Anders Gjennestad’s illusionary painted public art often features his signature, monochromatic characters scaling structures across the globe. The artist uses shadows with his figures to play with depth, whether on eroding buildings or adorning newly constructed offices in Norway, Germany, and beyond. The artist’s practice also includes humanscale, gallery-based work.
“Anders Gjennestad works with the constant concern to represent parallel worlds that can be interpreted by the eye and the brain in various ways,” Galerie Mathgoth says. “Although the overall evolution of the work of the stencil is notable in the increasingly increased focus it operates on the world since its inception, its characters remain the same, drawing.”
See more of the artist’s work below.
Keya Tama is a South African artist who says he aims to "reunite old and new through contrasting yet unified iconography." Tama's talent for crafting interlocking creatures, either in the backgrounds of his paintings or in the form of murals, also recalls the work of M.C. Escher. Recently, the Los Angeles-based artist has also been collaborating with others in his pieces, such as the work with Caratoes at the jump.
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