{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Mode 2 - Nude Urban Art","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation-l.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2009-08-21T14:48:54Z","description":"In the last years, Mode 2 developed a very own style of drawing. Today Mode 2’s next show, called “Reality, Fantasy, And The Web”, will open at Lazarides in Newcastle. ","html":"\u003cp\u003eDespite, or perhaps because of his traditional graffiti background (he is one of the most central figures of European graffiti), the Briton \u003cstrong\u003eMode 2\u003c/strong\u003e has developed an offshoot style of more traditional portraiture.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis recent art installations consist of hand-drawn motives on cardboards. They thematize different themes like friendship, love and sex and often show daring nude scenes from the porn world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: What do you make of the media fascination with graffiti in recent years, particularly with some of the work Banksy has produced?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMode 2: What the public sees as “graffiti-art” had become something rather repetitive in their eyes, with a coded language that somehow excluded them from also interacting with the culture. The “street-art” movement brought a lot more sampling of known and popular imagery, breaking away from traditional painting with spray-cans, and opening the possibilities of getting up to a wider spread of wannabe street-artists. This brought a surge of new visual imagery to the public place, as well as many new activists ready to make their names. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.formatmag.com/features/mode-2/\"\u003eVia Format Mag\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor some weeks, parts of his art installation for the Rik Reinking collection where shown while the \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157621779930220/\"\u003e“Post Graffiti Art” exhibition\u003c/a\u003e at the Lucas Carrerie Art Gallery in Berlin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday Mode 2’s next show, called “Reality, Fantasy, And The Web”, will open at Lazarides in Newcastle. He will be exhibiting new paintings and installations, as well as a selection of sketches on display on ground floor of the gallery. Ian Cox has \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/no-eyed-dear/sets/72157621973413086/\"\u003ephotos of the preparations\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1500\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1500\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1500\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_663de09ba7aee9a2.avif 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_96861fa4cebc01f6.avif 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_6dbbb652a0d6b72d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_1e86f1e3804280e7.webp 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_5dc2637cb33de129.webp 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_ed1ef2c488b6c86b.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_884a39c5b46c1c60.jpg\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_460ee58ec6db6dd0.jpg 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_45f19fdd18424fe0.jpg 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1_hu_884a39c5b46c1c60.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"888\" alt=\"mode2 art installation\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003emode2 art installation\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1488\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1488\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1488\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_17f904b329a37af5.avif 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_a015b6c155b3116d.avif 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_35749de248f40572.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_bcd8523741d2fd26.webp 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_781f1634e8ab98c5.webp 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_3a6bd93b2c4c7477.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_2c3f3a1d37a50b8b.jpg\" srcset=\"/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_1d13325506e80c5e.jpg 480w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_90748840de4e73b1.jpg 960w, /mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1_hu_2c3f3a1d37a50b8b.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"881\" alt=\"mode 2 drawings\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003emode 2 drawings\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nInspired by \u003ca href=\"http://arrestedmotion.com/2009/08/preview-mode-2-reality-fantasy-and-the-web-lazarides-newcastle/\"\u003eArrested Motion\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nDespite, or perhaps because of his traditional graffiti background (he is one of the most central figures of European graffiti), the Briton **Mode 2** has developed an offshoot style of more traditional portraiture.\n\nHis recent art installations consist of hand-drawn motives on cardboards. They thematize different themes like friendship, love and sex and often show daring nude scenes from the porn world.\n\n\u003e Format: What do you make of the media fascination with graffiti in recent years, particularly with some of the work Banksy has produced?\n\u003e\n\u003e Mode 2: What the public sees as “graffiti-art” had become something rather repetitive in their eyes, with a coded language that somehow excluded them from also interacting with the culture. The “street-art” movement brought a lot more sampling of known and popular imagery, breaking away from traditional painting with spray-cans, and opening the possibilities of getting up to a wider spread of wannabe street-artists. This brought a surge of new visual imagery to the public place, as well as many new activists ready to make their names. ([Via Format Mag](http://www.formatmag.com/features/mode-2/))\n\nFor some weeks, parts of his art installation for the Rik Reinking collection where shown while the [“Post Graffiti Art” exhibition](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157621779930220/) at the Lucas Carrerie Art Gallery in Berlin.\n\nToday Mode 2’s next show, called “Reality, Fantasy, And The Web”, will open at Lazarides in Newcastle. He will be exhibiting new paintings and installations, as well as a selection of sketches on display on ground floor of the gallery. Ian Cox has [photos of the preparations](http://www.flickr.com/photos/no-eyed-dear/sets/72157621973413086/)!\n\n![mode2 art installation](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-art-installation1.jpg\u003e)\n\nmode2 art installation ![mode 2 drawings](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/mode2-nude-urban-art/mode2-drawings1.jpg\u003e)\n\nmode 2 drawings \nInspired by [Arrested Motion](http://arrestedmotion.com/2009/08/preview-mode-2-reality-fantasy-and-the-web-lazarides-newcastle/).\n","tags":["Photography","Cardboard Art","Portraiture","Mode2","Drawing"],"title":"Mode 2 - Nude Urban Art","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/mode2-nude-urban-art/"}