- 108 (artist)
108 (born 1978) is an Italian artist in the field of
Street Art fromAlessandria . [ [http://www.woostercollective.com/2004/02/checkin_in_with_108.html Wooster Collective: Checkin' In With 108 ] ] .108 has moved from working in traditional
graffiti art to painting large and mysterious figures that invade public spaces [ [http://www.bevilacqualamasa.it/english/archivio/2007_Altre_1250/pagina.html Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation ] ] . He was one of the first writers to use numbers instead of letters for his name [ [http://www.ekosystem.org/0_ITW/108/108_itw.htm interview 108 (prC_Ok) / ABX3000 ] ] . He started to works when he was a child on the streets ofAlessandria with different names.Slowly he vandalized the streets of Milano, Paris, London, Berlin, New York. His first works known by people are enigmatic “blob”-like yellow shapes and it’s his strong intention to make visual chaos. His new works are labyrinths, dead trees, 3D objects and installations but especially black and gloomy shapes [ [http://www.spazio.org/limited/limited.html limited no art gallery - milan ] ] . In the last years he took part in a lot of international exhibitions (Nusign 2.4 in
Paris [fr icon [http://daspblog.canalblog.com/archives/2004/07/15/62321.html dasp | Expo Nusign ] ] , Urban Edge Show inMilano [ [http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/02/the_urban_edge_show.html Wooster Collective: "THE URBAN EDGE SHOW" ] ] , Segundo and Tercer Asalto inZaragoza [ [http://www.enlafrontera.com/asp/programacion_general2.asp?cod=15&menu=1 :: En La Frontera :: ] ] and in 2007 he was invited to join the project called Walls [ [http://www.lodominelli.com/2007/06/18/arsenale-venice-walls-larte-al-muro-108-jr-daim/ The Blog has been transfered to WWW.BRIGHTDISORDER.COM » Arsenale / Venice - “Walls l’arte al muro”: 108, JR, Daim ] ] inside theBiennale di Venezia . During March 2008 he was invited to join Nomadaz [ [http://blogs.laweekly.com/lurker/gallery/nomadaz-street-art-from-spain/ Nomadaz: Street Art from Europe at Scion / LA WEEKLY ] ] (a show curated byPablo Aravena ) in Los Angeles withEltono ,Dem ,Microbo and other artists to represent Europe in U.S.A.References
External links
* [http://www.108nero.com/ Official 108 site]
* [http://www.ekosystem.org/tag/108 108 Gallery on Ekosystem.org]
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