Vhils

Blur

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A face cuts through traffic in an acid print by Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils.

Blur sees street artist Vhils bring his abrasive methodology to silkscreen printing. The artwork is composed of two overlapping images – a busy street and a striking portrait. Both are intentionally anonymous. The artist presents an arresting metaphor for life in the big city, where cultural uniqueness is often overridden by the intensity of urban life.

Prints from the edition are individually hand-finished using quick ink and acid – eroding the surface of the artwork. In doing so, Vhils resists uniformity and blurs the lines between creation and destruction.

Vhils

3 collaborations

Vhils is the alias of Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, famed for his monumental murals of everyday heroes. In cities around the world, you can find his gorgeously textured portraits chiselled into walls and buildings at a colossal scale. The magic of the murals lies in their juxtaposition – while Vhils creates them through abrasive, almost violent processes like drilling, chiselling and sometimes even blowing things up, the final images are detailed, tender and poetic. The portraits spotlight a different, more human side of history – a history of people, places and their everyday lives rather than grand gestures, famous names and power. Over the past decade, Vhils has also translated his public art into art for galleries and museums. Using a vast range of materials from the urban environment, like concrete, brick and metal, he captures the nonstop aliveness of the city.

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