NEVERCREW

NEVERCREW
Mural painting realized by Nevercrew in Mannheim
Born
Christian Rebecchi & Pablo Togni

1980 & 1979
Lugano & Bellinzona, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
EducationAccademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy
Known forPublic art
Street-Art
Urban Interventionism
Urban art
Murals
Painting
Artivism

NEVERCREW is a Swiss street art group composed of Christian Rebecchi (born 1980) and Pablo Togni (born 1979).[1] NEVERCREW create large format murals, installations and urban interventions that emerge from their analysis of the relationship between humankind and nature.[2][3][4][5]

History

The group was founded in 1996 by Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni while they were both students in the art school in Lugano, Switzerland.[6][7] Following this, they attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. They went on to realize public artworks worldwide in Grenoble, New Delhi,[8] Manchester, Torino, Lucerne, Vancouver, Cairo, Aalborg, Rochester, Miami,[9][10] Satka, Kyiv, Los Angeles and Phoenix.[11][12]
They were awarded by the Bally Cultural Foundation as "artists of the year 2012"[13][14] and they were included in Graffiti Art Magazine's 100 most influent urban artists of the year in "The Urban Contemporary Art Guide 2015".[15]

Style and contents

According to Julien Vittores, on Graffiti Art Magazine issue #28 (2016), Nevercrew's style is based on their mutual communication as duo. They work on the concept of "comparison" and in fact it's through comparison that they graphically and conceptually express their thoughts about humankind condition and about the relationship mankind has with the natural environment.[16]

Nevercrew's work ranges from mural painting to installation, sculpture and small format paintings, including hyperrealistic subjects, graphical elements, site specific interactions, often mixed together. The concept of their artworks is related to environmental and social issues, with a tendency towards a wider vision of the human condition and human attitudes.[17][18] Their subjects are natural and mechanical, put in a terse confrontation between them within the space in which the artworks are realized.[19][20][21]

  • Mural painting realized by Nevercrew in Lucerne
    Mural painting "Realizing machine" realized by Nevercrew in Lucerne, Switzerland 2016.
  • Mural painting realized by Nevercrew in Manchester
    Mural painting "Inhuman barriers" realized by Nevercrew in Manchester, United Kingdom 2016.

References

  1. ^ "Nevercrew [Christian Rebecchi e Pablo Togni] – SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz". www.sikart.ch.
  2. ^ The urban contemporary art guide 2015. GRAFFITI ART SAGL. 2015. pp. 182, 183. ISBN 979-1-09-167104-0.
  3. ^ Clara Chaisson. "These Artists Are Taking Environmental Issues to the Streets". NRDC.
  4. ^ "NEVERCREW's New Murals Express Their Growing Concern for Nature". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ Cattaneo Moresi, Patrizia; Invernizzi, Alice; Cappelletti, Matteo (2017). Street Art - Da Basquiat a Banksy, i re della strada. Artrust. pp. 14–25. ISBN 978-88-98992-27-0.
  6. ^ Balmelli, Aldo; Regazzoni Jäggli, Gaia (2012). GraffiTi. Bellinzona: Salvioni Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7967-271-9.
  7. ^ K, Nina. "NEVERCREW". WideWalls.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Ed (2017). Street Art. Lonely Planet. pp. 186–187, 206. ISBN 978-1-78657-757-3.
  9. ^ "NEVERCREW in Wynwood, Miami – I Support Street Art". I Support Street Art. 11 December 2015.
  10. ^ ""Ablating machine" by NEVERCREW in Miami, Florida | StreetArtNews". StreetArtNews. 11 December 2015.
  11. ^ Trimble, Lynn (10 February 2018). "Here's the Story Behind Nevercrew's Bear Mural in Downtown Phoenix". Phoenix New Times.
  12. ^ Minguet, Eva (2017). MURALS Large scale illustrations. Spain: Instituto Monsa de ediciones. pp. Cover, 2–3, 78–89. ISBN 978-84-16500-39-0.
  13. ^ "Nevercrew |Bally Artists 2012| Bally Cultural Foundation". Bally.
  14. ^ Bertoldi, Mattia. "Mastering Street Art at the Festival". pardo.ch (in Italian).
  15. ^ The urban contemporary art guide 2015. GRAFFITI SAGL. 2015. pp. 182, 183. ISBN 979-1-09-167104-0.
  16. ^ Vittores, Julien (2016). "NEVERCREW – Ecosystems". Graffiti Art Magazine (28): 96.
  17. ^ "These Artists Are Taking Environmental Issues to the Streets".
  18. ^ Chaudhuri, Zinnia Ray. "'It's pretty, but what is it?': Delhi gawps at its giant new murals".
  19. ^ Walled city, the art of mural. USA: Gingko Press. 2017. pp. 48–57. ISBN 978-1-58423-671-9.
  20. ^ Martinique, Elena. "World-Renowned Muralists NEVERCREW Debut in UK at Unit 5 Gallery". WideWalls.
  21. ^ Corboy, Peter (23 October 2016). "NEVERCREW's murals highlight our effect on the natural world". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2016.