Slinkachu

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Slinkachu
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Slinkachu (* 1979) is a British street artist, photographer and blogger. He is best known for his Little People , which he has been installing in various locations in London since 2006. His art has been featured in a number of exhibitions in London and Norway.

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Slinkachu has been presenting his art since 2006 primarily through the installation of scenes with painted model train figures ( Little People ), which he places in different scenes on the street in London. These can be everyday scenes or depictions of accidents, including, for example, a figure under a cigarette butt ( Stubbed out , 2007) or a worker pushing himself out of a manhole ( Drain Guy , 2007). He also works on installations with multiple figures and other objects, such as They're not Pets, Susan , 2007, in which he shows a man with a hunting rifle and a young girl by a dead bumblebee. The magazine Art wrote that his characters stand “for the isolation and loneliness in big cities” .

Another project is the Inner City Snail Project , in which Roman snails are placed in the city with miniature graffiti or other decorations.

According to the species, Slinkachu explains his preference for miniatures in street art with the following words: “I like the thought that almost nobody sees my work. Because we all intentionally or unintentionally ignore a lot that surrounds us in a city. "

Since 2007 there have been corresponding installations under the name Kork-Männchen in Berlin .

Exhibitions

  • Ground Zero , Cosh Gallery, London, 2008
  • Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art , Andipa Gallery, London, 2008
  • The Print Show , Black Rat Gallery, London, 2008
  • The Bunny Show , Cosh Gallery, London, 2007
  • NuArt , Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger (Norway), 2007
  • Gis , Cosh Gallery, London, 2007
  • Play , Urbis Gallery, Manchester, 2007

Publications

  • Slinkachu: Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu (preface: Will Self). Boxtree Ltd, London 2008. ISBN 978-0-7522-2664-4
  • Slinkachu: Small people in the big city. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009. ISBN 978-3-455-38060-6
  • Slinkachu: Small people in the wide world. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-455-38117-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Illustration in the Little People blog .
  2. ↑ Illustration in the Inner City Snail blog .
  3. ↑ a b Alain Bieber: Die neue Stadtguerilla , p. 40 of the picture gallery . art - the art magazine, issue 01/2009.
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SURNAME Slinkachu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British street artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979