Alexis Diaz
"Alexis Diaz." Alexis Diaz. Cargo Collective, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
As I was researching my street artist, Alexis Diaz, I
could hardly find anything on him. To be honest at first I thought he was a
girl, but as I read a couple of articles that have featured his work, gender
was revealed. From what I could find on the internet is that he was born and
raised in Puerto Rico and enjoys teaming up with a great friend of his, Juan
Fernandez. When both artist work on a piece they are referred to as “La
Pandilla” or the “gang”. Throughout the articles that I found, it touches on
the style in which Diaz is most known for, metamorphosis. He focuses on animals
and morphing them into the most foreign objects that he can incorporate them. He
also likes to work on bright canvases and construct his art with black brush
strokes so that depth is achieved throughout the artwork to his viewers. I was
successful enough to find his personal website, but all that was on the website
was pictures of his work and the locations of them.
"Toulouse, Francia - Alexis Diaz." Toulouse, Francia - Alexis Diaz. N.p., May 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
"La Vegas, NV - Alexis Diaz." La Vegas, NV - Alexis Diaz. N.p., Oct. 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
The internet presents and preserves street art in various
ways. Before I even thought about looking for biographical information about
Alexis Diaz I wanted to answer this first question. I immediately googled the
artist’s name, low and behold images began to appear on the search engine. The next
thing that appeared was his actual website, followed by articles that were
written about appearances and artwork displays. I feel that the internet does a
fantastic job in preserving street art. The obvious first thing that I realized
is that it had all of his artwork ever done, not referring to his personal website,
but Google in general. Then I moved onto his website and he has saved all his
pieces in categories pertaining to the pieces’ location. Now presenting it I find
a little different because street art in general can happen to be presented in
both positive and negative ways according to the perspectives of others. So looking
at the artist’s website his work was presented as a positive way because that
his own masterpieces. Well I chose Alexis Diaz on the list that was given to us
in class. I looked at the list initially and no names popped out to me until I took
a second glance at it. I was shocked to see that a Puerto Rican street artist
was that famous internationally, once we were told that everyone on the list
had a major impact on street art, thus taking a risk. After I googled him and
saw the link to his personal website, that’s when I started to choose photos of
artwork based on the multiple locations that he chose to display them. I
wanted to incorporate the places he has worked not only the artwork because I feel
that there was a purpose to why he chose that specific location to release his
passion. I selected my street art on what I found “cool”. Yes I know that it
sounds vague but that’s the honest reason. I do not know anything relevant to
street art, but I know that my taste is very different. Some of his work is
ugly and I am not going to lie so whatever I thought looked nice was the basis
for displaying to you. And know we move on the hard part, defining street art.
Street art in my own words would have to be artwork that was chosen freely by
artists, whether they are pros or amateurs, and constructed on elements that
are not typically considered a “proper canvas”. Others refer to street art as
graffiti, and before the first day of class I would have agreed with that statement.
"Londres, Inglaterra - Alexis Diaz." Londres, Inglaterra - Alexis Diaz. N.p., July 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
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