{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Clemens Behr - Urban Places \u0026 Spaces","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-places-clemens-behr/urban-places-clemens-behr.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-01-07T12:53:45Z","description":"In my eyes, German artist Clemens Behr was one of the top urban artist around the globe in 2011. He just published this video review you shouldn’t miss to watch - amazing stuff!","html":"\u003cp\u003e2011 was a really successful year for German urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eClemens Behr\u003c/strong\u003e who not just explored urban places and spaces around the world by creating \u003ca href=\"/clemens-behr/\"\u003eamazing cardboard installations\u003c/a\u003e in public space, but also \u003ca href=\"/inside-clemens-behr-installation/\"\u003eexhibited in Berlin\u003c/a\u003e, his adoptive home!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"exploring-urban-places\"\u003eExploring urban places\u0026hellip;\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClemens loves working with recycled materials and basic geometric forms. His abstract installations, composed of cardboard, wood, paint, tape and found materials, often result in subtle confusions between 2D painting and 3D objects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2011 was very special to me. Thanks to everybody who took part in it\u0026hellip; (Clemens Behr)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you don’t believe this, you should watch his latest video, documenting his urban places explorations in Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Helsinki, Marrakech, New York City, Wuppertal, Witten, Koblenz, Vienna, Amiens, Paris, Malmö and Sao Paulo - as I said, he’s a real globetrotter, one of our \u003ca href=\"/top-10-urban-artists-2011/\"\u003eTop 10 Urban Artists 2011\u003c/a\u003e and definitely worth to keep in mind for 2012!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about Clemens Behr, take a look at his portfolio on \u003ca href=\"http://www.clemensbehr.com\"\u003eclemensbehr.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1244\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1244\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1244\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_cc04e123c151c17c.avif 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_45763f69a8b3d171.avif 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_9d3c02cf6f63ff6e.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_1e8dc72d2f38f91a.webp 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_e09ad70fdf65dade.webp 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_a95f9f0a283ca1ad.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_9f29b72a9b11f074.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_7c20de19eaa0d92e.jpg 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_b8d0c49c9db84a28.jpg 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens_hu_9f29b72a9b11f074.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"974\" alt=\"urban places - clemens behr\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eurban places - clemens behr\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1036\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1036\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1036\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_dbed14b344f2130d.avif 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_1b94e13b46440212.avif 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_92f8df974abd1099.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_bbf44a0dd97332db.webp 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_56078c9808aef980.webp 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_4d257a499512556e.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_266edbc10df43aa6.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_86fcf8b1519e019f.jpg 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_926241567f145002.jpg 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova_hu_266edbc10df43aa6.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" alt=\"urban spaces - clemens behr\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eurban spaces - clemens behr\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1460\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1460\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1460\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_92a9e82139c2ed37.avif 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_9698f7044b96dbe6.avif 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_8fd129824ed41f37.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_daeb6e75ede98b09.webp 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_506f023f3aa2ff5b.webp 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_6fc5b835d85647b3.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_5c2d85f0deef9112.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_953abc9d381bb031.jpg 480w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_4eeff464519aaf09.jpg 960w, /urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco_hu_5c2d85f0deef9112.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1143\" alt=\"urban art - clemens behr\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eurban art - clemens behr\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n2011 was a really successful year for German urban artist **Clemens Behr** who not just explored urban places and spaces around the world by creating [amazing cardboard installations](/clemens-behr/) in public space, but also [exhibited in Berlin](/inside-clemens-behr-installation/), his adoptive home!\n\n\n## Exploring urban places...\n\n\nClemens loves working with recycled materials and basic geometric forms. His abstract installations, composed of cardboard, wood, paint, tape and found materials, often result in subtle confusions between 2D painting and 3D objects.\n\n\u003e 2011 was very special to me. Thanks to everybody who took part in it... (Clemens Behr)\n\nIf you don’t believe this, you should watch his latest video, documenting his urban places explorations in Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Helsinki, Marrakech, New York City, Wuppertal, Witten, Koblenz, Vienna, Amiens, Paris, Malmö and Sao Paulo - as I said, he’s a real globetrotter, one of our [Top 10 Urban Artists 2011](/top-10-urban-artists-2011/) and definitely worth to keep in mind for 2012!\n\nFor more info about Clemens Behr, take a look at his portfolio on [clemensbehr.com](http://www.clemensbehr.com).\n\n![urban places - clemens behr](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-amiens.jpg\u003e)\n\nurban places - clemens behr ![urban spaces - clemens behr](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-rojo-nova.jpg\u003e)\n\nurban spaces - clemens behr ![urban art - clemens behr](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-places-clemens-behr/clemens-behr-morocco.jpg\u003e)\n\nurban art - clemens behr ","tags":["Public Art","Art Installation","Cardboard Art","Abstract Art","Clemens Behr"],"title":"Clemens Behr - Urban Places \u0026 Spaces","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-places-clemens-behr/"}