{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Stencil Art \u0026 Cyberpunk: Czarnobyl Art Show","height":1620,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-02T18:51:03Z","description":"Punk and squatting, cyborgs and graffiti - That’s the world of Berlin-based stencil artist Czarnobyl. Recently he opened his art show at ATM Gallery in Berlin...","html":"\u003cp\u003eSome months ago, he was part of the “Aerosol Fumes” exhibition, which presented almost \u003ca href=\"/aerosol-fumes-top-stencil-artists/\"\u003ethe best Berlin-based stencil artist\u003c/a\u003e and now he has his own exhibition at ATM Gallery in Berlin - Yes, I’m talking about \u003cstrong\u003eCzarnobyl\u003c/strong\u003e, who lives and works in Berlin since 1993!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell influenced by the craziness of cyberpunk, house squatting and graffiti, his detailed stencil artworks combine motives of cyborgs, alternative people, abstract patterns and other strange things\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt seems like Czarnobyl’s works want to remind us of the technological progress and its’ unfulfilled promise of a better future. His creatures are completely torn, lonesome but oppressive as well as nostalgic and not yet in a common sense beautiful. Czarnobyl’s protagonists appear much more as mutated outsiders of an evil and unequal game like the mutants of the Megapolis.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://www.atmberlin.de/en/exhibitions/czarnobyl.php\"\u003epress release\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast Friday, I visited the well-frequented opening and took some shots.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_17c0bd1720849d90.avif 480w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_f1b34bb79f369664.avif 960w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_7c8ed039ec5bb188.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_8846e29d51df4669.webp 480w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_5ca4e0eeed49f454.webp 960w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_8757a188878f17ef.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_77400b95caf19304.jpg\" srcset=\"/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_6b94f5f9273a0da5.jpg 480w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_a6e9f98f08e12e16.jpg 960w, /czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm_hu_77400b95caf19304.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"czarnobyl stencil art at atm\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eczarnobyl stencil art at atm\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nSome months ago, he was part of the “Aerosol Fumes” exhibition, which presented almost [the best Berlin-based stencil artist](/aerosol-fumes-top-stencil-artists/) and now he has his own exhibition at ATM Gallery in Berlin - Yes, I’m talking about **Czarnobyl**, who lives and works in Berlin since 1993!\n\nWell influenced by the craziness of cyberpunk, house squatting and graffiti, his detailed stencil artworks combine motives of cyborgs, alternative people, abstract patterns and other strange things...\n\n*It seems like Czarnobyl’s works want to remind us of the technological progress and its’ unfulfilled promise of a better future. His creatures are completely torn, lonesome but oppressive as well as nostalgic and not yet in a common sense beautiful. Czarnobyl’s protagonists appear much more as mutated outsiders of an evil and unequal game like the mutants of the Megapolis.* ([press release](http://www.atmberlin.de/en/exhibitions/czarnobyl.php))\n\nLast Friday, I visited the well-frequented opening and took some shots.\n\n![czarnobyl stencil art at atm](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/czarnobyl-stencil-art-atm.jpg\u003e)\n\nczarnobyl stencil art at atm ","tags":["Berlin","Gallery","Czarnobyl","Stencil Art"],"title":"Stencil Art \u0026 Cyberpunk: Czarnobyl Art Show","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/czarnobyl-cyberpunk-stencil-art/"}