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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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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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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VYKI
VYKI creates figurative sculptures depicting mainly dynamic, athletic, but also elegant and sensual human bodies. After attending several design schools, he focused especially on working with steel in the artistic process. In doing so, VYKI succeeded in giving the heavy, rigid metal an impression of lightness and mobility through the new composition. The artist connects countless nuts together and allows the actual industrial product to merge into a new whole. Human bodies - female and male - are designed life-size, sometimes depicting only the outlines of the bodies; the rest is completed by our inner eye. These "omissions" enhance the aesthetic, unique expression of his steel sculptures. He usually provides them with colors in warm tones that correspond with the elegance of the figures.
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Tolla
As a creator of extraordinary bronze sculptures, the Israeli artist Tolla occupies an exposed position in the art scene. Her coveted works possess a seemingly "floating lightness" and graceful appeal of timeless beauty. The figures are always in dynamic motion, reflecting tension and balance. A special magic emanates from the unique portraits, which involuntarily captivates the viewer and touches our soul to the core. With her sculptures Tolla wants to get to the bottom of the meaning of life, making us feel the uniqueness of humanity as part of the universe. This timeless reality combined with a mysterious sensuality is what makes the artworks so successful. Tolla's sculptures have since won numerous awards and can be found in major museums and art collections in Europe and the USA.
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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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Galerie Mensing Hamm-Rhynern
