December, 2016

Banksy

By on 15. December 2016

The most famous Street Art Artist in the World

Banksy is a mystery. Banksy is political. Banksy has revolutionized the street art scene. Yet to the turn of the millennium he was a widely unknown artist who sprayed his stencil images in the UK, Israel, Mexico and in the United States on walls. Who is behind this artist who gets very much hyped on the art market, but who actually abhors it?

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Aphex Twin

By on 14. December 2016

The Mozart of Techno

He is undoubtedly one of the most important representatives of the electronic scene: Aphex Twin aka Richard David James. It is claimed, that he produced first pieces at the tender age of ten by the help of a prepared piano and a tape recorder. We introduce the luminary.

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The Beat Generation

By on 12. December 2016

The Pioneers of the intellectual Hippies

The “Beat” first emerged as an American literature direction after the end of the Second World War. Only a few other literary movements came with such as sustainable impact on Postmodernism. Authors such as Jack Keruac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs coined this time. We present this exciting decade, which was a trailblazer for the hippies of the 1960s.

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Thierry Noir

By on 8. December 2016

A French Wall-Painter in Berlin

Everyone knows his artworks in Berlin. He became famous as a wall painter after reunification with his large, colourful faces with bulgy eyes and pouts. These Noir-Heads paints the artist, who was born in Lyon in 1952, until today.

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