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BSA Images Of The Week: 07.13.14

July 13, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Apparently there is another spectacular sporting event that’s got everyone captivated today and for a couple hours it will be easy to get a cronut or a seat on the subway because people will be worshipping flat screens inside a dark sports bar on the Lord’s Day. We recommend you jog right over to the High Line because it’s free and will likely be a little more commodious than usual. You can lounge while listening to a sleek waterfall, stroll arm in arm with your beloved, gaze upon the urban-wild landscaping and even catch a new billboard high-jacking that might make you crack a smile.

The billboard space is great if reserved for Art On The High Line, but has been recently replaced by straight up garishly banal advertising, sort of marring the beauty of this big public works project whose spirit is better served when it steers clear of commercial messaging. This week sometime a few buckets of yellow paint were used to selectively buff the message to create a new one. A bit of genius goes a long way sometimes, doesn’t it? Although, for all we know, it’s a clever way to draw attention to the original ad, since you can still read it.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Alice Pasquini, bunny M, Bust Art, Cera, Damon, Gazoo, Gum Shoe, Kid Monkey, Knarf, Labrona, LMNOPI, Low Bros, Miriam Castillo, Mr. Prvrt, Pyramid Oracle, Sweet Toof, Trentino, UD, Urban Spree, Vexta, Wing, and Zaria.

Top Image >> Unknown artist billboard takeover. Please help us ID the artist. Is it Posterboy perhaps? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Summer fashions can get quite skimpy in July in New York. Gum Shoe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Vexta (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Knarf new mural in Poland. (photo © Knarf)

LMNOPI (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Low Bros mural for Urban Spree. Berlin, Germany. 2014 (photo © Phillipp Barth)

Kid Monkey for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cera. Hand painted portrait. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Damon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Labrona new piece in Montreal, Canada. (photo © Labrona)

UD (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zaria and Bust Art new piece in Amsterdam. (photo © Bust Art)

Gazoo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

When Lavinia jumped, unknowingly she left behind her feet. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

An unknown artist’s sculpture of a face with tree branch below and existing and previously published WING glass hummingbird. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alice Pasquini new mural in Trentino, Italy. (photo © Jessica Stewart)

Sweet Toof (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. PRVRT (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Pyramid Oracle (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miriam Castillo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Lower Manhattan engulfed by fog. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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“We know exactly what we want – but we keep changing our minds!” (Various & Gould)

June 21, 2014 Artists

Watch what you say, people, because your words may end up as floating balloon heads on the side of a farmhouse in Germany.

Not sure if that new axiom will be memorized worldwide, but we were shocked shocked none-the-less to learn that some off-handed comment in Bed-Stuy a couple of years ago inspired Various and Gould to name a print and a mural after it.

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

“This line itself again was based on the talk we had with you, when we first met at Brooklynite,” explains Various and Gould about the origination of the title.

“You might not remember the exact situation, but during our conversation and while joking around in the Gallery’s garden somehow the title of the print was born, as one of us said something like ‘We know exactly what we want …’ and one of you completed: ‘… but we keep changing our minds!’ ”

Your challenge, dear BSA reader, should you choose to accept it, is to guess which one of us made such a sarcastic rejoinder. Until then enjoy this new mural piece in Brandenburg by Various and Gould.

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

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LA in Berlin, Urban Nation Unveils Project M/4

May 26, 2014 Artists

Urban Nation in Berlin bellows quietly again as it partners with Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace in LA for an eclectic Project M/4 installation and group show.

Dabs & Myla on the facade. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

The forth iteration of this open/secret streetside exhibition in the the front windows of soon to be renovated building near Nollendorfplatz, M/4 highlights the myriad influences of the New Contemporary scene that Hosner has crafted and curated for roughly a decade now. With LA-via-Australian couple DabsMyla festooning the five-story façade with signature cartoonish characters, the ground floor windows portend the ever widening array of influences that may reflect in the Urban Art story that UN founder Yasha Young envisions telling in the future.

Joao Ruas (A) and Fernando Chamarelli (B). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

In addition to the windows reflecting a titillating tomorrow for this edifice, the group show “LAX/TXL” fills a nearby gallery space with Hosner’s handpicked top 60 artists from the ever growing spheres of dark pop, pop surrealism, tattoo, illustration, street art, graffiti, new folk, and skater culture that have characterized the rolling visual feast that follows wherever he goes. With so many new voices and spirits in this neighborhood that sports a rich modern history of germinating subculture, it appears that Berlin is poised to again reconfigure, even if current passersby may be a bit puzzled.

Window murals for Project M/4 are planned to showcase works by Alexis Diaz (aka La Pandilla, Andrew Shoultz, C215, Curiot, Fernando Chamarelli, Glenn Barr, Joao Ruas, Low Bros, Nosego, and Word To Mother

Alexis Diaz/La Pandilla. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Alexis Diaz at work on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

The ‘LAX / TXL’ gallery show features 16” square works by
Aaron Nagel, Adam Caldwell, Alex Yanes, Alexis Diaz (aka La Pandilla), Allison Sommers, Amy Sol, Andrew Hem, Andrew Schoultz, Anthony Clarkson, Ariel DeAndrea, Bec Winne, Brendan Monroe, Brett Amory, Brian Mashburn, Brian M. Viveros, Bumblebee C215, Camilla d’Errico, Carl Cashman, Christine Wu, Craig ‘Skibs’ Barker, Cryptik, Curiot, Dabs Myla, Dave MacDowell, David Cooley, Derek Gores, Ekundayo, Erica Rose Levine, Erik Jones, Fernando Chamarelli, Frank Gonzales, Ghostpatrol, Glenn Arthur, Glenn Barr, James Marshall (aka Dalek), JBAK, Jeff Ramirez, Jeremy Hush, Joanne Nam, Jolene Lai, Keita Morimoto, Kelly Vivanco, Kevin Peterson, Kikyz 1313, Kyungyup Kwon, Linnea Strid, Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, Meggs, Mike Egan, Nosego, Paul Barnes, Paul Romano, Pixel Pancho, Rodrigo Luff, Ryan Hewett, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Sarah Joncas, Seth Armstrong, So Youn Lee, Word To Mother, Yoskay Yamamoto, and Yosuke Ueno.

Curiot. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Curiot at work on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Low Bros. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Low Bros at work on their piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Glen Barr (F) Nosego (G). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Nosego signing his piece. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz (H) Word To Mother (I). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz working on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Word To Mother working on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Detail of Word To Mother piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

C215 (J). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz and Word To Mother couldn’t resist the empty walls inside the building. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Word To Mother and Andrew Schoultz beautifying the empty soon to be demolished walls inside the building . Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Click HERE for more information on Urban Nation and Project M and to see the previous editions of Project M

Special thanks to photographer Henrik Haven for sharing these exclusive images with BSA readers.

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Skount and Kera on a Wall and a Train in Germany

April 12, 2014 Artists

Skount has been experimenting with abstract patterns in some of his new work, especially this new wall with his bro Kera in Berlin. The attraction of abstraction continues to appear in Street Art and murals, and our theory today for its resurgence is that it is an unconscious way of assembling the multiple media/entertainment streams that we are bombarded with today and imposing some order on the chaos.

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Skount . Kera. Detail. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

In addition to this new wall the guys had an opportunity that most street artist/ writers would jump on if given the chance – a whole train car in Jena. A modern urban archetype of near mythic proportions, hitting up a train is immortalized in many artists minds as a symbol of the earliest days of graffiti, even if the car is out of commission. These two friends took it and gave it their best shot.

Skount . Kera. Detail. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Detail. Jena, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

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New Video for Project M/3 at UN Site in Berlin

March 25, 2014 Artists

Here’s a fresh video (below) completed yesterday that shows a little of the excitement and machinations behind the scenes of the Project M/3 in Berlin, as well as dramatic foreshadowing of the UN. Director Yasha Young lays some of the groundwork philosophy and Martha Cooper alludes cheerfully to the scope of things to come.

JBAK does an abstracted photorealistic piece for Project M/3 at UN, Berlin (screenshot © UN)

Rone on the upper facade of the soon to be renovated future UN, Berlin (screenshot © UN)

An Urban Nation Growing in Berlin

For more on Urban Nation and ProjectM/3 click HERE and read BSA coverage with exclusive photos from Luna Park and an interview with Martyn Reed, curator of Project M/3.

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Project M/3 Opens for UN in Berlin and Martyn Reed on Table Etiquette

March 20, 2014 Artists, Interview

“good table manners, social awareness, whether or not they are house trained…”

Project M sounds like a James Bond plot feature, and if you’ve seen the smartly swarthy man of mystery at the helm of this installation you may expect him to scale the facade of the Urban Nation, instead of simply curate it.

But that is what Nuart’s founder Martyn Reed is doing in Berlin right now – cultivating a diverse program of urban artists on the ground level of a promising new project now under construction. Last week Martyn met with a number of the participants who flew, drove, walked to this neighborhood in transition to install their works for M/3 – including New York’s Martha Cooper, Melbourne’s Buff Diss, and Berlin’s Various & Gould, among others.

Martha Cooper. Shot from inside the window. (photo © Luna Park)

Project M, now in it’s 3rd edition, is a rotating street level exhibition to draw attention to the birth of an auspicious new cultural and art project that will anchor Berlin even further in the minds of fans and academics alike who follow the scene that continues to evolve around art in the streets.

An international presence in an internationally revered street art/ graffiti/ urban art/ mural city, so far Project M has featured artists such as Faile, Ron English, Know Hope, Sandra Chevrier and Strøk, and by the end of this series will have featured many more who are lending shape and form to this global scene with many names.

Martha Cooper poses in front of her window, 33 years after taking the original photo. (photo © Luna Park)

On hand for the installation action a few days ago was New York based photographer Luna Park, who shares with BSA readers some of the installation action, and we spoke with Mr. Reed about his curatorial vision for this iteration of Project M.

Brooklyn Street Art: Can you tell us about Project M and what you will be drawing attention to here?
Martyn Reed: It’s an interesting project and quite unusual in that it uses the inside of windows to house the work, and due to the nature of the project has quite a few restrictions that we’re not used to on the street or gallery. But like working on a canvas, these restrictions can often focus the mind.

For this iteration of Project M (the third), we set ourselves three tasks; to integrate Berlin artists into the group, to focus primarily on Stencil Art, and to mix well know names with emerging talent. We also asked a few of the artists, Martin Whatson and Ernest Zacharevic for example, to work site specifically.

So much for the “Broken Window” theory. Martha Cooper (photo © Luna Park)

Brooklyn Street Art: When you were thinking about which artists to choose for this project that is still in its early days at UN, what qualities were you looking for?
Martyn Reed: As ever with Nuart, it’s not always just about the art. This was to be a pretty intense 12 hour working period in a relatively small space with a crew who hadn’t yet met the artists. In cases like this it is important, like at all great dinner parties, to get the mix of guests just right.

Failing that, it is important to ensure that there’s plenty of alcohol available. Other qualities we looked for were good table manners, social awareness, whether or not they are house trained, and whether they can they be trusted with sharp implements etcetera. – For the most, I think we got the balance just right.

Levalet at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Brooklyn Street Art: Berlin obviously is a major city for street/urban/graffiti/mural art. How would you describe the influence of the local scene as factoring in to your curatorial vision on this project?
Martyn Reed: I think it’s important to get to know as much as possible about the artists and area you’re working in. Fortunately we have a lot of friends based in Berlin and a pretty intimate knowledge of the scene.

I knew which artists and style of work I wanted for this project and also those I thought who would be valuable allies for the UN project in the future. Berlin’s an interesting place to work with its heady mix of activism, anarchy and youthful abandon. I guess finding a way to harness and present this without becoming it, is key.

Levalet (photo © Luna Park)

Brooklyn Street Art: You have had some view of this already during the installation – but which artist do you think will provoke the most response from passersby?
Martyn Reed: For me it is Martha Cooper’s “Cops” from 1981, a vintage photo install chosen specifically for this location that is overlooked by the U-Bahn, Berlin’s Subway. It’s 20% larger than life and is really imposing in situ and when viewed from the train. It has already garnered the most interest and I’m sure is on its way to being a “future classic”.

I’m really happy bringing this particular work to the street and presenting it as a work of art in its own right, and of course, it’s always a pleasure to honour such a legend as Martha.

Various & Gould at work on their piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Various & Gould (photo © Luna Park)

Martin Whatson at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Martin Whatson (photo © Luna Park)

Buff Diss at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Buff Diss (photo © Luna Park)

Evol. Detail. (photo © Luna Park)

Plot Bot at work. (photo © Luna Park)

Ernest Zacharevic at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Ernest Zacharevic stands aside his new installation for M/3 (photo © Luna Park)

Poland’s M-City through the glass. Detail. (photo © Luna Park)

M-City with David Hochbaum on the right. (photo © Luna Park)

Rone on the facade, upper portion. Curated by Urban Nation. (photo © Luna Park)

David Hochbaum on the lower facade. Curated by Urban Nation. (photo © Luna Park)

We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Luna Park for sharing her photos with us. If you wish to see more of Luna’s work click HERE

PROJECT M/3, curated by Martyn Reed of Nuart features: MARTHA COOPER (US), DOTDOTDOT (NO), ERNEST ZACHAREVIC (LT), VARIOUS AND GOULD (DE), M-CITY (PL), LEVALET (FR), PLOTBOT (DE), MARTIN WHATSON (NO), EVOL (DE), BUFF DISS (AUS)

For more information on Urban Nation, click HERE.

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Images Of The Week: 06.02.13

June 2, 2013 Artists

Stoop sales, hula hoops, fire hydrants, ladders and paint. Get me one of those ices from that guy with the cart on the corner, will ya?

Here’s our weekly interview of the street, this week featuring A1one, Chris Stain, Creepy, Elbow Toe, Essen, Foxx Face, Icy & Sot, LMNOP, Maya Hayuk, Mr. Toll, Rubin, Sexer, Werds, You Are Beautiful, and Zimad.

A writer who has used Arabic lettering since 2003, A1one just completed this new piece and translates it for us. “The word is Love (Ishq). In all the Middle East they can understand the meaning of this word… It refers to the divine or clean kind of love,” says A1one.

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Open Walls Gallery Presents: Various & Gould “The Pressure of Printing” (Berlin, Germany)

May 28, 2013 Afghanistan, Artists

Various & Gould

VARIOUS & GOULD | THE PRESSURE OF PRINTING

OPEN WALLS Gallery cordially invites to VARIOUS & GOULD‘s upcoming show, opening on June 8th from 20:00 onwards, in our showroom in Stattbad.

For VARIOUS & GOULD the collage technique is a principle of creating common ground. Testing and experimenting with methods of collaborative printing, was the aim for their residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum, in Belgium, at the beginning of this year.

As an introduction into our program, VARIOUS & GOULD will present the “Belgian Houses” series. This particular body of work is build up from many little bits and pieces, such as patchwork figures, body parts, objects & patterns combined and reassembled together. There are alternately printed by the two artists, in an impressive manner, on paper-sheets. The artists reversed their workflow and implemented the method of collaging directly into the printing process, revisiting previous templates and thus composing new pieces. The result is a series of twelve “collage-prints”.

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Colab Gallery Presents: “Public Provocations” A Group Exhibition (Weil am Rhein, Germany)

May 21, 2013 Afghanistan, Artists

Public Provocations

The Colab Gallery presents the fifth edition of PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS. It combines various styles, disciplines and techniques of Urban Art. Nine artists from all over the world will be providing insight into their creative work. Every single artist is unique, and the exhibition will be as extraordinary as each exceptional piece of work is. PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS – a cross section of current works of the urban art scene.

PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS is opening on Saturday, June 8th at 8 pm and we are looking forward to seeing you there!

Alice Paquini, Robert Proch, Amose, Michael Grudziecki, Wolfgang Krell, Chris Stain, Case, Gris1, Orticanoodles.

http://www.colab-gallery.com/en/exhibitions/current-exhibition/public-provocations-v

BC Gallery Presents: Inaugural Group Exhibition (Berlin, Germany)

April 16, 2013 Afghanistan, Artists

Grand Opening

Bumblebee
Interesni Kazki
Inti
Jaz
M-City
Moneyless
Sixeart
Sowat
Stinkfish

Grand Opening 26/Apr/13, 18H

Located in the center of Berlin’s culture magnet Friedrichshain, BC Gallery has its headquarters in a brand new top-of-the-line gallery space at Libauer Strasse and a breathtaking off-location on the famed RAW strip .
The grand inaugural gallery show will feature works by Bumblebee, Interesni Kazki, Inti, Jaz, M-City, Moneyless, Sixeart, Stinkfish and the calligraphy French master Sowat, who just finished an impressive work on the gallery floor.
BC Gallery: Libauer Str. 14, 10245 Berlin . Friday April 26th at 6pm

http://bcgallery.de/?cat=3

The Urban Art Clash Presents: A Large Scale Exhibition of Contemporary Urban Art (Berlin, Germany)

April 9, 2013 Afghanistan

The URBAN ART CLASH presents a large-scale exhibition featuring current positions of Contemporary Urban Art & Photography curated by Alesh One / Dissizit!

About 50 Artists from several countries have been invited to this art show and 6-weeks open-studio session in Berlin.

Applied Street Art techniques such as Urban Art / Graffiti / Stencils / Painting / Photography / Collage / Paste Up / Screen Print / Sculptures / Aerosol Art / Tattoo Ink Art / Drawing / Sketches and Graphic Design will be transferred to the exhibition rooms and all over Berlin City…

URBAN ART CLASH 2013

BC Gallery Presents: Group Exhibition (Berlin, Germany)

April 2, 2013 Afghanistan

Grand Opening April 26th, 2013 with a group exhibition containing work from:

Bumblebee
Interesni Kazki
Inti
Jaz
M-City
Moneyless
Sixe Paredes (aka Sixeart)
Stinkfish
Sowat

Make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend the opening!

BC Gallery
Libauer Strasse 14
10245 Berlin

http://bcgallery.de

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Top Image >> Unknown artist billboard takeover. Please help us ID the artist. Is it Posterboy perhaps? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Summer fashions can get quite skimpy in July in New York. Gum Shoe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Vexta (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Knarf new mural in Poland. (photo © Knarf)

LMNOPI (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LMNOPI (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Low Bros mural for Urban Spree. Berlin, Germany. 2014 (photo © Phillipp Barth)

Kid Monkey for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cera. Hand painted portrait. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Damon (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Labrona new piece in Montreal, Canada. (photo © Labrona)

UD (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zaria and Bust Art new piece in Amsterdam. (photo © Bust Art)

Gazoo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

When Lavinia jumped, unknowingly she left behind her feet. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

An unknown artist’s sculpture of a face with tree branch below and existing and previously published WING glass hummingbird. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Alice Pasquini new mural in Trentino, Italy. (photo © Jessica Stewart)

Sweet Toof (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. PRVRT (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Pyramid Oracle (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Miriam Castillo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Lower Manhattan engulfed by fog. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

Various & Gould. Brandenburg, Germany. June 2014. (photo © Various & Gould)

Dabs & Myla on the facade. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Joao Ruas (A) and Fernando Chamarelli (B). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Alexis Diaz/La Pandilla. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Alexis Diaz at work on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Curiot. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Curiot at work on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Low Bros. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Low Bros at work on their piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Glen Barr (F) Nosego (G). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Nosego signing his piece. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz (H) Word To Mother (I). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz working on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Word To Mother working on his piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Detail of Word To Mother piece. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

C215 (J). Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Andrew Schoultz and Word To Mother couldn’t resist the empty walls inside the building. Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Word To Mother and Andrew Schoultz beautifying the empty soon to be demolished walls inside the building . Project M/4. Urban Nation, Berlin. (photo © Henrik Haven)

Skount . Kera. Detail. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Detail. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Detail. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Detail. Jena, Germany. (photo © Skount)

Skount . Kera. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Skount)

JBAK does an abstracted photorealistic piece for Project M/3 at UN, Berlin (screenshot © UN)

Rone on the upper facade of the soon to be renovated future UN, Berlin (screenshot © UN)

An Urban Nation Growing in Berlin

“good table manners, social awareness, whether or not they are house trained…”

Martha Cooper. Shot from inside the window. (photo © Luna Park)

Martha Cooper poses in front of her window, 33 years after taking the original photo. (photo © Luna Park)

So much for the “Broken Window” theory. Martha Cooper (photo © Luna Park)

Levalet at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Levalet (photo © Luna Park)

Various & Gould at work on their piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Various & Gould (photo © Luna Park)

Martin Whatson at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Martin Whatson (photo © Luna Park)

Buff Diss at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Buff Diss (photo © Luna Park)

Buff Diss (photo © Luna Park)

Evol. Detail. (photo © Luna Park)

Plot Bot at work. (photo © Luna Park)

Ernest Zacharevic at work on his piece. (photo © Luna Park)

Ernest Zacharevic stands aside his new installation for M/3 (photo © Luna Park)

Poland’s M-City through the glass. Detail. (photo © Luna Park)

M-City with David Hochbaum on the right. (photo © Luna Park)

Rone on the facade, upper portion. Curated by Urban Nation. (photo © Luna Park)

David Hochbaum on the lower facade. Curated by Urban Nation. (photo © Luna Park)

Top image > Sexer and Zimad at work on the brand new mural for Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Elbow Toe (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Foxx Face (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Brooklyn’s Maya Hayuk just completed this new work in Cologne, Germany (photo © Maya Hayuk)

Icy & Sot (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Icy & Sot. What could they have been playing with? (photo © Jaime Rojo)