Cone The Weird begibt sich mit seiner Soloaustellung inhaltlich auf schizophrenes Terrain. Einen Teil seiner Arbeiten widmet er dem Blick auf sich selbst. Dies geschieht in Form serieller Selbstbildnisse. Diese Abbilder müssen für Gedankenspiele und visuelle Experimente herhalten. Den konzeptuellen Ursprung dafür fand er in seinen gestalterischen Wurzeln, die im Graffiti liegen. Das Prinzip sich ein Pseudonym zuzulegen (die eigene Identität zu kaschieren) um dieses zu vervielfältigen, zu streuen und mit ihr zu experimentieren findet sich im Kern dieser Arbeit. Statt... Read more..
ICONES – Number 1 contains a selection of the kind of ink drawings CONE is well known for. Selfies, tributes and ridiculous confessions are their subjects. The self portraits are a serial work with its conceptual roots in his graffiti background. Instead of styles or tags he spreads his variations of the beardedman with glasses and experiments with that image in a for- mal as well as autobiographical manner. Using his own character enables him to make these works a... Read more..
Upper Playground had an exclusive interview with Nychos about “The Easter Rabbit” of Oakland. Read the full story here: http://news.upperplayground.com/news/interview-with-nychos-on-the-easter-rabbit-of-oakland Copyright to all pictures belong to Upper Playground
Founder of the Rabbit Eye Movement (REM), NYCHOS, opens his solo show ‘STREET ANATOMY’ at Fifty24SF Gallery this month along with a series of pop-up murals to be installed in the city. The Austria-based artist has been traveling around the world this past year, leaving his footprint in every city with a mural of his contagious signature REM style. In 2013, his stop in San Francisco resulted in a giant tiger mural scaling a six-story building on Geary Street between Jones... Read more..
On April 10, 2014 Andrea Wan will have the official opening of her exhibition called Mirror Mirror in the Rabbit Eye Movement Art Space in Vienna. Beforehand we got to talk to her to get to know a bit more about her and her work. For those who don’ know you so well, can you give us a little introduction? I’m an Artist born in Hong Kong and grew up in Vancouver, BC. I have a background in filmmaking and... Read more..
