Alecmonopoly7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s the difference between street art and graffiti? Wheat paste, ladders and a bandana to cover my face! What are your favourite tools of the trade?Ĭans and cans and cans of spray paint. Obviously artists like Warhol and Basquiat have a big influence in my work as well, I generally find myself using a bright and energetic color palette and drawing from big, powerful iconic imagery and characters. As a whole, materialism, excess and greed continue to be a major underlying theme in my works, but it really changes from one day to the next depending how I feel. I think art executed properly allows the viewer to find their own message that speaks directly to them. What’s the big message?Įach painting and image I use has a different emotional and artistic meaning to me. She knows that I inherited my love for painting from her. Better safe than sorry, right?ĭoes your mother know you are Alec Monopoly? ![]() Why the secrecy over your identity? Are you a wanted man?ĭepends which country we’re talking about. Getting up or tagging or bombing … Just hitting the streets and painting. I love travelling and checking out different scenes and cultures, not only does it influence and inspire me but it also gives me the opportunity to get up wherever I’m at. There is always mystery surrounding street art, it adds to the allure of it. MR Monopoly, you are something of an international man of mystery are you not? What’s your story? Street artist Alec Monopoly reaches into the collective childhood memory to build a witty social commentary on our times. ![]()
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