One of the main artists of the urban art (street art), Alexandre Farto (1987), better known as Vhils, continues to evolve and boost his style to sculpt in large scale faces of anonymous figures, in order to reveal the hidden lower layers and the fragility of urban space. He emerged in the art... ver mais scene in 2008, in creating a revolution, through his innovative artistic practice, in which destruction is a form of construction. Vhils He became an internationally phenomenon, mainly for his murals in the public space, honoring José Saramago, Zeca Afonso, among others.The space where it grew, Seixal, an industrialized suburb on the other side of the Lisbon River (Portugal), deeply influenced its practice by the transformations caused by the intense urban development in the 1980s and 1990s. Such as Bordalo II, Banksy and Jean-Michel BasquiatfHi on the streets that formed the basis for your initial artistic production, ending up designing your perceptions of the outer world through your creative acts. He usually sculpts the faces in the public spaces-on the side of buildings-with a variety of tools and materials that can leave a mark or remove materials, including hammers, drills, recording acid, bleach and explosive. In addition to a mural sculpture, he has also been exploring other means as the serigraphy, installation and other supports such as advertising posters, wooden doors and metal plates that collects the streets. Works of Vhils how "Open Walls Baltimore 1”, "Pow! Wow! Hawaii 2014 - King Lunalilo Mural "and"Dusk” They reflect current themes of the artistic panorama, such as identity, representation, efemerity and experience of the individual in consumer society. ver menos
