FREUDE AM MALEN

Ok, smearing a die-cast model with ordinary spray paint is probably not art yet ;0)

But as I'm neither Andy Warhol or Jeff Koons or Olafur Elliason nor did I receive a multi-million dollar assignment by BMW that's not the point!

No, the BMW Art Car Project goes far beyond this and to me every car is a true piece of art! Moreover, the idea of upgrading a brand's image by adding a twist of art is best-in-class marketing and therefore quite striking too!

So even if you're not into Beamers you should find some very inspiring insights here: http://www.bmw-art-cars.de/

Enjoy,

n

THE HATCH!

Every wall in Berlin is massively bombed with any kind of art. If you roam the streets a little you may even find pieces from artists like Obey or Banksy.

So as this form of art becomes more and more en vouge (if not to say commercial) than ever before – now there's a sticker-museum in Friedrichshain:

http://hatchkingdom.com/

HOLY CRAP!

Click here to have a big grin on Marc's odd sense of humour and get exited about what you can express by using a pencil and a watercolour set the way he does!

Thanks Marc!

ART IN THE CITY

When you stroll through the Hafencity these days you will suddenly discover some large stacks of rusty containers – irregularly arranged and beautifully lit. A faint smell of a hearty BBQ will be in the air as well as some subwoofers will be pumping low. Finally you will learn that you are on subvision art festival.

For one week a good bunch of young artists are showcasing their work on 33.1 m³ each at this special site right next to the Elbe. Some works are really inspiring and it rather should be fun to meet up some friends having a small chat ...

DON'T GET LLLLOST ...

... better be ffffound!

HIDE AND SEEK – PRESERVE MORE ART!

Sometimes, when they tear down old houses, you can discover great pieces of art. Art from which exhistance you hardly didn't even know about. The sad thing is that nobody preserves these old masterpieces of hand-painted advertisements.

Just picture yourself in one of these luxury appartments that soon will be standing in that place, looking through a thick window pane on some softly illuminated cracked paint on this very brick wall ... !? Would be nice, wouldn't it?

No – probably you never will be able to do so and that's why these kind of advertisements slowly but steadly are disappearing from our city scape ;o(

However and just in case you like this kind of paintings too follow this inspiring link here ...

Please enjoy!

n

SELK'NAM EXPO

I had the chance to visit a photo-documentary exposition on Selk'nam aboriginals, some of the original people living in Fireland, the southernmost tip of this continent, before foreigners came. Fascinating portraits, photos and documents on their culture!. But what always surprises me is seeing how different people see life similarly, in one way or another. No matter how far away in time or space they might live (or they might have lived), the essence remains. So what is foreign really? What is really not? Is there a clear division? No, everything's related. I say. However, this is nothing new, there's something called globalisation, right? Yeap. So. Today, fortunately enough Selk'nam culture survives through the last direct descendants and this kind of exhibits. The display is now over, but if interested, you might still be able to have a glimpse »here«. ¡Saludos!

OLDSCHOOL

Lovely details in a cocktailbar downtown in Munich. Was fun to visit the "Trinkhalle"...

STEP IN…

You are welcome to check this artist's work, he's a friend of mine, his name is Emmanuel Rocco-Cuzzi, but besides this I honestly find his search to be very interesting.

So there we go, gettin' some other stuff to read on, contribute on: http://artmutante.blogspot.com/

EXHIBITIONS

No, not exhibitionism!, I said exhibitions. Today I've run into a bunch of them. Firstly on poster design from Peru. Great, quite witty, witty ideas (first image); secondly on street art and graffitti (last two images), within the clean white walls of a museum, quite unexpected, oder? ¡Saludos! http://centroculturalrecoleta.org/