{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Street Never Ends, Art Never Dies","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-jokebama.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-08-06T18:26:17Z","description":"Mein Lieber Prost or Prost for short, recently opened his first solo-exhibition in Berlin, presenting his latest paintings, drawings and adbustings in a colorful art show! Here are some first photos from the opening ceremony...","html":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin-based street artist \u003cstrong\u003eMein Lieber Prost\u003c/strong\u003e (or just \u003cstrong\u003eProst\u003c/strong\u003e for short) opened his first solo-show last Thursday at Westberlin Gallery. Like me, a lot of people who know his well-known character tags and minimalistic street art sketches from Berlin’s streets, went to see whether it’s possible to bring this spontaneous works into a gallery space\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 24 hour king of street amusement, whose bold visual statements on society are a crime to miss, is happy to temporarily work within the walls of a gallery filling the space with his message by ironising and criticizing established conventions, and making a positive change. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.westberlingallery.com/the-street-never-ends-the-art-never-dies/\"\u003eWestberlin Gallery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe show, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Street Never Ends, The Art Never Dies\u003c/em\u003e, contains a wide range of not just the familiar Prostie smiley characters, but also adbustings, drawings and paintings. For those who couldn’t make it, I took \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157627245693071/\"\u003esome photos\u003c/a\u003e. Here they are\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_51bacc88754723bb.avif 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_c92b84fd925174ba.avif 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_9c498cf5e4d261bf.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_efcd37d2b5ecd5e3.webp 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_503bfa53e585aa2.webp 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_d46f007bb0551940.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_8b1976e6bb241418.jpg\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_2c67f2c9649c0dcd.jpg 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_a0e53993c7464d87.jpg 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show_hu_8b1976e6bb241418.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"prost berlin show\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eprost berlin show\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_bca9e994b3097aac.avif 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_42233ca0b2f9d1cb.avif 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_8ffd77db5d50ce23.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_54ea7361d39bed3d.webp 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_2093b5eb80062b42.webp 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_4052fddbb140b569.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_353fee737fe44ec.jpg\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_a8210094697858c4.jpg 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_70e39119d1f0f371.jpg 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show_hu_353fee737fe44ec.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"prost art show\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eprost art show\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_fb85ff35acf5758d.avif 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_aaf34806af70b61b.avif 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_b519202cd8892b9e.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_bb204da8c0cdd837.webp 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_e55c07b7561438cb.webp 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_de57cc7700c4e537.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_4cd268f27e345974.jpg\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_28e471eee657e309.jpg 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_edf952e1b74b3ab7.jpg 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin_hu_4cd268f27e345974.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"prost show berlin\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eprost show berlin\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_6d54812bd2940da1.avif 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_5e78b89837817907.avif 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_3c389f848602793.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_8c77d4837f9f7968.webp 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_d04208c1fb1529c7.webp 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_dd08486e6173f6ed.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_12502bdf529aa58.jpg\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_6037ee97a8411aa7.jpg 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_97c29139c1196968.jpg 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care_hu_12502bdf529aa58.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"prost nature care\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eprost nature care\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_3766cf5975ea89fe.avif 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_97c0879b05821f94.avif 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_74248dba9d49c96c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_41ae5b294074fb7.webp 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_71831d22735203b1.webp 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_8a5ab2625d1a3c50.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_64943a70c1818206.jpg\" srcset=\"/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_a20eb3b78b2e89bd.jpg 480w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_36b435902169c780.jpg 960w, /street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition_hu_64943a70c1818206.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"prost exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eprost exhibition\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin-based street artist **Mein Lieber Prost** (or just **Prost** for short) opened his first solo-show last Thursday at Westberlin Gallery. Like me, a lot of people who know his well-known character tags and minimalistic street art sketches from Berlin’s streets, went to see whether it’s possible to bring this spontaneous works into a gallery space...\n\n\u003e The 24 hour king of street amusement, whose bold visual statements on society are a crime to miss, is happy to temporarily work within the walls of a gallery filling the space with his message by ironising and criticizing established conventions, and making a positive change. ([Westberlin Gallery](http://www.westberlingallery.com/the-street-never-ends-the-art-never-dies/))\n\nThe show, entitled *The Street Never Ends, The Art Never Dies*, contains a wide range of not just the familiar Prostie smiley characters, but also adbustings, drawings and paintings. For those who couldn’t make it, I took [some photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157627245693071/). Here they are...\n\n![prost berlin show](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-berlin-show.jpg\u003e)\n\nprost berlin show ![prost art show](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-art-show.jpg\u003e)\n\nprost art show ![prost show berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-show-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nprost show berlin ![prost nature care](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-nature-care.jpg\u003e)\n\nprost nature care ![prost exhibition](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/prost-exhibition.jpg\u003e)\n\nprost exhibition ","tags":["Adbusting","Prost","Painting","Drawing","Street Art Berlin"],"title":"Street Never Ends, Art Never Dies","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/street-never-ends-art-never-dies/"}