Exploding Art

I found this amazing artist called  Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) who worked with Portuguese hip-hop/soul band Orelha Negra on a piece of exploding street art off walls. It's a new thing no-one has ever tried before, and I absolutely love it, everything down to the filming to the music, it's just spot on. The use of slow motion in the video just dramaticises the artworks and just gives it so much more of a wow factor. I love the idea of strapping explosives to the plaster and exploding a part of the wall revealing something fabulously incredibly artistic- like a different form of street art. I'd never seen his work before, but I heard that when people saw the video, they went crazy for it, and I can see why. I love the aesthetics of these explosive artworks, as in some ways, no-one can predict how powerful certain explosions are, and so to create artworks that look well planned and beautiful, that's an achievement in itself. The video is here: 


                              
             Orelha Negra - M.I.R.I.A.M. X Vhils aka Alexandre Farto from Vhils on Vimeo.


I had a look on his website and I'm pretty impressed at the work on there too, it's mainly spray painted work. I was particularly impressed with the faces sprayed onto paper and the prints of the city and the 2 kids. They both look so detailed, and with the paint dripping off them, it gives them a really interesting effect.
There was a quote on his page which has kind of stuck with me: 


“Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone; Beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own”


There is an interview with him on the Creators Project page. It's a really interesting interview and he talks about how he does certain things and why. He says that he likes uncertainty in his art, and for me this is very true to myself too. Spontaneity pushes me on, and makes art and life more interesting. And just like any other artist, he plans on making life more interesting via his artworks, getting rid of these concrete jungles that we live in, and instead out of it, he can create something amazing.
Here is the interview in full:  
http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/scratching-the-surface-of-vhils-explosive-graffiti-work-interview

An example of his exploding art in Moscow.