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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish tennis player born in 1971 in Barcelona. She began playing tennis at age four and had success winning tournaments, including the French Open in 1989 against Steffi Graff. She became the world's number one player in 1994 and represented Spain in five Olympic Games before retiring in 2002.
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STREET ART: EL TONO
Eltono is a French street artist born in 1975 who lives in southern France. He has worked in cities around the world, painting large-scale works on buildings and walls in over 90 cities using bright colors and geometric shapes. The document provides examples of Eltono's artwork, discusses his use of colors and large surfaces to create his pieces, and one student comments that they enjoy his work for its vivid colors and large scale paintings.
STREET ART:CEKIS
The artist is Nelson Rivas, known as Cekis, a Chilean pioneer of Latin American street art. He began painting murals on the streets of Santiago at age 16 with strong social criticism. Cekis works with acrylic markers, paint, spray paint, paper, wood and photos in bright, vibrant colors. One of his works depicted is "The Fifth Element", which mixes realistic and abstract styles in Cekis' unique personal style.
STREET ART: MR. BRAINWASH
Mr. Brainwash is a French pop artist known for his graffiti and contemporary pieces. He lives in Los Angeles and got his start organizing art events in Hollywood. His artwork typically features primary colors and is created using paint sprays and pigments. One of his most famous pieces, Celebration, depicts singer Madonna with short blond hair painted on a wall.
STREET ART: RETNA
Retna is an American street artist known for his unique typography and intricate line work featuring layered colors. Some key details about the artist include that he was born in 1979 in Los Angeles and came up in the mural scene as a teenager. The document discusses three of Retna's artworks from 2018 and the student selects "CUCHO SUCIO" to comment on, saying it is a beautiful picture mixing lots of colors in an abstract form. The artist uses a brush and spray can to create highly detailed works combining visual linguistics with appropriated imagery. The student expresses liking Retna's creative works that each tell a story behind them.
STREET ART: INKIE
Inkie is a street artist born in London in 1970 who began his career painting graffiti with the Crime Incorporated Crew in 1983. He was one of many arrested during a large graffiti bust in 1989. Inkie later worked in the video game industry at Sega. The student analyzes one of Inkie's untitled artworks depicting two women in a mirror, finding it conveys both happiness and sadness through its message of self-acceptance despite perceived flaws. The student enjoys Inkie's ability to use color expressively in his works even when depicting somber themes.
STREET ART: DAVID DE LA MANO
The document provides information about the street artist David De La Mano. It states that he was born in 1975 in Salamanca, Spain and now lives in Uruguay at 43 years old. It discusses three of his artworks - Transciende, Dilemma, and Prelude - and comments that one is liked for its originality and use of black and white colors. The artist typically uses tempera paint and only black and white colors. While there are many figures in his work, the constant use of the same colors can become boring.
STREET ART: MISERY
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