Kiss the Sky
Skalitzers presents the second show in the Fine Lines series, exploring the role of tagging within contemporary art.
The exhibition ‘Kiss the City’ features Parisian artists L’Atlas, Babou, Sun7 and Tanc.
With roots in tagging since the early 90s, it is the making of their mark that unites them. Working together since 2003,
their works individually interpret the emotion, ambience, gesture and search for the master-stroke.
“My heart rhythm moves my arm like a metronome. I must try not to control this flow but only understand the
composition it causes to appear.” (Tanc)
Opening: Friday April 30th, from 7pm.
Exhibition until May 28th.
skalitzers.com
Skalitzer Strasse 43
Berlin-Kreuzberg 10997
U-Bahn Gorlitzer Bahnhof
Peeta “sparkle and fade” show at pretty portal
Starting on October 30th the well-known international graffiti artist Peeta exhibits his work at Pretty Portal Düsseldorf and is therefore seen in a German gallery for the first time.
The Italien artist Peeta (alias Manuel Di Rita) made his first graffiti in a small town somewhere between Venice and Padua in 1993. Today, sixteen years later, Peeta’s work is an inherent part in the international graffiti scene. Here, at Pretty Portal, Peeta can be seen in a German gallery for the first time.
This artists style is extraordinary: Beginning with organic conceptions in his early work, Peeta soon develops his very own typically typographic style, that is characterized by its impressive visual depth and unique 3D-composition. For some years now Peeta is, next to his wall pieces and murals, also working on canvas and sculptures. In the artists opinion those media don’t exclude, they rather inspire each other. Working on a sculpture gives him new ideas for wall pieces, while on the other hand those graffiti inspire him to build the same furious forms in a sculptural way. The wall graffiti are dynamic and outstanding – the works on canvas show the same energy but with more privacy. Peeta shows his skills and experience on all areas.
Not only Italy, but also the Mecca for graffiti, New York City, influenced Peeta’s work: In 2003 he became part of the FX crew of New York City and three years later he shall be a RWK crew member. At home in Padua he already was part of the EAD crew. Together with other famous international street artists (for example ecb or Loomit, both already held an exhibition at Pretty Portal) he’s always looking for new projects all over the world.
Next to his activity on graffiti and street art, Manuel Di Rita is working as an industrial and product designer. That’s another important impulse for his art, which is best expressed in his sculptures. Here polyurethane, wood and cellulose acetate meets leather, paper and cardboard. This combination of design and graffiti is one of the characteristics of Peeta’s art, that causes a permanent further development.
Exhibition:
30.10. – 27.11.
Vernissage:
30.10. /19h – 23h
Pretty Portal
Brunnenstr. 12
40223 Düsseldorf
more Information:
http://www.prettyportal.de
Part1 exhibition and book release at common ground in berlin
Some Pics from the Part1 exhibition in berlin
Part One – The Death Squad is truly sensational!
The first book to document the artistic impact of Part One – TDS, one of NYC’s most influential style writers, from the mid 70’s developmental years until now.
Virtual Berlin Wall
erlinA real nice project which invites all artsts to join in :
http://www.artrevolution-berlinwall.de
Send in your Artwork here:
http://www.artrevolution-berlinwall.de/?page_id=50
Il Jin ATEM Choi at Heyne Kunstfabrik Offenbach
Streetart and Stencils in Athen
i found a video about streetart and stencilart in athen. .
Graffiti wird in Helsinki legalisiert
Vor kurzem gab die Regierung der finnischen Hauptstadt Helsinki bekannt, dass Graffiti und andere Straßenkunst dort nun legal ist.
Zum Hintergrund: In den vergangenen Jahren galt in Helsinki noch die sogenannte Nulltoleranz-Politik, welche besagt, dass jede Form von Graffiti so schnell wie möglich zu beseitigen ist. Doch da die finanziellen Mittel für eine solche Vorangehensweise nicht vorhanden sind, entschloss man sich jetzt zu dem kompletten Gegenteil und legalisierte Graffiti. Einziger Vorbehalt sei, dass der Immobilieneigentümer mit der Anbringung ein verstanden ist und man zwischen richtigen Malereien und spontanen Schmierereien unterscheide.
Generell sei die Stadtverwaltung aber auf der Seite der Writer und vertritt erstaunlicherweise sogar die Meinung, dass Straßenkunst an Plätzen zu sehen sein sollte, wo sie einem möglichst großem Publikum vor Augen geführt werden kann.
Alle Writer wird dies natürlich freuen, stellt sich die Frage, ob wir irgendwann auch hierzulande solche News verkünden dürfen.
( Jana Hartung/ Hiphop.de)
TASSO Ma´claim Interview
Das Online Magazin graffart.eu hat Tasso, Gründer und Mitglied der Ma´claim Crew und Schöpfer des Begriffs Graffoto getroffen und interviewed.
Let us begin as usual-introduce yourself- tag, crew, where do you come from ?
I’m TASSO, born 1966, living in Meerane (former German Democratic Republic). I was trained as a butcher, later as a builder.
I started noticing graffiti in the mid-eighties, when I also started using stencils and spraying simple slogans.
I seriously started in 1991 and have been spraying ever since. Ma’claim was established 3 January 2001, the crew consists of AKUT, CASE, RUSK, TASSO plus our Internet specialist Ms SCHRÖE:
How many years ago you lost your normal life ? and do you feel sorry for it?
I’ve been a self-employed sprayer since 2000 and I still think that was the best decision of my life, even if I have sometimes been fearing for my existence during the winter months for the last two years.
Quelle: http://graffart.eu
new print releases
Random pics
