Hello Everyone and Happy 2021,
Needless to say, 2020 has been a year in our world's collective experience that none of us will ever forget.
The human and social loss has been breathtaking and unbelievable.
As an artist that typically brought 3D art and technology solutions to our corporate, festival, and nonprofit clients to live events with crowds of people, like most businesses had to revisit the how to do this, but the why, and how to respond and grow to a new normal. This is the how, why, and grow Art for After hours did and will do in the new year ahead.
All public work was done maintaining social distancing guidelines.
Corporate and Virtual Festival Work
From top left, to right:
- 'Dandelions Blow Away' an illusionary piece as a painted mural carrying a message that the troubles our world is currently having will 'blow away' sooner than later. This was created for the Stawell Virtual Festival in Australia.
- 3D chalk piece for freshman orientation day at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.
- Corporate project for Marc Jacobs 'Heaven' campaign at Brooklyn waterfront for a private event in Fall 2020. Three similar pieces were streetpainted onsite using chalk.
- Corporate project for Aavrani cosmetics in New York City East Village in Fall of 2020. This was a painted 3D anamorphic mural.
- A chalk mural highlighting current Aavrani product line drawn in 2D to compliment the main 3D ground mural.
- Posing with finished chalk piece as part of a morning tv spot at PIX11 in midtown Manhattan to call attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- 3D anamorphic piece chalk on pavement for BD Provisions in Newtown, Connecticut. Piece created in November 2020.
- 'Spaced Out' Second 'Lockdown' Virtual Festival in Fall 2020, United Kingdom and Houston Space Center USA. Our 3D interactive piece 'Artemis' was a homage to the USA return to the Moon in 2024 and a woman will lead the way. Earth is at the top right, the mission symbol for the Artemis Program is at the top left of the piece. A small red/orange Mars is seen in the astronaut's visor indicating humankind's next step forward in space exploration. 3D painted mural is five by eleven feet in size done indoors on canvas.
- Corporate project for Skyview Shopping Mall in Flushing, Queens in New York City as part of a contracted artist group to paint plywood boarded up windows during the spring of 2020. We were very happy to bring art and support during the pause here.
Social Activism through Art
- 'Everyday Heroes...' Lockdown Virtual Festival in United Kingdom. This illusionary designed piece calls attention to the social and political issues present in the USA such as the economic crash for working people, the political divide between Trumpism and Progressives, and the hope shown by the sunflower for a better situation domestically and the world at large.
- 'We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident...' This sketch came out of the dramatic social events for racial equality and justice starting with George Floyd and culminating with the brazen assaults on peaceful protesters in front of the White House on June 1st, 2020.
- 'COVID Atlas' A sketch depicting the statue of Atlas bearing the world upon his shoulders in front of Rockefeller Center in New York City in early spring of 2020 during the statewide pause. Many sketches were done at this time mainly to express concern for the dramatic changes in our city, Nation, and world.
- 'VOTE FOR YOUR LIFE' A corporate project for a national campaign to get younger people to vote in the 2020 Presidential Elections by MTV Networks where Art for After Hours created a series of chalk street paintings across Manhattan in New York City. We chose to present our art works as inspired by noted 20th Century Pop Artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Piet Mondrian, Robert Indiana, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring.
- Zoom discussion with art students about my company and artist career including earlier social activist pieces such as "Here but Not Here...', 'Respect Existence...' and 'Martian Dreamer'. The December 2020 discussion was moderated by Braincraft Art Academy in Bahrain with students from there, India, and Sri Lanka.
2020 has been a year most of the world wishes didn't happen or have to be, unfortunately it was with many events from tumultuous to the horror from the pandemic; yet we are here and we sincerely hope the world will eventually overcome this. We at Art for After Hours look forward to doing what we can in our art, creativity, and spirit.
Anthony Cappetto is an internationally recognized artist known for 3D and AR anamorphic work in chalk and painted murals and Founder of Art for After Hours in 2001. Art for After Hours produces professional 3D anamorphic works for corporate, non profit, festival, government, and non governmental organizations in the USA, Europe, UAE, Americas North and South, and Asia. Contact us at artforafterhours.com or anthonycappetto.com.