Graffiti Workshop mit Lin Quik Felton

LIN QUIK FELTON in Fürstenfeld, 2011 – Graffiti Workshops und Ausstellung

Mein Fotobericht auf Picasa (my pics on Picasa):

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Unvergessliche Tage in Fürstenfeld mit dem renommierten internationalen Künstler Quik Felton, der heuer auf der Biennale in Venedig vertreten war, und weiteren grandiosen Graffiti-Künstlern. Eine Graffiti-Sprayerin wird wohl aus mir nicht werden, aber die Inspirationen, die ich aufnahm, die werde ich mit Freude in meine weitere künstlerische Arbeit integrieren! Meine HOBOs (Cartoons) wurden erstmals „graffitisiert“ und ich löste mein Versprechen ein, einen Protest gegen gentechnisch veränderte Organismen (Agro-Gentechnik) zu verbalisieren.

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My short report:
Unforgettable days in Fürstenfeld with the famous international artist Lin Quik Felton, whose work was represented at this year’s Venice Biennale, and two more wonderful graffiti artists. A graffiti sprayer will probably not become out of me. But the inspiration that I received will be integrated in my artistic work with great pleasure! In the workshops my so-called HOBOS were „graffitized“ for the first time. And I kept my promise to verbalize a protest against genetically modified organisms (genetic engineering in agriculture) with the words „NO GMO’s).
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Lin QUIK Felton is a painter of African American descent born in Queens, NY 1958. QUIK as a subway graffiti painter was recognized for his satirical and arrogant comic imagery, as well as the ability to post his tag and masterpieces upon each subway line numbering in the thousands.After studying 3 years at PRATT Institute and PARSONS School of Design, QUIK was recognized by Yaki Kornblit, a renowned Amsterdam art dealer in 1982 via the efforts of FUTURA 2000 and the momentum created by the SOUL ARTISTS painting association. Despite dabbling and attempting a career with the computer giant IBM, QUIK had found his calling in the creative arts rather than the financial accounting required to proliferate nuclear weapons and strengthen the American Defense Department.

Following a successful introduction into the art world via Holland’s tremendous support, QUIK eschewed the USA for the most part finding Europe’s admirable attempts for racial and social equality more to his liking. The racial tensions and social inequalities present within the United States is a recurrent and raging theme in QUIK’s work. When asked in regard to his thematic development and professional career now in it’s fourth decade, QUIK simply replies, “I paint sounds, I paint the Blues.”

The Blues is not all QUIK paints, as one can revel in his cynical juxtaposition of cartoon characters; romantic and brooding pinup girls and naturally the graffiti lettering that has now made him world famous after participating in hundreds of museum and gallery exhibitions. To balance his relentless energies in the commercial art world QUIK has a respected notoriety for working alongside and instructing high school and university students throughout western Europe.

QUIK’s work came be found listed within the archives of the Studio Museum of Harlem; The Museum of the City of New York; the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands and several other distinguished collections both private and public. QUIK’s clients have included the US Embassy, France; SONY; NIKE; DICKIES; MTV; UNESCO; KIDROBOT; Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht and countless others.
QUIK is represented by Brugier and Rigail; GREENFLOWERS Art; Alain-Dominique Gallizia all of Paris; and DIRTYPILOT.COM

-Charles Dillinger 2012 NYC

www.quiknyc.com