Kid Crow
Carlos Lorente, better known
as Kid Crow, was born in Ansbach in 1978. From 2000 to 2002 he completed his
training to become a media designer (IHK).
From 2003 to 2006 he studied American and Romance studies before proceeding with communication science (2007-2008) in order to finally become a Bachelor of Communications. Carlos won numerous prizes for his art, e.g. the 'Jugendkulturpreis("Youth culture prize") Ansbach in 2005. Worth mentioning is that the 'Kid Crow Artbook' was released in August 2010. Kid Crow makes graffitis, either on a wall or digitally. Furthermore he designs graffitis in outdoor areas or in the interior.
Comics and Cartoons initially
introduced him to art, later books about art and several museums did. Another
reason why he discovered art for himself were many tours in the Halls of
Fame where famous graffiti artists are allowed to paint their images. A great
influence for him as an artist has also been the 'Alte Schule'-LP-Cover from Mode 2
in 1993, as well as his first visit in Basel, where he visited the "Line" (a railway line adorned with lots of graffiti, see pictures here.)
But why is this
Streetart artist actually named "Kid Crow"?
Well, at first he painted pictures without
having a pseudonym that had a special meaning or sense. But someday he got a book
about crows and he was fascinated by the fact that crows are actually songbirds,
but can't even sing or also that you can find those birds all over the world.
He identified with the loyality and sociality of them and with the bad
reputation of crows because streetart artists like him usually don't have the best
reputation as well. Streetart is still not completely accepted amongst the
society. Later 'Kid' was added to his pseudonym because he still feels like a
child inside and he doesn't take himself too serious.
He desrcribes
his style as a mixture of cartoonish Westcoast-Characters and classic
Eastcoast-Styles. Kid Crow also offers workshops with his company 'Style
Scouts'. We took part in such a workshop and we can just recommend spending a
day with Kid Crow, it was a great experience. We also wrote an article about
our day with Kid Crow. Click here and find out!
In the end, here are a few pictures for you showing Kid Crow's
artworks in the underpass at the subway in Ansbach (always furnished with his
tag).
From 2003 to 2006 he studied American and Romance studies before proceeding with communication science (2007-2008) in order to finally become a Bachelor of Communications. Carlos won numerous prizes for his art, e.g. the 'Jugendkulturpreis("Youth culture prize") Ansbach in 2005. Worth mentioning is that the 'Kid Crow Artbook' was released in August 2010. Kid Crow makes graffitis, either on a wall or digitally. Furthermore he designs graffitis in outdoor areas or in the interior.
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| His tag can be seen on the left side, the black letters with the yellow frame |
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