Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Category: Art Commentary
Three Decades of Exploration of a Single Motif stikman, spray paint on canvas,Sending a Little Mystery Your Way. The work of the anonymous street artist known as stikman presents something of a conundrum. For three decades the artist has created variations on a single motif: the image of a humanoid figure (also known as stikman). … Continue reading STIKMAN 30 YEARS at Works on Paper Gallery
Why the anonymous street artist continues to fascinate For nearly three decades, the anonymous artist known as stikman has placed images of a schematic humanoid figure (also known as stikman) in city streets around the United States, Canada, and Europe. The figure appears over and over again in varying forms, in many hundreds---perhaps thousands---of pieces … Continue reading Stikman: Theme and Variations
At a gallery show of a noted street artist a few years ago, an attendee explained to me how he would acquire pieces he'd find on the street. He was clearly proud of his clever technique for stripping away the works with minimal visible damage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-u3SpZ3jy4&w=360&h=510&r=0 The changing seasons alter a work of public art. … Continue reading The Living World of Art on the Street
The Writing on the Wall: New York and Philly in the Early 1970s Before the politically adroit stencils of Banksy, the beautiful calligraphic designs of Retna, and the clever humanoid figures of stikman, most graffiti consisted of simple tagging. Writing your name -- or, more commonly, your nickname -- on as many locations as possible … Continue reading Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence
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