{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":932,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculpture1.jpg","width":1400},"credit":"","date":"2009-08-04T15:47:56Z","description":"His innovative artworks inspired a whole generation and his three-dimensional graffiti sculptures and paintings are just phenomenal! Zeus belongs not for no reason to the most influencing urban artist of our time...","html":"\u003cp\u003eZeus’ 3D Graffiti Sculpture\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of fourteen the in London born Dean Zeus Colman began to work off his creativity on the streets. At that time he left, like many others, “just” tags on the streets.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho could know in the 80s that this little boy will be sixteen years later the first graffiti artists, who would exhibit in the Victoria and Albert Museum of art and design? Probably no one except his parents!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt happened - Dean Zeus Colman became just \u003cstrong\u003eZeus\u003c/strong\u003e, who has been known about 20 years to be at the forefront with his ideas to push and inspire the Urban Art scene. However, it is no longer “only” on graffiti!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis three-dimensional graffiti sculptures and paintings combine elements of graffiti and street art to a typographical overall concept, attempting to largely exploit the possibilities of both urban arts.\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1400px; --image-ratio: 1400 / 968\" data-source-width=\"1400\" data-source-height=\"968\" data-width-cap=\"1400\" data-height-cap=\"968\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_912e945b33f66a7c.avif 480w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_e821d0979f6c5376.avif 960w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_4c1b81417685c669.avif 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_148eaac762ac5c7.webp 480w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_6b25037b0a970537.webp 960w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_26c1f65e89ee1edd.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_117a819c6905541d.jpg\" srcset=\"/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_7f320dd335228f05.jpg 480w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_af2a5d4c1a4a4fad.jpg 960w, /zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1_hu_117a819c6905541d.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1400\" height=\"968\" alt=\"zeus chaos sculpture\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ezeus chaos sculpture\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n “Making sense of Chaos”, by Zeus, via \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/agentl/2645173179/\"\u003e*photomotive\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZeus has, through his experimental work, inspired by his Fine Art studies at Chelsea College of Art, redefined the graffiti concept for many other artists and thus laid the foundation stone, like his namesake, to be a legend.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find photos from his last exhibition at the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, where he exposed with the \u003cstrong\u003eNeo-Con Collective\u003c/strong\u003e consisting of \u003cstrong\u003eAakash Nihalani\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEllis Gallagher\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePoster Boy\u003c/strong\u003e, at the Flickr-Photostreams of \u003ca href=\"https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=flickrsignin\u0026amp;.pc=8190\u0026amp;.scrumb=0\u0026amp;.pd=c%3DJvVF95K62e6PzdPu7MBv2V8-\u0026amp;.intl=us\u0026amp;.done=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.yahoo.com%2Fconfig%2Fvalidate%3F.src%3Dflickrsignin%26.pc%3D8190%26.scrumb%3D0%26.pd%3Dc%253DJvVF95K62e6PzdPu7MBv2V8-%26.intl%3Dus%26.done%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fsignin%252Fyahoo%252F%253Fredir%253D%25252Fphotos%25252Fcarmichaelgallery%25252Fsets%25252F72157616544850855%25252F\"\u003eCarmichael\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/unurth/sets/72157616480652585/\"\u003eUnurth\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nZeus’ 3D Graffiti Sculpture\n\nAt the age of fourteen the in London born Dean Zeus Colman began to work off his creativity on the streets. At that time he left, like many others, “just” tags on the streets.\n\nWho could know in the 80s that this little boy will be sixteen years later the first graffiti artists, who would exhibit in the Victoria and Albert Museum of art and design? Probably no one except his parents!\n\nIt happened - Dean Zeus Colman became just **Zeus**, who has been known about 20 years to be at the forefront with his ideas to push and inspire the Urban Art scene. However, it is no longer “only” on graffiti!\n\nHis three-dimensional graffiti sculptures and paintings combine elements of graffiti and street art to a typographical overall concept, attempting to largely exploit the possibilities of both urban arts.\n![zeus chaos sculpture](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/zeus-chao-sculpture1.jpg\u003e)\n\nzeus chaos sculpture “Making sense of Chaos”, by Zeus, via [*photomotive](http://www.flickr.com/photos/agentl/2645173179/)\n\nZeus has, through his experimental work, inspired by his Fine Art studies at Chelsea College of Art, redefined the graffiti concept for many other artists and thus laid the foundation stone, like his namesake, to be a legend.\n\nYou can find photos from his last exhibition at the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, where he exposed with the **Neo-Con Collective** consisting of **Aakash Nihalani**, **Ellis Gallagher** and **Poster Boy**, at the Flickr-Photostreams of [Carmichael](https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=flickrsignin\u0026.pc=8190\u0026.scrumb=0\u0026.pd=c%3DJvVF95K62e6PzdPu7MBv2V8-\u0026.intl=us\u0026.done=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.yahoo.com%2Fconfig%2Fvalidate%3F.src%3Dflickrsignin%26.pc%3D8190%26.scrumb%3D0%26.pd%3Dc%253DJvVF95K62e6PzdPu7MBv2V8-%26.intl%3Dus%26.done%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fsignin%252Fyahoo%252F%253Fredir%253D%25252Fphotos%25252Fcarmichaelgallery%25252Fsets%25252F72157616544850855%25252F) and [Unurth](http://www.flickr.com/photos/unurth/sets/72157616480652585/).\n","tags":["3d Art","Art Installation","Calligraphy","Zeus","Sculpture"],"title":"Zeus’ 3D Graffiti Sculptures","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/zeus-3d-graffiti-sculptures/"}