NO ART NO STREET -akt 1 from Estelle Beauvais on Vimeo.

NODE: Graphic Design Studio
NODE is a Berlin and Oslo based graphic design studio, founded in 2003 by Anders Hofgaard and Serge Rompza. The studio works for international clients and on self initiated projects across various media. The Oslo office was established in 2010, with Dag Henning Brandsæter and Andreas Rød Skilhagen. Vladimir Llovet Casademont was part of the Berlin office from 2007-2010.

ENO HENZE

German artist

Clemens Behr

uses the simplest materials to create

complex ephemeral architectures

, which fill gallery spaces with origami-like structures. Working with recycled materials and basic geometric forms, Behr dreams up installations that result in

subtle confusions

between 2D painting and 3D objects. Not content with the confines of gallery spaces, Behr has taken his work into the public sphere, building peculiar appendages in metro cars and erecting detailed miniature cities on street corners. At their best, his installations are

feats of optical trickery

, disorienting architectures reminiscent of German expressionist film sets. At their worst,

they look like a creative kid ran amok with a bunch of moving boxes and a vat of paint

. Behr belongs to a crop of artists, who take inspiration from childlike forms of expression, a naive, innocent aesthetic befitting a generation of Peter Pans…

Artists Unlimited is an artists association and art house that combines living and working under one roof since 1985. The project runs a gallery and a guest studio and has until now financed three-month-grants for 70 guest artists from all over the world. They live in the Artists Unlimited house – a former paper factory building – and exhibit their creations in the projects gallery. Such art funding by artists for artists is rare and has here produced a continuous cultural dialog between regional and international artists. Artists Unlimited is financed by its members and all common activities are done voluntarily.

Arvid Wretman doesn’t say much about himself on his site, but has a fine load of drawings and stuff…. see more HERE

Ian Stevenson was invited by Dutch visual communications studio Trapped in Suburbia to put on a solo show at its Ship of Fools  gallery in The Hague in The Netherlands.

Really Shit – Solo exhibition by Ian Stevenson
30th June – 26th August 2011
Ship of Fools Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
http://www.shipoffoolsgallery.com/exhibition/ian-stevenson-really-shit/

See more photos on his site: http://www.ianstevenson.co.uk/index.php/master/exhibitions/really_shit/

You can buy originals through Ship of Fools Gallery and on Ian’s site: http://www.ianstevenson.co.uk/index.php/master/shop/

If you’re in Berlin, please drop in to graniph regulars 44 Flavours exhibition at the Café Görlitzer Bahnhof! It starts on Wednesday after work at 6 pm with some beer, a bbq and a soundtrack by friend Cheb Monroe.

Opening: 18th of may 2011 at 6 pm
At: Görlitzer Bahnhof Kaffeeladen, Manteuffelstrasse 87, 10997 Berlin

Three interesting facts you may or may not know about Little Gonzales:
1. He is a triplet.
2. Once upon a time, he was going to be a doctor.
3. He once ate a plate of nachos bigger than his head.

His motto is ‘comparison is the fastest way to ruin happiness’. “I remind myself of it often in relation to my work – it’s very easy to be distracted and intimidated by the overwhelming amount of amazing illustrators and artists out there. This helps keep me focused! I think it’s a good bit of advice for life too, the grass is always greener, etc etc! I like to think of my work as pop illustration – I tend to use a lot of colour with a dash of my sense of humour.”

Here’s an interview he did for a great Sydney culture blog, Side Street Sydney: http://www.sidestreetsydney.com.au/2010/02/side-sight-little-gonzales.html

He’s recently been in London to do some study at Central St Martins. “An amazing college! I’ve been doing some animation as part of my classes, here’s a little video I made about growing up and staying young”

When I Grow Up from Little Gonzales on Vimeo.

On TV:
“Lately I’ve been getting hooked on the tv show The Misfits – about a bunch of London teens who whilst doing community service, find themselves bestowed with superpowers after a freak storm. It’s a little strange and random, but I like the characters and it’s shot pretty well.”

On Music:
I love my music, couldn’t function without it. Lately I’ve been really loving the new Architecture in Helsinki and Lykke Li albums. Robyn’s Body Talk makes for a good soundtrack to my ‘London power strut’ and I can’t really be in London without listening to the Smiths, especially This Charming Man.