I have collected articles and biographies online with full annotations talking about my research in my own words that will be of benefit in the future for my art course.
I only found out about the artist this week when I was introduced to his moving image art work video on Youtube, where he would paint to large scale on industrial landscapes. His art is somewhat excessive and dramatic with the various bright colours he usually works with and his very eccentric creativity. In this video below that I saw this week, he depicts a story of a 'animated mural' using graphic animation, which took him a very long time to complete.
I found out from a biography I sourced online, the article says; "blu's aesthetic search is motivated by a belief in an open source philosophy" from http://www.swide.com/art-culture/street-art/blu-artist-biography-why-street-art-matters/2012/11/21. Which I believe is a way of expressing his love of knowledge. He improvises his work based on political events and various events which are conducted in our society. His work, although exaggerated, still is purely based of real life events.
His work is 'sanctioned art', having a purpose for his work, channeling his inner focus on the human figure as well as resorting to using various materials to complete his art, such as using rollers, acrylics and spray paints. In this particular video above, Blu would paint on walls, frame every movement one at a time and paint over the top of the original image, to create the assimilation of a moving image depicting a narrative using improvised actions and not words.
Whilst researching the artist, I stumbled across his website. It displays his drawings in a sketchbook with no annotations. However, the key to my research is to look at the thesis of his mindset and his work ethic to critically understand the genre and the purpose behind the art of moving image as this is a likely root for me to follow in the future.
Click HERE to view his website.
From observing his drawings, there were no annotations in sight or any sophisticated planning, it was all sketches in finished form. What I learnt from this is that he jumps straight to the end result, hence why his work, from looking at his biographies, suggest that he always improvises and pans through his work from start to finish on the day he starts working.
However, he did use artistic collaboration where he would work with other street artists, such as Dem, Sweza etc.
Here is one of his collaborative work with Ericalicane, another street artist:
In conclusion, BLU in my eyes is a street artist who does art for the sake of enjoyment and he also uses art as a form of giving to people. Quoting from UCreative.com: 'blu's approach to street art is that it's for everyone' Another source says: 'The work moves against ownership and exclusivity, instead thinking of art as a collectively owned piece.'
I have annotated articles and news pages from online sources which give more of my interpretation of BLU on separate piles of paper.
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