AT.AW’s Orphans
// July 21st, 2009 // Art
When introduced to an artist with the following sentence you can’t help, as an urban dweller, but to be drawn into the craft that this quote excites:
“Through the medium of street art, we optimistically subvert the often neglected, mediocre and complacent urban condition.”
- AT.AW
It is a inspiring thing when you discover individuals who recognize and attack the blah that exists in the natural construction of our landscape. We were fortunate to come across AT.AW’s work at a recent Art Market held at Rolly’s Garage here in Toronto. AT.AW came equiped to the market with a unique display of his plush Orphan dolls piled high into a washing machine and after meeting him we couldn’t help but want to know more about his work.
In digging deeper into his portfolio of creations we stumbled upon a locally spawned creative that inspires the likes of Banksy, Micallef, Insect, and Sick Boy. Using the concrete fabric of the city, AT.AW describes his project Orphans as different from grafitti where “unlike graffiti which emphasizes territory or the individual persona/ego of the tagger, these character are mass produced mini-portraitures that celebrate the potential manufactured diversity of the urban environment.”
The look is fresh, the art is cool, and the spin off plush dolls that accompany his portfolio work are too damn cute not to want to have one of your own.
Take a few minutes to go through AT.AW’s work on http://www.at-aw.com and if you like what you see, pick up one of his Orphan Plush dolls which are available for sale from his website. Support local art, be inspired.
