Today, Whatson’s work can be seen in murals across the globe, from Stavanger and Oslo, to Paris and Tokyo, as well as in galleries and private exhibitions, in the form of originals and hand finished limited editions on aluminium, wood, and paper. An aesthetics of beauty and colour is key. Apolitical, his works are instead concerned with a subtle messages and transmissions of feeling: each, ambiguous piece is designed to evoke emotion in its viewer, and each viewer takes their own journey and makes their own conclusions. Taking inspiration from the people and places around him, Whatson is drawn to metropolitan spaces, fuelled by decaying architectural sites, peeling posters, and crumbling graffiti walls, signed by anonymous figures. 203 Results Artist: Martin Whatson Artist Subject Original/Licensed Reprint Framing Condition Price Buying Format All Filters Limited offer until May 4 MARTIN WHATSON : DAVID ED10 Stenciling Hand Painting 30,000.00 Free shipping or Best Offer SPONSORED Martin Whatson Riot vs Peace screen print 2016 signed & embossed w/ COA RARE 1,949. Inspired by the work of Banksy, Whatson took up his stencils and spray paints and began to develop his own, urban aesthetic: creating monochromatic images from simple stencils, Whatson then fills his works with bright lashings of colourful spray paint. Whatson studied Art and Graphic Design at the Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, where, alongside learning the tricks and techniques of art practice, he fostered a keen interest in the emergent graffiti art movement of the 1990s. This one's a 54.5 x 75 cm 19-color screen print, in a signed & numbered edition of 195, and will cost 295. This artwork was part of a 12 hour timed edition, so the total edition number is unknown. His solo exhibitions have been shown in cities such as Tokyo, Los Angeles, London and New York.Īrt Shortlist is proud to present a selection of works by artist Martin Whatson.Martin Watson is a Norwegian-born artist, whose graphic, street style has been evolving on the walls and shutters of cities around the world over nearly two decades. New Release: 'Connection' by Martin Whatson Ma 2018 Art Print Connection Graffiti Prints Martin Whatson New Release Martin Whatson will be dropping a sweet new print this week via Graffiti Prints, entitled Connection. Sneak Peek is a 21 colour screen print by Martin Whatson. Gradually, urban artists have entered the art galleries. We find delicate and organic characters such as butterflies, ballerinas, animals all placed in a space that seems empty on a gray background. Martin Whatson creates as much on wall as on canvas or paper, the relationship between strength and vulnerability remains constant and present in each work. From this balance comes his new artistic approach. Art Basel 2015 is currently underway in Miami, Florida and we are starting to receive images from the completed murals. In the early 2000s, stencils were introduced into his artistic work, an evolution that brought him closer to a simplified but more effective aesthetic that, according to him, could bridge the gap between the passion and spontaneity of graffiti on the one hand and the fragility and transience of nature on the other. Martin Whatson is also very sensitive to the processes of deconstruction carried out by Jose Parla and Cy Twombly. At that time, there was zero tolerance by the government and police, so it was difficult to create walls without taking risks.Īrchitecture is for him a constant inspiration, the evolution and deconstruction of cities fascinates him. Growing up in the city of Oslo, Norway, Martin was an important part of the emerging local graffiti scene in the early 1990s. Martin Whatson's pictorial world is filled with anomalies and contradictions that require the viewer to linger over the work. The artist considers his works as a reflection of the rise and fall of the city streets, in his creations he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then personalizes it in his own way. His style is unique and recognizable, Martin has developed an aesthetic that combines figurative stencil compositions and abstract movements. It is in Oslo that the artist made his weapons, he studied art and graphic design within the school of communication Westerdals.įor more than ten years, Martin Whatson has been collaborating with some of the biggest names in his field and has managed to make himself known and appreciated by important collectors all over the world. Today he is considered one of the key players in contemporary urban art, more commonly known as street art. Martin Whatson was born in Norway in 1984.
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