Five of the Best Urban Artists for 2012

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Five of the Best Urban Artists for 2012

PR Newswire

LONDON, July 12, 2012

LONDON

,

July 12, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Once a temporary art form found in towns and cities, urban artists are now

translating their graffiti based designs onto paper to create art prints for the

home. Art dealer and gallery, artrepublic, has selected five great urban artists

with prints to own in 2012.

1) Pure Evil

Pure Evil creates urban art using popular culture, celebrity and social issues as

inspiration. As well as signing his work, each print is fingerprint authenticated

on the reverse - easy to identify due to a scar on his fingertip

http://www.artrepublic.com/biographies/53-pure-evil.html . Notable prints

include

Richard Burton's Nightmare - First Marriage

(a silk screen signed limited

edition of 100), featuring Elizabeth Taylor and

Murder Mile

(a silkscreen signed

limited edition of 150), depicting the silhouette of a gun overlaid with a street

map.

Murder Mile

is inspired by the poster for the film

Mean Streets

, which

features a map of

New York

in the shape of a gun. In

Murder Mile

, Pure Evil

uses a section of two streets in Hackney to draw attention to the violence in

that area.

2) Richard Duardo

Richard Duardo is an expert screen printer and artist based in

Los Angeles

. As

the master printer at the Modern Multiples collective he has produced work for

more than 300 artists including Banksy and David Hockney. Duardo's own work

takes inspiration from popular culture, featuring historical figures and icons,

often combining muted photographic qualities with colourful backgrounds.

Particularly striking prints to look out for in 2012 include

Duke Ellington

(a hand

finished signed limited edition of five), featuring the jazz legend against a

vibrant background and

Four Fridas

, a repeat print of Frida Kahlo with an

alternating colour way.

3) Prefab77

Prefab77 is a

Newcastle

based collective of urban artists, with inspiration

including the punk movement, British royalty, NME magazine and British

patriotism. Prefab77 is known for creating huge multi-storey murals against

buildings http://www.artrepublic.com/biographies/243-prefab77.html, typically

using a combination of acrylic, spray paint, varnish and inks on wood or paper.

Look out for

Let it Reign

(a signed limited edition of 100 prints), featuring the

portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth, emerging from a background of layered

graffiti and winking at the viewer.

4) PUSH

Canadian artist PUSH, takes inspiration from evolutionary biology and human

behaviour, her work is influenced by stencil artists from Buenos Aires and mural

street artists such as Blu. PUSH intends to create art which is aesthetically

pleasing with thought provoking social undertones

http://www.artrepublic.com/biographies/344-push.html. Current prints include

Heads will roll,

featuring a repeat print of wind up doll figures, with the leading

figure falling apart and

Puertas - heart

, a silkscreen of a girl opening a door on

her chest to reveal her heart. Each limited edition print is signed and numbered

by the artist. PUSH uses a limited colour palette of brown, grey, cream, black

and red, printing on

Coventry

rag vellum 320 gsm paper. Limited edition prints

are produced in small quantities of just 14-30.

5) Speedy Graphito

Speedy Graphito is a French stencil graffiti artist, his inspiration includes

advertising logos, 1950s America, Manga illustration, cartoons from popular

culture and Mayan imagery. His prints are generally produced in limited edition

quantities of 30-50 prints. A print to look out for in 2012 is

Temptation

, an

image reflective of

Disney's

'Snow White', with a retro

Apple Computers

striped

logo in the place of the poisoned apple.

Andrew Milledge of artrepublic, comments: "Limited edition street art prints are

a popular choice for the home, with a diversity of styles to choose from. We've

noticed an increased interest in urban art prints this year with artists such as

Copyright and Pure Evil, growing in popularity."

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