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was able to collect mine

Lets see some pics commissioner

ha thought that as soon as I posted. Didnt mean it like that though. Just wanted to see what you chose looked like someone poked a few out

WE TALK TO STREET ARTIST BORONDO ABOUT REFLECTIONS
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by James Buxton

In the past two years Borondo has emerged as one of the most excitingartists working on the streets today. Part of a growing global movement of artists taking a totally radical approach to painting in public called New Muralism, Borondo represents the struggle between anarchism and order. Currently based in London for his ambitious, solo show, Animal, opening tonight in Shoreditch at the London Newcastle space, Borondo recently painted a multistory mural in Las Vegas as part of the Life is Beautiful festival.

Fusing the anarchistic, DIY attitude of punk rock in his approach to painting on the streets with the poetry of classical figurative painting and ancient mythology in his subject matter Borondo is creating a radically, subversive body of work. Currently based in London, I caught up with the maverick artist to hear what he believes is the most interesting thing about street art.

Tell me about how you got started painting?
Borondo: I grew up in Segovia, it’s a small medieval city near Madrid. One of my oldest memories was painting the corridor of my home with crayons when I was a kid. Paints were like a medicine for me.

I started doing graffiti in my city around 12. Sometimes I would paint puppets in the middle of the pieces. After I went to Madrid, there’s more street art there. I loved that. I continued doing graffiti. At the same time I started to see people who did some really different stuff.

When I was 16 I started to go to the studio of an artist. He’s my master, an old guy, a really good guy; he knows everything about old and new techniques. After a few years with this guy I went to University in Rome but I dropped out in the last year, I was there for four years. I remember when I went into the school I didn’t have any ideas, but when I went out into the streets I found inspiration there, not inside the white cube of the gallery.

What does painting on the streets allow you to express which painting on the canvas doesn’t?
It is really important for a street artist to be a part of the context. It’s all about adaptation. I hate ads because they are like an invasion, the life of the people change when you put them there. If you want to paint it’s impossible, but if you want to put a billboard it’s fine.

Here in London for me the canals, the water, the river, the rain all the time, I am always thinking about the reflections on the floor, and one day I see the reflection.

How did you end up using rollers and what do they express which paintbrushes can’t?
If you see how I paint, I paint so fast, so expressive, with the rollers you have this thing where you only have to put the paint one time and you can flow on the wall. With the rollers I found my tool, my twin.

What inspired you to start scratching images onto glass?
I love walking around the streets and during the Crisis in Madrid they painted the windows of the empty buildings white and I saw that it was a beautiful effect. I started to do some tests, I saw it’s not illegal, it’s like cleaning. In cities like Madrid where it is illegal and not possible to be so fast, with this technique I can say it’s not against the law, I can spend more time. If the police catch you painting on the streets it’s 6000 Euros, if it’s your first time it’s 3000 Euros, it’s too much.

I started scratching figures with closed eyes and it was interesting because when you looked through the lines of the closed eyes you could see the inside of the building. In general these buildings were empty shops and it was because of the Crisis, in cities where I was living in Greece, Rome, Spain, you could go to the centre of the city and they were full of empty, abandoned shops. A wanted to use this empty space, to use the crisis, I worked with that.

It is one of the most interesting things of street art, how to be clever to do what you want, to find a way to do it, to go around the law, it’s the most beautiful thing to cross that. They say “no,” so you find the little holes in the law and you go that way. I think it’s the most interesting thing in street art.

How about your new exhibition Animal?
If you are indoor, you have to think indoors, as street artists we have this knowledge to interpret spaces and when you are inside, you can interpret the space and change it totally to give an experience to the public. I will do some huge installations with totally different materials. The good things about indoors is you can experiment a lot more. My idea for the exhibition is to do something totally different.

Very interesting thanks dread

Also you are making up nonsense.
she never collaborated with chris brown, he just liked something of hers on instagram.

it is the same as me claiming that Borondo collaborated with Justin Bieber.

couldnt agree more! Everyone needs to see this show!

I believe they are in the process of collaborating; he does street art on the side. Depending on how she approaches it, this could be great or awful.

EDIT: he expressed interest, and she is considering the possibility. The entire thing has been overblown.

That hay "installation" is *****stunning*****

How much ?

They love allocating randomly

I think they did say to expect another PDF of installation items.

Me too! Hope they are for sale separately?

should I be scared that you already have a tank that would fit her?