Barcelona, 23 April 2009 - They love as passionately as they hate. They live asphyxiated by asphalt, in the city that inspires them.
They drink to get drunk yet their work remains lucid.
They are Debens and Mister, two young people, established artists and great friends, caught between art and the street.
A closer look at the work of DEBENS : DBNS, a highly influential artist whose urban interventions have been a part of Barcelona's urban landscape for more than a decade.
“Supervivents” Survivors currently showing at the Montana Gallery, Barcelona features the work of Dbns & Mister, two characters, both born of the graffiti of the city. Each artist brings his graphical work - photography, paintings, drawings, silk screens - converting the banal, dark, often repugnant into cult objects. Their objective to join, what some may consider opposing contexts of - art and street - in a gallery setting.
Debens : DBNS
Behind the name of Debens hides Hugo García (Barcelona, 1980). He doesn’t like to talk about his work, his work speaks for itself. Has always lived on the edge between art books and canned beers, influenced by the vagabond worlds “vagamundos” of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Rauschenberg. He has experimented with paint, photography, sculpture and performance. He is both member and creator of graffiti crews ONG, 1980 and Doble Cobra, all icons of Barcelona’s underground scene.
Mister
Mister, Ernest Fidel Añaños (Euskadi, 1980), began his career without being conscious of it, painting tags and marking territory in the city that saw him grow, Sabadell. After several years painting the walls in different locations together with groups such as ONG,1980 and Doble Cobra, he took the leap to canvas. The change was not just a decision but also an obligation. With the introduction of Anti-Social Legislation in Barcelona, the street has become a dangerous place for urban artists, they hide in the galleries to enable them to continue to express themselves. Mister has exhibited work in galleries such as Welldone (Gracia, BCN), he has carried out graphic works for Absolut Vodka, the music group Za! and for Boombox and the Cobra Club sessions at the Apolo Club Barcelona.
14 May - 26 June 2009
DBNS & MISTER : SUPERVIVENTS
Montana Shop & Gallery
C/Comerç 6
BARCELONA
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It is always exciting to encounter a really cool work of street art or graffiti. Here a recent piece from Barcelona.
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Urban Interventions : Barcelona
Barcelona 2009
Zosen was invited to paint this mural in East London in December 2008.
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Urban Interventions : London
London 2008
BCNKUA was founded with the aim of providing a curatorial resource for the development and presentation of Barcelona street art in London. BCNKUA’s Artistic Agenda, sets out to reflect the talent and diversity of the artists inspired by Barcelona’s artistic and cultural legacy.