Urban(R)Evolution - The Biggest Urban Art Exhibition in Portugal

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Mais ou Menos

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±MAISMENOS±

±MaisMenos± is an intervention art project by Portuguese visual artist and graphic designer Miguel Januário (b. 1981) that began in the scope of an academic thesis in 2005 and later gained a life of its own.

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ADD FUEL

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ADD FUEL

Add Fuel is Portuguese visual artist Diogo Machado (b. 1980). A former graphic designer, his artistic practice has been focused on reinterpreting and playing with the language of traditional tile design, and that of the Portuguese tin-glazed ceramic azulejo in particular

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AKACORLEONE

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AKACORLEONE

AkaCorleone is Pedro Campiche (Lisbon, 1985), an identity of balanced exploration between analog and digital, defined by his use of color saturation and shapes, which are inspired by his personal universe, with every piece carrying a unique visual sensation.

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André Saraiva

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ANDRÉ SARAIVA

Also known as Monsieur André and Monsieur A, André Saraiva (b. 1971) is an artist of Portuguese descent who was born in Sweden and grew up in Paris, where he started his path in the illegal graffiti scene at the age of 13.

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Barry Mc Gee

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BARRY MCGEE

Barry McGee received his BFA in painting and printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute and was associated with the Mission School, a movement primarily influenced by urban realism, graffiti, and American folk art, with a focus on social activism.

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FELIPE PANTONE

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FELIPE PANTONE

Felipe Pantone is an Argentinian-Spanish artist. He started doing graffiti at the age of 12. He graduated with a Fine Art degree in Valencia (Spain) where his studio is based. Pantone’s work deals with dynamism, transformation, digital revolution, and themes related to the present times.

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FUTURA

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FUTURA

FUTURA (b. Leonard Hilton McGurr, 1955, New York) is an abstract painter whose practice first developed in New York during the 1970s. One of the earliest graffiti artists to introduce abstraction into his work…

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Jason revok

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JASON REVOK

Entirely self-taught, Jason REVOK is known for pushing creative boundaries that began in the street. Although his story begins with graffiti, the artist has spent the last decade focusing on his studio practice and the evolution of process and concept.

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LEE QUINONES

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Lee Quiñones

Lee Quiñones is considered the single most influential artist to emerge from the New York subway art movement. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1960, and raised in the Lower East Side, Lee started painting trains in 1974, painted over 120 whole subways cars, and then shifted to a studio-based practice.

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MARTHA COOPER

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MARTHA COOPER

Celebrated around the globe as the doyenne of graffiti photographers, the long career of American photographer Martha Cooper has not been limited to this field. Having expressed a liking for photography early on, an experience of volunteer work in Thailand sparked her interest in anthropology…

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MAYA HAYUK

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MAYA HAYUK

Maya Hayuk is a Ukrainian-American artist with an extensive background in a wide range of generative art and social practices. Hayuk weaves visual information from her immediate surroundings into elaborate, painterly abstractions…

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NUNO VIEGAS

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NUNO VIEGAS

Nuno Viegas (aka Metis) is a Portuguese artist born in Faro and raised in Quarteira. Founder of the art collective Policromia Crew, he started his artistic journey with graffiti in 1999. After completing his studies in Visual Arts at the University of Algarve he moved to Rotterdam in 2014…

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obey sktr

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OBEY SKTR

Obey (b. 1974) is one of the pioneers of graffiti in Portugal, and one of the most respected and venerated writers of the Lisbon scene. Celebrated for the originality and vitality of the forms and letters with which he conquered the city…

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SHEPARD FAIREY

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SHEPARD FAIREY

Shepard Fairey (1970) is regarded as one of the most important and prolific contemporary graphic and urban artists. Acknowledged pioneer in the use of stickers and posters as mediums for the dissemination of a new iconographic aesthetics…

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SWOON

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SWOON

American artist Caledonia Curry (b. 1977) has been creating work under the name of Swoon since 1999. She became widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art.

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Tamara Alves

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TAMARA ALVES

Tamara Alves is a Portuguese visual artist and illustrator, currently based in Lisbon. Has a degree in Arts (ESAD-IPL) and a master in Contemporary Artistic Practices (FBAUP) where her subject of reseach was “Public Activism in Urban Context”.

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Vhils

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VHILS

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils (b. 1987) has developed a unique visual language based on the removal of the surface layers of walls and other media with non-conventional tools and techniques. He began interacting with the urban environment through the practice of graffiti…

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WASTED RITA

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WASTED RITA

Portuguese artist and illustrator Wasted Rita (b. 1988) has been developing a critical and remarkably confessional practice that explores her love-hate relationship with life and the world. The self-styled “natural born agent provocateur” likes to think, write and draw…

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EXHIBITION

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Urban(R)Evolution chronicles the fascinating development of urban art, beginning with its early stages as tags, graffiti, and subway pieces, progressing through the influential middle period and, eventually, giving rise to street art. The art form originated with spray paint and wheat paste but quickly evolved to incorporate various techniques from around the globe. The explosive combination of graffiti, breakdancing, and rapping led to a worldwide eruption of popular expression.

The low barrier to entry, requiring artists to learn on the streets rather than in exclusive academies, allowed for widespread participation in the three distinct disciplines of music, dance, and painting, which had been largely inaccessible until the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ideas, fashion, music, dance, and imagery from urban art infiltrated mass media, becoming a defining aspect of popular culture. This captivating evolution is presented through the keen perspective of renowned photographer Martha Cooper.

The exhibition features immersive rooms that showcase the diverse art styles and techniques that have evolved from the inception of street art to the present day. Acclaimed Portuguese and international artists create these captivating installations from the movement.

The revolutionary aspect of the show lies in the intentional accessibility of the artwork from the urban art movement. The artists' openness to working on any surface and their use of diverse media and techniques were groundbreaking for a global art movement. Urban(R)Evolution explores the phenomenal creative explosion that swept across the world, facilitated by the power of mass media and the low barrier to entry for artists.

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SABER MAIS

A baixa barreira de entrada, requerendo que os artistas aprendessem nas ruas em vez de academias exclusivas, permitiu uma participação ampla nas três disciplinas distintas de música, dança e pintura, que haviam permanecido maioritariamente inacessíveis até ao final da década de 1970 e início da década de 1980. Ideias, moda, música, dança e imagética da arte urbana infiltraram os media, tornando-se um aspecto definidor da cultura popular. Esta fascinante evolução é apresentada através da perspectiva aguçada da conceituada fotógrafa Martha Cooper.

A exposição inclui núcleos imersivos que exibem os diversos estilos e técnicas que evoluíram desde a génese da street art até ao presente. Renomados artistas portugueses e internacionais criam estas cativantes instalações a partir do movimento.

O aspecto revolucionário da exposição reside na acessibilidade intencional das obras do movimento da arte urbana. A abertura dos artistas para trabalhar em qualquer superfície e o seu uso de diversos suportes e técnicas foram decisivos para um movimento artístico global. Urban (R)evolution explora a fenomenal explosão criativa que varreu o mundo, facilitada pelo poder dos media e a baixa barreira de entrada para os artistas.