Tag Archives: Berlin

Berlin: Blo – La petite Mort

July 17, 2013 butterfly 1 Comment

OpenWalls Gallery in Berlin just opened the solo show of French graffiti artist Blo
(see our recent studio visit here) called La petite Mort.

Set in Stadtbad, former public baths reconverted into creative spaces, the first room presents one-off black ink hand drawings on watercolor paper.

Upon entering a second room, viewers are surrounded by a “Duels” serie,
monochrome paintings using exclusively Krink.

The grand finale consists of colorful canvases using spray paint and acrylic,
featuring erotic and androgynous figures in various oniric state.

Blo also takes a twist on the icon Mary and Child with his “Madonne”,
and created two accompanying murals.

View all the pics from the opening here

Check the online catalogue

BLO
“La Petite Mort”
Open Walls Gallery
Stadtbad, Berlin
6 July – 27 July

Berlin, Street

Berlin Streets: Os Gemeos, Blu and ROA

July 16, 2013 butterfly

Wandering through the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, it is a delight to see some gigantic murals standing the test of time, from the Yellow Man by Brazilian twins Os Gemeos, to politically engaged Blu highlighting issues of consumerism and global warning, as well as signature animals by ROA.

View the full set of pics here

Berlin, Street

Berlin Streets: JR

July 16, 2013 butterfly 1 Comment

As part of the Wrinkles of the city worldwide project, French photograffer JR has invaded the streets of Berlin with his giant black and white paste ups portraits.

Berlin, Interviews/ Studio visits, Shows

Studio Visits: BLO (Berlin)

July 6, 2013 butterfly 1 Comment

We visited the studio of French graffiti artist BLO, based in Berlin, as he prepares for his upcoming solo show “La Petite Mort” at Open Walls Gallery opening tonight.

La Petite Mort examines euphoric isolation of the artist, steeped in BLO’s past movements throughout the public sphere, from 1998 in the French Graffiti scene. This show has all the destructive elements of his youth – yet now he attacks his symbolic ancestors, from the Virgin Mary and Child to the Bleeding Heart.

BLO (DMV) works with many juxtapositions in his dream-like images of damage. Negating the iconic pin-up of the graffiti scene, he labours intensively over androgynous women with mechanical limbs and lead pipe bones. The sculptural curves of the paintings mirror the heavy reflex of gesture seen in the other monochrome illustrations, that are ripped from their static respite to play on a series of wooden panels and stretched cotton throughout the show.