| Spray Painting - The Concept | | | | Graffiti and Spray Painting is their base surface. |
| Spray Painting (also known as Aerosolgrafia or | | | | Made for public display, Graffiti is found on |
| Sadotgrafia) is a style of painting involving the | | | | surfaces, such as subway stations, buildings, and |
| spraying of paints to create an art piece. Done | | | | billboards. Spray Art, on the other hand, is found |
| traditionally on poster board, this art form can be | | | | on movable and traditional surfaces, such as |
| performed technically on any non-porous material, | | | | board, metal, wood, or canvas. |
| like wood, ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic. | | | | The Details |
| The History | | | | Economical white poster-boards, costing |
| In 1980, Ruben Sadot Fernandez originated the | | | | approximately $0.75 per sheet, are mostly used |
| art in the Mexico City. Ruben was a writer, | | | | for painting. In fact, any temporary plane surface |
| painter, and poet inspired by the American roll and | | | | is fine. A masking tape is placed on the base |
| rock music, beat poetry, and graffiti art. He | | | | border to get a white, uniform frame around |
| started his paintings in the front of his studio. | | | | painting, once the tape is removed post painting. |
| Later, in 1982, he moved on to the streets of La | | | | Stencils, magazine & newspaper photos, |
| Zona Rosa to attract more people towards his | | | | paper towel, and even the house development |
| art. He would paint human faces, figures, and | | | | products, like spackle, cement, and grout are used |
| natural landscapes on cardboard or canvas. Sadot | | | | to produce consistency and layered shades. |
| would spray a few colors on the paper, swirl all of | | | | The Artists |
| them together, and then derive an image from | | | | Many artists were impressed by Ruben and |
| the mist. He then incised the paint with a sharp | | | | followed his path into the world of Aerosolgrafia. |
| object (like knife) to highlight the image. | | | | First generation artists included Augustin Perez (El |
| Co-relations | | | | Guero) and Antonio Jimenez (El Moreno). They |
| Previously, many people wrongly included Spray | | | | were responsible for creating the 'cosmic' style, |
| Art into the category of Graffiti Art, when the | | | | so prevalent in Spray Painting presently. Another |
| later had no connection to the origin of the earlier. | | | | most notable artist and contributor to the field |
| Spray Art is an entirely different and independent | | | | was Victor Manuel Hernandez (El Gordo). |
| genre. The most important difference between | | | | |