HOPE IG 2
400 x 174 cm
Not For Sale
Three authors are presented in this segment: Hope, Razum and Mac. These authors have distinctive signatures and are very recognizable on the streets of Belgrade. Hope’s style has gone through several transformations and made a 360 degrees turn from where he started. With the knowledge he has gained, his technique and stylistic changes have taken him back to the roots with a fresh view and he has made a significant leap towards simplicity. As most of those who started doing their graffiti in New Belgrade, Hope took on the local tradition of simplicity and elegance in letters and, with time, deconstructed it beyond recognition. He has been active since 1999 as a graffiti writer, and it is all but natural that his style should change. Interestingly, one of his pieces from 2009, a yellow and black composition, is one of the most viewed and liked, and we can see that several other pieces from this new phase have had a large number of likes as well. All of them have the traits we have already mentioned: a simple shape in the lettering, a single colour outline and, usually, a single colour fill in. Hope likes to use a technique that looks as if there was not enough colour or enough time to properly add the fill in. Consequently, adding something sloppy but ‘true’ to the finely developed style of the letters is taking it back to the roots when one had to improvise before getting the technique and style right.