(small selection)

wakin up nights - de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich / Switzerland
still on and non the wiser - Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal / Germany
coming soon... - Projektraum Blashofer, Berlin / Germany
sculpture@citynord - City Nord, Hamburg / Germany
Minimal Illusion - Villa Merkel, Esslingen / Germany
Schon Vergeben - Sammlung Rik Reinking - Art-Cologne / Germany
getting-up - Galerie K31, Lahr / Germany
Smell of paint in the air - Westwendischer Kunstverein Gartow / Germany
Passion des sammelns - Alte Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig / Germany
Smell of paint in the air - Kampnagel, Halle K3, Hamburg / Germany
getting-up - FREIRAUM, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg / Germany
Urban Discipline 2002 - Bavaria St. Pauli Brauerei, Hamburg / Germany
Urban Discipline 2001 - Postsortierhalle Stephansplatz, Hamburg / Germany
Urban Discipline 2000 - I-Punkt Halle, Hamburg / Germany
Graffiti 2000/2 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich / Switzerland

Labels: exhibitions

von der Heydt Museum / Kunsthalle Barmen Wuppertal / Germany
Street Art - Graffiti - Wuppertal
11.02. - 06.05.07




Artists:
Os Gemeos, Mirko Reisser (DAIM), Daniel Man, Pius Portmann, Heiko Zahlmann, Tasek, Tilt, Zevs, Miss Van, Stohead, Herbert Baglione

von der Heydt Museum / Kunsthalle Barmen
Wuppertal / Germany

More Infos: www.stillonandnonthewiser.de

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Eleven of the international most significant Graffiti artists - Herbert Baglione (BR), Mirko Reisser (Daim) (DE), Os Gemeos (BR), Daniel Man (GB), Pius Portmann (CH), Stohead (DE), Tasek (DE), Tilt (FR), Miss Van (FR), Heiko Zahlmann (DE) und Zevs (FR) - will present their work, some of which is produced directly in the gallery.
All artists will be present for the opening reception. In 1975, Jean Baudrillard spoke of Graffiti as "the revolt of signs" - a medium used by artists to comment on the post-industrial state of people in capital cities.
Therefor the sprayers use their individual language to adapt to the urban landscape and exploit its potential for their artistic interference. Taking an international cross section of the different positions over the last 15 years proves, how individualistic and refined their picture language is, but most of all, how deeply they influence our daily perception. Wakin up Nights joins eleven of the most influential graffiti artists. Their tags and pieces not only mark their local environment, but more and more invade the international art scene.


This exhibition makes clear that Graffiti or Street Art is no longer a subculture, but a highly sensitive and direct reaction on local and global concerns that are often socio-critical. The artists enter a dialog with conventional urban signs, twisting their meaning often into a political artistic statement. Very characteristic of Graffiti art is the latent and subtle impact from the close connection between the work and its environment. For this reason, the show will also comprise works that are realised on site and thus can take a stand on the given context.
Pius Portmann, Stohead and Mirko Reisser (Daim) show the virtuous and pictorial qualitiy of some Graffiti language. Herbert Baglione, the twins Os Gemeos and Daniel Man demonstrate, how cultural identities are an influential part of their work. More minimal in its approach, reflecting on the source of Graffiti art, is the work of Heiko Zahlmann whereas Zevs works with a more conceptual method to reflect on our consumer society. Tilt combines his Graffiti with Photography, often using the cliché of the female as a sex symbol. Also concerned with the image of the female is the artist Miss Van with her unmistakable portraits.
That graffiti artists are not confined to their genre, but manipulate it perkily, becomes evident in the contribution of Tasek.

This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Rik Reinking, a devoted collector of Street Art who has realised many versatile projects in this field, and who is a tremendously competent consultant.

de Pury & Luxembourg
Limmatstrasse 264
8005 Zurich
Switzerland

More Infos: www.depuryluxembourg.com

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Galerie K31
14. - 16. Oktober 2005

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Kunstverein Gartow
4. September - 2. Oktober 2005

Labels: exhibitions, smell-of-paint-in-the-air

Kampnagel Hamburg


From April 15th to 28th 2005, the four Hamburg Graffiti artists from the studio collective getting-up, DAIM (Mirko Reisser), TASEK (Gerrit Peters), STOHEAD (Christoph Hässler) and DADDY COOL (Heiko Zahlmann) show their works at the K3 hall at Kampnagel.
The exhibition SMELL OF PAINT IN THE AIR aims at giving proof to fans, art lovers and especially critics of Graffiti-art: the cliché of the classical sprayer is outdated.Together with Rik Reinking and Rolf Bergmeier as their curators, the artists from Hamburg present their own interpretations of Graffiti as well as their individual styles that are well known not only in the scene but also worldwide.


Rik Reinking has been attending the activities of the Graffiti artists of getting-up for a couple of years already. His international collection stands for its size as well as its quality and combines international stars alongside young artists. Exhibitions led by him offer interesting dialogues - so will SMELL OF PAINT IN THE AIR.

Curators: Rik Reinking and Rolf Bergmeier
Laudatio: Hajo Schiff

Catalogue:
42 post cards that come in a linen coated carton box sealed with a sleeve sticker. The for artists introduce themselves on portrait cards and a group card as well as their work on eight separate cards each. The set is completed with pictures of combined mural works and group projects.
More Infos please click here.

Halle K3 auf Kampnagel
Jarrestraße 20
22303 Hamburg / Germany

Labels: exhibitions, smell-of-paint-in-the-air

getting-up - a self-portray.
Exhibition at the FREIRAUM at the Arts and Crafts Museum, Hamburg / Germany

From April 25th until May 26th 2002, the artists of getting-up will show their works at the so called "FREIRAUM" at the Arts and Crafts Museum in Hamburg.
This rare occasion will also be an opportunity to reach an audience that normally would not dare to go to a Graffiti exhibition or that does not even know that the issue has been existing for several years now in its various ways.
This promotion of their public image allows Tasek, Daddy Cool, Stohead and Daim to show their critical fellow citizens as well as all art and graffiti lovers their daily business. For this reason, a 3,50m x 11,50 m measuring wall will be created with typical motifs and issues in the museum itself. This temporary mural exemplifies the countless team works with artists from all over the world and also shows how the different styles create an interesting overall picture. Selected canvases of the four artists may not be missing as they most impressingly show the different languages that the artists developed throughout the years.
The exhibition is completed by a video projection that shows scenes of the different Graffiti projects in Hamburg and the world from the past years.

Exhibition
getting-up at FREIRAUM of the Arts and Crafts Museum, Hamburg

Steintorplatz
20099 Hamburg / Germany

25.04.02 to 26.05.02
Tuesday. - Sunday. 10.00 - 18.00 h, Thursady 10.00 - 21.00 h

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Graffiti-Art Exhibition at Bavaria St. Pauli Brauerei, Hamburg / Germany


In 2002, the Urban Discipline took place for the last time so far. On ca. 1500 m² exhibition ground in the old Astra brewery in Hamburg, more than 30 artists from all over the world met to give evidence that some Graffiti is different to other Graffiti. The location was just perfect for the exhibition: almost unlimited exhibition grounds, a courtyard allowing to create a giant mural.


The exhibition went beyond the scope of many things: an enormous variety of styles was being showed, mentalities from all over the world met and many projects were realized.
Artists like Zedz from Amsterdam, Banksy from the UK, Stak from France, Nami/La Mano from Spain, Nina, Herbert, Vitche, the Os Gemeos from Brazil and many other from all over the world showed an impressive variety of how Graffiti can be interpreted.
During the exhibition, a big mural was created in the courtyard that almost all of the artists participated in as well as a few guests.

Labels: exhibitions, projects, urban-discipline

Graffiti-Art Exhibition at "Postsortierhalle am Stephansplatz", Hamburg / Germany


In summer 2001, the Urban Discipline 2001 was set for the second time. To gain more space, a new location had been selected and the compound of the team of artists was not going to be the same. At the old post office building at Hamburg`s Stephansplatz, more than 1000 m² were made available to show the works of 22 international artists.

Labels: exhibitions, projects, urban-discipline