Calligraphy is the art of writing. On the other hand, Graffiti is the art of writing your name (basically nickname) on an urban environment. It is the combination of these two, by its main representative Niels Shoe Meulman, that gives life to this particular artform, Calligraffiti. Ever since his teens, he has been combining traditional handstyles with a metropolitan attitude. //View Niels in action
Niels Meulman’s initial recognition came as ‘Shoe’ within local and international graffiti culture. He ran his own design company Caulfield & Tensing, before joining BBDO as senior art director. In recent years he has been working under the name Unruly, a flexible creative outfit that specializes in typographic design. Ηis art work appears around the world in such places such as the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the San Francisco MOMA.
Niels ‘Shoe’ Neulman
Different Strokes, Meulman’s third exhibition of Calligraffiti‐works, opened in December 19th at the Rush Hour record store in Amsterdam until 18 January 2009.
Friday, 17. April 2009
I think it looks amazing, but the producer of this piece seems to think it is so boring as to need a new camera angle every second or so. I disagree and think it could stand on its own without all the “modern” filmwork. In the end, it hurts the art and I can’t really get a sense of what’s going on.