Life is Beautiful
Mr. Brainwash
Published on 30. December 2020
Book
Hardback
978-1-939621-24-5 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring a wide variety of new, unseen material and serving as a retrospective on Mr. Brainwash's career thus far, Life is Beautiful follows his unique and captivating journey, from filming street artists to becoming a worldwide phenomenon. With personal pieces from Mr. Brainwash's past, it includes never-before-seen photos from Mr. Brainwash's time entrenched in the street art scene.
Mr. Brainwash has always been known for the large scale of his work. Especially notable is his 80,000 square foot Los Angeles solo show in 2011, and an installation on the 6-stories tall Old Sorting Office in London, complete with coronation-clad Queen Elizabeth II shown holding a Union Jack spray can. Life Is Beautiful will be no different. It is an exploration into the mind of one of this generation's truest art provocateurs.
The book is an eclectic mixture of art, photography, and inspiration. A project seven years in the making, this book reflects Mr. Brainwash's style and how he has bridged the gap between his art and his life - becoming a living embodiment of the two.
Mr. Brainwash has always been known for the large scale of his work. Especially notable is his 80,000 square foot Los Angeles solo show in 2011, and an installation on the 6-stories tall Old Sorting Office in London, complete with coronation-clad Queen Elizabeth II shown holding a Union Jack spray can. Life Is Beautiful will be no different. It is an exploration into the mind of one of this generation's truest art provocateurs.
The book is an eclectic mixture of art, photography, and inspiration. A project seven years in the making, this book reflects Mr. Brainwash's style and how he has bridged the gap between his art and his life - becoming a living embodiment of the two.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Publishing group
Oro Editions
Illustrations
256 colour
Dimensions
Height: 266 mm
Width: 158 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-939621-24-5 (9781939621245)
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Person
Mr. Brainwash is the moniker of filmmaker and Street Pop artist Thierry Guetta. Born and raised in France and based in Los Angeles, Mr. Brainwash has been pushing pop culture's envelope for almost a decade, bringing his art to the street, the gallery, and the screen. Armed with wheat paste, spray cans, brushes and paint buckets, Mr. Brainwash started attacking the streets in 2006 with stencils and posters of beloved icons, from Billie Holiday to John Lennon. In Paris and Los Angeles, his work quickly caught the eyes of the public and Mr. Brainwash had emerged from the underground, quickly becoming a renowned figure in the burgeoning street art scene.