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Who is SCREWTAPE?
Veteran Hollywood Stuntman Carl Paoli translates his fearlessness into graffiti using the street art name “SCREWTAPE”.
“SCREWTAPING” creates and outlines a public canvas, whether his own art or a blank space on a wall waiting to be filled, he lures the viewers in to experience art and question their own existence. Be it sexuality or the desire for adventure and excitement.
His intrepid lifestyle is also translated to canvas by constructing new images while painting them in a raw, exhilarating and often erotic moments and he delivers them in a radical, urban, contemporary “SCREWTAPE” style.
Take a closer look. SCREWTAPE’S style is a non aggressive, non vandalizing form of public art. It is highly visible and can be easily removed. His goal is not to destroy other’s property. It is to put up his art and point the way to other art and points of interest. All graffiti is ephemeral. It washes away over time or is buffed out. SCREWTAPE just gives property owners and the public the choice to remove it. Most pieces end up re-adhered to a permanent surface under glass and frame once removed from the urban canvas. If you see SCREWTAPE on the streets, ask him for a roll of SCREWTAPE. He usually has an extra roll on hand to give out. It’s amazing how much other people put up his SCREWTAPE. We all SCREWTAPE in one way or another.
CURRENT GALLERIES:
KRAUSE GALLERY LES, NYC
LAB ART Hollywood, CA
INVISIBLE Hollywood, CA
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
Mr. Brainwash Presents: Artshow 2011 / 2012
KRAUSE GALLERY -old and New works 2012
MONDRIAN, Los Angeles, CA
FEATURED ON:
CBNC “American Greed
HGTV on “SELLING LA”
NTN 24NEWS US ”Street Art moves into the Gallery”
CELEBRITY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
James Caan
Natalie Imbruglia
Travis Fimmel
Taylor Mead
Hill Harper
HANKSY
A street artist is doing some amazing new street art in and around NYC.
He goes by the name of HANKSY.
Add the overwhelming popularity of Tom Hanks to the cool factor of the most famous street artist of all time, Banksy, and you get HANKSY. HANKSY has become a social media phenomenon with his imaginative street art spoofs by taking images of Banksy’s work and adding in references from Tom Hanks’ films.
“People have speculated whether HANKSY is just a play on words or perhaps something a bit more, does he hate Banksy? Is it homage to one of the greatest street artists and actors of our time? Maybe it’s an attempt to subvert the subversiveor perhaps it plays on the uniquely American pleasure the public finds in trivial imagery. Maybe in the end its much more straightforward? Add a certain ‘sometimes’ vowel at the end of a specific actor’s surname and it sounds an awful lot like the world’s most well-known street artist.
press list: (selected)
Huffington Post “The Artist Hanksy Creates Banksy-like Images of Tom Hanks” Huffington Post UK “Spoof Artist
Hanksy Takes Banksy One Step Closet To Hollywood” ARTNET “An Interview With Hanksy.” Reverend Jen
BESTWEEKEVER.tv “Who…Is…Hanksy?,” Michelle Collins
GEEKOSYSTEM “Hanksy Brings An Awesome Pun to the World of Street Art,” Eric Limer
Paste Magazine “Meet the Hottest New Tom Hanks-Inspire Street Artist: Hanksy,” TheLMagazine.com (multiple), Benjamin Sutton
GuestofaGuest.com “The Coolest NYC Street Artists,” Kermichell Leo Scallywagandvagabond.com “It’s Now Tme to
Meet Banksy’s Impersonator – Hanksy,” John Wenrich
HighSnobiety.com “Hanksy Hits Chicago,”
BoweryBoogie.com (multiple), Elie Perler
Fast Company “What Hanksy’s Rat-themed Street Art Means For Tom Hanks’ “Larry Crowne,” Nancy Miller
FunnyorDie.com, “7 Hankstastic Instance of Tom Hanks Graffiti”
Juxtapoz.com (multiple)
Examiner.com “A Street Art Parody: Hanksy Lands First Solo Show,” Carly Beetsch SNAP! Magazine “Hanksy”
Wooster Collective (Multiple) Marc Schiller
Nylonmag.com “Tag! Hanksy,” Faran Krenticl
Daily Maverick “Never mind Banksy, Here’s Hanksy,” Theresa Mallinson