Looking at them, no one imagines that they are not made with paint or common markers. Instead Ian Berry is an extraordinary artist who creates his works of art with denim, or parts of used jeans.
TikTok's viral trick to preserve avocado is dangerousLooking at them, no one imagines that they are not made with paint or common markers. Instead Ian Berry is an extraordinary artist who creates his works of art with denim, or parts of used jeans.
His work revolves around melancholy urban scenes which represent the less glamorous side of social life. At first glance, no one can notice that behind these indigo paintings are well-aligned layers of jeans.
“I chose to give new life to jeans destined for landfill because denim is an integral part of urban life, what better way to capture everyday life”, he writes on his website.
But of course it is not only the use of jeans that makes his works special, but his way of seeing the world, with its symbols, its contradictions. Each piece of jeans is worked by hand.
We had already talked to you and about the works he manages to create, but now Berry tints with new creations and art exhibitions, more and more extraordinary.
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Berry creates them with washes shades who help to create the pictorial tones, his passion was born by looking at a pile of old jeans and starting to imagine they could be transformed with glue and scissors.
What at first seemed like just a experiment it is today his work and his art is recognized all over the world. His success is recognized by those who commissioned his portrait, from Giorgio Armani to Lapo Elkann, from Debby Harri to the model Giselle, just to name a few.
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The best known, however, is the one made to the unforgettable Ayrton Senna, with his family's jeans then donated to the foundation that bears the name of the missing driver.
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