Emess: Exploring the World of Urban Art

Berlin-based street artist Emess, who is well-known especially for his nice stencil collages, came up with a new project back in 2010 which is called City Music. This public art project is about acoustics in urban space, including beautiful sound-installations powered by urban wind power or even escalators! What I like about those street artworks is that although the used technique is quite simple, the results are great! Hope to see hear some more from Emess when he is back in town… ...

Street Art News | I heard this weekend will be sunny and warm in London, so before you will go enjoying the weather, I will pelt you with the latest street art and graffiti news and of course some urban art eye candy from around the globe! This time I collected interesting interviews with artists, some exhibition hints for Paris and Berlin and new impressions from the streets. Have fun while clicking through these link-tips. Bon appétit! ...

The last weekend was marked by the “United Colours” street art festival, which takes place in Berlin for the first time. Two workshops, one on graffiti characters and one on stencil art, called on to participate and the concept seems to work… The “United Colours” street art festival is a collaboration between the famous ATM Gallery and the RosengARTen in Berlin-Mitte and will run until the end of this week. They present a mixture of creative entertainment, do-it-yourself workshops with professional help by local urban artists and live-paintings. ...

Hey, it’s time for some Urban Art Eye Candy! In the last days, a lot of great street art and graffiti shit happened. Whether exhibition photos, live paintings or interventions, the summer is coming, the weather is quite good and the artists are as creative as I haven’t seen in a long time. For this reason I will give you a short overview about some small but very interesting urban art actions: ...

Berlin is the world capital of stencil art - You don’t think so? Then take a look at the extravagant “Aerosol Fumes” stencil art exhibition! Since two days, Berlin’s five most well-known stencil artists – Bohomaz, Czarnobyl, Emess, Evol and Pisa73 – exhibit together in the Neurotitan Gallery. The exhibition brings together, what belongs together - Very detailed stencil artworks and large-sized abstract multilayer spray-paints, created by five different urban artists in five different styles. ...

Yippieh, 2010 will start with an extravagant street art show! The five most well-known Berlin-based stencil artists - Bohomaz, Czarnobyl, Emess, Evol and Pisa73 - will exhibit together in the Neurotitan Gallery. That very special and rare group-exhibition will be the first urban art highlight in the upcoming year. I’m so happy, ’cause for me stencil art is very important. My interests in street and urban art were stimulated by it and my first steps in being a part of the urban art scene were planning, cutting and spraying stencils. ...

Yesterday I informed you about the current exhibition by Berlin based street artist Emess. Named “What’s the colour of money?”, the stencil art show presents a large number of interesting and often humorous mashups with money, politics and the market as the main themes. I had some time,attended the opening, marveled about the more than 50 stencil portraits of Queen Elisabeth, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and others and took some nice photos for you! ...

“What’s the colour of money?” is the new street art show by well-known Berlin based stencil artist Emess! Who are the the famous personalities of money, production, time, freedom and market? This is the question Emess asks and answers in his recent, more than 50 stencil portraits, which show that street art’s roots are also touched by constructivism, pop-art and Dada: “In this series of portraits, Emess uses the well-known prints of the famous personalities depicted on currencies like the dollar, the pound, the Danish and Swedish krona or the Turkish lira. Emess combines the antique handicraft style of wood and copper engraving with the pop-iness of modern song titles and beyond that deals with our profane relationship to our beloved money. ...