BRAND NEW ART WARS HELMETS BY RETNA AND BLEK LE RAT
Two of today's most highly respected graffiti artists have worked on resin cast stormtrooper helmets to 'Turn the Dark Side into the Art Side' as part of the Art Wars project. Artists Retna (USA) and Blek Le Rat (France) join an impressive list of contributors to the Art Wars collective that include Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, David Bailey, Joana Vasconcelos and the Chapman Brothers.
Art Wars curated by Ben Moore raises funds to benefit two charities, Missing People and the Missing Tom Fund. The Missing Tom Fund was set up by Ben Moore, brother of Thomas Moore who disappeared in 2003 aged 31 years old. His friends and family have not heard from him since then. Now 15 years on, with the support of the Missing People Charity his family continue to search for Tom.
See below for images of the new stormtrooper helmet artworks by Retna and Blek Le Rat and further info about the artists and their background.
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RETNA - 'Souldier' 2017
Resin cast stormtrooper helmet
Acrylic paint and marker pen
320 x 320 x 330 mm
Unique
About Retna: (born Marquis Lewis 1979) is a contemporary artist, primarily recognized for graffiti art. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, and started his career in the early 1990s. He developed a distinctive constructed script which is derived from Blackletter, Egyptian Hieroglyphics,Arabic, and Hebrew calligraphy, as well as more traditional types of street-based graffiti. In addition to exhibiting at institutions and galleries inLos Angeles, Miami, London, New York and Hong Kong, Retna has done advertising work for brands such as VistaJet, Louis Vuitton, and Nike. His artwork adorns the cover of Justin Bieber's Purpose album that debuted in 2015
Retna (Left) Jeff Hamilton (Right)
BLEK LE RAT - 'The Empire Strikes Blek' 2017
Resin cast stormtrooper helmet
Black, Red and White Spray paint
320 x 320 x 330 mm
Unique
Blek Le Rat: One of the godfathers of the European street art move- ment, Blek le Rat inspired hundreds of artists around the world with his stenciled style. He is frequently cited as a major influence of artists like Banksy and Space Invader, and through his work in Paris he established a style of ur- ban art that quickly spread through Europe and eventually the United States. It is difficult to mention Blek le Rat without mentioning Banksy, the faceless guerrilla art icon who has made a ma- jor impact on the mainstream art community with stenciled works of graffiti. Critics and street artists often note the similarities in Blek le Rat and Banksy’s respective styles.
