Polish collective Monstfur has won the 2015 Stencil Art Prize for their hand-cut stencil work “GRIME S0-019” which is painted on a vintage wooden door and features an image that combines a depiction of a skull with a depiction of train.
Monstfur was one of 92 finalists from 21 countries. The collective takes home a $3000 cash prize and a Stencil Art Prize Award Plate by Principal Partner Royal Doulton featuring Pure Evil’s “Marilyn Marlene Dali design.”
Founded in 2006 by two young artists from Częstochowa in the southern part of Poland, Monstfur describe themselves as an “indigenous organism of artland” that subsists on “the byproducts of modern life and the cultural carrion of generations past.”
Drawing inspiration from absurd Polish humour and what they call the “urban dystopia,” Monstfur explores the curious behavious and traditions of humans through the stories of the Everyman and his world of deviations, habits, and weaknesses, as well as his joys and remarkable interests.
The Stencil Art Prize was founded in 2009 as an Australian only prize and expanded in 2013 to include international artists. It is the only large scale prize in the world that exists to recognise and reward stencil artists.
The 92 finalists are on show from October 17-30 at aMBUSH Gallery’s exhibition space on level three of Central Park, The Living Mall in Sydney.
