Artist
Peppone
Peppone received 500 Tintin albums from his father and is always looking to expand his comic book collection. He describes this collection as his "paper heritage" and uses it "to create artistic encounters with our memories and humanity." Peppone's vibrant sculptures and mixed media works of well-known comic book characters challenge us to question our conventional views of what art should be. In his mixed media works, he places the heroes of our childhood in situations with iconic references, inviting the viewer to recall the strength of certain photographs, films, posters or historical events. In this way, his works penetrate the roots of our cultural memory, which the artist interprets in a new and humorous way.
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Charles Fazzino
Charles Fazzino, born in New York in 1955, is one of America's best-known artists. The son of a Finnish sculptress and an Italian designer, he appeared at a young age with his first exhibitions after studying at the School of Visual Arts, one of the leading American colleges for art and design. Fazzino established three-dimensional pop art globally and is today the most famous 3-D pop artist in the world. His comic-inspired paintings speak of the lively and glittering life of the metropolises, especially his hometown of New York. But Fazzino has also long since discovered a heart for Europe, as documented by numerous works he has dedicated to cities such as London, Paris, Zurich, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Fazzino is equally concerned with sporting themes. He is a passionate sports fan and has been the official artist for the American Superbowl for years. For Fazzino, art is, as he says, an elixir of life that makes people smile. Anyone who has experienced the elaborate process by which Fazzino's 3-D works are created knows how to appreciate the artist's artistry and extraordinary talent: First the sketch, then the painting, finally the lithograph. Then the individual pieces are meticulously cut out and precisely pasted in up to three layers to the appropriate places. Only then is a Fazzino work of art complete.
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Romero Britto
Romero Britto is one of the most important pop artists of the present day. His works combine features of classical modern art such as Cubism with Pop Art and, with their emblematic stylisation, bright colours and life-affirming motifs, are a special "Art of Happiness" that reaches people all over the world. The artist lives and works in Miami, Florida. In New York, Britto was recently ranked among the top ten living pop artists.
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Mr. Brainwash
Born in France, Mr. Brainwash now lives in Los Angeles and has been taking his pop art to the streets, galleries and canvases for about a decade. Equipped with spray cans, brushes and paint buckets, Mr. Brainwash began conquering the streets and building walls in 2006 with stencil graffiti (stencils) and posters of icons and cult figures, and quickly became one of the standouts of the emerging street art scene.
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Isabelle Scheltjens
Isabelle Scheltjens has been interested in art since her youth. She studied at SISA, the Antwerp City Institute for Decorative Arts and Crafts. Her husband's glass design inspired Isabelle to work with the same material. It took years of intense practice and juxtaposition of countless pieces of colored glass to refine her method and truly master color theory. She developed a unique glass fusing technique that fuses pieces of glass of different colors, sizes and textures together at about 800°C.
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Patrick Rubinstein
Patrick Rubinstein is the internationally acclaimed artist of kinetic pop art. His unique technique, in which one and the same image shows diverse motifs, he has patented worldwide. His own style of art is influenced by pop and urban art - models include Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Keith Haring, Piet Mondrian, but also Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. In his choice of motifs, the artist makes use of catchy symbols of American culture and striking icons of the music, film and comic scene, such as Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse or the Beatles. Rubinsteinwas born in Paris in 1960. He grew up in a very creative environment and learned the gouache technique at the age of five. In addition to his own creativity, collecting outstanding works of art was also given a major role. Rubinstein has retained this passion for art to this day and it can be felt in every single work of art.
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Tom Boston
The multi-talented Tom Boston knows no bounds when it comes to design: Raised on art from childhood, classically trained, and endowed with a subtle sense of humor, Boston knows how to set the stage for his works. Aesthetically, he is influenced by Pop Art. In his work he openly admits to strong colorful, sometimes even gaudy accents. He playfully develops his works as a synthesis between commodity aesthetics and comic strip. The colorful donuts and cheerful scenes with protagonists such as Daisy Duck or Bugs Bunny are not only beautiful to look at, but moreover hieroglyphics of the Western lifestyle. He breathes life into his paintings and sculptures through the changing dimensions of his mixed media. His works sharpen our eye for the aesthetics of everyday life and his art puts a smile on our faces.
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Joel Amit
Joel Amit was born in Jerusalem in 1982. His interest in painting, sculpture and design was aroused at a young age. Initially, he experimented with wood, metal and paper - the goal was to create large and new forms from small "snippets". Joel Amit finds the process of shaping metal - a heavy and cold material - into butterflies, fish, birds and feathers liberating. Joel Amit's installations give the impression of absolute lightness and weightlessness. In his work he is always looking for an extra dimension - a hidden layer and a challenge for the eye.
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Bram Reijnders
Anyone who has ever experienced Bram Reijnders in the flesh at a vernissage knows what to expect. The artist is always good for a surprise and knows how to amaze his audience with original ideas and unexpected interludes. This, too, shows that the Dutchman is a true multi-talent whose works are thoroughly authentic, extravagant and autobiographical. One who, in a sense, allows himself to be driven: both by life and by art. This attitude towards life and understanding of art is expressed again and again in his works. The message is: "Feel free - we keep moving, nothing stands still". The depictions play with fictitious parallel worlds of beautiful appearances, of dreams and illusions that are ironically broken. The viewer is in the middle of it all and asks himself the question: what is still reality and where does the illusion begin? The powerful color palette makes the works literally explode, reviving the spirit of Pop Art, as the works radiate energy and rebellion.
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Live artist
Peppone
Peppone received 500 Tintin albums from his father and is always looking to expand his comic book collection. He describes this collection as his "paper heritage" and uses it "to create artistic encounters with our memories and humanity." Peppone's vibrant sculptures and mixed media works of well-known comic book characters challenge us to question our conventional views of what art should be. In his mixed media works, he places the heroes of our childhood in situations with iconic references, inviting the viewer to recall the strength of certain photographs, films, posters or historical events. In this way, his works penetrate the roots of our cultural memory, which the artist interprets in a new and humorous way.
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