{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Street Art 3.0: Mentalgassi in Berlin","height":1616,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi_Berlin-street-art.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2010-04-16T09:58:39Z","description":"The street art collective Mentalgassi is well-known in Berlin for their large-scale paper artworks, which always show crazy faces. Recently they created a brand-new artwork at Alexanderplatz...","html":"\u003cp\u003eYes, it’s a commercial work, but nevertheless it’s really amazing! The Berlin-based street art crew \u003cstrong\u003eMentalgassi\u003c/strong\u003e did a nice job at the Alexanderplatz in the heart of Berlin. They created so-called “Flip-Images”, large-scale image-installations which make it possible for the public to see different images from different perspectives.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMentalgassi are well-known for their oversized paste-ups, showing expressive, crazy faces of their friends. In the past, they also experimented with concrete, stickers and X-films, self-sticking color transparencies, for the \u003ca href=\"http://mentalgassi.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_9033.html\"\u003eticket validators\u003c/a\u003e on the Berlin subway-stations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of their slogans is “Mentalgassi create street art to open your eyes\u0026hellip;”, which describes their doings in a great way, because their artworks often let people be aware of their surrounding and the street equipment they would never notice\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some impressions of their recent artwork:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1616\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1616\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1616\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_92383d413ce57f16.avif 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_8de6495467e378ae.avif 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_ebe8e41a764fc64d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_c97efa08a4e46998.webp 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_608c9c8de0dc90c5.webp 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_9b5e25ae274da410.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_7f515ca80380a4a9.jpg\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_c7a0eaade8e29bd3.jpg 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_24b3973fbb69cba4.jpg 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d_hu_7f515ca80380a4a9.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" alt=\"Mentalgassi - Alexanderplatz 3d\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eMentalgassi - Alexanderplatz 3d\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1616\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1616\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1616\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_6690f8ff7924324f.avif 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_5232c1dba090d40b.avif 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_62eb69a363804cad.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_a4507909fe93edd0.webp 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_5354115af6780e4e.webp 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_fd7b1a494b3b4826.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_e132aa56039b5607.jpg\" srcset=\"/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_efeda4420e657525.jpg 480w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_7ac8cabb39ebd687.jpg 960w, /mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin_hu_e132aa56039b5607.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" alt=\"Mentalgassi - paper art berlin\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eMentalgassi - paper art berlin\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfo via \u003ca href=\"http://urbanshit.de/?p=2245\"\u003eurbanshit.de\u003c/a\u003e, photos via \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.taz.de/streetart/2010/04/14/riesige_flipimages_am_alex/\"\u003etaz.de\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nYes, it’s a commercial work, but nevertheless it’s really amazing! The Berlin-based street art crew **Mentalgassi** did a nice job at the Alexanderplatz in the heart of Berlin. They created so-called “Flip-Images”, large-scale image-installations which make it possible for the public to see different images from different perspectives.\n\nMentalgassi are well-known for their oversized paste-ups, showing expressive, crazy faces of their friends. In the past, they also experimented with concrete, stickers and X-films, self-sticking color transparencies, for the [ticket validators](http://mentalgassi.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_9033.html) on the Berlin subway-stations.\n\nOne of their slogans is “Mentalgassi create street art to open your eyes...”, which describes their doings in a great way, because their artworks often let people be aware of their surrounding and the street equipment they would never notice...\n\nHere are some impressions of their recent artwork:\n\n![Mentalgassi - Alexanderplatz 3d](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-Alexanderplatz-3d.jpg\u003e)\n\nMentalgassi - Alexanderplatz 3d ![Mentalgassi - paper art berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/Mentalgassi-paper-art-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nMentalgassi - paper art berlin \n\nInfo via [urbanshit.de](http://urbanshit.de/?p=2245), photos via [taz.de](http://blogs.taz.de/streetart/2010/04/14/riesige_flipimages_am_alex/).\n","tags":["3d Art","Berlin","Art Installation","Paper Art","Mentalgassi"],"title":"Street Art 3.0: Mentalgassi in Berlin","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mentalgassi-big-in-berlin/"}