Rusted Ideas

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph. Born in Turin in 1984, Pixelpancho was introduced to color and form by his grandfather who painted occasionally. With time, his passion for art and design led him to the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts followed by the Academy of Fine Arts in Valencia, Spain where he obtained his degree. During this time he became familiar with the graffiti and street art scene. Influenced by this world, he began using spray cans and marker and working on outdoor surfaces which stood out from the classic paper and canvas formula of other students. Traveling between his hometown of Turin and Valencia Pixelpancho took every opportunity to be noticed on the streets, using different mediums such as tiles, wall painting and sticker/poster art. Pretty soon his work was adorning the walls of many European cities. Pixelpancho’s work draws from several diverse influences. Traces of historic painter Joaquin Sorolla, the surrealist Salvador Dali, the political painter group “El Equipo Cronica” to the more modern Ron English, and Takashi Murakami can be seen in his work. Traveling to Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Vienna and many other cties for graffiti jams and gallery exhibtion, has allowed his style to evolve from a simple Robot character to The gallery Pretty Portal shows since 2007 Contemporary Art and Urban Art Street Artists annexing unasked public space to present their ideas and concepts. Inspired by her urban environment they create art that has recently been the world referred to as "urban art". gallery Pretty Portal offers "Urban Art" artists a space around their urban creations from the volatile His take out and give them a "safe" place for to give new directions. gallerist and curator Klaus Rosskothen seeks meeting with artists, whose works have the power to exist in isolation from their original urban environment. Pretty Portal sees itself as a meta-level between the road and the "White Cube" on these artists can show their work to the public. gallery Pretty Portal shows paintings, drawings, collages, photographs and sculptures.