#dankitchener

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"METROPOLIS—TOKYO 2049"

by Dan Kitchener, aka DANK

When Dan Kitchener's formal art education didn't click he says he found himself creating underground comics and painting "crazy stuff on walls." After a somewhat convoluted career path his exhibitions and murals have garnered a rapidly growing fan base. Kitchener's compositions create beauty in otherwise gritty urban themes enhanced by his mastery of light and shadow. This 2017 mural at the Red Cinema in Greensboro, North Carolina—his largest work at that point—was created completely freehand with no projection, grid, or stencils and incorporates two portraits: Cindi Li and Ayumi LaNoire (in detail above).  

LOCATION: 1305 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC 27408

IG: @dankitchener

[barbarapicci]

#Streetart: "Night Taxi" by #DANK @dankitchener in #Belfast, UK, for #RCityFestival @rcitybelfast More pics at: https://barbarapicci.com/2021/04/10/streetart-dank-belfast-uk/ #DanKitchener #arte #art #graffiti #murals #murales #arteurbana #urbanart #muralism #muralismo #cultureisfreedom #artisfreedom #curiositykilledtheblogger #artblogging #photooftheday #artaddict #artistsoninstagram #artcurator #artwatchers #artcollectors #artdealer #artlover #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhTLrpFNzF/?igshid=ryfujz3xpx35

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Work by Dan Kitchener in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

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☂️Under my umbrella ☂️ Work by @dankitchener _________________________________ #paris #streetartparis #streetart #graffiti #urbanart #wallpainting #streetartist #graf #rsa_graffiti #dsb_graff #tv_streetart #streetartistry #streetartandgraffiti #wallporn #streetarteverywhere #igerslondon #tv_strideby #josetorowalkers #imjustpassing #peoplewalkingpastwalls #dankitchener (à Camden Town)

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May 16, 2017

“LONDON RUSH”

by Dan Kitchener

Dank (daNGk): unpleasantly moist or wet.

I guess when you grow up a London artist, you learn how to paint the wet, and if you’re Dan Kitchener, aka Dank, you might get so good at it you claim it as part of your identity. Living in Essex, just outside of London, he told Saatchi Art he loves the relationships of light and shadow, and finding beauty in the mundane. He uses a wide variety of mediums to fill his “lonely urban landscapes” with “a tangible mood, a sense of being there.” As much as Kitchener is fascinated by “reflections and mixing of colors in the puddles on the road, forming rivers and lakes of iridescent color” he is also taken with the lights of his favorite city, Tokyo. Alternately titling this mural on Kentish Town Rd. in Camden “Tokyo Rush”, when asked if it was based on real streets Kitchener answered it was “based on my trip to Tokyo, Shinjuku, so half real and half artistic interpretation!” @dankitchener 

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'Light horizon' by English Dan Kitchener (@dankitchener) somewhere in Essex, England (2024) #dankitchener #streetart #lamolinastreetart | photo via artist mysl.nl/rZsPm

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'Night racer' by English Dan Kitchener (@dankitchener) for Paint Festival 2024 in Cheltenham, UK #dankitchener #streetart #lamolinastreetart | photo via artist mysl.nl/uhubp

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Art by English Dan Kitchener (@dankitchener) in Rochford, UK (2024) #dankitchener #streetart #lamolinastreetart | photo via artist mysl.nl/BGZsy