case  is one of the members of Graffiti- crew MA`CLAIM, who brought the photorealim into graffiti. Ma´claim is AKUT, the male part of the artist duo HERAKUT, RUSK and TASSO.  Together they invented the style of Graffoto and gained very fast a big interanational reputation for that.

Since 16 years case is working with spraycans and in the last years he started his solo carrer, showing and selling art.  Starting in the streets, the art of case is now to be seen in galleries from London to Los Angeles. case, who lives in Frankfurt/ Main focusses on different aspects in his work. On one hand we have a detailled description that looks slick and heavily rouged.  On the other hand we have surrealistic elements, which are setting up a tension between image and observer.

case is painting his pictures on rough materials like corrugated cardboard which he fixes together with selfadhisive tape. This structure is the synonym for the walls case is used to work on.

more art of case:  www.sexyartcase.com.

case: Bekannter Fremder
27.3. – 20.4.

Vernissage 27.3. 19h

Galerie Pretty Portal
Brunnenstr. 12
40223 Düsseldorf
www.prettyportal.de

Zum Abschluss des Jahres lädt die Düsseldorfer Galerie Pretty Portal zu einer Streetart-Gruppenaustellung nach Bilk in die Brunnenstrasse ein.
Unter dem Titel “Urban Expo aka Pretty Portal Allstars”, versammeln sich zum einen die herausragensten Künstler der Düsseldorfer Streetart-Szene, sowie alle Künstler, die in den letzten zwei Jahren in der Galerie Pretty Portal ausgestellt haben.

“Urban Expo aka Pretty Portal Allstars”

presenting

Ben Mathis, Bres, case, dust, ESOB, Fashionkills, Kingpin, Kushuk, L.E.T., O. “Magic” Raeke, MajoBrothers, Mexer, Miss Nuki, Mr. Penfold, Mr. Slurg, Nychos, Pleasure Gäng, Quatro, ruedione, SMASH137, Stefan Strumbel, Suki Bamboo, Tasso, WOW THE DEAD.

Ausstellung 28.11. – 23.12.
Vernissage: 28.11. 19h – 23h
DJ: Marcel Woyt

Galerie Pretty Portal, Brunnenstr12, 40223 Düsseldorf

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.

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Quelle: http://graffart.eu