Candy(d) Love

Candy(d) Love is a street art project (street art because I made it to sell it in the streets of New York), which text comes from the heart shaped sugary Valentine’s Candy. The (d) in the title is added to make a pun with the nature of those short sentences, so loving and candid.

Very colorful (like Candy) and playfull, the color is used to accentuate some elements of the

text, giving a second reading to it, funny or naughty, in many cases. It makes a great little gift to someone you love, so he/she/they can hang it in their wall and think about you.

But trying selling it in the street was a very fun experience! First of all because the people I knew in the art world were looking down at me :)) Turns out it is not cool anymore... But then it was not as easy as you might think! First there are rules within that community who stands in the cold selling shit.

Luckily after wandering from corner to corner I found myself a friend who sold art books. I forgot his name, but his Rebel shirt was a good omen indeed. He was sweet and very curious to what the fuck was I selling. He gave me a table the firsts days too and welcomed me to the corner.

It was the end of summer and I eventually got a job, so I only went out like 4 times, I was not going to pay my New York rent with this :)) But it was such a fun experience. A lot of peole stopped by, asking questions, curious, lots of children :)) (My biggest public alwasy). And several people bought pieces in fact. Every day I would come home with some $100 :))

A Japanese woman told me they look like architecture texts, not kowing my background. She was too an architect. I never realized before that quality until she came. None of my fancy art friends came -- too lowly -- but the real ones did, and it was great.

I even came accross the high scholl beau in my school, sweet Valmont, whom I hadn´t seen since High School. I had created this camera I forgot its name, but he was like me, showing it around in Soho :))

It might have been Cand(y)d of me to go out on the street like this... But I think that was part of the project. I got a lot human positive input everyday with the work alone.

That I think was the best. My work alone was compelling to so many people, who did not know who I was or care much about art in general. But the work talked to them... That was the best part of all.

My work talks a lot to children. If all children are artists, then I must be an artist´s artist :))