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November 16, 2004
Profle: Blu
Age: 13 ** Note from Wooster. No way is Blu 13. :)
Hometown: bologna (italy)
Where do you now live?: europe
Where would you most like to live?: europe
Who was your first "hero" in life?: the present governor of california .
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: drawing & sleeping
What is your favorite color?: it depends on the moment (it's not the blue)
Who (or what) do you love?: i love the sea and the sibe
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
i'm inspired by what happens around me i think about our way of living and i try to find out all the nonsenses of everyday life. I learned to draw copying pictures from the comics and i still take ideas looking at many underground comics books. I began to paint as a writer, doing styles , bombing and taging, this gaves me the passion for illegal paintings and public art. during the years i've been influenced by the study of various artistic movement such as dadaism, surrealism and situazionism. I'm very fascinated by ancient chinese and japanese artists , teachers of all the modern comic artists. the major influences i have are my friends ericailcane and run, we always paint togheter mixing our styles to develope new forms and ideas.
What other artists do you most admire?
hokusai , bosch , magritte , haring , munari , taki 183 (and those who began to write) , dondi , osgemeos , el tono , honet , banksy , winston smith , the magazine adbusters , ok crew from italy , and many many others.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
some ironic and bizarre sketches about modern life (painted on public walls)
What other talent would most like to have?
i'd like to be invisible .
(you can imagine the advantages )
What do you fear the most?
weapons-industry.
those who think that everything it's all right.
economists.
old women driving cars.
What is your greatest ambition?
1) living without working 12 hours a day .
2) to appear on wooster collective site . :)
To see Blu in action, check out his website
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