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NUART FESTIVAL 2016, by Reader on Jul 13, 2016 17:21:24 GMT 1, It's on !

It's a pleasure to announce the first batch of artists for this years Nuart Festival, from Situationist inspired Venice Biennale participant Robert Montgomery to Portugal's Add Fuel by way of Argentina's Hyuro. This years theme covers two very special anniversaries that relate to Street Art practice in the broadest sense. It is the 500th Anniversary of Thomas More’s classic novel “Utopia”, a book which not only introduced the word and concept, but was also the first to give form to an idea that has captured the human imagination throughout history: that by imagining a better world is possible, we are empowered to create it. In addition it is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of DADA at the Cabaret Voltaire, the first movement, much like Street Art, that advocated for, and attempted to, "abolish the separation between art and daily life". Something that Nuart have been dedicated to since it's inception in 2001.


Follow on www.instagram.com/nuartfestival for updates.







Add Fuel is a Portugese artist who reinterprets the language of traditional tile design, and the Portuguese azulejo (glazed tiles) in particular, by creating "layers of history". The term explains his technique of revealing and obscuring surfaces underneath or on top of the existing structure or wall to create an optical illusion effect.

Although many of his vector-based or stencil works look to be re-creating traditional motifs on closer inspection they are in fact brimming with pop and contemporary art references. On closer inspection the viewer is able to discover a hidden world filled with humor that reveals a masterful attention to detail. At the core of his practice is this desire to encourage the viewer to think about the history and heritage that lies beneath the facades and pavements of our cities.

To contextualize his street pieces, Add Fuel researches traditional patterns from the region in which he is working. For his participation in Nuart Festival he will work with traditional ‘Rosemaling’ patterns taken from the Rogaland region.

www.addfuel.com



Robert Montgomery has been called a vandal, a street artist, a post-Situationist, a punk artist and the 'poets Banksy'. He follows a tradition of conceptual art and stands out by bringing a poetic voice to the discourse of text art. Poetic texts are at the basis of his work and he makes billboard pieces, light pieces (recycled sunlight poems), woodcut pieces and watercolours.

Montgomery showed at the 2011 Venice Biennale and was the British artist selected for the first biennale in India, The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which opened in December 2012. He has also had solo exhibitions at venues in Europe and in Asia, including major outdoor light installations on the site of the old US Air Force base at Tempelhof. The first monograph of his work was published by Distanz, Berlin in 2015.

Originally from Scotland, Montgomery studied at Edinburgh College of Art and then in the core program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He has lived in London since 1999.

www.robertmontgomery.org




Hyuro is an Argentinian born street and urban artist best known for her black and white murals, paintings and drawings that powerfully blend politics and a surrealist sensibility in dreamlike compositions.

Hyuro has carved out a reputation for addressing prevalent socio-political issues in her work. The characters she creates are often decapitated figures, dreary women, and/or animals subjected to the different pressures imposed by a patriarchal and capitalistic system.

By submitting reflections on both individual and collective identities, and questioning the conditions of freedom as the fundamental and inalienable rights of the person, Hyuro has become one of the most influential female artists working in public space.

Originally working on canvas, Hyuro took to the streets after striking up a friendship with Spanish street artist Escif. She continues to produce watercolour paintings and drawings regularly however.

Hyuro currently lives and works in Valencia, Spain.

www.hyuro.es

For more info, videos, history and educational resources. www.nuartfestival.no

cheers
Martyn

It's on !

It's a pleasure to announce the first batch of artists for this years Nuart Festival, from Situationist inspired Venice Biennale participant Robert Montgomery to Portugal's Add Fuel by way of Argentina's Hyuro. This years theme covers two very special anniversaries that relate to Street Art practice in the broadest sense. It is the 500th Anniversary of Thomas More’s classic novel “Utopia”, a book which not only introduced the word and concept, but was also the first to give form to an idea that has captured the human imagination throughout history: that by imagining a better world is possible, we are empowered to create it. In addition it is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of DADA at the Cabaret Voltaire, the first movement, much like Street Art, that advocated for, and attempted to, "abolish the separation between art and daily life". Something that Nuart have been dedicated to since it's inception in 2001.


Follow on www.instagram.com/nuartfestival for updates.







Add Fuel is a Portugese artist who reinterprets the language of traditional tile design, and the Portuguese azulejo (glazed tiles) in particular, by creating "layers of history". The term explains his technique of revealing and obscuring surfaces underneath or on top of the existing structure or wall to create an optical illusion effect.

Although many of his vector-based or stencil works look to be re-creating traditional motifs on closer inspection they are in fact brimming with pop and contemporary art references. On closer inspection the viewer is able to discover a hidden world filled with humor that reveals a masterful attention to detail. At the core of his practice is this desire to encourage the viewer to think about the history and heritage that lies beneath the facades and pavements of our cities.

To contextualize his street pieces, Add Fuel researches traditional patterns from the region in which he is working. For his participation in Nuart Festival he will work with traditional ‘Rosemaling’ patterns taken from the Rogaland region.

www.addfuel.com



Robert Montgomery has been called a vandal, a street artist, a post-Situationist, a punk artist and the 'poets Banksy'. He follows a tradition of conceptual art and stands out by bringing a poetic voice to the discourse of text art. Poetic texts are at the basis of his work and he makes billboard pieces, light pieces (recycled sunlight poems), woodcut pieces and watercolours.

Montgomery showed at the 2011 Venice Biennale and was the British artist selected for the first biennale in India, The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which opened in December 2012. He has also had solo exhibitions at venues in Europe and in Asia, including major outdoor light installations on the site of the old US Air Force base at Tempelhof. The first monograph of his work was published by Distanz, Berlin in 2015.

Originally from Scotland, Montgomery studied at Edinburgh College of Art and then in the core program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He has lived in London since 1999.

www.robertmontgomery.org




Hyuro is an Argentinian born street and urban artist best known for her black and white murals, paintings and drawings that powerfully blend politics and a surrealist sensibility in dreamlike compositions.

Hyuro has carved out a reputation for addressing prevalent socio-political issues in her work. The characters she creates are often decapitated figures, dreary women, and/or animals subjected to the different pressures imposed by a patriarchal and capitalistic system.

By submitting reflections on both individual and collective identities, and questioning the conditions of freedom as the fundamental and inalienable rights of the person, Hyuro has become one of the most influential female artists working in public space.

Originally working on canvas, Hyuro took to the streets after striking up a friendship with Spanish street artist Escif. She continues to produce watercolour paintings and drawings regularly however.

Hyuro currently lives and works in Valencia, Spain.

www.hyuro.es

For more info, videos, history and educational resources. www.nuartfestival.no

cheers
Martyn