Sten & Lex
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8888493603 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to Marcos Pereira. Great seller! Amazing book!
All the work of Sten & Lex results from an individual path that developed far from art academies and design institutes and far from a classic writing and graffiti background. They glue a stencil cut from paper on the wall and paint over it. They were invited to the "Living Walls" show in Atlanta, USA; the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée in La Louvière, Belgium, as well as to the "Outer Spaces" outdoor show in Poznan, Poland and the "Open Walls" in Baltimore, USA. About the Author Sten (born 1982, Rome) and Lex (born 1982, Taranto), known as Sten & Lex, are two Italian street artists. Unlike stencil work in gene
They glue a stencil cut from paper on the wall and paint over it. During that early period in Rome, and Italy in general, there wasn't a strong stencil culture such as there was in France, and Sten & Lex are seen by many as the pioneers of "Stencil Graffiti" in Italy and were the first to be considered "stencil artists". In 2009, they started pr
“Their works are new and fresh yet they recall the Renaissance, on low-definition paper with high moral vitality, as if they were the votive faces of secular beauty. Their stencils magnify the perception of tabloids and newsstands, which provide the city an abundance of visual editorials that grow in time, in a use of material that resembles the pictorial scratches of a Cy Twombly painting.” –Gianluca MarzianiThe duo started working together in 2000 and have since pioneered several revolutionary stencil techniques that are showcased in this book. The release of street artists Sten & Lex’s new monograph coincides with their first official solo show at the CO2 gallery in Rome. The Roman duo took their first step into a traditional gallery setting with this exhibition, which focused attention on their new and innovative approach to the use of the stencil poster technique. Also included are a number of insightful critical texts by Maria Letizia Bixio, Davide Giannella and Gianluca Marziani and an introduction by gallery owner and curator Giorgio Galotti.