Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
“We do pop artwork so it has to be fairly obvious — and we like playful, naughty-fun stuff. With a larger format you get to tell a bigger story and you need to work hard on the details and add in a few surprises so that the people who see it can have a bit of fun exploring the artwork....
“On paper I feel I have more options where I can explore combinations of tones, lighting and also texture, while on a mural you have to be very selective and think about legibility. There are other factors at play too, like the ambient light, the wall material, whether it’s a bit reflective or not, etc. On the other hand, it...
“On a wall, weather conditions are crucial, and the surface is different — a hard or uneven wall influences the technique and manner of painting. Making large-format paintings is also a physical strain, on top of the risk of working at height. I prefer to use a scaffolding, despite the fact that it blocks the visibility. As for the choice...
“The substantial difference between making a work on paper and a work on a wall is that the latter lives in a contextual spatiality, in a pre-existing environment. The choice of colours and shapes very often must enter into symbiosis with the surrounding environment and architecture. The execution varies in accordance with the space, proportionally when the space is larger even...
“The substantial difference between making a work on paper and a work on a wall is that the latter lives in a contextual spatiality, in a pre-existing environment. The choice of colours and shapes very often must enter into symbiosis with the surrounding environment and architecture. The execution varies in accordance with the space, proportionally when the space is larger even...
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“Probably the scale of the work and the method of execution, though the idea generation is remarkably similar for all media. The workmanship can be challenging for walls. For the choice of material, we weigh up weatherability, consistency of the subsurface and the actual size of the surface we design. Depending on the medium, we mostly use a combination of...
“The biggest physical obstacles tend to be wall texture, weather, time constraints, and the challenge in being able to step back and see your progress. The mental obstacle is always feeling unprepared and inexperienced. No matter how many walls I paint I am always nervous showing up to paint.”...
“The biggest difference is the time constraint. In a studio environment you have time to plan, experiment, take things slowly, walk away and come back. In a mural setting it’s different because you are often working within a limited time frame if you have rented equipment. So I try to keep my mural installations within one-two weeks. This means I...
“I find walls much more imposing, but I love them; they intimidate me but I love being able to go ahead and do my work anyway. It’s like a personal challenge. There’s also a big difference, with the design depending on the texture of the wall or the light it gets.”...
“I have always found that getting proportions exact is a bit difficult working at large scale, and you need to keep in mind that colours should contrast to be visible at further distances, which is why I tend to use bold black outlines. When working on paper, you can really concentrate on minute details, but when painting a mural you have...
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