DOT DOT DOT (artist)
DOT DOT DOT | |
|---|---|
| Born | anthony meglin |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Known for | Graffiti Street art Stencil art Wheatpaste Satire Social commentary |
| Website | www |
DOT DOT DOT (also spelled "..." or dotdotdot)[1] is the pseudonym for an anonymous Norway-based graffiti artist.
He has left his mark on walls around Europe and especially Norway, in cities like Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Copenhagen, Berlin, Fuengirola and Malaga. His age and real name are not officially known.
Biography
DOT DOT DOT was born in Oslo, Norway. He first started as a graffiti artist in 1997. Operating under several different pseudonyms over the following years, he decided to step into a more figurative and conceptual mode of art. Around 2007 he started to do stencil art, but continued to do graffiti. He was noticed a few years later for painting a rat in the town of Sandvika, just outside Oslo.[2][3]
Before the release of the book Street Art Norway Vol. 2, he appeared on the TV channel NRK talking a little about himself and street art together with Martin Berdahl Aamundsen from Kontur Forlag.[4]
He participated at LandArt in October 2012, curated by Norwegian artists Mari Meen Halsøy and Kine Lillestrøm, in Romerike/Gjerdrum, just outside Oslo.[5][6] He founded the firm All Rights Destroyed together with Peter Hillgaar in the summer of 2012; later the same year in October, he put together the ARD*POP-UP Festival, inviting national and international artists to decorate walls in Oslo.[7][8]
Art
DOT DOT DOT's artwork is on display in several galleries. His paintings have 1970s pop art references refreshed through modern street art aesthetics. He also has a rather satirical look at contemporary art and its own self-imposed grandeur, not to mention the players within it which changed the segment into a multinational commercial space.
See also
References
- ^ Reed, Martyn (17 Aug 2010). "Local Heroes ..." Nuart.no. Retrieved January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Olsson, Svein (1 September 2010). "Har Banksy vært i Sandvika?". Newspaper (in Norwegian). Budstikka.no. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Reed, Martyn (2 September 2010). "Banksy in Norway … NOT!". Newspaper. Nuart.no. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ Olaisen, Rolf Petter (8 October 2012). "Ny bok om streetart" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Olaisen, Rolf Petter (11 November 2012). "Landart i Gjerdrum" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Eigum, Harald (13 October 2012). "Landlig Gatekunst" (in Norwegian). eub.no. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Hillgaar, Peter (1 November 2012). "ARD*POP-UP Festival 2012". allrightsdestroyed.org. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Gatekunstfestival i Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links
Further reading
- Martin Berdahl Aamundsen (editor), Øivin Horvei (editor): Street Art Norway Vol. 2 ISBN 978-82-930531-2-5 Oslo: Kontur forlag (2012).
- Martin Berdahl Aamundsen (editor), Øivin Horvei (editor): Street Art Norway - Deluxe ISBN 978-82-997687-9-5 Oslo: Kontur forlag (2010).