martedì 20 maggio 2014

Chewing gum man

This article talks about"Ben Wilson"(Chewing gum man).Ben Wilson (born 1963) is an English wood carver and outsider artist,Wilson grew up in creative environment and attended art school.This man is an artist,decided to transform at least some of there bits of litter into works of art.He leaves them on the street and paints miniature pictures over them.Ben Wilson was born in Cambridge in 1963.He began his artistic career as wood sculptor,but he abandoned wood sculpture for art and started using paint to change the imagery on billboards.Most people see chewing gum on the streets and pavements but one man is turning it into an art form.He has created more than 10.000 miniature works of "gum art" and is even trying to create a trail of image that will run from Bornet in North London all the way into the centre of the English capital.Piece of dicorded chewing gum on the pavement,feat it up with a blow torch,spray a car lacquer into the chewing gum,and then he mix it.Ben Wilson (born 1963) is an English wood carver and outsider artist. The son of an artist, Wilson grew up in a creative environment and attended art school. His distaste for industrial waste, cars and rubbish eventually turned into an art form. He creates tiny works of art by painting chewing gum stuck to the pavement. Initially, his work garnered him unwanted attention from the authorities, but because he is not defacing private property but merely painting rubbish, he was found to be breaking no law. In addition to the chewing gum art, Wilson paints and sculpts. He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Finland, France and Serbia.Initially,his work garnered him unwanted attention from the authorities,but because he is not defacing private property but merely painting rubbish,he was found to be breaking no law.In addition to the chewing gum art,Wilson paints and sculpts.He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England,the United States,Germany,Ireland,France and Serbia.

 

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