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Crowd, Biographies and Plants by B.D. Graft
Collage, collaboration, and Instagram — are keywords Millennials most associate themselves with and best describe works of the Amsterdam-based German artist B.D. Graft. These collages, made from pasting yellow cut-outs onto vintage postcards or faded pages of old books, appealed to the instantaneous reactions on social platforms, especially on Instagram. With a rich portfolio of collaborated projects, his presence is constantly growing, not only in the art scene but within the fashion industry as well.
The copy of B.D. Graft’s collage project—Add Yellow(@addyellow) - “Is it mine if I add some yellow?”— is both a bold statement and a provocative question. “If I alter someone else’s work, to whom does it belong? Is it even necessary to claim ownership?” While editing or altering others’ works is considered a similar act to remixing or sampling music today, B.D. Graft’s “fine art” in editing addresses these arguments.
While B.D. Graft started with collages, his world of art has expanded in various directions, constantly blurring the lines between genres. Paint, charcoal, and pastel are used to fill his canvases with the vitality of flowers and plants. Greeting us in his Amsterdam studio, B.D. Graft hopes to transfer the happiness that comes from the plants naturally, yet profoundly saturated across the canvas.
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