The Swiss street-artist duo NEVERCREW have been creating murals, sculptures and installations all over the world. As animal activists, their work observes endangered species illustrated by painting wildlife trapped or destroyed by the human attitude. On May 4th, they’ll unveil a new series of work for their solo exhibition “Incidence,” at the GCA Gallery in Paris that focuses on the idea of relationships as well as effects and consequences. “Incidence” is about visible and invisible, true and contrived, in the connection between humankind and nature, with natural beings and with the territory, with the environment and with systems.
Along with a preview of new work from their “Incidence” solo exhibition, we’ve included five of their most remarkable murals that shows the extraordinary talent this Swiss street-art duo has.
Ordering Machine (2016)
In Grenoble, France – curated by Grenoble Street Art Festival
About The Mural
Following the structure of the building, the project was developed around the position of mankind related to nature, where on one side there are needs and belonging, and on the other side there are consumption and appropriation.
The attitude of privatizing natural resources and of inconsiderate exploiting are put on a delicate balance with the responsibilities that can determine a difference between persistence in damaging and change. The arrogant use for economical purposes and the claim of superiority are in the same hands of who can choose for social awareness and environmental safety.
Realizing Machine (2016)
In Luzern, Switzerland – Curated by Viva con Agua
About the mural
The mural features a whale trapped in a building which can be interpreted as a man-made cage. The structure of the building is also revealing of a human mistake: the glass walls referring to the sides of an aquarium. The title ‘Realizing Machine’ also allows to explore the relationship between mankind and Nature.
Baring Machine (2017)
In Satka, Russia – Curated by Satka Street Art Festival
About The Mural
The work is about proportions and imbalances, about awareness and involvement. Systems, as we know them, are human structures that often take directions that are alien to human nature, human rights and the environment; from nature itself. This trend has led, and still leads to an emotional and intellectual detachment where everything becomes acceptable, also when it causes damage. Where there’s no insight, you don’t measure the consequences of your actions and eventually lose contact with reality.
Having this idea in the background, NEVERCREW painted one large mural, featuring the image of a giant brown bear, filling almost the entire surface of the 8 storey building. The bear is standing, facing the viewer, but it can’t see. It has been blinded by a large stripe of red tarp being pasted up to the wall by two men mounted on a scaffold. It not longer knows where he is or where it belongs, it is lost.
Encumbering Machine (2017)
In Kiev, Ukraine – Curated by ArtUnitedUs
About The Mural
In a dubious political system that swings humanity back and forth like a pendulum from damage to success, the mural is to shed awareness in the power of a unified society that focuses on global, social and environmental well-being. It has all the characteristics of a NEVERCREW mural, depicting a semi-inflated whale balloon encumbered with fixing lines. The whales’ movement is burdened by these fixing lines that operate its control. The culture created by mankind has reached a point that’s shown both consequences and new possibilities. The future direction lies within both the palms of humankind and the government that till now managed to work for their own survival and greed.
El Oso Plateado And The Machine (2018)
In Phoenix, Arizona – curated by Anne-Laure Lemaitre
About The Mural
This mural is about how communication becomes tangible when used to interact, connect, change, and especially understand and remember where we come from and where the future is taking us. This mural is inspired by the history of the Heard Building (on which the mural is Painted), and by the Mexican Grizzly (Ursus arctos nelsoni), a bear that used to inhabit Arizona and that’s now considered extinct (due to hunting). The concept then starts from what disappeared but’s still part of our culture and knowledge.
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NEVERCREW solo exhibition “Incidence”
May 4th – June 2nd, 2018
GCA Gallery
2 Place Farhat Hachet
75013 Paris, France
www.gcagallery.fr
