Grunge Art
- Paul Connor
- Mar 1
- 2 min read
Of the artists at the gallery there are two which I would define as grunge, Lora Zombie and Harumi Hironaka for two different reasons.
Both technically gifted in their own right, Lora's style is freestyle and dreamy with splatterings of drips and spots in pastel colours while Harumi's style is darker, earthy and organic.
So what is Grunge Art?
For me Grunge Art is cutting edge, a break away from normal artistic stereotypes, the artists paints how they feel while expressing sadness, joy, anguish and ecstasy everything in between. To be able to pull this off the artists needs to have technical expertise, strong subjects, a skill for combining colours and a bravery and confidence to share their thoughts, personality and ideas.
Alec Clayton 2008 wrote 'Stylistically, grunge paintings can be both abstract or figurative, but, they do lean more towards the figurative and the narrative. The depicted figures often look like cartoons or as creatures of a dream-world, showing an element of fantasy art here as well. With the atmosphere of a 'working-class', produced paintings above anything else erase any idea of an elegance of paint and often allow for the messy and unfinished look of the artwork
Lora Zombie (b. 1990) was set on becoming an artist at very early age.The self-taught artist first gained recognition in the late 2000s as her work circulated online, reaching millions of people through blogs, news outlets, and social media.
Since then, Lora has developed into a top seller on the urban art scene with exhibitions in London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Russia and more, bringing in the interest of collectors and fans worldwide.
Harumi Hironaka is a Peruvian-Japanese painter and illustrator currently living and working in Sao Paulo.
She lived her teenage years in Japan, where she was influenced by Anime and Manga: ¨that’s how it all started. I wanted to become a manga artist¨.
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