2. German street artist Evol transforms
unwanted urban surfaces into miniature
lifelike buildings.
The artist uses complicated stencils to quickly
transform powerboxes, and other worn urban
surfaces into miniature apartment buildings or
other structures. By drawing tiny balconies and
satellite dishes onto the side of an electrical
box, he is able to turn it into a realistic tiny
skyscraper.
EVOL’s works are so precise that, when you’re
glancing at photographs, it sometimes might
be hard to tell that you’re not looking at
pictures of real buildings.
The artist creates miniature buildings within
different cities and has even been
commissioned to do installations in galleries
3. The first UK exhibition of
Berlin-based artist Evol is
being staged at the ‘Pictures
On Walls’ gallery in
Shoreditch, east London from
the 2nd December 2012
‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’
8 colour hand-pulled screen print on recycled 280gsm eco board
7. EVOL, "Chausseestrasse", 2011 Spray paint and stencil on cardboard, 63 x 92 cm
Private Collection, USA
Playing with the notion of low-income housing and the theme of the discarded and
unwanted, Evol also uses "the cheapest and most used" material consisting of old
scraps and bits of cardboard for his canvases, creating photo-realistic paintings.
8. EVOL, "Wedding (3312ZMC0002/10022)",
2011Spray paint and stencil on cardboard,
100 x 75 cmPrivate collection, USA
EVOL, LICHTENRADER 32spraypaint on
cardboard, 60 x 40 cm
10. Heights
As a form you are going
Group 1 to create a large scale
cityscape. Like Evol, your
30cm – 40cm canvas is going to be old
pieces of cardboard.
Group 2
You will all be creating
Between 20cm -25cm one building each.
Depending what number
you have will determine
Group 3
the height of your
10cm -15cm building.
11. Name: Form:
The Artist
1.What materials does he use in his Art work?
2.Where does he come from?
3.When and where is his next exhibition going to be held?
Collaborative project
1.What does collaborative mean?
2.What have you created this lesson?
3.What is your target for next lesson?
