May 24, 2009
XOOOOX PRESENTED BY GOETHE-INSTITUT
British journalist Rory MacLean made an insight ful interview with Berlin’ s street art myth for the Goethe-Institut.
XOOOOX interviewed by Rory MacLean
In all the memorable Cold War photographs of Berlin, the Wall is covered with graffiti – on its western side only. Its eastern face, guarded by armed border police and watch towers, always remained bare concrete. Until1989 when a revolution opened the Wall. Then Berlin’s street artists set about working on the blank concrete canvas, claiming the brutal urban environment as their own
May 23, 2009
SELF-PORTRAITS
BY CONTEMPORARY URBAN ARTISTS FROM FOUR CONTINENTS
D-FACE / ANTON UNAI / JR / JAYBO AKA MONK / JEFF SOTO / JUDITH SUPINE / XOOOOX / KILLPIXIE / DTAGNO / :PHUNK / STEFAN HIRSIG / AARON ROSE / MAROK / DALE GRIMSHAW / OSKAR / BEST EVER / NOMAD / WORD TO MOTHER / MYMO / STEFAN STRUMBEL / SOPHIE REINHOLD / CHARLIE ISOE / RUTGER TERMOHLEN
The idea of this exhibition is to approach the historical theme of self-portraits and to bring it into a contemporary art context. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 1400s that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of self-portraiture… In this respect it will be an interesting and new experience to show the vision of the “self-portrait” by contemporary urban artists from all over the world.
Opening reception: friday june 5th, 7-10 pm / open until july 4th 2009 / tue-sat 2-6 pm
Circleculture Gallery / Gipsstrasse 11 / Berlin Mitte / Germany
May 19, 2009
ANTON UNAI SOLO SHOW AT ROJO BARCELONA
After passing a warm and smooth winter at Mama’ s house in his home country Spain, Anton Unai, the master of complexity, poetry and radicality dropped his first solo show in Barcelona. An overwhelming exhibition with his widely admired wild installations made out of found objects and trash as well as deeply touching abstract paintings.
http://www.rojo-magazine.com/bcn/
ANTON UNAI: METOMENTODO
05.05.2009 - 05.06.2009
ROJO ARTSPACE BARCELONA
CARRER GIRONA 61 LOCAL 02, EIXAMPLE, 08009 BARCELONA, SPAIN
JAYBO AKA MONK EMBRACES THE UNITED KINGDOM
Berlin Artist Jaybo aka Monk feels nicely embraced by the UK art world. Within 9 months Jaybo creates three different solo shows in London and takes part in different group shows throughout England.
Here are the details -
Upcoming Shows:
SUMMER GROUP SHOW AT STOLEN SPACE / JULY 2009
SOLO SHOW AT SIGNAL GALLERY / JULY 2009
SOLO SHOW AT STOLEN SPACE / EARLY 2010
Current shows:
THE POCKET SHOW - MINIATURES BY JAYBO
NANCY VICTOR GALLERY
UNTIL JUNE 2009
BASEMENT, 36 CHARLOTTE STREET, LONDON W1T 2NJ
http://www.nancyvictor.com/current-show.html
LINE STEPPERS GROUP SHOW
JIBBERING ART BIRMINGHAM
22nd - 31st MAY 2009
11AM - 6.30PM
LAUNCH NIGHT: THURSDAY 21st MAY FROM 6PM
http://www.jibberingart.co.uk
May 13, 2009
ARMSROCK – A HORRIBLE JUNGLE
Der Däne ARMSROCK, mittlerweile einer der weltweit etabliertesten Künstler aus der Riege der Streetartists, präsentiert am 16. Mai 2009 seine neue Ausstellung “A Horrible Jungle”.
ARMSROCK - A HORRIBLE JUNGLE
INTOXICATED DEMONS GALLERY, NAUNYNSTR. 46, 10999 BERLIN
17. MAI - 7. JUNI 2009
VERNISSAGE AM 16. MAI 2009 AB 19.00