in Brighton in March 2007, again a sell out show. This featured new paintings, an installation and two prints — of Kurt "Kant Complain" and Cli-Che. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed [3] D*Face was the owner and curator for the Outside Institute, a contemporary art gallery in London that focused on street art. Street art is any Art developed in Public spaces — that is "in the Streets quot — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature as In 2005 the Outside Institute moved and re branded to become the Stolen Space Gallery.

Commissioned works

Further reading

References

  1. ^ PIXELSURGEON | Interviews | Art | D*Face
  2. ^ "D*Face Exhibition 'Death & Glory'", Pimp Magazine. Kangol is a clothing company famous for its Headwear. Founded in Cleator, Cumbria, England in 1938 by Jaques Spreiregen Kangol Retrieved on 2007-08-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)  
  3. ^ Vinyl Pulse: March 2007
  4. ^ Computer Arts - Profile: D*Face
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