Giacomo Bufarini, also known as RUN, is an Italian street artist based in London.whose works can be seen adorning streets from China to Senegal.[1] His style centers on interlocking bodies in symbolic or pattern-like poses, rendered in bright colours.[2]
RUN | |
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| Born | Giacomo Bufarini |
| Website | www |
Overview
editRUN is interested in street art as a language of communication, creating playful characters that speak to diverse audiences on multiple levels.[3]
He started graffiti painting on lorries, trains and walls when he was young. His first big wall painting was in 2003. His inspiration comes from freedom, originality and quality.
RUN’s name is inspired by a Cypress Hill song.
Exhibitions
editIn May 2013, RUN exhibited at the Dulwich Festival.[4][5]
RUN's first solo exhibition was held at Howard Griffin Gallery, Shoreditch, London from November 2014 until early February 2015.[6] “Parabola Di G” is a semi-autobiographical story told through a unique series of highly detailed pen and ink drawings that collectively make up a book.[7] The imagery follows the journey of a semi-fictional character, G, as he falls through levels of reality into a dreamscape.[8]
In September 2014, RUN opened his second solo show, 'Man is God', at Howard Griffin Gallery, Los Angeles.[9]
Murals
editIn June 2013, RUN painted on the Village Underground wall in Shoreditch, London.[10][11]
RUN's latest addition to London's neighbourhood of Clapton is a mural in Lower Clapton, painted along with Mexican artist Pablo Delgado.[12][13]
In February 2014, RUN teamed up with Sheffield-based artist Phlegm and Christiaan Nagel on a mission to give final moments of vivacious life to yet another to be demolished building in London - the Blithehale Medical Centre in Bethnal Green.[14][15][16]
References
edit- ^ RUN, Global Street Art
- ^ "RUN painting in Clapton". Hookedblog - Street Art from London and beyond. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Street Artist Interview: RUN". Street Art London. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ RUN, Dulwich Festival, 2013
- ^ RUN, Dulwich Street Art Festival, 2013
- ^ "Hang-Up Gallery's "Wall to Wall" Exhibition to Include Some of the Biggest Names in Street Art". Complex Networks.
- ^ "Giacomo Bufarini a.k.a. RUN Introduces "Parabola di G" | Very Nearly Almost". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Openings: Giacomo Bufarini a.k.a. RUN – "Parabola di G" @ Howard Griffin Gallery". Arrested Motion.
- ^ "Man is God | Giacomo Bufarini 'RUN'". Howard Griffin Gallery.
- ^ "Street artist RUN transforms the Village Underground Wall". Hookedblog - Street Art from London and beyond. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "RUN at Village Underground". Street Art London. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Run & Pablo Delgado in Lower Clapton, 2013
- ^ Run + Pablo Delgado, Untruth Street Art, 2013
- ^ In These Streets: The Best Street Art From February 2014, Complex, 2014 [1]
- ^ "Video: Last Breath II – with Phlegm / RUN / Christiaan Nagel – UK STREET ART". www.ukstreetart.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Phlegm, Christiaan Nagel & RUN For Last Breath II - London, UK". StreetArtNews. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2023.