My 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works. Special Dutch edition, bilingual, with brandnew afterword, contains some photographs from the Little People in the City book, but also plenty of new photgraphs and works made in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Enjoy.

Big Bad City

SLINKACHU

Arts & Photography

Lebowski Publishers

Alexandre Farto is a 22-year-old Portuguese artist who is fascinated by the destructive effects of time on humans and nature. His work consists of chilling beautiful portraits (painted with paint and bleach first, drilled in to the walls of abandoned buildings and houses) of mostly "unknown faces" (vagrants, elderly, eccentrics) and collages of urban apartments. Selected Works 2003-2010 is a wonderful tribute to a great talent, beautifully designed by Luis Cruz, with a foreword by Tristan Manco and an introduction by Miguel Moore. Portugese/English edition

VHILS Selected Works

Farto, Alexandre

Achievers Dutch Edition Dennis Storm

Sticks

Arjen Lubach

Özcan Akyol

Stella Bergsma

Arie Boomsma

Willem Bosch

Karin Bruers

Omar Dahmani

Johan Fretz

Tim Hofman

Nina de Koning

Marten Mantel

Saul van Stapele

Elfie Tromp

Stoner

JOHN, WILLIAMS

LET HER BE FREE is the first collection of their art and covers nearly a decade of their career with more than 200 full colour pictures. Starting in 2006 the book offers a retrospective of their art in their early Iranian years and follows the brothers to New York City and depicts their work all over the world. With a special introduction by Jess X Chen and an afterword by Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, founders of Brooklyn Street Art."In the footsteps of Banksy, Icy and Sot have quickly earned their street credits. The brothers, have developed an international visual language to complete their path toward freedom in their own distinct way." -- HUGO KAAGMAN, Dutch Street Art Pioneer"It is great that the medium of stencil art has grown to be adopted by so many artists around the world. These guys have a great eye for placement in the streets and always have something important to say with their work." -- Adam Neate, UK-based Street Artist"These wise brothers call attention to a gaping gash in the side of humanity. Slowly stitching together torn fragments of human stories, Icy and Sot gives awareness to the flaws of our political systems and the way that impacts individual lives." -- Faith47, South African Street Artist

Let Her Be Free: Icy and Sot: Stencil Artists from Iran

Icy and Sot

Other Media

Ever since he picked the graffiti name Shoe in 1979, Niels Meulman has been carving out his own path towards the international art world. Being a graffiti pioneer from Amsterdam, he worked with American counterparts such as Dondi White, Rammellzee and Keith Haring in the 1980s. He made the transition from the streets to fine art with a unique fusion of calligraphy and graffiti, which he named Calligraffiti. This soon became a worldwide phenomenon and now plays a significant role within Urban Contemporary Art. It also sparked the catchphrase â€˜A word is an image, writing is paintingâ€™. In recent years Niels Shoe Meulman moved towards a style he calls Abstract Vandalism. Influenced by the great painters of Abstract Expressionism, his work has been shown in count-less exhibitions all over the world and is included in the permanent collections of museums and private collections.`Shoe Is My Middle Name celebrates three decades of art by a legendary graffiti artist, painter, writer, designer and calligrapher. A striking book that offers an overview of his career, showcasing his evolution through a masterful mixture of paintings, murals, poetry, interviews, graphics and insights about his identity as an artist and art itself.

SHOE Is My Middle Name: Written Paintings And Painted Words

Meulman, Niels SHOE

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