{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Vermibus Ad-Busting in Berlin","height":1516,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare-s.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-07-17T20:58:47Z","description":"Vermibus creates amazing ad-bustings using nothing more than fashion model posters (e.g. of Kate Moss) and solvent. He is already going to become Berlin’s most famous ad-buster!","html":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin-based \u003ca href=\"/vermibus-ad-takeover-berlin/\"\u003ead takeover artist\u003c/a\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVermibus\u003c/strong\u003e shows how it’s done! Using nothing more than some brushes and different solvents, Vermibus transforms popular advertising posters of fashion models (e.g. Kate Moss) and puts them back to the streets\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe gesture of erasing the images with solvent is similar to the gesture of painting, but it is painting counter action. The process is the same, but it is not adding colours on a canvas to create an image, it is removing the colors of an existing photographic image to create a new image and new characters. The models of the adverts have mutated. Some look like ghosts or mummies, some are reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s paintings, some of tribal make-up.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis process evokes voodoo art which uses human elements like hair, or teeth to create anthropomorphic sculptures. In this context, Vermibus uses “glossy paper” as his flesh to manipulate. There is something very organic about the emaciated creatures that emanate from the billboards. The impersonal and sanitized perfect bodies have turned into shadows or mummies that have much more presence and singularity.\u003c/em\u003e (Florence Reidenbach for Berlin Art Link)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs things are now, with his art beginning and ending in the streets of Berlin, Vermibus is without doubt going to become Berlin’s most famous ad-buster! Some of his latest dissolvent erasing works are available via \u003ca href=\"http://www.openwallsgallery.com/artist/vermibus\"\u003eOpen Walls Gallery\u003c/a\u003e - click and check them out!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2700\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2700\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2700\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_7214723847d8449e.avif 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_4800714f753f16de.avif 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_14e3cb89c58a854a.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_7ad4b8dffcf6f514.webp 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_6b422510975ada7c.webp 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_ba9b558fc76f40fb.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_45de7d75d86a9e7c.jpg\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_985f1f2fc2dcc2f3.jpg 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_bcfa9ff7fb48de93.jpg 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss_hu_45de7d75d86a9e7c.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2113\" alt=\"Vermibus vs. Kate Moss\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVermibus vs. Kate Moss\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2560\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2560\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2560\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_ed6ad08919544d05.avif 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_cc623abd7bc44d85.avif 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_cbc372a58b9a3602.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_6a3d65e361923bf1.webp 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_38e0297344a9c81f.webp 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_2188521702398e58.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_83473b4a542fa7fd.jpg\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_f0dd510f17292e27.jpg 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_9b6041690d723de4.jpg 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting_hu_83473b4a542fa7fd.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2003\" alt=\"Vermibus Ad Busting\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVermibus Ad Busting\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2580\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2580\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2580\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_3e008a25fb85a84a.avif 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_22b80a5ff95f1905.avif 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_bd0b62ab9482522d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_346a9acbcc2e91ee.webp 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_a47410ef24e99e2.webp 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_60c3888d9ebd4209.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_b04bf7b4376315f6.jpg\" srcset=\"/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_3cf79a60c7295474.jpg 480w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_3eca023306f1fd16.jpg 960w, /vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare_hu_b04bf7b4376315f6.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2019\" alt=\"Vermibus - Kate Moss Nightmare\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVermibus - Kate Moss Nightmare\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nBerlin-based [ad takeover artist](/vermibus-ad-takeover-berlin/) **Vermibus** shows how it’s done! Using nothing more than some brushes and different solvents, Vermibus transforms popular advertising posters of fashion models (e.g. Kate Moss) and puts them back to the streets...\n\n*The gesture of erasing the images with solvent is similar to the gesture of painting, but it is painting counter action. The process is the same, but it is not adding colours on a canvas to create an image, it is removing the colors of an existing photographic image to create a new image and new characters. The models of the adverts have mutated. Some look like ghosts or mummies, some are reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s paintings, some of tribal make-up.*\n\n*This process evokes voodoo art which uses human elements like hair, or teeth to create anthropomorphic sculptures. In this context, Vermibus uses “glossy paper” as his flesh to manipulate. There is something very organic about the emaciated creatures that emanate from the billboards. The impersonal and sanitized perfect bodies have turned into shadows or mummies that have much more presence and singularity.* (Florence Reidenbach for Berlin Art Link)\n\nAs things are now, with his art beginning and ending in the streets of Berlin, Vermibus is without doubt going to become Berlin’s most famous ad-buster! Some of his latest dissolvent erasing works are available via [Open Walls Gallery](http://www.openwallsgallery.com/artist/vermibus) - click and check them out!\n\n![Vermibus vs. Kate Moss](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss.jpg\u003e)\n\nVermibus vs. Kate Moss ![Vermibus Ad Busting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Ad-Busting.jpg\u003e)\n\nVermibus Ad Busting ![Vermibus - Kate Moss Nightmare](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/Vermibus-Kate-Moss-Nightmare.jpg\u003e)\n\nVermibus - Kate Moss Nightmare ","tags":["Adbusting","Paper Art","Vermibus","Urban Art Berlin","Urban Fashion"],"title":"Vermibus Ad-Busting in Berlin","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-busting-berlin/"}