Scratching the Surface Project
alexandre manuel dias farto(1987 –)
Vhils is a renowned Portuguese street artist known for intricate wall carvings revealing layers of history & culture. From London to Hawaii, his art sparks conversation.
Nuart Festival(Stavanger, Norway)
Discover Nuart Festival, Stavanger's vibrant street art celebration! Explore murals, stencils & contemporary urban art transforming the city into an open-air gallery since 2001.
Coining his signature style in 2007, VHILS (Alexandre Farto) uses dynamite and a chisel to create his paintless-portraits. In the decade prior, he was a prolific graffiti writer. The bas-relief portraiture he now creates across the globe is a visually arresting form of poetry. By digging through layers of concrete, cement and other building materials, VHILS exposes the old wounds of a wall and transforms them into something beautiful – a unique method which has carved VHILS a permanent place of his own in contemporary art. In this piece from 2010, you can see the artist begin to refine his technique as he learns from the walls he works with. Comparing this early work with the future pieces he created for Nuart, one in 2011 and a further portrait from 2013, creates an interesting visual timeline in VHILS’ progression.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Scratching the Surface Project
- 作家: alexandre manuel dias farto
- 制作年: 2010
- 技法: Portrait
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Nuart Festival
- 動勢: Contemporary Realism
- 制作時期: Early Period
- キーワード: wall carving portrait , dynamite carving art , urban art texture
- 色相: Ochre to Sepia


