Jan 22, 2009
Stencil Art
This post is definitely one of the best I’ve come across in the longest time. This is seriously some of the best work you’ll see all month, maybe all year. (Of course it hasn’t been done by one artist alone.. but you get my point.)
Stencil Art-
From wikipedia:
Stencils have also become popular for graffiti, since stencil art using spray-paint can be produced quickly and easily. These qualities are important for graffiti artists where graffiti is illegal or quasi-legal, depending on the city and stenciling surface. The extensive lettering possible with stencils makes it especially attractive to political artists. For example, the anarcho-punk band Crass used stencils of anti-war, anarchist, feminist and anti-consumerist messages in a long-term graffiti campaign around the London Underground system and on advertising billboards.[3] Also well known for their use of stencil art are Blek le Rat from France, British artist Banksy, New York artist John Fekner and Shepard Fairey’s OBEY.
Just a few examples of Stencil art…