Wall.Ace :: Cape Town’s a-stenciling! [interview]

Stencil art has become more than just a way to quickly throw up something on a canvas. The kind of Warhol-esque artistic place that stencil creations have found is no less than deserving of this form. Possibly the biggest inspiration and innovator of this medium is Banksy and since his blow-out a multitude of great artists in the real world have found their feet and confidence with the stencil, and now Cape Town has its very own::

Describing himself as “just a guy in cape town, south africa, with a love for old images, stencil art & photoshop“, Wall.Ace is derived from his middle name: Wallace; and so it seems in his birth right that this love for stencil art and imagery would become the need for expression on a public forum.

“I’m just a guy in cape town, south africa, with a love for old images, stencil art & photoshop” – Wall.Ace

Together with his girlfriends love for photography and extreme modesty Wall.Ace has done some pretty interesting pieces, that he wouldn’t describe as art for fear of insulting “real” artists, around the mother city. Dont Party asked this enigma 5 minor questions to find out some more…

1. Why stencil art?

Just to be clear.. My stuff is imagined stencil art or graf-faux-ti as I’ve dubbed it. I’ve always love stencil art and have been into design but I am fucking lazy and so I just started creating what I would like to see if I had the time. Part of what I like most about stencil art is the imperfections. The drips, oversprays and the way the works erode give them an awesome quality that I’ve always loved and have tried to recreate.

2. What inspires your work?

Old movie posters, weathered urban textures and real stencil artists.

3. How do you decide where to place your work?

Me n my girlfriend, CC, go on scouting missions to find textures. She is an awesome photographer and takes photos of whatever we can find then I look at em and think about what would look cool on the particular textures.

4. What can we expect next from Wall.Ace?

Maybe the leap from the bedroom to the main stage? but probably not. The intention of me making these designs was to have them printed as wall art which I’m having done now so they’ll be available but in very limited quantities only though.

5. As Cape Town is synonymous with its anti-graffiti laws, do you have any worry about cops?

I worry about the cops but not with regards to my designs.

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