Herakut (Artists)

As mentioned before, Herakut’s dirty fine graffiti show called “Happy Doubt-Day” opened four days ago. Campbarbossa visited the show and now there are first impressions from the exhibition online. “Through the strength of their work, coupled with the demand for their style, herakut have moved beyond producing strictly “street art”, and are now regarded as some of the most exciting contemporary artists of our time. Yet they have maintained the respect of the street art community, and they reciprocate that respect by continuing to create with spray cans, even as their artistic sphere of operation has grown to include interior spaces.” (press-release) ...

This June will be hot! It’s not only the release month of Martha Cooper’s new Name Tagging book, but the month of Herakut’s first solo show on their home turf in Germany, called Unhappy Doubt-Day. Herakut Graffiti Works The urban art show, including most recent dirty fine graffiti artworks by the Herakut duo, will be presented by Galerie Springmann.Varol, which is currently showing JR’s “Women are Heros”! For me, Herakut’s way of creating artworks is fascinating. After I visited their live painting last year, I’m a big fan of that interaction between dirty colors and drips and the amazing detailed appearance. I think the art show will be - like the Os Gêmeos graffiti show - very interesting not only for graffiti lovers, but for contemporary art fans! ...

Do you know “Eurocultured”? It’s a street festival with a lot of nice music and some of the most famous visual artists and performers from every corner of Europe, which is based in Manchester. I never had heard something about the “Eurocultured” street festival, but what I read now sounds very interesting: “We return for the seventh consecutive year to celebrate the diversity of European culture. Covering everything from traditional to current and cutting edge music. ...

Yesterday, the German urban artist duo Herakut painted live in Berlin! I was there for taking some photos… Herakut - Between graffiti, street art and art Hera and Akut combine with their mixture of graffiti and contemporary fine arts the urban roughness of the streets and the natural richness of detail. Yesterday, the both artists showed in an impressive way, how they interact with each-other and in which way they create their artworks. Tinting paint, water and spray-paint became in several hours a dirty, interesting and impressive mixture and lead to a harmonious whole. ...

Breaking News: Herakut will be painting live in Berlin this week! The German artist duo Hera and Akut are working together for years. Their contrasting styles and their strange way of creating artworks, has made them famous urban artists. Their book “Herakut - The Perfect Merge” shows in a strong way that the mixture of two such different styles can lead to a harmonious whole. ...