The DEVANDALIZING series repurposes stickers, graffiti tags, labels, and assorted fragments of urban expression found on the streets of various cities around the world. These artifacts of urban life are regrouped on canvases in chaotic, semi-random, or definitive geometric, compositions that reflect and illuminate contemporary culture.
The stickers were collected from the streets of cities such as Detroit, Las Vegas, Québec, Montréal, Palermo, Catania, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan, Havana and, of course, Berlin and New York. These are the original stickers, the "real thing,” not reproductions.
ÜBER-TAG I (Distorted)2017Acrylic on canvas
48" x 72", 122 x 182 cm
ÜBER-TAG I (Badly Battered and Brooding, Coming Home from the Battlefield)
2017
Acrylic and signaling tape on canvas
48" x 72", 122 x 182 cm
FOUR HAPPY URBAN SHAPES (All Together)2017Stickers and signaling tape from NYC on canvas
FOUR HAPPY URBAN SHAPES (Outlined)2017Stickers and signaling tape from NY, acrylic paint on canvas
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE (Tag Style) 2014 NYCTriptych, each panel 48" x 48", 122 x 122 cmEach panel in this triptych features parts of the same tag/sticker in the same position, and if you sandwiched all three panels, each tag/sticker would be complete again. The overlapped pieces of stickers from the middle panel, which would otherwise be hidden, can be seen on the left panel; the circular cutouts on the right panel.
LES NYC2016 NYCTriptych, each panel 20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmEach panel in this triptych features parts of the same tag/sticker in the same position, and if you sandwiched all three panels, each tag/sticker would be complete again. The overlapped pieces of stickers from the middle panel, which would otherwise be hidden, can be seen on the left panel; the circular cutouts on the right panel.
H. F.; Amsterdam
OBEY LOVE ME SUPREME DISTORTION (Black)2016Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
OBEY LOVE ME SUPREME DISTORTION (Greys)2016Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
OBEY LOVE ME SUPREME DISTORTION (Colors)2016Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
SUPREME DISTORTION2016Painting: Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
OBEY DISTORTION2016Painting: Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
LOVE ME DISTORTION
2016
Painting: Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
OBEY, SUPREME, LOVE ME
2016
Stickers from NYC, signaling tape and acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
SUPREME
2016
Stickers from NYC, signaling tape and acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
OBEY
2016
Stickers from NYC, signaling tape and acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
LOVE ME
2016
Stickers from NYC, signaling tape and acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
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2016, NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
I LOVE NY
2017, NYC
48” x 48”, 122 x 122 cm
ASYL
2016
Stickers from Berlin, signaling tape and acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
NO
2016, NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
MULTI CITY - MULTI PANEL20169 panels, each 30" x 30", 76 x 76 cmArrangement variable, see thumbnails. The cities are: New York (3x), Las Vegas (1x), Palermo (1x), Berlin (4x). More coming soon!
10 CITIES201610 panels, each 24" x 24", 61 x 61 cmCities, top row, left to right: Rome, Palermo, Naples, Milan, Las Vegas. Bottom row, left to right: New York (Manhattan Bridge), New York, Berlin (wall), Berlin (TV tower), Berlin (Brandenburg gate)
CURB YOUR DOGMA
2016, NYC
20" x 77", 51 x 196 cm
vEVIL
2016, NYC
23" x 64", 58 x 163 cm
SEXGOAT
2016, NYC
50" x 84", 128 x 214 cm
All 2016, NYCThese are best thought of as modules that can be placed in various dispositions.
All 2016, NYCThese are best thought of as modules that can be placed in various dispositions.
JUST DID IT2016Sticker fragments and leftover tape on unstretched canvas
18.5" x 78", 47 x 198 cmS. H. & W. K., Berlin
ZATO
2016
Sticker fragments on unstretched canvas
18.5" x 45", 47 x 115 cm
LOVE ME, CHC & MAN
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
TAG RUNNER (G.one)
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
TAG RUNNER (Now & Then)
2106, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
TAG RUNNER (Jel Amb)
2106, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
TAG RUNNER (Fonse-RB)
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
TAG RUNNER (Smartz)
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
FOOL'S GOLD (blue on white)2016, NYC8" x 8", 20 x 20 cmThe mosaics of Pompeii, as seen in Egon’s Latin studies book, were obviously a big influence.
I. & K. M., Frankfurt
FOOL'S GOLD (yellow on black)
2016, NYC
8" x 8", 20 x 20 cm
9 x FOOL'S GOLD (on white)
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
9 x FOOL'S GOLD (on black)2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmI. & K. M., Frankfurt
SHWICK2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmShwick = Bushwick
DANGER2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmI. & K. M., Frankfurt
ADVNTRS
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
DANGER DANGER2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmI. & K. M., Frankfurt
DIRTY BK2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmA. & G. R.; Frankfurt
OBEY-CHC-LOVE ME-STP LANDSCAPE2016, Frankfurt16' x 47", 40 x 120 cmAn alternative title is "Drama & Détente"
K. & M. H., Frankfurt
4 x PINK ON PINK2016, NYC16" x 16", 40 x 40 cmK. & M. H., Frankfurt
LÄDY
2016, NYC
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
CK ANGELS NYC
2017, NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
ONLY LOVE ME201631.5" x 31.5", 80 x 80 cmSee also "ONLY" further down, from 2011. I just love the "love me" stickers...
SOHO PARTNERSHIP2016, NYC4 panels, each panel 20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmArrangement variable. To see an example, click on the thumbnail above.
FUEGO2016, NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmI. & K. M., Frankfurt
ÜBER-TAG II201620" x 20", 50 x 50 cmSame "class" of stickers as ÜEBER-TAG I (THE original), but in another "flavor"
T. S., Los Angeles
Definition of über:
- being a superlative example of its kind or class : super- übernerd
- to an extreme or excessive degree : super- übercool
(Merriam Webster dictionary)
ÜBER-TAG I (Multiple)2016, NYCSticker (my own production) on canvas
10" x 10", 25.5 x 25.5 cmM. D., New York;
A. L., New York
ÜBER-TAG I (Painting)
2016
Acrylic on 4 pieces of raw canvas
71" x 70, 181 x 176 cm
ÜBER-TAG I (White Painting)
2016
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
ÜBER-TAG I (Black Painting)
2016
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
ÜBER-TAG I (THE Original)201520" x 20", 50 x 50 cm
DJW42015 NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmP. B., Heidelberg
GREAT COMBOS I2015 NYC48" x 48", 122 x 122 cmGREAT COMBOS.... or little colorful islands in a drab sea... or something like that...
AVSP2015 NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmA. M., London
OZ2015 NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmB. H. and U. F., Heidelberg
RAT KING NYC2015 NYC20" x 20", 50 x 50 cmS. J. D., Perth, Australia
OZ / RAT KING NYC OVERLAYThis is a digital collage of the previous "OZ" and "RAT KING NYC" paintings, demonstrating that one painting is a continuation of the other, similar to "BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE "
GATES R' US2014 - work in progress NYCMULTI-TYCH, each panel 30" x 30", 76 x 76 cmThe concept here is to give dignity to some of the most despised pieces of visual communication in NYC.
HOPE, ENTANGLED
2014 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
2MUCH
2014 NYC
Diptych, each panel 30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION
2014 NYC
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
STAY CRISPY
2014 NYC
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
TAG RUNNER II (Tag Robot II)
2014 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
KNOW
2014 NYC
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
SUPREME 2013 NYCStickers and tags on skateboard
31" x 8", 79 x 20 cmSold at auction in support of www.janwaar-castle.org
U. K., Frankfurt
LEBEN
2012 Berlin
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
INFINITY
2012 NYC
Diptych, 72" x 96", 182 x 244 cm
TAG TARGET 2011 NYC48" x 48", 122 x 122 cmP. B., Heidelberg
TAG SPIRAL
2011 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
TAG SUN2011 NYC48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
TAG RUNNER I (Tag Robot I)
2011 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
CHC
2012 NYC
30" x 30", 76 x 76 cm
12 OZ2011 NYC30" x 30", 76 x 76 cmM. & S. H., New York
ONLY2011 NYC30" x 30", 76 x 76 cmK. & I. M.; Frankfurt
PLANET TAG NYC
2011 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
GREY FIELDS
2011 NYC
48" x 48", 122 x 122 cm
OBEY
2011 NYC
48" x 72", 122 x 182 cm