HRLN Murals 2014 recap presents a overview of the street art festival held in Heerlen, Netherlands. An eclectic selection of international artists from the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Chile, and Brazil. The art on display includes murals, works on canvas, installations, illustrations and photography.

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Visit Ruttkowski 68 a contemporary art gallery in Cologne, Germany that now features Stohead! The exhibition is opened until september 15. Stohead, has been in the game a long time. When he talks about the early days of his career as a graffiti artist, his narrative is dotted with historic moments that defined him, his works, and Germany’s graffiti culture. The 39-year-old artist, whose real name is Christoph Häßler, has influenced the evolution of German graffiti from a subculture associated with vandalism to a form of contemporary art gracing museums and private collections worldwide. Stohead is best known for combining a graffiti-based style with classical calligraphy to produce letters that are at once figurative and abstract. Under intense physical duress, he paints letters in individual strokes, using broad-tipped, traditional round-tipped or homemade instruments to achieve an expressive work recounting both invisible and raw emotion. His approach – which is ruminant yet harsh, extensive and stringent – recalls a type of performance art. By all means, Stohead describes his style as contemporary calligraphy and terms it Radicalligraphy, a designation that explains both his method and his current solo show. Video made by: Filmbucht

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