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- Andrew Linskens: There is a immediate endorphin release
just from mark-making.
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I also love the idea of giving,
and having someone else, the viewer,
have an experience from that art.
- My name is Andrew Linskens.
I am an artist working out of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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I think my style tends to be a little bit more illustrative
than a lot of fine artists.
And I mostly work in acrylics,
whether that's on the side of a large building
or whether it's on a canvas.
I want both to look equally the same.
I work intuitively.
I mean, I really don't have too much of a plan.
When I make a mark,
I like to make a mark and move on.
I don't like to fiddle with it and keep messing with it.
Once I make a mark or a gesture,
I wanna move on to the next mark kind of thing.
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I love the idea of flowers and bees
because there's a symbiotic relationship
that is happening there
with the fertilization of the flowers
and how they're dependent on each other.
There's a little bit of a darker side
to the flower things too.
I did lose both of my parents.
Y'know, my father died at a young age.
I had a lot of funeral experience.
We'll put it that way.
So the idea of flowers, even the smell of flowers,
would always remind me of death, to be honest with you.
So in a way, painting flowers kind of gives me the ability
to kind of take control of that a little bit.
And take that and make it into something
that's a little bit different, a little bit different memory
than that.
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So the Art-Hop is a collective of artists and musicians.
The three main components of Art-Hop right now
are myself, Gregory Frederic, and DJ RGS.
And we have been working for, I think about eight years now,
y'know, bringing art and music together.
So I've been working with the Packers
for about seven years now.
And then now, for the last three seasons,
we've been doing every home game.
So we'll welcome, y'know, the visiting team.
So let's say it's Chicago.
We'll say "Chicago," y'know, "versus Green Bay," right?
And we'll allow the fans then to approach that
with welcoming arms.
On game day, we arrive about five hours before kickoff.
And then, we paint for three hours prior to the game.
People love it.
I think it's something very unique for Green Bay.
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What does art mean to me?
That's an interesting question.
Art is something that you can speak without polarization.
Y'know, we live in this world
where whatever you say can be, y'know, mistaken
and perhaps, y'know,
people can get the wrong impression very quickly.
Or maybe they get the right impression.
I don't know.
But street art is not, y'know, considered graffiti anymore.
I think that allows the viewer to approach art in a way,
give themselves that little moment of pause
where they, y'know, have a little moment of positivity
in their hectic day, you know?
And I think that's what it is.
I think art can really heal.
I think there's something to that.