{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Kiss the City: French Graffiti in Berlin","height":1620,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/atlas-graffiti.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-03T14:17:16Z","description":"Babou, L’Atlas, Sun7 and Tanc are four well-known graffiti and street artists from France. Recently they opened their graffiti exhibition in Berlin, showing some really amazing urban artworks... ","html":"\u003cp\u003eWhile stones and bottles were flying against policemen and thousands of young people party the Walpurgis Night in Berlin, the Skalitzers Gallery in Kreuzberg opened its doors for a great art show last Friday! \u003cem\u003eKiss the City\u003c/em\u003e shows amazing artworks by the four famous French urban artists \u003cstrong\u003eBabou\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/latlas-in-new-york/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL’Atlas\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSun7\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTanc\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith roots in tagging since the early 90s, it is the making of their mark that unites them. Working together since 2003, their works individually interpret the emotion, ambience, gesture and search for the master-stroke. (\u003ca href=\"http://skalitzers.com/exhib.php?nb=11\"\u003epress release\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s very interesting to see their different styles close to each other - The abstract typography by Sun7, the style-mixture by Babou, the fine graffiti circles by Tanc and of course the genius of L’Atlas\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, I heard the trees whisper that two of them had some trouble with the police. Hopefully everything is fine with them\u0026hellip; However, the exhibition runs until May 28th. Those of you who are in Berlin, should make sure to check it out! Maybe - with some luck - you meet one of the artists at the gallery!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more photos, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.berlinpiraten.de/babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-skalitzers/\"\u003eberlinpiraten.de\u003c/a\u003e.\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=\"/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_54b7da38473f0f91.avif 480w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_4d296b339397d35c.avif 960w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_236b9448b57e06a2.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_ff8016ac32828d36.webp 480w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_7ac1dbfde1f5a55b.webp 960w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_7efe8225e41ddd1c.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_652eeabf9e849bd7.jpg\" srcset=\"/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_f9961dfc2ed4b268.jpg 480w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_caffc02ec5ff54.jpg 960w, /kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art_hu_652eeabf9e849bd7.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"sun7 graffiti art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esun7 graffiti art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nWhile stones and bottles were flying against policemen and thousands of young people party the Walpurgis Night in Berlin, the Skalitzers Gallery in Kreuzberg opened its doors for a great art show last Friday! *Kiss the City* shows amazing artworks by the four famous French urban artists **Babou**, [**L’Atlas**](/latlas-in-new-york/), **Sun7** and **Tanc**.\n\n\u003e With roots in tagging since the early 90s, it is the making of their mark that unites them. Working together since 2003, their works individually interpret the emotion, ambience, gesture and search for the master-stroke. ([press release](http://skalitzers.com/exhib.php?nb=11))\n\nIt’s very interesting to see their different styles close to each other - The abstract typography by Sun7, the style-mixture by Babou, the fine graffiti circles by Tanc and of course the genius of L’Atlas...\n\nBy the way, I heard the trees whisper that two of them had some trouble with the police. Hopefully everything is fine with them... However, the exhibition runs until May 28th. Those of you who are in Berlin, should make sure to check it out! Maybe - with some luck - you meet one of the artists at the gallery!\n\nFor more photos, visit [berlinpiraten.de](http://www.berlinpiraten.de/babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-skalitzers/).\n\n![sun7 graffiti art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/sun7-graffiti-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nsun7 graffiti art ","tags":["Gallery","L’Atlas","Abstract Art"],"title":"Kiss the City: French Graffiti in Berlin","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/kiss-the-city-babou-latlas-sun7-tanc-in-berlin/"}