Art is existence. Graffiti art, on the other hand, is resistance. It is meant to threaten authority; to be the direct voice of the people. Graffiti, at the end of the day, is an ongoing conversation. Some of the artists’ interest lies in promoting these alternative voices, depicting a different public space (not one riddled with pictures of politicians that fail us, advertisements that belittle us, or spaces that are not accessible to everybody), and mapping out these conversations and, in a sense, taking part in them. What it means by ‘conversation’ is the interaction with street art: we can alter it, add to it, erase it, and make it our own—even if ever so slightly.
Meet Sergio Odeith, a Portuguese street artist who creates anamorphic 3D graffiti art which seem like floating in mid-air. Beyond awesomeness it is. Check them out.
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His work has been showcased at the Museum of Public Art (Louisiana), Brazilian Museum for Sculpture (Sao Paulo) and Meeting of Styles (Alemanha), to name a few. Odeith has also created large-scale murals for enterprises such as Coca-Cola, Samsung, London Shell and Kingsmill.
Art needs no language, does it?