Over a week ago opened “Grey Scale: The Art of Cutting and Spraying” a exhibition that surveys the most popular, authentic and democratic form of street art to emerge in recent times at Nuart Gallery in Stavanger, Norway.
Dump Trump by John Fekner
Tracing its 35,000 year old lineage from pigment blown handprints across Asia and Europe to it’s use in political propaganda, decorative arts, industry, the punk movement and more latterly, the explosion of the form in contemporary Street Art practice.
Banksy’s visit to Bergen in 2000, where he decorated the venue for Tellé Records debut compilation alongside stencilling 100 Røyksopp promo album covers kick-started a Norwegian love affair with the stencil that is still inspiring artists today. It wasn’t long after Banksy’s visit that the likes of Dolk and Strøk began experimenting with the medium and produced Norway’s first contributions to an art movement and technique that would shortly after sweep the globe.
Showcasing work from our roster of recognised international artists alongside pioneers and emerging Norwegian names. Grey Scale includes contributions from stencil art pioneers such as John Fekner, Blek le Rat and Banksy alongside some of the most talented emerging names today.
Gay Scale runs through August 25th at the gallery located on Salvågergata 10, Stavanger, Norway.
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Black book Sketch by ELKI
Handstudies8 by Von Dieche
For the dead not living by Nafir
Placing the last pieces by Martin Whatson and Hama Woods
About Nuart Gallery
NuArt gallery is a project space established as a way to utilise the networks created through our development of the Nuart Festival and other public art projects. The space aims to nurture young regional and national talent whilst at the same time hosting and producing exhibitions and public art projects from some of the worlds leading “street” and contemporary artists.
The gallery exhibits a broad range of work influenced by Street Art, Illustration, Drawing, Graffiti, Urbanism, Subcultures and various aspects of Popular Culture. Our goal is to cultivate a space where artists can develop their practice, contribute to a sense of “shared values” as well as engage the community in discussions surrounding the cultures they’re engaged with.
Nuart Gallery, like Nuart Festival, is a not-for-profit organisation. All income generated from the sale of artworks goes towards covering the cost of the annual Nuart Festival in Stavanger and ensuring our continued existence.
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
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