108 (artist)

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108
108 working in Venezia
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forGraffiti, Street Art
Websitehttp://www.108nero.com/
Manhole cover painted by 108 in Milan, Italy.

108 (born 1978) is an Italian artist in the field of street art and contemporary art from Alessandria.[1]

Career[edit]

108 has moved from working in traditional graffiti art to painting large and mysterious figures that invade public spaces.[2] He was the first writer to use numbers instead of letters for his name.[3] He started to work when he was a child on the streets of Alessandria, and used different names. His work has appeared on the streets of Milan, Paris, London, Berlin, and New York City. His first works known by people are enigmatic “blob”-like yellow shapes. It is his firm intention to make visual chaos. His new works are labyrinths, dead trees, non figurative 3D objects and installations, but especially black and gloomy shapes, becoming one of the biggest and influential artists in graffiti abstractism.[4] In the last years, he took part in a lot of international exhibitions: Nusign 2.4 in Paris,[5] Urban Edge Show in Milan,[6] Segundo and Tercer Asalto in Zaragoza[7] and, in 2007 he was invited to join the project called Walls[8] inside the Biennale di Venezia with JR and Daim. During March 2008 he was invited to join Nomadaz [9] (a show curated by Pablo Aravena) in Los Angeles with Eltono, Dem, Microbo and other artists to represent Europe in the U.S.A. 108's doomy black abstractions are engaging and challenging in equal measure. Whether it be within the confines of a small room in the abandoned monastery, where the large triangular constructions are most effective and have the effect of warping and playing with the room's dimensions as the viewer attempts to back away and comprehend the pieces, or as a surreal floating void on a wall beside a busy road.

Principal exhibits[edit]

  • 2014 - Genius Loci, Sale d'Arte City of Alessandria, Italy.
  • 2013 - La Tour, Curated by Galerie Itinerrance, Paris, France.
  • 2012 - Seventeen Dens, solo show, Ego Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland.
  • 2011 - Fame festival 2010, Grottaglie, Taranto, Italy.
  • 2011 - La forma dell'inverno, solo show, curated by Pietro Rivasi, Spazio Avia Pervia, Modena, Italy.
  • 2010 - Agli antipodi della realtà, Solo show, curated by Guillaume Von Holden, Zelle Arte Contemporanea, Palermo, Italy.
  • 2010 - Sweet Sheets (Moves to Modica), Palazzo della Cultura di Modica, Modica, Italy.
  • 2010 - Fame festival 2010, Grottaglie, Taranto, Italy.
  • 2009 - L'eterno ascoltare delle pietre, solo show, Studiodieci - Vercelli, Italy.
  • 2008 - Nomadaz, Los Angeles, US.
  • 2007 - ASA, curated by Cesare Bignotti, Palazzetto Santa Maria, Genoa, Italy.
  • 2007 - Walls - Venice Biennale, Venezia.
  • 2006 - Segundo Asalto, Zaragoza, Spain.
  • 2006 - EVES, curated by Cesare Bignotti, Loggia Piazza Banchi, Genoa, Italy.
  • 2005 - Urban Edge Show, Milan.
  • 2004 - Nusign 2.4, Paris.
  • 2003 - Street art show, Leeds.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Checkin' In With 108". Wooster Collective. 2004-02-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  2. ^ "Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation". Bevilacqualamasa.it. 2007-10-09. Archived from the original on January 5, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  3. ^ "interview 108 (prC_Ok) / ABX3000". Ekosystem.org. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  4. ^ limited no art gallery - milan Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in French) dasp | Expo Nusign
  6. ^ "The Urban Edge Show". Wooster Collective. Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  7. ^ :: En La Frontera :: Archived January 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ The Blog has been transferred to WWW.BRIGHTDISORDER.COM » Arsenale / Venice - “Walls l'arte al muro”: 108, JR, Daim Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Mauer, Mark (2008-03-11). "Nomadaz: Street Art from Europe at Scion / LA WEEKLY". Blogs.laweekly.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

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