Beast (street artist) explained

Beast
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Field:Artist

Beast is an Italian anonymous contemporary street artist from Milan.[1]

Early life

Beast is the pseudonym for an anonymous Milan-based street artist who has been active on the streets of Europe and United States since 2009, with a focus on stencils at first and later at creating digital collages aiming to highlight political and social issues.[2] [3] [4]

Career

Beast created public artworks that portray well-known political figures including Donald Trump,[5] Angela Merkel,[6] [7] Marine Le Pen,[8] Matteo Renzi,[9] Silvio Berlusconi,[10] Matteo Salvini[11] [12] and Mario Draghi.[13]

Beast uses photo manipulation technique[14] to create his works, as well as wheat pasting and billboard hijacking methods[15] to place his works in the public sphere.

Art exhibitions

YearExhibitionCity
2019Affordable Art Fair [16] Milan
2018Stroke Art Fair[17] Munich
2017Public Art Festival[18] [19] Athens
2017Oxford International Art Fair[20] Oxford
2016H Views Politics in Art[21] Zürich
2016Grenoble Street Art Festival[22] Grenoble
2016Dream FactoryMilan

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guerrilla art, Berlusconi come Lennon. 2010-06-04. la Repubblica. Guerilla art, Berlusconi like Lennon. it. 2018-07-28.
  2. Web site: Incisive and thought-provoking works by Beast. thereart.ro. 3 July 2015. 2018-07-28.
  3. Web site: Biography of Beast. Jasmine Lark. 2017-12-17. widewalls.ch. 2018-07-29.
  4. Web site: Milano, il misterioso Beast che ride dei politici. "I miei quadri regalati alle strade". Milan, the mysterious Beast that laughs at politicians. «My paintings given to the streets». it. 2018-04-18. Giampiero Rossi. Corriere della Sera. 2018-08-01.
  5. Web site: Renzi è Napoleone e la Boschi una pin up: i politici rivisitati da Beast in mostra. 2016-07-05. la Repubblica. Renzi is Napoleon and the Boschi a pin up: the politicians revisited by Beast on display. it. 2018-07-28.
  6. Web site: Gli sberleffi di Beast esposti per la prima volta in una galleria . Milino Salvini as Hitler. it. 2016-06-09. Giampiero Rossi. Corriere della Sera. 2018-08-01.
  7. Web site: Merkel als Ikone. Merkel as an icon. de. 2016-05-10. Spiegel Online. 2018-07-28.
  8. Web site: Beast. 2018. Hypocrite Design. 2018-07-29. 2020-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20200128174945/http://www.hypocritedesign.com/beast-2/. dead.
  9. Web site: Milano, la street art rilegge la politica: celebra Renzi e i suoi nemici. Milan, street art re-read politics: celebrating Renzi and his enemies. it. October 17, 2015. la Repubblica. 2018-07-29.
  10. Web site: Politici in posa come modelli sui totem pubblicitari a Milano: da Meloni 'sfollata' all'abbraccio di Bersani e D'Alema. Politicians posing as models on advertising totems in Milan: from Meloni 'displaced' to the embrace of Bersani and D'Alema. it. Lucia Landoni. 2018-02-19. la Repubblica. 2018-07-29.
  11. Web site: Milano, Salvini come Hitler: in via Palermo il poster del "Fuhrer" Matteo. Milan, Salvini as Hitler: in via Palermo the poster of the "Fuhrer" Matteo. it. Lucia Landoni. 2018-06-26. la Repubblica. 2018-07-29.
  12. Web site: Milano, Salvini come Hitler: il manifesto di Beast in via Palermo. Milino Salvini as Hitler. it. 2018-06-26. Corriere della Sera. 2018-08-01.
  13. Web site: Street art, dalla Merkel a Salvini: il 'business dei migranti' sui muri di Milano. Street art, from Merkel to Salvini: the 'business of migrants' on the walls of Milan. it. 2015-04-21. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 2018-08-01.
  14. Web site: "Kάντε την Ελλάδα Ελλάδα Ξανά": Ατομική του Beast για το 2ο Φεστιβάλ Δημόσιας Τέχνης. "Make Greece Greece Again": Beast's Individual for the 2nd Festival of Public Art. el. 2017-06-12. liberal.gr. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214653/https://artnews.liberal.gr/arthro/144388/politistika-dromena/trexonta/Kante-tin-ellada-ellada-xana-atomiki-tou-Beast-gia-to-2o-festibal-dimosias-technis.html. 2018-07-25. dead.
  15. Web site: Manhattan Gets It Up : Beast Fools With Subway Map. 2011-05-23. brooklynstreetart.com. 2018-08-01.
  16. News: I migliori tre stand di Affordable Art Fair 2019 a Milano secondo Artribune. January 26, 2019. artribune.com. it. Ronchi. Giulia. January 30, 2019.
  17. Web site: Coverage: Stroke Art Fair 2017. StreetArtNews.net. October 15, 2017. Christie. Bailey. August 4, 2018.
  18. Web site: Ξεκινά το 2ο Φεστιβάλ Δημόσιας Τέχνης με θεματική ενότητα "Επιβίωση". May 5, 2017. thetoc.gr. August 4, 2018.
  19. Web site: Make Greece Greece Again. June 16, 2017. Kathimerini. August 4, 2018.
  20. Web site: Beast Italy. 11. Oxford International Art Fair. August 7, 2018. issuu.
  21. Web site: H-Views. 2016. hypocritedesign.com. August 4, 2018. August 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025253/http://www.hypocritedesign.com/h-views/. dead.
  22. Web site: "Art engagé" : les activistes de l'art sont à Spacejunk. Charline. Corubolo. December 20, 2016. Le petit bulletin Grenoble. August 4, 2018.

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