AIKO
Bunny, 2015
Spray Paint and Screenprint
Edition of 50
Size : 29 x 23 in.
The bunny exemplifies AIKO's attitude about art and life: being cute is punk. For better part of two decades, AIKO has been placing her stencils on streets all over the world. Soon after she split off from the street art collective Faile in 2006, the bunny became her trademark. For the last nine years, this deceptively-sweet bunny holding a spray can has traveled with AIKO, finding its way onto walls in the North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Every time AIKO's bunny appears in her work, the character is made a little bit different by what surrounds it. On the street, it's something that AIKO can leave behind on her travels, something to spread a bit of love and say, "I was here." In her studio work, the bunny is like the starting point of a journal entry. The bunny is always surrounded by fresh imagery, based on AIKO's personal experiences and mood. For this series, AIKO has hand-detailed each print with spray paint and oil paint sticks. As a result, each print varies in color and composition. They all start with the bunny, but no two prints are alike.
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