Content warning: 'Fabrics' by Street Artist Xomatok By Xomatok in Alisos de Amauta, Lima, Peru for Cultura para Lima. Photos by @jeremayaf and @fuegoenel.23. The project was carried out together with the neighbors for two months of good energy and sharing inspired by the
The project was carried out together with the neighbors for two months of good energy and sharing inspired by the fabrics of the Llicllas and blankets of Andes.
BIO: Xomatok is an artist from Lima, Perú, beginning his love for Street and Urban Art in 2007. He works within a contemporary aesthetic that explores the intervention of color and its affects on visual language.
His work is based on the design and alteration of space, with emphasis the manifestation of color and its relationship to the human experience.
Xomatok feels that Street Art produces a sense of freedom for both himself, as the artist, and the observer: creating a dialogue between the art, the artist and its spectators – it is as though the art does not exist without its audience.
Artista visual peruano, crea atmósferas visuales que unen el color, forma y percepción. Arte urbano, obra contemporánea y exploración cromática desde Lima.
Content warning: On Facebook. On Facebook. yavaş yavaş türkiye'nin sokakları gökkuşağı rengine bürünüyor. sizce de böyle daha güzel değil mi? #direnmerdiven pic.twitter.com/tKJMIwVPsV — kerem tekinalp (@verbikerem) August 31, 2013 Ankaranın en küçük merdiveni bile rengare
“Locals had reacted strongly after municipality workers painted grey the famous “rainbow” steps, which had been orginally colored by a retired local “to put a smile on people’s faces.” “Take your brush and come,” became a call on social media websites, while thousands used the #resiststeps hashtag on Twitter and Facebook, becoming Twitter’s most trending topic.” – The Lede
“Speaking to Turkish television reporters after the stairs were painted over, Mr. Cetinel pointed out that all of nature — “cats, birds, flowers, mountains” — is brightly colored. “Where does this gray come from?” he asked. “Did we have another Pompeii and got flooded with ash?” – Daily News
“Diyarbakır Sanat Sokağı, Ankara Esat Caddesi’nde bulunan bir merdiven, İstanbul Kızıltoprak tren istasyonunun merdivenleri, Bakırköy’de bir merdiven, Ankara Konuk Sokak, Cihangir ve İzmir’de merdiven gökkuşağı renklerine boyandı.” – Baska Haber
When city authorities in Istanbul tried to quash the initiative of a public-spirited citizen who painted a set of public steps in bright colors, their heavy-handed response started a new wave of protests.
