Western Painting - Spray Painting - Creative Dispersion

Spray Painting - The Concept
Spray Painting (also known as Aerosolgrafia or Sadotgrafia) is a style of painting involving the spraying of paints to create an art piece. Done traditionally on poster board, this art form can be performed technically on any non-porous material, like wood, ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic.

The History
In 1980, Ruben Sadot Fernandez originated the art in the Mexico City. Ruben was a writer, painter, and poet inspired by the American roll and rock music, beat poetry, and graffiti art. He started his paintings in the front of his studio. Later, in 1982, he moved on to the streets of La Zona Rosa to attract more people towards his art. He would paint human faces, figures, and natural landscapes on cardboard or canvas. Sadot would spray a few colors on the paper, swirl all of them together, and then derive an image from the mist. He then incised the paint with a sharp object (like knife) to highlight the image.

Co-relations
Previously, many people wrongly included Spray Art into the category of Graffiti Art, when the later had no connection to the origin of the earlier. Spray Art is an entirely different and independent genre. The most important difference between Graffiti and Spray Painting is their base surface. Made for public display, Graffiti is found on surfaces, such as subway stations, buildings, and billboards. Spray Art, on the other hand, is found on movable and traditional surfaces, such as board, metal, wood, or canvas.

The Details
Economical white poster-boards, costing approximately $0.75 per sheet, are mostly used for painting. In fact, any temporary plane surface is fine. A masking tape is placed on the base border to get a white, uniform frame around painting, once the tape is removed post painting. Stencils, magazine & newspaper photos, paper towel, and even the house development products, like spackle, cement, and grout are used to produce consistency and layered shades.

The Artists
Many artists were impressed by Ruben and followed his path into the world of Aerosolgrafia. First generation artists included Augustin Perez (El Guero) and Antonio Jimenez (El Moreno). They were responsible for creating the 'cosmic' style, so prevalent in Spray Painting presently. Another most notable artist and contributor to the field was Victor Manuel Hernandez (El Gordo).

Conclusion
Spray Painting is one of the best growing collectible art forms, owing to convenient price and availability of the required raw material. Right from galleries & museums to flea markets, art fairs, and even websites, the art form raids all.

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