During these uncertain times, we reached out to British artist Remi Rough to see how he continues working on his practice while in quarantine in the UK.
Remi Rough has been a cog in the wheel of the art world for over a quarter of a century. A key exponent of the ‘abstract graffiti’ movement in the 1990s, Remi Rough began his career in the 80s on the walls of the city, creating large scale murals which soon developed into abstract-expressionism-meets-graffiti-art. Today, having branched into canvas and paper, Remi Rough is represented by a number of galleries worldwide and has had solo exhibitions in cities including London, New York, Rome, Berlin, Paris, and Los Angeles.
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His work – both on concrete and canvas – breaks down conceptual and material boundaries, implementing his viewer at every turn. Both timely and timeless, Remi Rough simultaneously speaks of historical art movements while carving out an immediately contemporary aesthetic. In his work, bright shards of colour coalesce in evoking both the constructivist compositions of Malevich and the colourful cubes of De Stijl artist Mondrian. But he doesn’t stop there: Remi Rough works in a series of distinctly urban elements, lending the pieces a raw feel, as well as a depth which transcends the viewer, almost implicating them into the work itself. Utterly unique, Remi Rough’s work doesn’t simply represent experience – it is the experience.
I paint walls for a living. Actually I paint walls because I love it but during this unbelievably unprecedented time in lockdown due to the Covid19 pandemic many things changed. I noticed my friend and studio neighbour Ian Davenport post an incredible animated drip rendering on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim New York and was completely inspired to do some of my own concepts. I am no stranger to rendering artwork onto photographs of buildings but they are never buildings of my choosing so I decided to change that dynamic. Things I have discovered during this time are that I have a complete love of concrete, an even stronger love for Japanese architecture and architects and that I am missing painting walls. I have also discovered some incredible buildings that I had never even heard of before and some unbelievably talented architects and designers.
I am fortunate enough to be able to still access my studio and to have the skills and the tools to create things like this book. Times have changed and may never be the same again. I don’t know how the world will look after this and how human beings will be. I hope we will have learnt a few things and changed for the betterment of ourselves and our planet. I definitely have. I have appreciated seeing the satellites moving around in the night sky and seeing animals move more freely because there is less traffic and less humans on the streets. I am lucky enough to still be working and adapting to this new landscape. — Remi Rough
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