All posts by Pierrick Senelaer

Founder of the Art-Pie site. I design and code websites and apps Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 and enjoy drawing, painting and visits to museums and galleries at night and weekends.

DIGITAL ART

Graffiti Analysis v3.0

November 30, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer

This is simply one of the most exciting projects I have come across recently. My liking for this amazing technology is probably the result of a personality going geek sometimes.

Graffiti Analysis is an extensive ongoing study in the motion of graffiti. Custom software designed for graffiti writers creates visualizations of the often unseen gestures involved in the creation of a tag. Motion data is recorded, analyzed and archived as Graffiti Markup Language (.gml) files, a specifically formatted XML file designed to be a common open structure for archiving gestural graffiti motion data. GML files are saved in an open online database, 000000book.com, where writers can share analytical representations of their hand styles.

Graffiti and street art history infographics

November 30, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer 1 Comment

Graffiti and Street Art, a diagram by Daniel Feral from the recent Pantheon art show in NYC.

CONTEMPORARY ART, STREET ART

Anamorphic art

November 30, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer 2 Comments

We have all seen these street artists colouring our pavements without could not put the finger on what the piece actually represent. It is because you are not looking at it at the right angle. We are talking here about anamorphic art which has recently flourished all over the world.

But some artists take this form of art to the next level making it methodical and magical. Located in the factory hosted by Sub Urb Art based in Torino (Italy), Medusa, figure from the Greek mythology, has taken the patience, attention to detail and talent of two artists, Ninja1 and Mach505.

The number of surfaces used is phenomenal and make the task daunting. It took 35 hours to paint the whole lot. It was achievable by projecting the outlines of an existing Medusa drawing on those surfaces and paint over them.

“Also, tracing a projection might seem simple, but at a distance of 20 meters the pixels are the size of your head, and hardly visible at all because of other lights, so you do need to check what you’re doing from the viewpoint every once in a while. “

Read the full interview on Modernet

From certain angles

The end result

PREVIEW

Editions group show at Arch402 gallery

November 29, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer

ARCH 402 gallery has now been running for just over a year but has already become a major London venue to show and promote street art and this upcoming show – Street Art @ Arch402 should be another cracking show.

Often here, works from East London’s street art scene will be put on show so expect wonders from Ronzo or Sweet Toof. New works, prints and crafted objects will make up this show and tunes will be played by a DJ.

All unframed work will be available to take away on the night and throughout the show.

When – 2 December 2011 – 13 January 2012 (Opening party – 1 December 2011 18:00-21:00)
Where – Arch402 gallery | Cremer street | London

GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI GALLERIES

Graffiti at the Jardins de Walter Benjamin, Barcelona

November 17, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer 1 Comment

I am now back from Barcelona where I had the chance to enjoy a warm winter sun, delicious tapas but also and above all eye-catching graffiti.

You can see quite a few scattered around the city and especially in the main avenues of the city but head down to the port, look for the maritime museum and you will definitely spot the Jardins de Walter Benjamin, a very formal name for what is a hotspot for so-called underground activity: graffiti.

A selection of best shots is below as well as a map where this spot is located.

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STREET ART ENCOUNTERS