Gallery Art services include private collection purchases, art sales, custom framing, installations, in-home art showings, worldwide shipping, art certifications and appraisals. Currently, Gallery Art is showcasing works by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Robert Indiana, Peter Max, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann and other world renowned artists. Whether you are buying or selling fine art, Gallery Art’s professional art consultants offer specialized and personal one-on-one attention to everyone who visits the gallery, connects through, , social media or by telephone. internationally recognized go-to gallery, conveniently located in Aventura, halfway between the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports. We stopped by during Basel and took these photos the Day after Martin completed his newest wall. Hartner Elementary School located in Wynwood, FL. Since his artistic debut in 2004, he has had several solo shows and participated in many group exhibitions, both nationally and in internationally. We can find his work shown to the public in urban murals in cities of his homeland, like Stavanger or Oslo but he has also crossed his country frontiers to other places like Tokyo, Paris, London, New York, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.ĭuring Art Basel 2016 Whatson created a Massive Mural named “Sweeper” for the Raw Project at the Edina M. He use grey tones as a basis but add’s vibrant colors to break the monochrome concrete expression and bring a splash of life to his motives. His abstract graffiti and stencils are a mix of urban scenes showing the development of a walls lifetime. Inspired by artist like Jose Parlá and Cy Twombly. CLIMBER, 2014, Spray Paint & Acrylic on Canvas 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, motives and human intervention. He looks for inspirations in people, city landscapes, old buildings, graffiti, posters and decaying walls. He is an emotional artist that seeks to transmit feelings and with a great taste for aesthetics and the beauty of images and color. He has a continuous urge to search for beauty in what is commonly dismissed as ugly, out of style or simply left behind. Martin creates unique stencil scenes, with a message signifying peace and love, yet, packed with bold statements that say a lot about the world today. ![]() 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. This balance has come to define his creative approach.Martin Whatson (b. ![]() 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 physical architecture of the city was a constant inspiration. 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. Martin Whatson is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids.
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