Arrivals And Departures - Softcover

Hicks, Logan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 888849345X ISBN 13: 9788888493459

Publisher: Drago International Entertainment, 2009

Synopsis

Arrivals and Departures is the first and only collection of works by Logan Hicks, one of the most acclaimed street and stencil artists in the world. His stunning murals plastered on the surfaces of New York City have been sown in to the public consciousness and this book further immortalises his work. Representing five years of his extraordinary installations, travels, thoughts, and ideas, the book allows an immersive insight into his unique iconography and the stories that inspired it.
Hicks’ work focuses on the perception of the environment, at times humanising its architectural angles and structures, and at others using its vastness to explore self identity. With an old master’s approach to lighting, Hicks sculpts ordinary architectural scenes into deeply metaphorical and contemplative imagery through stencilled aerosol.
It is this symbiotic relationship with the city that fuels his work. Each person is an active cell that circulates nutrients through the city veins. Each building blocks a path. Each wall blocks a view. Each door hides an opening. The city creates its own reality in a labyrinth of limited possibilities.

About this title

About the Author:

Logan Hicks is a New York-based stencil artist whose work explores the dynamics of the urban environment. Originally a screen printer, Logan’s work has gained notoriety due to his ability to capture the sometimes mundane cycle of city life in a haunting, yet refined way with his hand-sprayed stencils. Stencilling started as a substitution for screen-printing, but quickly morphed into Logan’s medium of choice. A perfect union was conceived by spray-painting stencils of his subjects: the dirty and gritty nature of the spray paint thoroughly depicted the decay of the city while the muted shine of metallic paint mirrored the faint glimmer of hope and life within it. It is this symbiotic relationship with the city that fuels his work. With his photorealistic style, Logan draws a parallel between the cold, harsh city and a warm, vibrant organism. It is alive; a breathing creature where the ebb and flow of people washing over its sidewalks act as cells circulating through its veins. Buildings block passageways, walls block views, doors hide openings. The outside world is effectively shut out while the city creates its own reality. Confined spaces on subways, honeycomb living structures; it is a labyrinth of working systems limited only by its border, its ‘skin’. Logan uses his art to explore the microcosm in which he is a cell, just part of a whole. The nuances of city life that epitomize the urban existence are what he dwells upon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Drago International Entertainment
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 888849345X
• ISBN 13: 9788888493459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96