Artist Research
Sego
Sego is a
graffiti artist based primarily in Mexico City.
The word “Sego” is his artist name which is short for his surname
Segovia. He chose this for its sound and
brevity. It was from this artist that I
got inspired to create surreal creatures that only existed in my
imagination. I’m very much a fan of his
preparatory blue pen drawings as well as his finished graffiti pieces. Before he begins a spray painted piece (usually
on a wall), Sego likes to draw detailed versions of his dream like creatures
using blue pen. I was drawn to these as
I want to do something very similar to this in my own practice. This style of drawing also fits perfectly
well with metal plate etchings which is one of the print media I intend to use
a lot during this semester. Sego stands
out to me because his artistic style evolved over practice, repetition and
passion rather than through academic teaching.
Since he’s not professionally trained, he maintains that this approach
has kept his work “Honest”. Sego named
his series of remarkable creatures “Dream Guardians” and he allows the viewer
to interpret them in their own way. The
images allow us to imagine how they live and what they do.
For me, it’s
important to look at Sego’s work because of the ideas he has and how he
executes them both through pen drawings and through spray paintings. His approach is very similar to how I want to
execute my own ideas through my own practice.
I will also be drawing a great deal as well as doing various
etchings. The colours he achieves are
very similar to how colour in etchings turn out as well.
Here are a
few of his “Dream Guardian” spray paintings.
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