NUART 2014: Inside

As usual the Nuart venue for the exhibition is Tou Scene right outside the city centre. Tou used to be a brewery and the old beer caves is the main stage for the street art exhibition inside. The beer caves is not a place for fine art on canvas, but perfect for experimenting with installations, video, light and works directly on thick concrete walls. During the Nuart Festival, the most of the artists do works inside and outside. I think that the inside works shows a different side of the artists creativity, than we usually see in the streets. There are more variety in use of materials and means to express their ideas and artistic visions. By avoiding canvas and presented in a rough environment, the art still smells like street art in form and spirit. The exhibition is open untill 12 of October.

The line-up this year is:

Andreco (IT), Borondo (ES), Dotdotdot (NO), Etam Cru (PL), Fra.Biancoshock (IT), Icy & Sot (IR), John Fekner (US), Levalet (FR), M-City (PL), Martin Whatson (NO), Mathieu Tremblin (FR), SPY (ES), Strøk (NO), Tilt (FR), ± Maismenos ± (PT)

Work by Borondo

Work by Fra.Biancoshock

Work by Martin Whatson

Work by Strøk

Work by DotDotDot

Work by Levalet

Work by Tilt

Works by Levalet

Work by Maismenos

Work by John Fekner

Work by Levalet

Work by Maismenos

Work by Andreco

Work by Icy & Sot

Work by M-City (seen from two different angles)

Work by Fra.Biancoshock

M-city in control

M-city makes big stencil works and I guess he likes Norway. I've enjoyed his street art works in Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger. This year he painted the control tower at Stavanger Airport. What could be cooler? Well, he had permission and took it. I love the work.

M-city is Mariusz Waraz from Gdansk in Poland and have been a street artist for 18 years. His stencils are inspired by machinery, engines, industrial equipment, derelict factories and abandoned spaces. When he is not painting huge murals, he teach graphics at Gdansk's Academy of Fine Arts.

To vreate the the mural on the control tower he used 6 days in his studio,  created the image on the computer and cut out 51 stencil pieces. Then he took the rolls to Norway. It took him another 6 days to paint the 28 m high tower. The result is impressive.

The art work is beautiful and fits really well in the airport environment. The personell must be proud of their new tower and work place.  I wish that M-city could come back every year.

The Control Tower (Nuart 2013 outside)

The best thing about Nuart is the outside works around the city of Stavanger.  Brilliant stuff is made around in town. The surprise this year, was the M-city work on the control tower at Stavanger airport (Sola).

Roa Nuart 2013

The line-up this year:
DAL EAST (CN), ROA (BE), M-CITY (PL), FAITH47 (ZA), HUSH (UK), VHILS (PT), ERNEST ZACHAREVIC (LT), C215 (FR), DOT DOT DOT (NO), DOTMASTER (UK), STRØK (NO), MARTIN WHATSON (NO), DAVID CHOE (US) AIKO (JP).

C215 - Christian Guemy (self portrait) Nuart 2013

Martha Cooper from US was specially invited. She's been photographing Graffiti and Street Art since the 70's. Street Art artists and enthusiasts all over the world owe her a lot for her journalism and photos.  

Hush Nuart 2013

AIKO Nuart 2013

Dotmasters Nuart 2013

The state of stencil and stensil art was a theme on the festival this year and three norwegian stencil artists: Strøk, DotDotDot and Martin Whatson presented their works.

Strøk Nuart 2013

Martin Whatson Nuart 2013

DotDotDot Nuart 2013

Stencils plays an important part in the street art movement and is made in different styles and degrees of complexity. However, it's not the complexity that makes the street artist good. Drawing skills is an advantage, but I think it's the idea, the expression and placement that matters. The works by Strøk was fresh and interesting.

Vhils Nuart 2013

Ernest Zacharevic Nuart 2013

This year I was impressed by Ernest Zacharevic's works both inside and outside. The works of the Lithuanian, based in Malaysia, interacts very nicely with the environment.

David Choe Nuart 2013

DALeast Nuart 2013

Faith47 Nuart 2013

M-City at Stavanger Airport Nuart 2013

Sorry! We're closed today! (Nuart 2013 Inside)

DAL east (Tou Scene 2013)

While doing some work in the area, I decided to visit Nuart 2013 at Tou Scene in Stavanger. When I arrived the doors were closed and a sign that could tell it was closed on Mondays. "Fuck!" I went up to the administation office and begged on my knees to have a look. Well, I didn't actually beg on my knees, but said that I had travelled far to see the exhibition (that was true). A kind person said "Well we have to open it for you then" I took me to the old halls of the old brewery open the gate, turned on all the lights and said "enjoy". I was left alone in the in the huge halls made of concrete with all the art made by the best street art artists in the world.

Hush (Tou Scene 2013)

C215 / Christian Guemy (Tou Scene 2013)

Tou Scene and the old brewery halls are a good venue for Street Art. The place is unpolished with dark concrete halls.  The space is limited and the artists really have to think about how to use it.

Faith47 (Tou Scene 2013)

 Nuart 2013 is inspired by Italo Calvino's book 'Invisible Cities'. The book is a masterpiece and very poetic with small chapters on Cities & Memory, Cities & Desire and Cities & Signs.. and so on. The novel begins with an imaginary meeting between the great mongol Kublai Khan and the traveller Marco Polo: "Kublai Khan does not necessarily beleive everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiousity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his"

m-city (Tou Scene 2013)

Nuart festival in Stavanger is known world wide. News and Pictures from the festival is spread by internet (newspapers and blogs) to street art and art lovers. The works have high quality and show the latest developments in street art and fresh works of street art based artists.

Ernest Zacharevic (Tou Scene 2013)

I enjoyed Ernest Zacharevic's works both inside and outside. Ernest Zacharevic (from LIthuania) became know for his street art work in Malaysia, where he created interactive murals in the streets. His works at nuart (both inside and outside) were great. Visit his webpage to see more of his works.

AIKO (Tou Scene 2013)

I had a nice time wandering around in the huge empty gallery in Stavanger and thanked nuart for their generosity towards me, and I went outside to see the works around in town.......

DotDotDot (Tou Scene 2013)