Recently I have been seeing blips around the internet about the “much buzzed about” Brooklyn artist, Dain.
I was surprised I hadn’t heard of him and figured I must be out of the NYC graffiti loop.
“He’s made a name for himself by hijacking images of classical beauties and creating urban, deconstructed portraits of 50s Hollywood stars such as Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly. The artist’s style is deeply cross-genre: he mixes street art references and graffiti with drawing, collage and varnish. Some pieces are pasted and finished in the street, others are destined to canvases.” (via Elle)
I have fallen in love with his work. It reminds me so much of my favorite street art duo, Miss Bugs.
But, who is this guy?
Curiosity got the best of me and after a bit of googling, I discovered just HOW out of the loop I was..
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Dain has been creating street art since the 1940′s.
Blown.away. I was anticipating the above interview to feature a 20 something kid with a voice changer and an obscured face a la Exit Through the Giftshop.
(via boccelli)
Good for him. I can only hope I’m still killin’ it in tube socks when I’m a Golden Girl.
Consider me inspired.
Interviewer: Is there a message behind your work?
Dain: For me it is not so much about the beauty of a particular actress. Fame, celebrity status and beauty all disappear over time. What I love about the old black and white films or photos was that you tried to fill in the emptiness that was there. My mother always said that ‘todays women leave nothing to the imagination’ … I think often that is so true..
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See more of Dain’s work here.
Read an interview with the artist here.
