A new book is chronicling the work of Belgian street artist 'ROA' who is now one of the most sought after street-artists globally, with cities and municipalities from across the world hiring him to create amazing designs in urban environments.
For over a decade, ROA has focused on creating amazing murals of animals, often in black and white. These murals are often huge in size and take on a unique approach to depicting the various creatures. What is important in his work is not just the imagery itself but the way in which it complements and works with the local area and the buildings upon which they are painted. Images created by the artist include two rats with one sitting upon the other, two stacked elephants, a whale skeleton painted on a building next to a body of water, and a giant coiled snake.
Clearly, there is a huge amount of imagination that goes into producing the works, as well as a large amount of time and effort, and all of that is captured in the new book documenting his work 'CODEX'.
The introduction to the book, written by RJ Rushmore, reads:
"ROA treats each surface he paints like a space to investigate, play with, and fit his creatures into. The technical perfection of his painting belies an underlying resourcefulness with simple tools… The animals are matched to their location, with rats in New York City and elephants in Bangkok. There are dark and funny messages, the beauty of both life and death, universal metaphors, inside jokes, and occasional violence, but always in ways that honour the animals and the spaces where they are painted."
ROA believes that in depicting animals within an urban setting, can bring attention to the way human beings are alienated from the natural world and increase empathy towards all living creatures.
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