“Holz51” is a great name for that “back to basics” collaboration of the two well-known Berlin-based urban art and design collectives Klub7 and 44Flavours. Some days ago, the corresponding art exhibition opened at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin… 44Flavours as well as Klub7 are popular for their incomparable style and the alternative ways in creating their artworks. Their art is by and large unique in the German urban art scene, what makes it every time interesting to see what they created new… ...

Although I often visit gallery openings and exhibitions, it’s not primary because of the artworks! I like a lot more to just meet nice people and good friends, talk about new projects and more or less unknown artists and drink some beer. For me, art is a lot more interesting, when it’s in public space and not guarded by galleries or other institutions. That’s one reason why I like street and urban art and its urban contexts… ...

There are many reason, which describe why in my opinion it is great to get to know as much as possible about the mostly unknown artists behind that often wonderful artworks on the streets, walls and trains in our cities. One reason is, that interviews give artists the chance to explain their artworks, their emotions and the history of their doings, what gives them the chance to make people understand and in the same way to bring their artworks in a public dialogue… ...

It’s really brilliant to see how simple the master of geometrical tape art, Aakash Nihalani, creates his great artworks! The most recent example is a short video called “Free Hand”, which shows in about 50 seconds, how Aakash sticked one of his actual tape creations to a wall in Brooklyn…it’s like magic… …No, you’re right - the video is reversed and one of the most famous tape artists around has punked you! Nice idea. ...

Yesterday I had some time to visit the “Art Monument” (Turmkunst) tower again. There isn’t much to see yet, but Flying Förtress, who will paint the facade until April 15, has still some time to finish his work. Nevertheless I took some shots of the tower’s basket including Flying Förtress and the one new grounded tower facade. This weekend, I will go back and bring you some new impressions of the nice exhibition inside the fascinating tower and some photos of the facade updates. ...

Do you know “Eurocultured”? It’s a street festival with a lot of nice music and some of the most famous visual artists and performers from every corner of Europe, which is based in Manchester. I never had heard something about the “Eurocultured” street festival, but what I read now sounds very interesting: “We return for the seventh consecutive year to celebrate the diversity of European culture. Covering everything from traditional to current and cutting edge music. ...

As you maybe know, I already watched Banksy’s street art documentary at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin. Now - in only ten days - that great movie will come into the US-American cinemas and therefor legendary street artist Banksy published another exclusive sneak peek of “Exit Through The Gift Shop”! “Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. ...

After that beautiful photos of his crisscross paintings and tape artworks in India, French street artist L’Atlas hit Moscow and repeated the very interesting street photography of his art. L’Atlas was born in Toulouse in 1978 and lives and works in Paris for years. This Moscow visit is his next step of the world tour he started years ago. The geometrically form of his artworks and the huge count of different sizes in which he creates them, is really special. I love his doings and hope he will visit Berlin once again… ...

There are already some articles about French urban artists Rero and his “Image Negation” artworks, but recently, he agreed to answer some of my questions about himself, the intention behind his abandoned artworks and about the popularity of clear and simple typography artworks around the world. To cut a long story short, here is my first interview with one of my current favorite urban artists from Europe… uac: Although you are relatively unknown for the majority of the people, your urban artworks have become very popular recently. How would you describe yourself? Where are you from? And how would you characterise your work? ...

Yesterday, the graffiti event “Art Monument” (Turmkunst) started with a lot of hoopla in Berlin. As I mentioned, four of the most well-known urban artists, Honet, Flying Förtress, Sozyone and KR, will repaint with about 2,000 spray-cans the the 2,000m² facade of the old “Bierpinsel”. Inside the tower, artworks by KR, Dave Decat, Dave the Chimp, Form76, Flying Förtress, Honet, Mr. Nonski, Nils Kasiske, Olivier Kosta Théfaine, Poch, Sozyone, Stefan Strumbel and Keramik are shown in a unique “Turmkunst” exhibition. After the first impressions from outside the tower, here are now some photos and insights of the exhibition. ...