British autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire paints image of Mexico City skyline after one fly-over

Record ID: 84037

  • Title: British autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire paints image of Mexico City skyline after one fly-over
  • Date: 24th October 2016
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 24, 2016) (REUTERS) WILTSHIRE TAKING JACKET OFF / WALKING WILTSHIRE WALKS INTO SPACE TO BEGIN DRAWING PHOTOGRAPHER WILTSHIRE DRAWING WILTSHIRE WORKING WITH HEADPHONES, WHILE BEING FILMED MORE OF DRAWING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ART CURATOR, EDITH LEIJA, SAYING: "So that this great city adds to the collection Stephen had already drawn. It is very important to us that he accepted and wanted to come here to the city and through his gaze, capture in drawing, paper, all our buildings and our beautiful city." VARIOUS OF WILTSHIRE DURING DRAWING LIVE SESSION WILTSHIRE'S SIGNATURE VARIOUS OF WILTSHIRE DRAWING MAN TAKING PICTURE OF WILTSHIRE EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF PAINTINGS ON EXHIBITION EXTERIOR TORRE MAYOR BUILDING IN MEXICO CITY
  • Embargoed: 8th November 2016 20:08
  • Keywords: Mexico City skyline artist Stephen Wiltshire
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Art,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA00255D8MDF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed as autistic at aged three, did not speak until five but as an adult he sells his art for thousands of British pounds.
    This week, Wiltshire is in Mexico City to host his exhibition as well as take part in a live drawing session from October 24 to October 30 at the Tower of BBVA Bancomer.
    He has drawn each panoramic drawing from his unique memory that stores the complete view of a city after taking a helicopter ride that lasts minutes.
    He has drawn panorama drawings of New York, Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London.
    Wiltshire's gift was discovered during a difficult childhood. He could not relate to the world, or it to him, and one of the few things that calmed him was to draw.
    The early depictions of animals and London buses have evolved into the city scapes, buildings and landmarks that make him an internationally-recognized artist.
    His main media are pen and ink, pencils, chalk, charcoal and coloured pastels on paper.
    Wiltshire has a close relationship with his mother in London. His father died when Stephen was two.
    Wiltshire said it was his first time in Mexico City.
    "I feel great. I feel great about it because now it's the first time that I come to Mexico. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Hard work of drawing of panoramas from a helicopter ride to remember, memorise by memories," said Wiltshire, who was born in London to West Indian parents.
    On Monday (October 24) he set out to work, surrounded by the media and curious onlookers.
    "So that this great city adds to the collection Stephen had already drawn. It is very important to us that he accepted and wanted to come here to the city and through his gaze, capture in drawing, paper, all our buildings and our beautiful city," said art curator, Edith Leija.
    Mexico City is the first Latin American city to be drawn by Wiltshire.
    The Tower BBVA Bancomer will host a selection of drawings by Wiltshire from Paris, London and Florence, among other cities.
    He was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in 2006 for services to the art world.
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