Fauxreel

Street Artist Biography

Wheat Paste 

Street artist Fauxreel has earned his reputation by creating beautiful works of art from photographs. His real name is Dan Bergeron. Fauxreel studied Film and Sonic Design at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. After graduating, he began his career as a freelance writer for a few Toronto magazines and sought photography as another opportunity.

After a couple years, he began working as an assistant video editor for an advertising agency. During this period of time, he continued to photograph simply as a hobby. This experience also opened his perspective and began to include a variety type of design and illustration.

While working for the ad agency, Fauxreel had access to a cold press machine which was able to apply adhesion to paper mediums. Soon he began to combine his photographs into stickers and realized its potential. His desire was to be able to display and express his work to as many people as possible. At this point, street art seemed like a perfect method to deliver his message, not only was he able to attract attention, but he also had the opportunity to adjust to his surroundings and occupied space. The transition was made from regular photographic prints to using 20 lb paper.

Although there are many street artists and photographers, who have begun to work on large-scale photographic street art, few have properly adjusted their photographic presentations into the street art realm successfully. In essence, this allows photographers to obtain a different group of fans and their work is exposed on a different level.

Fauxreel is attracted to the power and potential of a camera. With endless possibilities, he notes street artist JR’s work as successfully demonstrating a prime example of the photographic implementation with urban art. Not only is his work greatly admired, but it also helps to represent those in society who unrepresented by the media. H also admires other artists, like Judith Supine, who use photography in their work but not personal photographs; however, he considers their work different because they obtain their pictures from other sources.

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Sources:

http://fauxreel.ca/

http://www.unurth.com/The-Fauxreel-Interview

JR

Street Artist Biography

Wheat Pasting and Photography

Who could of ever imagined that photography could be installed into streets? Well street artist JR did just the unimaginable by combining the two. Born in France on February 22, 1983, JR was just another average teenager with a passion for graffiti. However, it was not until he found a camera on the subway that his perception on street art change.


Currently, his most common method to create street art is through the use of wheat pasting and gigantic mono photographs.

This artist combines powerful social statements through large portraits and murals. Not only has he won a TED Prize in the past, but he is also often compared to other politically charged art works. His art work is just one simple wish to change the world one step at a time.


His work of art brings forward common everyday materials to the light. Often introducing those who are unfortunate in the world and others who are often overseen.

Source: http://www.jr-art.net/