Muralists and Painters of the 21st Century

Mural Artist - C215

C215 - real name, Christian Guemy - is a French-born muralist, and is known as one of the most talented stencil artists in the world.

This particular mural is on the side of a building in Paris. His main art focus is on creating portraits of local people. In his words, "Faces reflect the personality of a city". He often does portraits of those in the community who are often neglected by society, such as the elderly, homeless, refugees and more. I like this mural in particular because of the bright colours, the detail, and his use of Chiaroscuro modelling. Yes. I did just search that up. But doesn't it sound way cooler than shading?

Painter - Banksy

Banksy is an anonymous street artist, film director and political activist from Bristol, England. He has been doing graffiti since he was a teenager, and much like c215, uses stencil art in his graffiti, along with a some relatively dark humour which is always fun. This is one of his most famous paintings, 'Girl with Balloon' which can be found in London -

I like a lot of Banksy's work, once again due to the use of stencils, and also because of the way he keeps large sections of his artwork monochrome and adds only one or two areas with bright colours. It isn't only his more comedic art, but his other work which relays messages of social importance. The meanings behind a lot of his artwork are really deep.