Likely for its brevity, or perhaps because it is merely obsolete, or, for the magic in the snap and pulse of Swedish collage-pop that “Stinging Nettles” is on track repeat. Despite his latest buzz track “Berlin”, John Eriksson, aka Hortlax Cobra,  reeled us back to his early days with “Stinging Nettles,” a weighted compilation of mastered drum beats and sophisticated key claps for a rare quickie in the dancehall. Unleashed and unreal, Hortlax Cobra is back in the house with some raw goods.

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German street artist EVOL seems to be obsessed with buildings. After transforming electric boxes from Berlin into apparently livable blocks of apartments, he’s tried to do the same with pieces of paper and cardboard and the result is amazing.(...) Read More about Evol’s Cardboard Buildings (7 words)

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Spanish born, Berlin based artist Yago Hortal drips, smears, and splashes layers of acrylic paint onto canvas to create these abstract expressionistic works of art. These explosions of color are probably even more fun to make than they are to look at. Hortal’s work seems like a great balance of cerebral, emotional and physical discharge,(...) Read More about Yago Hortal’s Abstract Expressionism (11 words)

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Best known for his purely formal, intricate photographic approach, German photographer Frank Hülsbömer has a pretty amazing eye and composition skill for his still life photographs. He plays with colors, geometry, bright elastic bands, abstract perforated sheets of paper and multi-colored circles of card constituting his photographic subjects.(...) Read More about Frank Hülsbömer Still Life Photography (7 words)

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There is really something special about the way photographer Alexander Straulino shoots a face. Be it zoomed in, cut up, or heavily dripping in paint, your everyday face turns into a bold, almost abstract statement through Alexander’s lens.(...) Read More about Alexander Straulino Photography (79 words)

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In his newest series “Magic Mountains” German hyperrealist painter  Marco Reichert revives the references to classical landscape paintings but again based in his own constructed world. Psychedelic shapes and a type of Pop-art complexion brings the observer into an environment that has to be(...) Read More about Marco Reichert ‘Magic Mountains’ Paintings (29 words)

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Luxury stores like Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Cartier in a state in which we very rarely think of them: boarded up and vandalized. German photographer Johanna Klein ‘Safeguard’ series of simple, repeated imagery provoke interesting reactions and let you question our current economic reality…(...) Read More about Johanna Klein Safeguard Series (6 words)

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A while ago we introduced you to the work of art director/set designer Sarah Illenberger. Inspired by worldwide Parade, her latest project for Hermes is entitled ‘Le Parade’. Illenberger’s created these beautiful window displays entirely made out of paper and Hermes boxes for Hermes Berlin store.

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I just discovered this new hidden art gallery in Berlin called Heit, and looking through their upcoming exhibitions I stumbled on Marius Glauer‘s artwork. An amazing German glass artist, but unfortunately there are very few images of his work and little information about him. I was able(...) Read More about Marius Glauer’s Glass Art (31 words)

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