ROA Codex - Hardcover

Lippard, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9401461678 ISBN 13: 9789401461672

Publisher: Lannoo Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

"Although the street art is generally conveyed in a very natural matter, even his dead animal paintings seem at peace." - Streetartbio.com "Detached from the artist's identity, his detailed, illustrative animal paintings have brought him back to the world. With local species of animals as his main focus, ROA inevitably starts a dialogue about human interaction with nature and the environment, whether it is painting on the walls of a museum or in an abandoned rural factory." - Hi Fructose - The New Contemporary Magazine "One of the most influential acts of street art around the world." - The Huffington Post Fascinated by nature, the anonymous muralist and street artist ROA is inspired by the beauty of its non-human inhabitants. With great attention to detail, ROA draws over-sized black and white creatures of endemic or endangered species on buildings around the world, from Moscow to Mexico City, and from Los Angeles to London. His subjects are frequently survivors; scavengers, rodents, and unusual animals that thrive in their particular milieu.

About this title

About the Author

ROA began pulling animals out of the depths of the industrial world in his home country Belgium. His work snarls at you from wherever it prowls, awaking a visceral reaction that comes from seeing something familiar yet unknown, an uncanny portrayal of the animals within and around ourselves that our contemporary lifestyles have made null.
In 2011 ROA was part of the iconic exhibition ‘Art in The Streets’ at MOCA in Los Angeles. His art practice is not bound to any set location; as with his murals, his studio is mobile, and his artworks originate on location, in galleries, in museums. ROA works site-specific: detached from daily routine, continuously spinning a web of new encounters, scavenging local materials from his new surroundings, the temporary residences where he expands his art practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lannoo Publishers
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401461678
• ISBN 13: 9789401461672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352