Video: "Faces of the City" - an art project by designer Fauxreel
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
We love when portraits are drawn from us. Then it's so nice to take beautiful pictures, admire them, show them to friends and acquaintances, or even hang them in your own apartment. However, sometimes portraits can be made not on paper or canvas, but also on … a wall.
The designer known as Fauxreel offers his own special kind of creativity. Although at first glance it seems that we are faced with a simple example of graffiti art, this is not so - the artist uses a completely different style in his work, which even has no direct relation to drawing. Pictures of real people are printed on the walls, specifically their faces. But why did the artist choose the walls for this? It is also full of folds, irregularities, bends and in general - the portraits seem torn, unfinished and, in general, frivolous. It turns out that this idea was originally conceived as such. The fact is that the designer wanted to show us - our faces are full of scars, wrinkles, moles that don't suit us. They are our life, and this is its beauty. It is on uneven walls that it is possible to reflect the whole idea to the end, because due to the fact that the walls are made of bricks, we see that people's faces are full of flaws.
At the same time, the project also makes it clear that architecture also has a deadline. Buildings do not stay beautiful and new forever. They are also "aging" as we are. Perhaps few people expect to find such a deep connotation in such a project, however, it is here. It is worth noting that the designer placed some "faces" right on top of the graffiti already painted on the wall, and this all also has its own meaning.
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