Cult Art and Iconic Art

• WHoArtNow: Our New Premises
  

  
  

  For those of you who know us or have visited us here at WHoArtNow, you will know that for the last 3 years, we've been situated in London Rd in Leicester's Financial District. Now this was a great place for us to start our family run business, but due to us growing steadily over the last 3 years, we had no space left! So much so, that we were literally tripping over ourselves and our canvas prints!

  So about a year ago we started looking for somewhere bigger. Previously, we had a total of 1050 sqft split over 4 rooms. We were looking at doubling our size as a minimum and after almost a year of looking for something suitable and within our price range, we found Vinola House.

  

  Now this is a fantastic space. Solid wood floor, high volted wooden beamed ceiling, 30's industrial with that fantastic front door and our favourite part, and old fashioned "Ghost Busters" Industrial lift! Plus, and this is probably the most crucial thing for our industry, lots and lots of natural light.WHoArtNow: Our New Premises

  It needed some work though. So over the last couple of months, with help from some awesome friends and family, we have cleaned the floor, built a partition wall and re-painted the whole place. On top of that, we have built ourselves a fantastic in door spray booth with it's own (slightly over the top) extraction system. This should, when we have it fully set up and operational reduce our production time on our hand sprayed metal and vinyl art!

  We feel really positive about this space. We have almost 3 times the space we use to, and because it's in one big open space, we can organise better. With all this space, we also have great opportunities to expand our company.

  

  We've got loads to do this year too, with our new website launching later this year, and our new vinyl sticker section should launch at the same time. We're really excited about these, so we couldn't wait and stuck one on our front door! Over the next few months as we start doing some one off artwork for our new white walls, we'll keep our friends and fans updated on both our Facebook page, and our Twitter feed.

  

  

  
• Ten Of The Best Street Artists In The World
  D*Face

  D*Face has created his own world, with his own characters. Born and raised in London, the bizarre and twisted mind of D*Face has gained him a massive following, especially in North America and England. Sold out shows to see his classic skeletal images are just the tip of the ice berg.

  
  

  Dolk

  Norwegian stencil artist Dolk started creating street art back in 2003 and was originally seen as a possible pseudonym of Banksy due to their similar styles. Yet Dolk's darker and more humorous style has since drawn a huge following from around the world.

  
  

  Faile

  
  
  The instantly recognizable pop culture images of the New York based street art collective known as Faile have been popular since 2002 with a large number of world wide exhibitions and shows. Faile have collaborated with other great street artists such as Swoon and David Ellis

  
  

  Jef Aerosol

  Along with fellow Frenchman Blek Le Rat, Jef Aerosol was among the first street artists to use stencils to create his artwork. He's been stencilling for almost 30 years and you can find his work predominantly in France.
  
  

  Swoon
  Hailing from the streets of New York, Swoon has been big in the street art scene for going on a decade now. Her unique style of wheat pasting life sized images of her family and friends have gained her a huge following around the globe and her work keeps getting better.

  
  

  Vhils

  Stunning crowds at the 2008 Cans Festival with this stunning piece of stencil art. Argentinian artists Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) chiseled away at a white wall to create this stunning and almost 3D image.
  
  

  BanksyPossibly the most well known street artist in the world, Banksy has been in the public eye for close to a decade now and his popularity shows just how big street art is in the 21st century. His recent summer show opened in Bristol with 4 hour queue to get through the door.

  
  
  

  Blek Le Rat
  Blek Le Rat is one of, if not the first major stencil artists of all time. Starting way back in the early 80's. Regarded as many as the "Godfather" of stencil art. Even Banksy showed his respect to the Frenchman with one of the most famous quotes in Street art. "Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier"

  
  
  

  BluBlu took street art to a new level a few years ago. Instead of keeping it as a flat single image, he combined street art with animation to create a video named Muto. This incredible video spread round the Internet like wild fire and firmly placed Blu as one of the 21st Century's most innovative street artists.

  
  

  CES53

  CES53 has been in the street art game for almost 25 years now and his work keeps getting better and better. Becoming famous for being one of the first to paint on the side of Northern European trains, he's since branched out into paintings and sculptures. In 2005 he joined Dutch street art collective Lastplak.
  
  

  

  
• Triptych Canvas Prints
  After something a little different from your art? If your looking to create a center piece to complete an interior, why not consider a multi panel image? Triptychs are the most popular, but not your only option.
  
  So what is a triptych or multi panel image? Well, triptychs are 3 canvas prints with one image covering all 3. When aliened correctly they will form 1 perfect image. Multi panel images are the same, but spread over a variety of panels. We sell basic 2 panel images (Diptych), 3 panel (triptych), quad panel, 5 panel, 6 panel and even 9 panel! The artwork is re-designed specifically for multi panel prints. We overlap the artwork, so when the prints are wrapped to the frame, you'll be left with a seamless image. Then all you need to do is hang them with a 1"-2" gap between each print and you'll have your own stunning piece of wall art.
  
  Able to cover a large are with minimal cost, multi panel canvas art is not only effective, but also stunning to look at. We don't believe in sticking with the norm either, so as well as seeing some standard triptych prints (all three panels are the same size and orientation) you'll also find some prints using different sized panels to form one image.
  
  Hanging these specially configured prints is easy & painless when you go for 3M's ingenious "Command Strip" No holes needed in your wall, just stick your art up to the hooks. When you want to change your art or the position, just pull the strips off, leaving not as much as a mark on your wall. Check out our informative article on how to hang your canvas for more, and no, we do not have shares in 3M as many people have implied.. ;)
  
  Seen one of our images you really like but want it as a multi panel print? No problem, give our studio a call and speak to one of our in house designers. Likewise, if your commissioning us to produce a pop art or custom canvas, we can cut and splice your image to make it into a multi panel image.

  

  

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