Out of Sight: Urban Art Abandoned Spaces
By (Author) RomanyWG
Carpet Bombing Culture
Carpet Bombing Culture
1st October 2017
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Photographs: collections
751.73
192
Width 263mm, Height 265mm, Spine 23mm
1380g
Not all art craves attention, some of it hides in the secret places. Some of it is buried treasure, out in the urban wilderness, left scattered in empty rooms of derelict buildings like strange markings left by an unknown tribe. These works are gifts given only to the occasional explorer, found in abandoned factories, warehouses, industrial sites and deconsecrated churches. This is art you have to earn by leaving the designated areas and heading out past the No Entry signs of the urban environment. A diverse range of artists find themselves attracted to these twilight zones and in recent years something of a movement has come to light, huddled around the idea of urban decay and abandonment as the ultimate canvas. This burning curiosity to see what is behind the fence exists to a greater or lesser degree in most people, but for some it is irresistible.
RomanyWG is a film editor and photographer who's first book Beauty in Decay broke new ground in the genre of Urban Exploration