At the time when he already made a name for himself on Belgrade’s graffiti scene, Demon made 180 degrees turn and for several years concentrated only on bombing. Since 2002 and for next couple of years his elaborate 3D style completely disappeared and we could see only his throw ups and ‘silver’ pieces.
Described by Demon as some sort of artistic crisis, this period was in a way developmental phase which he skipped at the beginning of his career. Most of graffiti writers start with tagging, progress to throw ups and finish with pieces and development of their style. During first two phases they are usually most active in bombing. In Demon’s case it was the other way around, he developed very recognizable and complex style, then started doing throw ups and at the end started tagging and bombing. Traditionally most suitable form of graffiti for bombing activities is adjusted throw up. This means that the regular, simple and usually two color throw ups becomes slightly more elaborate and better executed and turns into something that is known as ‘silver piece’ or just ‘silver’. Name comes from the fact that silver or chrome is the color that covers every surface with the best result. Therefore graffiti writers like to use it when they do not have time to prepare the surface beforehand. Usually it is only combination of black for the outline and silver for fill in, but it can also have second outline in some other color and that one is called the ‘fade’.
In 2002 and 2003, together with the graffiti writer Juice, Demon formed the crew called SDB (Služba Državne Bezbednosti – Nationlan Security Agency). Their bombing activities were very intense and they were covering all available concrete surfaces by the roads and railways. During this period Demon was producing dozens of sketches, and at least one ‘silver’ per day. This type of behavior completely opposite to his previous one actually brought a new perception of graffiti writing. Not only did he finally understood the other side of graffiti production but he also had to question his technique and style, which further down the road brought some form of simplicity and readability to his artworks.
Diablo – Zlo ne spava! (Evil Doesn’t Sleep)
TitleDiablo – Zlo ne spava! (Evil doesn’t sleep)ArtistDemonYear2002LocationSerbia, Belgrade, Radnicka Street (Jugopetrol concrete fence; does not exist any more)Category3D graffitiTypeSilver pieceTechniqueSpraycanBackgroundConcrete fenceLegal statusWithout permissionPhoto byLjiljana Radosevic
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