Hey fellas,

Cide – a graffiti artist from Hamburg opens his first solo-show „STARK – INCIDE NOW“ this weekend at the 13.02.2010 at 7pm.

You´re welcome to join the opening. Just stop by!

Fabrik im Gängeviertel
Valentinskamp 32 Hinterhaus
Hamburg

www.gaengeviertel.info

Name: Shelby Chen

Age: 20, born December 17, 1988

Homebase: I was born in San Francisco, CA and grew up there. I’m now living about fifteen miles away in Millbrae, CA and going to school in at University of California, Santa Cruz.

Known for: Being funny at the wrong times… I like to think I’m known for my photography, but also as the guy who has too much stuff.

What made you take up photography?: My dad used to do a lot of photography when he was younger so I naturally followed in his footsteps. He gave me his old Minolta XG-M when I was a kid and I learned how to use a film camera. I got my first digital SLR, a Nikon D80, three years ago. I’m still using it today.

An experience with your camera you’ll never forget: I think I remember all my experiences with my camera, important or not. But I do remember hanging out with friends and taking photos of them non-stop. I also really cherish the memories I made shooting pictures in high school for the yearbook class.

Equipment:
Nikon D80
Nikon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6
Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 fisheye
Nikon 50mm F/1.8
Lensbaby 3G

Style: Mostly street photography, urban landscapes and stuff like that. I like portrait photography, but I don’t do that much.

Challenges: Controlling my insane imagination and making sure I’m not too obsessive over small details.

Achievements: None so far, but every time someone says they like a photo I’ve taken, I count that as an achievement.

Defeats: I know it’s cliché, but defeat is a state of mind, not a state of being. You can only be defeated if you let yourself.

Likes: Photography, of course. I also love reading, and especially writing, and I plan to make a career out of that. I love cooking, drawing, listening to music, watching movies, painting, and sometimes writing poetry. Rainy days are my favorite, but I also love the sun. Winter is my favorite month, and I love the snow.

Dislikes: The noise Styrofoam makes.

Webspace: I have a blog: www.shelbtron.wordpress.com and at flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/weksa

Extras: People should do what makes them happy. Don’t live for anyone else – life is short. Who cares if you grow up to be rich if you’re going to be unhappy? I think graffiti shows a lot about what I believe – with graffiti, people write all over the place, on walls, alleys, under bridges. They are people who do what they want, and in that way, they express themselves to reach their own happiness. Don’t be constrained by anything but yourself.

Pictures of Shelby´s walk at the roadsides of San Francisco

Hey guys,

open blackbook got a new category on its website. It´s called “Open Your Art”.
We`d like to show what you´re doing. So if you´re interested to show your art to an audience on open blackbook send us maximum three outstanding pictures of your current project and a little description in English of you as an artist and your work and you´ll be on the website soon.

“Von der Wand in den Raum in den Himmel”(From the Wall in the Room in the Sky) – a title which also describes the artistic development of the Hamburg artist Heiko Zahlmann, whose formative roots lie unmistakeably in the graffiti scene. Zahlmann once lent colour to unfriendly concrete and breathed the dreariness of urbanity. From exactly that place, in the city’s desert, he has learnt to observe everyday urban life, but also to work quickly in public spaces. This approach is one he continues today, although his current works clearly seem conceptual and contextual in a new way.

Despite this progress, Zahlmann never denies his past – not even after numerous exhibitions in renown galleries and museums. This is mainly because his current cross-border works of art would not be possible without his sprayer background. For instance, when he applies old and reduced graffiti gestures to the deserts of the United Arab Emirates, thus creating a completely form of public space. Or by covering concrete cubes with paint and giving the monochrome square objects an additional surface by wrist movements and free gestural lines that seem to be more written than painted. Heiko Zahlmann and his work stand for the constant reinvention and development of the original graffiti medium. They stand for an unsubdued drive for innovation. By breaking down and extending aesthetic and formative boundaries, Heiko Zahlmann already demonstrates today what future tags might look like and how graffiti is still able to be one step ahead of the zeitgeist.

Galerie Peter Borchardt

Axel Void’s latest work entitled ”NUMB”, will be the first solo-exhibition in Germany for this Miami-born artist, who currently resides in Sevilla, Spain. Void has been making a name for himself as an artist both in galleries and street art circles for nearly 10 years. Black ink on paper and alluring atmospheric oil paintings prevail in Void’s diverse selection of canvas and small-scale drawings, which often delve into different states of mind, twisted morality or cultural illnesses. It is with the utmost care and consideration that Void brings to the public light, the images and thoughts that many prefer to leave in the dark.

Exhibition: Axel Void (Sevilla, Spanien) 20.02. – 10.04.2010
Opening: Saturday, 20.02.2010, 8pm

www.axelvoid.com
www.ilovenicenice.com

From February 5, 2010 – February 20, 2010, Ben Ross, the young aspiring artist, presents for the first time parts of his extensive work in his solo exhibition ARS AUTHENTICA in Berlin Mitte.
In over 100 drawings of various formats, he raises the question with a provocative undertone of what can currently be described as authentic. Ben Ross postulates the thesis that past and present substitute each other and allows both extremes to collide with each other by comparing his generation to other generations. Dictatorship versus democracy, politicians versus party kids; how does today’s youth distinguish itself from the youth 60 years ago? How does ideology differ from non-ideology? How do I behave in a public life where everything is already public? We are forced to question the concept of authenticity as a whole. In his one-off opening performance “Decipherment of Predetermined Attitudes” on 05.02.2010, Ben Ross explicitly addresses this very issue and decodes the gestures of a generation of changes.

BEN ROSS – ARS AUTHENTICA

Opening: 05.02.2010, 5pm
Performance „Dechiffrierung vorbestimmter Haltungen“
Torstraße 66, UNDPLUS CollabRoom
Exhibition 06. – 20.02.2010, Mo-Sa 12-7 pm
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URBANEARS POP-UP STORE
JANUARY 18th – 31st
MON – FRI 12 – 20
SAT – SUN 12 – 19

UNDPLUS – CollabRoom
Torstrasse 66 / Berlin-Mitte

web: www.undplus.com

Hey guys,

the Vicious Gallery Team decided to start 2010 with a little warm – up of their main artists called Serigraph 2010.

There you can get a glimpse of the artists work, who will be at the gallery this year.

You´re very welcome to join this event.

Liebe Freunde,

diesen Samstag, den 30.01. freut sich Halb Acht ganz besonders auf die Werke von Darko Caramello.
Unter dem Titel “Ein Loch ist da, wo etwas nicht ist” zeigt er die frischesten Arbeiten aus seiner Caramello-Zucker-Schmiede.

Natürlich seid Ihr wie immer herzlich eingeladen, ab halb acht auf Halb Acht.

Vernissage, Samstag den 30.01.10 ab 19:30 Uhr
Ausstellung bis 14.02.10
Geöffnet Fr. 16:00 – 19:00 Uhr, Sa. & So. 13:00 – 19:00 Uhr

Galerie auf Halb Acht
Hein-Hoyer-Str. 16
20359 St. Pauli
www.aufhalbacht.de

Dear Friends!

UNDPLUS has been invited by the Bread & Butter to curate the art installation on the “1st Floor” with two of their favourite arists NOMAD & ZASD.

Additionally they have installed their URBAN GALLERY STORE at the BBB “1st Floor” from the 20th to 22nd of January.
 Limited artwork by artists like Mark Gonzales, Stash, Superblast, Marok, MyMo, Nomad, Alex Flach, Lukas Feireiss, Stefan Schuster, Flexn, C100, Paul Snowden, R.K.D.U and lots more are available!

You are invited to visit them at booth 1.5.1 from 10:00 to 19:00 every day and have a drink!

UNDPLUS at Bread & Butter Berlin
”1st Floor” / Booth 1.5.1
Flughafen Tempelhof / Berlin

This Saturday January, the 16h 2010 the VJ and Art Gallery „Angel*Klub“ is celebrating a special exhibition for Viva con Agua:

The artists of the „Tattoo Freestyle“ studio presenting their work from 12 a.m. and are going to create a big grafitti on the housewall of the Angel*Klub. Further all guests have the pleasure to see the unique canvas of the artists. After the vernissage it`s going on directly with the finissage from 10 p.m til dawn! The DJs Irie Vibe and DJANE Queen B of „Salute Fire Session“ give us the hottest sound of Reggae, Drum’n Bass and Electro!

All incomes benefit to Viva con Agua!

Vernissage 12 a.m.
Graffiti Mural & Canvas by the Artists Bernd, Flo & Paco of „Tattoo Freestyle“
Free entry

Finissage 10 p.m.
Reggae + Drum’n'Bass + Electro Line up by Salutefire Sound:

DJ Irie Vibe
DJANE Queen B
4 € entry

Angel*Klub
Blaues Haus St. Pauli
Fischmarkt 18
www.angelklub.com | www.vivaconagua.org