Thursday, January 28, 2010

Graffiti art by Meggs

Emotional Graffiti art Australian artist Meggs. His early artistic development was influenced by the cartoons, comics & sci-Fi films of the 1980’s. Fuelling his vivid imagination and creating a passion for superheroes, fantasy characters and bold colourful graphics, such as those found on toy packaging and video covers. This soon developed into a passion for skateboarding culture and interest in graffiti art and graphic design.

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Meggs’ work references the nostalgia of childhood heroes and villains, exploring the notion of ‘duality’ and an on-going question of morals, rights and authorities. Reflecting on personal experience Meggs produces energetic depictions of heroes, villains, and subverted collages of pop culture symbology. You can check more his work on his website/blog, in addition, you’ll find plenty more work on his Flickr

2 comments:

Ninjatron said...

I've seen these before but I still don't get it. Maybe I am not cool enough to understand.

Sayonara.

felix ip said...

I can only feel the violence on this...

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