John Doe

Description

John Doe by Sava Larry ‘Istanbul’. Digital collage giclee art print.

This work is part of the ‘Volta’ Digital Collage combined with painting series by street artist ‘Istanbul’. He exhibited ‘Imago’ a solo exhibition at Joshua District Artspace in November 2023. The Volta series is a development from his explorations of transferring his street art expressions into different fine art mediums.

John Doe deals with aspects of anonymity and the most remote form of isolation. When one is unidentifyable even in death.  Sava ‘Istanbul’ Larry explores many aspects of social stigmas through a very. intimate and direct perspective. His collages are a form of internal journalling. This element of ambiguity in identity is carried over through the anonymity that is synonymous with street art culture, here appearing as a theme in his digital collage.

“ To me, art is a powerful tool of interpretation. It is a reflection of the artist’s personality. A simple expression of the complex thought. In this series, the spectrum that represents the object beneath the object, or shapes within lines is not achieved randomly. It arrives through an optical process. You can say it is a process where the mind is trying to find meaning. It is an art form that does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality. Instead, it is communicating through lines, shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks.” ~ Istanbul

About the Artist Sava Larry aka ‘Istanbul’, in ‘A Graffiti Within‘.

A Graffiti Within

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