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Italian artist
Beast
Born Nationality Italian Known for Artist
Beast is an Italian anonymous contemporary street artist from
Milan .
[1]
Early life
Beast is the pseudonym for an anonymous
Milan -based street artist who has been active on the streets of Europe and United States since 2009, with a focus on stencils at first and later at creating digital collages aiming to highlight political and social issues.
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Career
Beast created public artworks that portray well-known political figures including
Donald Trump ,
[5]
Angela Merkel ,
[6]
[7]
Marine Le Pen ,
[8]
Matteo Renzi ,
[9]
Silvio Berlusconi ,
[10]
Matteo Salvini
[11]
[12] and
Mario Draghi .
[13]
Beast uses
photo manipulation technique
[14] to create his works, as well as
wheat pasting and
billboard hijacking methods
[15] to place his works in the public sphere.
Art exhibitions
Bibliography
References
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"Guerrilla art, Berlusconi come Lennon" [Guerilla art, Berlusconi like Lennon].
la Repubblica (in Italian). 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
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"Incisive and thought-provoking works by Beast" . thereart.ro . 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
^ Jasmine Lark (2017-12-17).
"Biography of Beast" . widewalls.ch . Retrieved 2018-07-29 .
^ Giampiero Rossi (2018-04-18).
"Milano, il misterioso Beast che ride dei politici. "I miei quadri regalati alle strade" " [Milan, the mysterious Beast that laughs at politicians. «My paintings given to the streets»].
Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
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"Renzi è Napoleone e la Boschi una pin up: i politici rivisitati da Beast in mostra" [Renzi is Napoleon and the Boschi a pin up: the politicians revisited by Beast on display].
la Repubblica (in Italian). 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
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a
b Giampiero Rossi (2016-06-09).
"Gli sberleffi di Beast esposti per la prima volta in una galleria" [Milino Salvini as Hitler].
Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
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"Merkel als Ikone" [Merkel as an icon].
Spiegel Online (in German). 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
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"Beast" . Hypocrite Design . 2018. Archived from
the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2018-07-29 .
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"Milano, la street art rilegge la politica: celebra Renzi e i suoi nemici" [Milan, street art re-read politics: celebrating Renzi and his enemies].
la Repubblica (in Italian). October 17, 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-29 .
^ Lucia Landoni (2018-02-19).
"Politici in posa come modelli sui totem pubblicitari a Milano: da Meloni 'sfollata' all'abbraccio di Bersani e D'Alema" [Politicians posing as models on advertising totems in Milan: from Meloni 'displaced' to the embrace of Bersani and D'Alema].
la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-07-29 .
^ Lucia Landoni (2018-06-26).
"Milano, Salvini come Hitler: in via Palermo il poster del "Fuhrer" Matteo" [Milan, Salvini as Hitler: in via Palermo the poster of the "Fuhrer" Matteo].
la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-07-29 .
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"Milano, Salvini come Hitler: il manifesto di Beast in via Palermo" [Milino Salvini as Hitler].
Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
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"Street art, dalla Merkel a Salvini: il 'business dei migranti' sui muri di Milano" [Street art, from Merkel to Salvini: the 'business of migrants' on the walls of Milan].
Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
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" "Kάντε την Ελλάδα Ελλάδα Ξανά": Ατομική του Beast για το 2ο Φεστιβάλ Δημόσιας Τέχνης" ["Make Greece Greece Again": Beast's Individual for the 2nd Festival of Public Art]. liberal.gr (in Greek). 2017-06-12. Archived from
the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
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"Manhattan Gets It Up : Beast Fools With Subway Map" . brooklynstreetart.com . 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
^ Ronchi, Giulia (January 26, 2019).
"I migliori tre stand di Affordable Art Fair 2019 a Milano secondo Artribune" . artribune.com (in Italian). Retrieved January 30, 2019 .
^ Bailey, Christie (October 15, 2017).
"Coverage: Stroke Art Fair 2017" .
StreetArtNews .net. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
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"Ξεκινά το 2ο Φεστιβάλ Δημόσιας Τέχνης με θεματική ενότητα "Επιβίωση" " . thetoc.gr. May 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
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"Make Greece Greece Again" .
Kathimerini . June 16, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
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"Beast Italy" . Oxford International Art Fair. p. 11. Retrieved August 7, 2018 – via issuu. [
permanent dead link ]
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"H-Views" . hypocritedesign.com. 2016. Archived from
the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
^ Corubolo, Charline (December 20, 2016).
" "Art engagé" : les activistes de l'art sont à Spacejunk" . Le petit bulletin Grenoble. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
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