French street artist making splash with ‘oil exploration’French street artist Zevs is bringing his signature style indoors with an exhibition playing on the dominance of oil, which opens Friday in London. But “The Big Oil Splash”, done in bold acrylic colors, is not an artist’s moan at the power of giant oil corporations and the environmental damage caused by oil spills, but a playful look at its power. Things are never black and white, and these paintings are not black and white,” Zevs told AFP. Zevs’ exhibition explores how the oil industry has spilled over into banking, finance, shipping, foreign policy, tourism, arts and leisure since the time of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. “Like the original splash, it disturbs the tranquillity of the pool and the straight lines of the painting.”Crude oil hot tubThe series is a natural extension of his liquidated logo street art.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 29, 2016 06:33 UTC