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by gallery owners and forces of law and order,
positioned halfway between legality and la-
wlessness, with one foot inside the system of
art, and the other well anchored outside it.
Involved in the field of official art, and before
that, in the art of the street, they transpose
the poetic iconography from one medium to
another, depending on the context, with the
knowledge to operate in the larger world of
art and not just a subculture. From Italy to
Norway, Portugal to Belgium, there are many
cities where their visual talent has been di-
splayed.
Having grown up with lacquer paint, rollers,
spray cans, and the sound of Rap, in the col-
lective of artists Canemorto they have deve-
loped their imaginations with the under-
ground culture of punk-rock, cartoons,
independent graphics, the world of skatebo-
arding, and international urban art. It is an
aesthetic structured through academic trai-
ning geared toward painting, with real artistic
work conducted in the studio and on the
street, a succession of small and large pro-
jects, continuous travel, and close relation-
ships with other artists.
Amo-Te Lisboa,
2015, video, colore, full HD, 59’47’’ / videocolor, full HD
Courtesy of the artists e / and Tanguy Bombonera
