{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Niark1 - Urban Soul Paintings","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-03-04T12:10:42Z","description":"French graphic designer, illustrator and fine artist Sebastien Feraut a.k.a Niark1 just started his exhibition in Berlin showing his most recent urban fine art paintings on canvas, paper and other stuff...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrban Art Exhibition\u003c/em\u003e | Yesterday, West Berlin Gallery opened its doors for the opening of the “The Hidden Side” exhibition by French graphic designer, illustrator and fine artist Sebastien Feraut a.k.a \u003cstrong\u003eNiark1\u003c/strong\u003e! I joined together with some friends and was impressed by the complexity and explicitly of the paper, canvas and other various mixed media paintings\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a multitude of inspirations, ranging from all kinds of music to create, to 80s horror films, David Lynch, Hayao Miyazaki animations, Francis Bacon, Basquiat, Constructivism, Cubism, graffiti and street art, subcultures, the list is endless, Niark1’s work reflects the pop surrealism of the Low Brow Movement.  Like the roots of a tree on speed his paintings crawl and sprawl, filling up the whole canvas with the vivid creations of his imagination. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.westberlingallery.com/the-hidden-side/\"\u003ewestberlingallery.com\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter having some small talk with Niark, who wants to come back to Berlin in Summer, I took for sure \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157626193636826/\"\u003esome photos\u003c/a\u003e. Those of you who now think they missed something, have time to pop up at the show until April 16th!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about Niark1 himself, check out \u003ca href=\"http://niark1.com/\"\u003ehis website\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_5770f79ab8368721.avif 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_93e10c8559e83099.avif 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_bc71db63b673fee4.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_f8c7aa51563edf88.webp 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_a8cbb0a68b55ec02.webp 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_2bd9946dd891d076.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_9ba92704938c0ee3.jpg\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_c761c25bb20e96f0.jpg 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_d62c7f46c7044ddd.jpg 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition_hu_9ba92704938c0ee3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"niark1 exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eniark1 exhibition\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_cfcd115897e4bf63.avif 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_4cbd2882616f20a.avif 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_e2c7331a4adc6349.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_4dc0e215543117de.webp 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_6d48652d6300f532.webp 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_f1e78d951dae0a22.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_55c5a1e08def01ce.jpg\" srcset=\"/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_b9e29ceadd0386c3.jpg 480w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_d15d4da71cb07e4a.jpg 960w, /niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin_hu_55c5a1e08def01ce.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"niark1 exhibition, berlin\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eniark1 exhibition, berlin\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; 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I joined together with some friends and was impressed by the complexity and explicitly of the paper, canvas and other various mixed media paintings...\n\n\u003e With a multitude of inspirations, ranging from all kinds of music to create, to 80s horror films, David Lynch, Hayao Miyazaki animations, Francis Bacon, Basquiat, Constructivism, Cubism, graffiti and street art, subcultures, the list is endless, Niark1’s work reflects the pop surrealism of the Low Brow Movement.  Like the roots of a tree on speed his paintings crawl and sprawl, filling up the whole canvas with the vivid creations of his imagination. ([westberlingallery.com](http://www.westberlingallery.com/the-hidden-side/))\n\nAfter having some small talk with Niark, who wants to come back to Berlin in Summer, I took for sure [some photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157626193636826/). Those of you who now think they missed something, have time to pop up at the show until April 16th!\n\nFor more info about Niark1 himself, check out [his website](http://niark1.com/)!\n\n![niark1 exhibition](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition.jpg\u003e)\n\nniark1 exhibition ![niark1 exhibition, berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-exhibition-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nniark1 exhibition, berlin ![niark1 berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/niark1-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nniark1 berlin ","tags":["Berlin","Gallery","Niark1","Art Exhibition","Art Photography"],"title":"Niark1 - Urban Soul Paintings","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/niark1-urban-soul-paintings/"}