{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"L’Atlas in Berlin - Action, Photos, Exhibition!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/latlas-painting-berlin.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-04-29T13:31:33Z","description":"Famous French urban artist L’Atlas is in town and used the last days to create some new abstract typography artworks for his upcoming exhibition... ","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrban Art Show\u003c/em\u003e | Famous French urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eL’Atlas\u003c/strong\u003e used, as some of you already know, the last couple of days to prepare some new artworks for his upcoming show at Skalitzers Contemporary Gallery in Berlin!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this new series \u003ca href=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/\"\u003eL’Atlas\u003c/a\u003e combined stamping, painting and taping to create a new style of multi-layered abstract typography in black and white, which plays with the viewer\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking a universal form of urban communication, L’Atlas invents a new language for global mega-cities, a language of signs as much as words. Beginning with the tag in the early 1990s, L’Atlas went on to study Arabic calligraphy with classic and modern masters in Morocco, Egypt and Syria, taking particular inspiration from traditional Kufic calligraphy – the oldest calligraphic form of the Arabic scripts. [\u0026hellip;] The rectangular shapes of the Kufic script are applied to the Latin alphabet to create his own typography, in which he writes his name as a labyrinth. Within his script, each shape is a letter, and each letter a shape - making each message both enigmatic and aesthetic. (\u003ca href=\"http://skalitzers.com/exhib.php?nb=9\"\u003eSkalitzers\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had the chance to catch up with L’Atlas to photographically document him in action and the development progress of some of his latest artworks! Some selected photos are available on my \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbanart-photography.eu/portfolio/latlas-painting-berlin/\"\u003eurban art photography project\u003c/a\u003e site, more can be found \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157626474491857/\"\u003eon Flickr\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose of you being in Berlin should definitely visit the exhibition opening tonight and say hello! Doors will be open around 7pm and I think the artist himself will also be around\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"media-unavailable\"\u003eImage unavailable: L’Atlas in Action.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eL’Atlas in Action\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"media-unavailable\"\u003eImage unavailable: L’Atlas Artworks in Progress.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eL’Atlas Artworks in Progress\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"media-unavailable\"\u003eImage unavailable: L’Atlas in Berlin.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eL’Atlas in Berlin\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"media-unavailable\"\u003eImage unavailable: L’Atlas Urban Art Exhibition.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eL’Atlas Urban Art Exhibition\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n L’Atlas in Berlin - Action, Photos, Exhibition!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Urban Art Show* | Famous French urban artist **L’Atlas** used, as some of you already know, the last couple of days to prepare some new artworks for his upcoming show at Skalitzers Contemporary Gallery in Berlin!\n\nFor this new series [L’Atlas](/latlas-urban-art-in-india/) combined stamping, painting and taping to create a new style of multi-layered abstract typography in black and white, which plays with the viewer...\n\n\u003e Seeking a universal form of urban communication, L’Atlas invents a new language for global mega-cities, a language of signs as much as words. Beginning with the tag in the early 1990s, L’Atlas went on to study Arabic calligraphy with classic and modern masters in Morocco, Egypt and Syria, taking particular inspiration from traditional Kufic calligraphy – the oldest calligraphic form of the Arabic scripts. [...] The rectangular shapes of the Kufic script are applied to the Latin alphabet to create his own typography, in which he writes his name as a labyrinth. Within his script, each shape is a letter, and each letter a shape - making each message both enigmatic and aesthetic. ([Skalitzers](http://skalitzers.com/exhib.php?nb=9))\n\nI had the chance to catch up with L’Atlas to photographically document him in action and the development progress of some of his latest artworks! Some selected photos are available on my [urban art photography project](http://www.urbanart-photography.eu/portfolio/latlas-painting-berlin/) site, more can be found [on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157626474491857/)!\n\nThose of you being in Berlin should definitely visit the exhibition opening tonight and say hello! Doors will be open around 7pm and I think the artist himself will also be around...\n\n![L’Atlas in Action](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/5664992966_b6fd9df01a_z.jpg\u003e)\n\nL’Atlas in Action ![L’Atlas Artworks in Progress](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/5664992878_7ac433edae_z.jpg\u003e)\n\nL’Atlas Artworks in Progress![L’Atlas in Berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/5664902949_5c00f96e39_z.jpg\u003e)\n\nL’Atlas in Berlin ![L’Atlas Urban Art Exhibition](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/5665097298_85b729d2e9_z.jpg\u003e)\n\nL’Atlas Urban Art Exhibition L’Atlas in Berlin - Action, Photos, Exhibition!\n","tags":["Typography","Berlin","Gallery","L’Atlas","Abstract Art","Artist Photography"],"title":"L’Atlas in Berlin - Action, Photos, Exhibition!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-in-berlin-action-photos-exhibition/"}