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FactoryFresh
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March 5th: The Art of Boris Hoppek & Alex Diamond, by FactoryFresh on Feb 28, 2010 4:47:42 GMT 1, Boris Hoppek, has been an acclaimed name in the Graffiti-world since the late eighties, more recently he has become an outstanding talent within the contemporary art scene. By thematizing sexuality, violence, racism and oppression in a very clean and accurate style, the artist isolates provocative themes for contemplation. Since 2004, the heliumcowboy artspace has exhibited his works in three solo shows and on diverse art fairs. In Basel and Miami 2007, Hoppek set up huge interactive cardboard installations at SCOPE, and today he is one of the most prominent European artists coming from a background in Street Art/Graffiti. For SCOPE Basel 2008, Hoppek was invited to convert the water taxis commuting across the Rhine into floating artworks, bringing his narrative potential away from the constrictions of a traditional booth scenario onto the water.
Alex Diamond is unseizable as a person and difficult to categorize as an artist, he is more fantasy than reality. His main issue always centres around his work and its presentation, but never around the personality of an individual. Alex Diamond appears always as a new and different creation of a role or character with every one of his shows. Not limited by a CV, a formative education or even a dedicated technique or style, Alex Diamond constantly develops a new specific presence for the โArtist behind the workโ. Alex Diamond is an artist who apparently lives solely through the art he creates โ and vice versa. He plays mind tricks with visual aids, pleasing at one moment, disturbing in the next. Independent from styles and techniques, he mirrors life and our constant fight for possession, superiority, survival and love in an almost nonchalant way. Having focused on his project Being Alex Diamond for the last year and a half (and of which also a catalogue has been published lately), the artist will now present a whole new body of drawings at Factory Fresh.
Boris Hoppek, has been an acclaimed name in the Graffiti-world since the late eighties, more recently he has become an outstanding talent within the contemporary art scene. By thematizing sexuality, violence, racism and oppression in a very clean and accurate style, the artist isolates provocative themes for contemplation. Since 2004, the heliumcowboy artspace has exhibited his works in three solo shows and on diverse art fairs. In Basel and Miami 2007, Hoppek set up huge interactive cardboard installations at SCOPE, and today he is one of the most prominent European artists coming from a background in Street Art/Graffiti. For SCOPE Basel 2008, Hoppek was invited to convert the water taxis commuting across the Rhine into floating artworks, bringing his narrative potential away from the constrictions of a traditional booth scenario onto the water.
Alex Diamond is unseizable as a person and difficult to categorize as an artist, he is more fantasy than reality. His main issue always centres around his work and its presentation, but never around the personality of an individual. Alex Diamond appears always as a new and different creation of a role or character with every one of his shows. Not limited by a CV, a formative education or even a dedicated technique or style, Alex Diamond constantly develops a new specific presence for the โArtist behind the workโ. Alex Diamond is an artist who apparently lives solely through the art he creates โ and vice versa. He plays mind tricks with visual aids, pleasing at one moment, disturbing in the next. Independent from styles and techniques, he mirrors life and our constant fight for possession, superiority, survival and love in an almost nonchalant way. Having focused on his project Being Alex Diamond for the last year and a half (and of which also a catalogue has been published lately), the artist will now present a whole new body of drawings at Factory Fresh.
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FactoryFresh
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March 5th: The Art of Boris Hoppek & Alex Diamond, by FactoryFresh on Feb 28, 2010 4:49:45 GMT 1, Boris Hoppek, Alex Diamond and the heliumcowboy artspace team Jorg and Isabel's flights landed thursday just before the huge snow storm here in NYC grounded all flights. Setup for our upcoming show opening March 5th is underway.
Boris Hoppek, Alex Diamond and the heliumcowboy artspace team Jorg and Isabel's flights landed thursday just before the huge snow storm here in NYC grounded all flights. Setup for our upcoming show opening March 5th is underway.
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Pure Evil
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March 5th: The Art of Boris Hoppek & Alex Diamond, by Pure Evil on Feb 28, 2010 13:07:29 GMT 1, Boris is amazing !!! I've been a massive fan of his work for a long time.. show is going to ROCK..
heres a clip of him : www.graffititv.net/index1.html
Boris is amazing !!! I've been a massive fan of his work for a long time.. show is going to ROCK.. heres a clip of him : www.graffititv.net/index1.html |
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