Ruedione's Backflashes - Graffiti Tales
For years Ruedione was an active graffiti writer himself and the documentation of his works led him to photography. He says that passion, obsession and even addiction connects him to the medium these days and by now he exclusively uses the camera for his works. For almost a decade, he has been documenting the writers` scene and has thus remained part of it as its visual chronicler.
A visual expedition into a world that usually is restricted to the members of a very small scene. His photos show the active graffiti scene worldwide, may it be New York City, Sao Paulo or Hamburg. In his series, documentary photography that creates contemporary documents meets abstract snapshots that are distinguished by their independent aesthetics. These images give the viewer an insight into an usually hidden scene.
Calligraffiti - The Graphic Art of Neils SHOE Meulman
Meulman began tagging “Shoe” in 1979 and became a graffiti legend by the time he was 18. In the 80’s Shoe formed the United Street Artists alongside Delta, Joker, Jezis and Jaz, as well as the Crime Time Kings with Bando from Paris and Mode2 from London. Together they gave graffiti in Europe its own distinctive style. In the 90’s he furthered his technique by apprenticing under the Dutch graphic design master Anthon Beeke.
After that, Shoe ran his own design company, Caulfield & Tensing and was partner in ad agency Unruly. Shoe revolutionized the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti. He launched this movement in 2007 with a successful solo exhibition in Amsterdam. Since then, his Calligraffiti pieces (signed NSM) can be seen in various international exhibitions.