Plipp BLOG
Le Brigadier PLIPP souhaite servir de vecteur critique entre
les artistes de disciplines alternatives et la société. Découvrez ses articles.
DS, WHEN A STENCILIST KEEPS THROWING LOVE GRENADES AT US
DS is a stencil artist based in London whose graphic universe is mostly populated with mischievous angelos, delicate grenades and luxurious eggs. His methodical composition of an arsenal of love weaponry is emblazed with a distinctive and reassuring...
NICE ART, WHEN WALLS BECOME A GALLERY OF STENCILED PORTRAITS
Since 1986, the Paris-based stencil collective NICE ART has been drawing on the many emotional sides of both French and foreign literature to create an array of portrayal impressions that always combine altruistic street figurism with a subtle but profound...
STEW, WHEN AN ORNITHOSTENCILIST SPRAYS WINGS AND FEATHERS
STEW is a Paris-based stencil artist of some contrarian sort. While many stencilists tend to spray color-rich items over a rather monotonous background, STEW goes quite the opposite way … Keeping his front pieces pristine white and immediate, the artist...
LOGAN HICKS, WHEN THE CITY IS THE STENCIL MODEL
LOGAN HICKS is a Brooklyn-based artist using multi-layer stencils to capture deep and intimate urban atmospheres and coax them into fine art performances, constructing on canvases, with magnificent mastery, the necessary key elements that make streets,...
DOCTEUR BERGMAN, WHEN A SCIENTIST DOUBLES AS A STENCILIST
DOCTEUR BERGMAN is a prolific PARIS-based stencil artist equipped with a PhD in molecular biology. Acutely aware of all the vivisectionist atrocities done in the name of scientific advancement, DOCTEUR BERGMAN is under no false illusion about the current...
MR. FAHRENHEIT, STENCILED PART II : WHEN IT ALL ENDED
Once one of the most prolific stencil artists in LONDON, MR. FAHRENHEIT has now decided to call it quit ! Indeed, after spending a decennial effort to create and spray his own huge collection of illustrious portraits across many cities, MR. FAHRENHEIT has...
MR. FAHRENHEIT, STENCILED PART I : WHEN IT ALL STARTED
MR. FAHRENHEIT is a German stencil artist living in LONDON. The first time I ever saw a stencil piece painted and pasted by him was on Redchurch Street, back in May 2011. It was a reproduction of the famous comic and iconic duo STAN LAUREL and OLIVER...
TRIPEL, WHEN STENCILS ARE ROOTED IN DEEP (ITALIAN) CULTURALITY
TRIPEL is a Brooklyn - based stencil artist who is very well versed into Italian culture and history. His street artwork is rooted in this deep scenic past but without any dramatic nostalgia. His stencil trajectory is mostly inspired by folkloric and...
BILLIKID, WHEN STENCILING MEANS FINE BRANDING
Well known for his massive Sticker Combo Slap operations, BILLIKID is also a very inventive stencil artist who never stops challenging the limits of this primal street art form. For BILLIKID, it is all about using stencils as a social medium ahead of...
NIZ, WHEN STENCILING GOES QUITE MYSTICAL
NIZ is a AUSTIN (TX)-based stencil artist whose figurative elements and abstract strokes of colors blend in a way that tends to verge on mystical reconciliation. For her, foreground stenciling and background brushing are two techniques meant to generate...