Krefeld

Carlos Alberto GH

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between<br><br>&nbsp;</div><div>Carlos Alberto GH is a Mexican street painter and art painter.</div><div>As a child he discovered painting for himself and spent most of his childhood painting and drawing and successfully participating in painting competitions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the course of his artistic career he won numerous national and international awards and had more than 50 art exhibitions. He studied art restoration and conservation, but since he came into contact with street art six years ago, he has concentrated more and more on this art form.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He successfully participated in numerous street art festivals in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Today he is a professional street artist and often creates wall and street paintings worldwide with his sister Adry del Rocio under the name "Street art Mx".</div>

Together we're the same

Victor Puzin

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld.<br><br></div><div>This place is very popular in Krefeld, because the beach bar is really nice and running by the Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Victor Puzin is a graphic designer and 3D street artist and was born in 1983 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a graffiti artist, he made his first steps in the art world in 1997.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After studying graphic design, he opened his own art studio called Paintpoint for indoor and outdoor graphic design and painting in 2009.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For 4 years he has also specialized in the design of 3D street paintings in a very geometric style. He has already participated in numerous international street art festivals and, together with his partner Marya Kudasheva, organized the first intrenational 3D street art festival in Riga in 2016. He is currently studying architecture in Saint Petersburg.</div>

Shape of Structure

Sonja Mazereel

<div>"Puzzle of Nature", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld by sonjAMAZEreel aka Sonja Mazereel from Flanders as part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.<br><br>When Sonja first saw a photo of the "Seidenweberhaus", a cupboard from a natural history museum or a biology room from a school came to mind with open drawers where you can find impaled butterflies, precious stones, fossils and all sorts of things once lived and been preserved.</div><div>One can learn from and from nature, if we understand it, we will perhaps prevent it from being destroyed!</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Puzzle of Nature

Vera Bugatti

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Carlos Alberto GH is a Mexican street painter and art painter.</div><div>As a child he discovered painting for himself and spent most of his childhood painting and drawing and successfully participating in painting competitions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the course of his artistic career he won numerous national and international awards and had more than 50 art exhibitions. He studied art restoration and conservation, but since he came into contact with street art six years ago, he has concentrated more and more on this art form.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He successfully participated in numerous street art festivals in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Today he is a professional street artist and often creates wall and street paintings worldwide with his sister Adry del Rocio under the name "Street art Mx".</div><div><br>Vera Bugatti was born in Brescia (Italy) in 1979, she graduated in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Parma and she was a research fellow in Mantua with a thesis dedicated to the 16th century heterodox treatises. He published essays on historical and iconological research and has collaborated with editorial offices.<br><br></div><div>Her artistic work is featured in the books: Julie Kirk Purcell’s <em>Sidewalk Canvas</em>, London 2011; Russ Thorne’s <em>Street Art</em>, London 2014; <em>The Art of Chalk</em> by Tracy Lee Stum, USA 2016; <em>Street Art en Europe</em> by Nath Oxygène and Brigitte Silhol, Paris 2018; <em>Designing graphic illusions</em>, China 2019. Her piece "<em>Die Erzähler"</em> was chosen by the London Flame Tree for the Street Art Calendar 2016.<br><br></div><div>Active since 2008 and expert in Anamorphic Street Painting since 2015, she painted in Italy, Holland, France, Germany, Ireland, Croatia, Austria, Malta, Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain, Latvia, Russia, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Belgium, the United States, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and India.<br><br></div><div>She considers Urban Art as a variation of his artistic poetics, with constant references to the livability of the planet, man’s disturbances and social issues. She also works with different techniques and materials. First of all, the relief figures created by weaving wire with the help of nails, pliers and hammer (<em>Iron and nails project</em>). Then the wooden optical boxes, with locks that allow you to observe what is inside, which contain slightly deformed paintings or mirrors. Peeking you can see modern <em>Mondi Novi</em>, sometimes disturbing worlds. Finally the cylindrical anamorphoses with electric motor of the <em>Memory theater</em> series, restless elegies of time and at the same time homage to the world of the precinema.<br><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Save the baby duck

Cuboliquido (IT)

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Cuboliquido was born in Milan in 1974.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He has lived from his art since 1992 and discovered his passion for street art in 1994. First as a graffiti artist and later as a traditional Madonnari artist (street painting of traditional Madonna pictures and religious motifs with pastel chalk). Today two of his Madonnari works of art are exhibited in a basilica in Bethlehem and Mexico City.</div><div>Since 2009 he has focused particularly on anamorphic 3D street painting and has taken part in many international street art festivals, where he has won numerous prizes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He has already traveled across Europe, Russia, the USA, Latin America, Thailand, China, the Middle East and South Africa for his painting.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He worked for many well-known companies such as Disney, Sony, MTV, Universal Cinema, Amazon, Coca Cola, Google, Samsung, YouTube, Adobe and many more.</div><div>To date, he has participated in over 200 events as a street painter. He is the first artist to combine 3D street painting with animated videos (video mapping) and his work has already been shown at three different art biennials and other contemporary art exhibitions. In the title Maestro Madonnaro in Grazie die Curtatone was awarded and in March 2017 he won the first prize of the world's most important competition for 3D street art in Dubai.<br><br><strong>Unfortunely overpainted last year, see last picture!!</strong></div><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><br>Unfortunely partially overpaintet last year, see last photo!!!</div>

Tank Girl

TUBUKU

<div>"Birds on the Playground" Lewerentzstr. 104, Krefeld in the old velvet weaving mill of Team Tubuku from Krefeld , #krefeld Alex Tubuku, Jarek Tubuku<br><br>In recent years, the Alte Samtweberei has developed into a colourful and lively place, which has become a meeting place for culture and community beyond origin and religion for the entire district.<br>Here, what belongs together grows together, and that starts with the little ones<br><br></div>

Birds on the Playground

Roberto Rodriguez (MX)

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Roberto Carlos Treviño Rodriguez is a self-taught freelance artist who was born on March 12, 1980 in Monterrey Mexico.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He studied electronics from 1995-1999 and then worked in a steel factory for 7 months. Following the advice of his employees, who often saw him drawing at work, he began studying graphic design in 2000 and also worked as a graphic designer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Despite financial problems that forced him to drop out of his studies after a year 2001, he continuously developed his creative abilities and earned his living with graphic work, drawings, oil and acrylic painting, wall painting, stage painting and teaching airbrushing.</div>

The Hidden Eye

Andrea Libratti (IT)

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Andrea Libratti is an Italian artist and street painter.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Since 2000 he has regularly participated in the Madonnari competition in Grazie di Curtatone near Mantova and was appointed Maestro Madonnaro there in 2011.</div><div>To date he has participated in many international street painting festivals in Italy, Croatia and Germany.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In addition to street painting, he also uses oil, acrylic and tempera, and creates sculptures.</div>

Hidden Fountain

Urban Jungle

Markus Krause (D)

76 WAYZ

<pre>The “SCUDERIA BELLA GIARDINA” is professionally dedicated to the topic of automobiles. Classic repairs, vehicle glazing of all kinds, tire service, UV foiling and trading in vehicles are among the services. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Franco Bella and Nico Giardina run the “SCUDERIA BELLA GIARDINA” with passion and attention to detail, so that the best results are achieved for the customer.<br></pre><div>Markus Krause<br><br></div><pre>Job: Tattoo / airbrush and graffiti artist, Illustrator.
Markus (Embryo) Krause born in 1976 in Krefeld Uerdingen. In the 80´ to the early 90´
one of the first sponsored amateur skaters in Krefeld. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Founding of a German punk company in 1994 Band, a year later founding of an American-speaking hardcore band. Front man and lyricist in both combos. After my experiences in the guitar-heavy music scene, I found my way into the hip-hop scene in 2003.

At first as MC and writer, later as a producer with his own studio. Organizer one of the first real hip-hop jams in Krefeld. On the road with various artists in Germany and Europe been. 2004 Entry in the Krefeld artist branch book as professionally recognized Artist. Abandoned musical career in 2011 (sale of the studio). Private lessons in various art forms such as Flash animation and image processing at (Artem Wächter). Since 2012 he had turned his hobby into a job and now work as an Airosol artist and tattoo artist.Commissioned work for various well-known companies and companies throughout the Ruhr area.

Guest appearance on the radio at "Welle Niederreihn" and in the Krefeld Internet Talk "Lott ens schwaade". Custom painting stands at markets and festivals such as "Culture finds the city" in Krefeld. Because he was able to look over the shoulder of he mentor Marcel Müller from BPC and I was able to learn the tattoo trade from scratch.

Since 2018 he is also active as a lecturer at the Werkhaus Krefeld E.V. and as a private teacher.</pre><div><br></div><pre><br></pre>

Scuderia Bella

Ketty Grossi (IT)

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ketty Grossi is a freelance artist and works mainly as a restorer and decorative painter.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a child, her father took her to the traditional Madonnari competition in Grazie di Curtatone, which fascinated her so much that she decided to learn this old painting technique herself and become a street painter.&nbsp;</div><div>Since 1994 she has participated in many street painting events, won numerous prizes and showed her street painting not only in Italy, but also in the USA, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Mexico.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 2001 she founded the CCAM Cultural Center of Pavement Artists together with other street painters.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Urban redevelopment project of the space adjacent to the river, a very busy place in previous years, where boats passed and stopped with their loads. Now the disused spaces have been redeveloped, to give rise to a meeting center, an area has been set up with a small stage where you can perform, tables and chairs to sit while listening to music and drinking with friends.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>My space was this singular building with the protruding window, and immediately I saw a lantern !!!!<br><br><strong>Unfortunely last year overpainted, see last photo!!</strong></div><div><em>&nbsp;</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div>

The Fairy Lantern

Tiberio Mazzochi (IT)

<pre>“I like America and America likes Me "was an action by the German artist Joseph Beuys, which took place from May 21 to 25, 1974 in the René Block gallery in New York.For example, the artist can be locked up in a cage with a coyote for several days. All he has with him is a felt blanket and a stick, which he describes as '' euro asian ''. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Beuys aim is to build a trustworthy relationship between him and the animal, a symbol of the reconciliation between man and nature, but the work can also be read politically, like a reconciliation between the Americans of the present and their ancestors who persecuted and in Reserves are locked up, which are symbolized by coyotes in captivity.The coyote is a species of dog native to North America that resembles a smaller version of a wolf. </pre><div><br></div><pre>The coyote is revered as a sacred animal by the North American natives and plays an active role in the creation of the world in the creation myth of the natives of North America.The coyote ..Beuys included the animal in his action because he saw in it the elementary forces that defined the former spiritual energies of the Indians, but also their expulsion, resettlement or murder and their consciousness meanwhile in a technologized and commercialized American everyday life and the lack of it Dialogue between the indigenous people and the former European settlers had been lost.
<br>Joseph Beuys said: “Why do I work with animals to express invisible forces? - You can make these energies very clear when you enter another, long-forgotten realm in which immeasurable forces survive as great personalities. And when I try to speak to the spiritual beings of this ensemble of animals, that raises the question of whether one cannot also speak to the higher beings, these deities and elementals [...] The spirit of the coyote is so powerful that it can no one understands or what it can mean for the future of humanity. […] I think I had contact with the psychologically sore point in the energy distribution of the USA: the whole American trauma with the Indians, the 'Red Man'. One could say that there is still a score to settle with the coyote, only then can this trauma be reversed</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><pre>The "I like America and America likes Me" campaign took place at a time when the North American population was particularly influenced by the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the Watergate affair. The armed conflict, or as Beuys called it, “the American trauma”, between the North American natives and the former European conquerors lasted from the first war in 1622 for Jamestown in what is now the state of Virginia until the last century; In February 1973 members of the American Indian Movement, together with sympathizers from the Pine Ridge Reservation, occupied Wounded Knee and proclaimed the independent Oglala Nation.The German image of the Indians was, however, primarily shaped by literature, such as the Winnetou novels by Karl May and their film adaptations, or by Hollywood westerns. </pre><div><br></div><pre>In the 19th century, Indians were also exhibited at Völkerschauen or shown to the public in the zoo.In his work with the title '' COYOTE '', Tiberio wanted to address the discrimination of North American Indians parallel to Beuys' work and his political message. "So I saw how things have not improved today ... the people who Routinely roaming this place called '' The Silk Weaver's House '' are vagabonds, desperate, drug addicts .... marginalized and forgotten by society, so the Indian tribes of North America have been persecuted and discriminated against. "</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br></div>

Coyote

Beni Veltum (D)

<pre>Facelift for Melanchthonstrasse in the southern district: graffiti artist Beni Veltum is redesigning the wall of the Helios clinic kitchen. The flat roof building is sprayed with colorful paint over a length of around 40 meters. </pre><div><br></div><pre>
The idea: what takes place inside the building should now also be directly recognizable from the outside. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Benjamin “Beni” Veltum has long since perfected what began with forbidden spraying as a teenager into an art that received media attention. Workshops in Essen, graffiti assignments in Düsseldorf or logo design in Cologne. </pre><div><br></div><pre>
The customer base of the graffiti office extends from the Ruhr area to far beyond the Rhineland. Contract work for private and commercial customers is the focus of his work.</pre><div><br></div>

New Food for sick people

Alex Maksiov (UA)

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Alex Maksiov&nbsp; is one of the pioneer<strong> </strong>street artists&nbsp; to create 3d street painting&nbsp; in Ukraine.<br><br></div><div>&nbsp;Alex has been drawing consciously since 1990. From 1995 till 2000 was studying in Odessa Art College (Ukraine) on the painting specialty. Then, in 2001 continued education in the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv,Ukraine and got master’s degree on the specialty of Restoration of canvas oil paintings in 2007. He has been doing 3d street painting since 2010.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Also specializes in making murals and 3d mural. Alex involved in famous international projects&nbsp; and does street art across the Globe.<br><br></div>

Wasp

freshpainters.de (GER)

Mr. Oreo 39 (GER)

DIC (GER)

SMKOne (GER)

EWKOne (GER)

<pre>"Aktion Bunte Bahnhof 2021 Part 1" Bahnhof Hohenbudberg-Chempark, Krefeldstr., Krefeld by freshpainters from Siegen (EWLOne aka Julian Arzdorf + Mr. Oreo, DIC and SMKOne) For 1.2 million euros, 25 train stations were beautified last year to improve their appearance improve! Man want to get people back on track!
Customer surveys have shown that the travelers felt “much more comfortable” in the colorful, bright and friendly designed underpasses.
The project is to be continued in 2022. Each train station has its own signature. A total of nine groups of artists were at work, most of them from the Rhine and Ruhr regions. I think the result is impressive !!</pre><div><br></div>

Coloured Stations 2021

Vanessa Guong (D)

<div>On the Rhine Side in Uerdingen, an art project "Youth creates art on the Rhine" of the Fabritianum grammar school (Fabritz) and the Kaufmannsbund has now started. Students at Fabritz designed their own street art motifs for concrete steles on the Rhine-Side site before the summer holidays.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The joint project of the Kaufmannsbund and grammar school is financed by the disposal fund for Uerdingen, from which the residents can receive funds for hands-on activities as well as for measures to beautify the cityscape.</div>

Clap for carers

<div>Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting.&nbsp;<br><br>After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.<br><br>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland.<br><br>At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Lost islands

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelear.<br>Roberto is a master with his airbrush pistol, this is a tribute to the photographer Lee Jeffries, who is specialized on homeless people. You can see every little wrinkle!</div>

Lost Angel

Judith Cleve (D)

Clemens Brück (D)

Sebastian Saffenreuter (D)

betont.es (D)

<pre>From September 19-27, 2015 the VIERTELPULS StadtRaumFestival invited to the Samtweberviertel in Krefeld to make the living space on our doorstep more livable and to rediscover the diversity in the district!</pre><div><br></div><pre>For nine days, the festival made neighborhood activities visible and enlivened the velvet weaver district. Because the houses and the life in our streets are a colorful mixture full of energy and possibilities!


In projects by design students, public spaces in the immediate vicinity of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences have been upgraded in terms of design and made a new experience. But the commitment of the neighborhood was also taken up.


Around 50 campaigns by neighbors, institutions and associations, local companies and students from the design department invited people to rediscover the district in a diverse and creative way.


VIERTELPULS, was initiated and designed by the Competence Center Social Design and students of the HS Niederrhein, in cooperation with the UNS (Urban Neighborhood Velvet Weaving), the City of Krefeld (urban planning, city marketing, cultural office) and the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW. VIERTELPULS is a contribution from the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences to the “Krefeld Change of Perspective 2015”.</pre>

A microcosm in the macrocosm

<div>"Coloured Krefeld"<br><br>Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting.&nbsp;<br><br>After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.<br><br>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland.<br><br>At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Blooming Landscape

Crows

<pre>The old velvet weaving mill generates social and financial benefits for the colorful neighborhood that surrounds it in the south-west of Krefeld, where around 6,800 people live: the velvet weaver district. It generates funds for community work, and its tenants are involved in district projects. </pre><div><br></div><pre>The Samtweberviertel should remain and become a colorful, democratic and open place of arrival and peaceful coexistence.</pre><div><br></div>

Start

<pre>The Down Town Gallery in Krefeld is located in a former air raid shelter from the Second World War. Today it is a gallery with street art from various international street artists. In their works, the artists address socially critical issues such as human dignity, child protection and the flood of information through social media  2019 made, it.s now closed,lets hope, it will reopen again</pre><div><br></div>

Down Town Gallery

<pre>The two street artists Clemens Brück and Sebastian Saffenreuter designed two artistic signposts near the city market in autumn 2019. The project is currently being completed with another wall.

In order to counteract graffiti in the city center with artistic elements, the idea arose to let the Krefeld artist collective "betont.es" design the small alleys facing the city market. “All murals follow the same artistic style. Objects typical of the market, for example fruit and vegetables, can be discovered, ”says artist Clemens Brück.</pre><div><br></div><pre>On each of the three walls, the visitor can find words that have to do with the city market: On the designed facade on Lohstrasse, the word “local” can be found three times in the mural. The word “Raum” can be found on the second wall (passage from “UDU” to the city market). It refers to the city market as a place of communication and clarifies the idea of ​​the city as "free space". The third picture that is now being created on the wall between Königstrasse and Stadtmarkt along the underground car park exit relates to the “change” in the city center.</pre><div><br></div>

Free Space

Franziska Weitzel

<div>“Crumbling Future”&nbsp; is part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.<br><br></div><div>Franziska Weitzel is a stage painter at the municipal theater and thus has a home game, so to speak, because the silk weaver's house is only a few meters away from her workplace. She always had that gray lump in front of her nose, and I'm sure she often itched her fingers to embellish the “Seidenweberhaus” with her colors.<br><br></div><div>Now she has had the opportunity, and she has dared to look into the future.</div><div>It shows how the ravages of time are gnawing at the silk weaver's house and how the facade is cracking open. It worked very well, but personally I would have used chipped corners because the decay would have become even more transparent, but this should not be a criticism! And nature breaks through, proving that everything we humans have created will all disappear one day!</div>

Crumbling Future

Gregor Wosik (PL)

Danila Shmelev (RUS)

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div><br>This place ist very popular in Krefeld, because the beach bar is really nice and running by the Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Gregor Wosik was born in Upper Silesia in 1955 and loved painting and drawing from an early age. His talent for drawing was discovered early on and enabled him from the age of 16 to develop his talent through additional art lessons.&nbsp;<br><br>At that time he always earned something with portraits, landscapes and other commissioned work. He has lived in Germany since 1984, where he has been working as a freelance artist in addition to his civil profession for 26 years.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Inspired by old masters of realism such as Rembrandt and Caravaggio, he always strives for a detailed depiction of people in his work and places great value on a visibly expressive body language of the people portrayed in the painterly implementation of his own or copied works. The tendency to large-scale painting, whether on a wall, a facade, the asphalt or on linen, is characteristic of Gregor Wosik's artistic work. Today Gregor Wosik is a well-known street painter.&nbsp;<br><br>For five years he has been specializing in the “Street Art” movement, particularly in 3D street painting and illusion painting. He works for both private individuals and advertising agencies and is actively involved in brainstorming and implementing advertising campaigns. His largest exhibition so far took place in Vienna, where he presented modern street painting using his own works. In the summer of 2009 six European street painters, including Gregor Wosik, realized the largest 3D street painting project in the world. In four days a 750m² 3D picture was created which was officially recognized by "Guinness" as a world record.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 2012 he broke Gregor this world record with a project in Wilhemshaven, which was 1,500 m² in size.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Danila Shmelev was born in Moscow, Russia in 1989.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He started out as a graffiti artist and created his first commercial murals in 2004. In 2005 he began studying art and was tutored by the well-known Soviet artist Ilyukhin Boris Semenovich.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For five years Danila worked as a tattoo artist in Russia and Cambodia. Two years ago he started 3D illusion painting and took part in street art festivals. In 2017 he won the second prize at the international Dubai Canvas Festival.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Neue Perspektiven

OLDHAUS

Kerim Musanovic

<pre>"The Beuys in a can" or reinterpretation of the "honey pump at work" , Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld by Oldhaus from Düsseldorf and Kerim Mušanović from Sarajewo as part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer .
<br>Beuys has found his final resting place in a glass spray can (it looks as if he is sleeping) The can is filled with honey, here the reference to one of his most spectacular installations at the Documenta in Kassel from 1977. One led through several rooms in total 173 meter long system of transparent hoses and tubes, where a total of 150 kg of honey was repeatedly pumped through in a closed system.Beuys wanted to represent a blood circulation with the honey kettle as the heart. He wanted to show the principle of the "Free International University" to work in the bloodstream of society in order to work on central social issues of society! </pre><div><br></div><pre>This was one part, the other for 100 days to discuss God and the world with creative and revolutionary minds.The fact that the pump becomes a spray can means that on the one hand the graffiti sprayers hold up a mirror to society with all its mistakes, and on the other hand they manifest possible realities with their works.A bathtub floats on top of the honey, it stands for the superficial, that which normal, less art-loving people associate with the artist. And of course everyone thinks of the baby bath that Beuys had decorated with wire, plasters and gauze bandages.And no, it wasn't a cleaning lady who cleaned her, but members of the local SPD association who want to wash glasses.Of course, Beuys was anything but delighted about that!</pre><div><br></div><pre>Underneath we see something like a soap that goes under with the inscription "Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, No No No No No No". This is a reference to his work of art with 20 felt plates, where a tape reel lies, where he and two artist colleagues repeat over and over again "Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, No No No No No No" in monotonous singsong. </pre><div><br></div><pre>On the one hand, it shows the Rhinelander, who doesn't like to commit himself, and on the other hand, the type of communication that ultimately leads to nothing! (we all know!)The monotony really has something hypnotic about it, which frees the mind when one can listen for so long! It's best to try it out yourself!And last but not least, a famous quote from him in large letters under the picture “Art is in crisis. All areas are in crisis. "</pre>

The Beuys in the can

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>&nbsp;The art in the old concrete tubes is really special and looks even better after years.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Vera Bugatti was born in Brescia (Italy) in 1979, she graduated in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Parma and she was a research fellow in Mantua with a thesis dedicated to the 16th century heterodox treatises. He published essays on historical and iconological research and has collaborated with editorial offices.<br><br></div><div>Her artistic work is featured in the books: Julie Kirk Purcell’s <em>Sidewalk Canvas</em>, London 2011; Russ Thorne’s <em>Street Art</em>, London 2014; <em>The Art of Chalk</em> by Tracy Lee Stum, USA 2016; <em>Street Art en Europe</em> by Nath Oxygène and Brigitte Silhol, Paris 2018; <em>Designing graphic illusions</em>, China 2019. Her piece "<em>Die Erzähler"</em> was chosen by the London Flame Tree for the Street Art Calendar 2016.<br><br></div><div>Active since 2008 and expert in Anamorphic Street Painting since 2015, she painted in Italy, Holland, France, Germany, Ireland, Croatia, Austria, Malta, Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain, Latvia, Russia, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Belgium, the United States, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and India.<br><br></div><div>She considers Urban Art as a variation of his artistic poetics, with constant references to the livability of the planet, man’s disturbances and social issues. She also works with different techniques and materials. First of all, the relief figures created by weaving wire with the help of nails, pliers and hammer (<em>Iron and nails project</em>). Then the wooden optical boxes, with locks that allow you to observe what is inside, which contain slightly deformed paintings or mirrors. Peeking you can see modern <em>Mondi Novi</em>, sometimes disturbing worlds. Finally the cylindrical anamorphoses with electric motor of the <em>Memory theater</em> series, restless elegies of time and at the same time homage to the world of the precinema.<br><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Fade into the wild

Anat Ronen

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between<br><br>Anat Ronen is a self-taught artist who mainly lives out her work in commissioned painting. In her often very profound street art, she lets her feelings and opinions run free and reflects on current conflicts and injustices around the world as well as on social issues and love for animals. Her artistic commitment has made her an independent artist who makes viewers pause for a moment of intelligent reflection and appreciation of the beautiful.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anat came to the United States in 2007 with her husband Ori and son Orr. Born and raised in Israel, both wanted to start a new life here. Anat initially worked as an administrative clerk in Israel, as before, and then began her artistic career at the end of 2008, which has opened up many new perspectives for her to this day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>“It's the street that I like best. The fast screen, the short-lived exhibition, the free accessibility and affordability for everyone, regardless of origin, age and gender. In the street it's just you, your painting and the passers-by. All of this fits me like a glove, ”says the artist.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Through her street art live performance, she creates a real connection with the audience. Passers-by can watch Anat's vision come to life.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the past eight years Anat has created more than 500 paintings in the US, Europe and Israel and has participated in numerous street art festivals and exhibitions around the world.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

For the love of cats

Ruben Poncia (NL)

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>The art in the old concrete tubes is really special and looks even better after years.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Ruben Poncia, born in The Hague in the Netherlands, started his own business as a professional artist in 1996.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At first he mainly painted large advertising posters for new film or theater productions. This resulted in orders for wall painting, lettering and signage for shops as well as illustrations and cartoons for magazines.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He also painted acrylic or oil paintings in a realistic or surrealistic style and likes to use perspective tricks.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>When he came into contact with street painting, he was able to use his perspective knowledge in anamorphic 3D street painting.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Meanwhile, the 3D street painting is his main occupation. He participates in many international festivals and travels around the world for painting assignments.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For him, street painting is a challenge and a performance. As a street painter you are outside in public and have to create your picture within a limited time. This art is a living illusion that passes as quickly as it arises.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Hidden Elves

Fabio Fedele

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>The art in the old concrete tubes is really special and looks even better after years.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Fabio Fedele from Rovigo in the north of Italy started painting the streets in 1993. He studied architecture and the history and preservation of architectural cultural assets.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He has won numerous prizes at international street painting festivals and has painted at street painting festivals in Italy, Croatia, France, Germany, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Arab Emirates and the USA.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In Italy he was awarded the highest titles for his street painting: “Maestro Madonnaro” in Grazie di Curtatone and “Magister Madomnaris” in Nocera Superiore. Since 2006, 3D street painting has also been part of his repertoire.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

The Giant Anthill

Putten all around us

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .<br><br>It' a fun piece, she like to use Playmobil characters in her work!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anat Ronen is a self-taught artist who mainly lives out her work in commissioned painting. In her often very profound street art, she lets her feelings and opinions run free and reflects on current conflicts and injustices around the world as well as on social issues and love for animals. Her artistic commitment has made her an independent artist who makes viewers pause for a moment of intelligent reflection and appreciation of the beautiful.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anat came to the United States in 2007 with her husband Ori and son Orr. Born and raised in Israel, both wanted to start a new life here. Anat initially worked as an administrative clerk in Israel, as before, and then began her artistic career at the end of 2008, which has opened up many new perspectives for her to this day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>“It's the street that I like best. The fast screen, the short-lived exhibition, the free accessibility and affordability for everyone, regardless of origin, age and gender. In the street it's just you, your painting and the passers-by. All of this fits me like a glove, ”says the artist.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Through her street art live performance, she creates a real connection with the audience. Passers-by can watch Anat's vision come to life.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the past eight years Anat has created more than 500 paintings in the US, Europe and Israel and has participated in numerous street art festivals and exhibitions around the world.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Constructor

<div>"Coloured Krefeld"<br><br>Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting.&nbsp;<br><br>After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.<br><br>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland.<br><br>At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</div><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Maya Temple

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Roberto Carlos Treviño Rodriguez is a self-taught freelance artist who was born on March 12, 1980 in Monterrey Mexico.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He studied electronics from 1995-1999 and then worked in a steel factory for 7 months. Following the advice of his employees, who often saw him drawing at work, he began studying graphic design in 2000 and also worked as a graphic designer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Despite financial problems that forced him to drop out of his studies after a year 2001, he continuously developed his creative abilities and earned his living with graphic work, drawings, oil and acrylic painting, wall painting, stage painting and teaching airbrushing.</div>

Alina Orav (EST)

<pre>"Reduplicating Entrance", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld as part of the “Silk City Gallery by Alina Orav from Tallin 
<br>The baby stands for a new beginning, the “Seidenweberhaus”  will disappear, but something new will be created here, which will benefit all citizens, it has something in its hand, a ball, that means we have it in our hand, what is created there, because we are all part of the process. 
<br>The baby is in the learning process, it is just discovering the world, and the first impressions in particular shape us!
<br>Alina takes the building itself and its geometric shape as the basis for her work.  She has depicted portals on the surface and allows the boundaries of her image to merge with the architecture!  
<br>The red ball on the wall and the blue ball in the baby's hand create horizontal and vertical movements.</pre><div><br></div>

Reduplicating Entrance

<div>"Colourful Krefeld"<br><br><br></div><pre>Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting. After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><pre>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. </pre><div><br></div><pre>In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland. At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. </pre><div><br></div><pre>After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Koala bear

Adry Del Rocio

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Rhine Side Gallery artist Adry del Rocio was born in 1984 in Guadajara, Mexico.<br><br></div><div>At the age of 4 she won her first international prize after her parents sent one of her drawings to a drawing competition in Japan.</div><div>This was her first success which to date has been followed by 29 regional, 11 national and 17 international prizes.<br><br></div><div>At her first art exhibition, she was just 11 years old. To date it has 90 group exhibitions and 52 solo exhibitions in various cities in Mexico and abroad.<br><br></div><div>For 9 years she has also been at home in the world of street painting and has already traveled to the USA, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Thailand, Latvia, Denmark, Sweden, Israel and to China.</div><div>In 2014 she was awarded the title “Maestra Madonnara” in Italy and in the same year she took part in a 3D street painting Guinness World Record project in Florida.<br><br></div><div>She has also organized the international street painting festivals “Clores de Jalisco” and “Gises por la paz” in her hometown of Guadalajara for many years.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Leap of conscience

Heinz Schnellen (GER)

Justine Schnellen (GER)

<pre>"Sunday in a southern landscape" Fritz-Huhnen-Str. 1, Krefeld-Cracau by Justine (Justel) and Heinz Schnellen! #Krefeld
A tribute to the great Expressionist who gave his name to the little street.

The Schnellens knew the great painter, stage painter and caricaturist personally, who lived in Krefeld from 1895-1981.
Some of his works were labeled degenerate art by the Nazis, but after the war these very works were acquired by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.

A mural that really belongs here</pre><div><br></div>

Sunday in a southern landscape

<div>Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting.&nbsp;<br><br>After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.<br><br>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland.<br><br>At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</div>

The astronaut and his bird

Bastian Feldkeller (GER)

Owls in the hook

<pre>"Freischwimmer" Gerberstr. 55, Krefeld by Sebastian Saffenreuter &amp; Clemens Brück aka emphasized.es emphasized.it was created in April 2019 as one of the first art activities around the old city bath, which is a jewel from the old imperial era!

It was the most beautiful and splendid Art Nouveau pool in the German Empire: the Stadtbad in Krefeld, which opened in 1890. Magnificent tiles adorned the walls and floors. The wealthy could indulge in luxury. There were inexpensive bathtubs and showers for everyone. For decades, generations of Krefeld residents have learned to swim in the spacious pools. For many, the Stadtbad was both a meeting point and a place of identification.

In 2000 it was closed. For a long time, further use was controversial. Now the old city bath is supposed to awaken to new life. The citizens' initiative "Freischwimmer e.V.", founded in 2018 freischwimmer e.V. wants to wake the place out of its slumber.
Now it is certain that the council has decided to return the bathroom to its intended use, at least it will be checked, until then we can look forward to many great cultural activities.

My relationship with the Stadtbad, I loved swimming in the outdoor pool as a little boy and my grandmother Therese van Gemmern was the first pool attendant there in the German Empire.</pre><div><br></div>

Freischwimmer

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Victor Puzin is a graphic designer and 3D street artist and was born in 1983 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a graffiti artist, he made his first steps in the art world in 1997.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After studying graphic design, he opened his own art studio called Paintpoint for indoor and outdoor graphic design and painting in 2009.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For 4 years he has also specialized in the design of 3D street paintings in a very geometric style. He has already participated in numerous international street art festivals and, together with his partner Marya Kudasheva, organized the first intrenational 3D street art festival in Riga in 2016. He is currently studying architecture in Saint Petersburg.</div>

Geometric type composition

Pheline Smidt (D)

Sarah Ennis (D)

<div>"Rhine Side Gallery" in Uerdingen, an art project "Youth creates art on the Rhine" of the Fabritianum grammar school (Fabritz) and the Kaufmannsbund has now started. Students at Fabritz designed their own street art motifs for concrete steles on the Rhine-Side site before the summer holidays.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The joint project of the Kaufmannsbund and grammar school is financed by the disposal fund for Uerdingen, from which the residents can receive funds for hands-on activities as well as for measures to beautify the cityscape.</div><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div>

Black Market in Corona

Melina Berg (GER)

Julie Kirk Purcell (USA)

<pre>"The Silk Moth" by Melina Berg from Medebach and Julie Kirk Purcell from Irvine / USA, "Silk City Gallery", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld. 
<br>Krefeld owes its economic rise to the silk that is extracted from the cocoons of the silk moth, which is why I think the topic is well chosen. The velvet and silk industry is history, which is why Krefeld has to look for new opportunities. Steel and chemicals are no longer of importance for the city either.  
<br>But we have a great treasure, our creativity. The silk weaver's house will disappear and something new will emerge, eternal change is an integral part of our history! "Nothing is more constant than change", as Heraclitus or Charles Darwin has already put it.</pre><div><br></div>

The Silk Moth

Marion Ruthardt

<div>Last Timeto Change ", as part of the “Silk City Gallery”, Seidenweberhaus Krefeld by Marion Ruthardt from Rheinhausen<br><br></div><div>Marion, who is considered by many to be the queen of street painters, has created a memorial for the flood disaster in Germany with this work, which moves us all very much! The border stands for our civilization with its achievements, especially technology.<br><br></div><div>The horse stands for industrialization, it was horses that powered the first machines with their power, but which were later replaced by steam engines.<br><br></div><div>The wave breaks up civilization, and suddenly we realize that the climate change we are causing is also affecting our lives, and not just areas in Africa or elsewhere.<br><br></div><div>If we don't change our lives now, there will be nothing left for future generations!</div>

Last Timeto Change

Marya Kudasheva (RUS)

<div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Marya Kudasheva was born in Surgut in West Siberia.</div><div>She graduated from Surgut State Pedagogical University to become a drawing teacher. During her studies she already worked as an art event manager and photographer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Today she lives in St. Petersburg and works together with her partner Victor Puzin in their joint art studio "Paint Point" where they create wall paintings or designs for 3D street painting. She has already participated in many international street art events in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Latvia.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In March 2016 she started the charity project called “VETKA”. Here she motivates top international street artists to document voluntary art projects around the world and to publish them on a shared internet platform. This is intended to unite artistic forces and to upgrade places that are in need of the common good because of an embellishment. Schools, hospitals and public places e.g. B. should be designed by professional artists and the special power and effect of urban art should be made aware for outsiders and international funding for such projects should be advertised.</div>

Desires

Floya Jam (F)

Jamila Hamaida (F)

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelear Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Jamila Hamaida aka Floya Jam from Toulon has been an integral part of the street painting scene since 2011.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Her ornaments are very popular because every pattern is special, and she likes to let children help out when it comes to coloring them.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Krefeld company Feld even produced a limited edition silk scarf with their work, which was sold out after a short time.</div>

Swans in Love

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld.<br><br></div><div>This place is very popular in Krefeld, because the beach bar is really nice and running by the Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The coloured bricks changed the little stairs completely!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Andrea Libratti is an Italian artist and street painter.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Since 2000 he has regularly participated in the Madonnari competition in Grazie di Curtatone near Mantova and was appointed Maestro Madonnaro there in 2011.</div><div>To date he has participated in many international street painting festivals in Italy, Croatia and Germany.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In addition to street painting, he also uses oil, acrylic and tempera, and creates sculptures.</div>

Another coloured brick in the wall

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div><br>This place ist very popular in Krefeld, because the beach bar is really nice and running by the Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Danila Shmelev was born in Moscow, Russia in 1989.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He started out as a graffiti artist and created his first commercial murals in 2004. In 2005 he began studying art and was tutored by the well-known Soviet artist Ilyukhin Boris Semenovich.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For five years Danila worked as a tattoo artist in Russia and Cambodia. Two years ago he started 3D illusion painting and took part in street art festivals. In 2017 he won the second prize at the international Dubai Canvas Festival.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Mickey Bot

<div>Specially made for Ostblock 2020 exhibiiton including the ReGINernate bar.<br><br></div><pre>
Alex Weigandt born 1983 in Pavlodar Kasahstan emigrated to Germany to the city of Monheim am Rhein at the age of 10. </pre><div><br></div><pre>As a teenager he came into contact with graffiti, inspired by comics, he combined several techniques with classical painting. After completing his training as a surface coater, he began studying communication design in 2013. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Since then he has been increasingly involved in illustration, videos, 3D animation and graphic design. </pre><div><br></div><pre>In 2017 he founded the two-man design agency "Tubuku" with Jaroslaw Masztalerz, with a focus on facade design.</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><pre>Jaroslaw Masztalerz was born in Wroclaw (Poland) in 1984. In 1989 he emigrated to Monheim in Germany with his parents and older sister. After attending the Lotten elementary school, he went to the Monheim comprehensive school until he graduated from high school. He noticed early on that he was fond of creative work. </pre><div><br></div><pre>In his youth he played with his hip-hop band "Dreista". Where he acted as both a rapper and a producer. At the same time he discovered the joy of graffiti painting through his cousin in Poland. </pre><div><br></div><pre>At first only on the sheet of paper, but then also at night on noise protection walls and bridges. After his community service in the kitchen in an old people's home, he began teaching physics and art history in Wuppertal, which he broke off to study communication design in Krefeld.Since 2010 he has worked as a freelancer in various agencies until in 2017 he founded the agency "TUBUKU" together with Alex Weigandt. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Since then, the now 36-year-old has been traveling all over the country to give buildings new shine. According to the motto "Give the world color and it will no longer see black"</pre><div>&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br></div>

Ostblock exhibition 2020

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Jamila Hamaida from Toulon in France has been an integral part of the street painting scene since 2011. That year she won her first prize at the International Streetpainting Festival in Toulon.&nbsp;<br><br>Since then, many more prizes have followed and she has participated in street painting festivals in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Mexico and the USA. She studied Professional Visual Communication in Marseille. Today she is a self-employed freelance artist.<br><br><br></div>

Sunrise

Jannis Seidaris(GER)

<div>"Route 66" Hafenstr. 79, Krefeld, former restaurant Drehscheibe, now clubhouse of the biker club "Niederrhein-Chapter e.V." @niederrheinchapter by Jannis Seidaris @jannisseidaris from Düsseldorf. #krefeld<br>Of course, these are not wild rockers, but dear moms and dads who pursue their hobby! Here you will find the most beautiful Harleys in the entire area!&nbsp;<br><br>The more than 50 members of the club are craftsmen, lawyers or insurance merchants. Some women are also in the club.<br>Every Friday, the Harley fans meet in their clubhouse "Drehscheibe" at the final stop of tram line 044 in Linn. A former restaurant that stood empty for years before the bikers bought and renovated it in 2012.</div>

Route 66

<pre>"My heart is all yours", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld as part of the “Silk City Gallery by Cuboliquido 
<br>Everyone who has looked at this work had the same inspiration as I "Walle-E", the cute cleaning robot from Pixar!

How the artist incorporated the old mailbox into his work, really awesome!! 
<br>This robot is supposed to bring love back to people because our hearts have become hard! We are no longer interested in our fellow human beings, but just chase after consumption and the disdainful mammon. </pre><div><br></div><pre>The human species is in love with itself, as shown in countless posts on this and other social channels. But there is also a glimmer of hope. The flood disaster in Germany produced a huge wave of solidarity, everyone wants to help, maybe not everything is too late!</pre><div><br></div>

My heart is all yours

Luisa Estrada (MEX)

<pre>"Perception of a different kind", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld by Luisa Estrada from Mexico City as part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.
<br>Luisa (with full name Maria Luisa Estrada Sánchez) had the longest way to Krefeld of all artists, but it was worth it.Her representation of a street (Blumenstraße) in black and white optics stands out very much from the works of the other artists and stands out clearly! With a black and white representation, the shapes and structures come into their own, the play of light and shadow leads you into a new dimension!
<br>Beuys taught us that we have to perceive our surroundings again and again from different perspectives in order to recognize the complexity of the whole!From the point of view of urban planning, Krefeld has gone through several chaotic phases. The rapid rise of the velvet and silk industry required many apartments for the workers in a relatively short time, who of course shouldn't be too far from their factories and then of course the reconstruction of the destroyed city after the Second World War.The typical back houses were reserved for unskilled weavers and day laborers, today they are especially popular with young people!Luisa sees the urban as an interplay between people and buildings, the aesthetics have an enormous influence on the perception of the residents. </pre><div><br></div><pre>Distinctive points (special buildings), the street layout as well as the green areas are missing here at first glance! Everything looks very uniform at first glance, but if you take a closer look, you can see the differences and thus the individuality of the individual!</pre><div><br></div>

Perception of the other kind

SNAP Santeyo (MEX)

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between<br><br></div><div>Laocoon was a Trojan priest of Apollo.</div><div>In Virgil's portrayal, the story of Laocoon is linked with that of the Trojan horse: the Greeks pretended to leave Troy and want to give the city a wooden horse to honor the gods, but in reality it was filled with Greek fighters. Laocoon was the only one who recognized the deception.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He struck the horse with a spear; However, this ricocheted. Thereupon two snakes, sent by the goddess Ahtene, appeared, who killed Laocoon together with his two sons. The Trojans believed that this was a punishment from the gods for the desecration of the gift, so they pulled the wooden horse into the city and thus sealed their doom.</div>

Laokoon and the snapes

<pre>"Blue Strawberry" Kleinewefersstrasse 150, Krefeld by Team Tubuku, Alex Tubuku and Jarek Tubuku, a really innovative advertising company that finds the right presentation for all companies. Totally fit in the new media, a young team with a lot of esprit!</pre><div><br></div>

Blue Strawberry

<pre>Strike Wall "At the Elisabethkirche 42, Krefeld by @ mister_oreo39_, @ liam_d.c, @pern_oner, @instubuku, Alex Tubuku, Jarek Tubuku @miami_weis and @ pout_spencer🔥 for Strike Wardrobe, Strike Wardrobe where you can find the really cool vintage clothes!</pre><div><br></div>

The astronaut with the gettoblaster

Birk Hoffmann (GER)

Benjamin Freitag (GER)

Ulrike Busch (GER)

<div>"Taubenhaus Königsschlag" corner Carl-Wilhelm-Str./Königstr. Krefeld #krefeld by Birk Hoffmann, Benjamin Freitag and Ulrike Busch from Krefeld were created as part of the campaign KastenArt #kastenart organized by the city marketing of the city of Krefeld.<br>This work also serves as an example of the design variant 2 : Aesthetic or thematic embedding in the streetscape.<br><br>If you look up at the former building of the residence, you will see a dovecote! Thanks to the association Stadttauben Krefeld e. V. Stadttauben Krefeld e.V., founded in 2019, this loft could be built as a home for the pigeons.<br>The animals get healthy food here and the population can also be controlled here.<br>I already knew something similar from other cities and am pleased that this has now also been implemented in Krefeld.&nbsp;<br>As one hears, a second blow is already being planned.<br>For more info, here is an interesting link : https://youtu.be/H9_Oz2xJt3c</div>

Dovecote Königsschlag

m.y-ramen (GER)

<pre>The former industrial wasteland at Zollhof on the banks of the Uerdinger Rhine has been one of the places to go in Krefeld in the summer months since 2017. A street art beer garden with action and art space that is rare in this kind.

When urban art meets sociability from the Lower Rhine and a former industrial site, there is only one name for it: Rhine Side - the street art beer garden on the banks of the Rhine in Krefeld Uerdingen.</pre><div><br></div>

View of the Alps

<pre>In just two days, the street artists Clemes Brück and Sebastian Saffenreuter, who were also involved in the art project in the Downtown Gallery, lavishly designed part of the facade in Lohstraße and thus created an eye-catcher that visitors from Rheinstraße can now pass through the "small alley" should lead to the city market.</pre><div><br></div><pre>“The design quality of public space is becoming more and more important to visitors and citizens. This was also confirmed by the last survey of citizens and passers-by, which the university carried out on behalf of city marketing, ”explains city manager Dr. Christiane Gabbert from city marketing. Unfortunately, the side facade, as well as the benches with plant pots placed in front of it, were repeatedly smeared with graffiti to the annoyance of the residents. This gave rise to the idea of ​​having the wall designed by the Krefeld artist collective “betont.es”.</pre><div><br></div><pre>Clemens Brück explains: “The mural shows the way, across Lohstrasse to Krefeld's city market. Objects typical of the market, as well as fruit and vegetables, can be discovered. The choice of colors reflects the atmosphere of the market. A place to come together. In addition, the word `local´ can be found three times in the mural. Each of the three words has its own individual character in its design. The repetition not only gives the opportunity to grasp the word from all points of view, but also underlines the potential to act and buy locally ”.

“For us,” says Sebastian Saffenreuter, “the design of walls means looking at places in their context and using our images to create an interplay between architecture, people and the environment. Our murals often thrive on abstract typography and deformed objects. This creates new worlds in which the viewer can always discover new things. The abstraction helps to grasp the complex reality more easily and from new perspectives ”.</pre><div><br></div><div><br></div>

Local

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ketty Grossi is a freelance artist and works mainly as a restorer and decorative painter.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Do you know how the butterfly got its name? In the Middle Ages, people thought butterflies were insects who stole butter. This matches to the belief that witches stole their neighbors’ butter. Witches’ souls would appear in the form of the butterfly, which is probably why they were thought to steal butter! Clever witches shapeshifted into butterflies and flew around to do their bidding in disguise. Because of the superstitions surrounding butterflies and witches, butterflies were linked to the Devil. How anyone could think such a lovely creature was the Devil’s helper is beyond me!<br><br></div><div>According to Jacob Grimm in Teutonic Mythology, when a witch travels at night (astral travel), her spirit comes out of her mouth in the shape of a butterfly. The people of Slovenia believed souls looked like butterflies. The alp, a shapeshifting nightmare bringer of Germanic folklore, was also said to appear as a butterfly or moth. So did the holden of the Furious Host (Wild Hunt) and elves – both creatures connected with witches in the Dark Ages.<br><br>The stone fragment was already broken before, and every visitor ask "Who did it?" , that's surprising art!<br><br><br></div>

The Magic of Witches and Butterflies 

Michele Buscio (IT)

<pre>The New Direction", based on a work by the futurist Fortunato Depero as an homage to Joseph Beuys 100th birthday as part of the "Silk City Gallery" Futurism was ahead of its time in almost all areas of life!

Beuys shows his students (symbol: small boat) the way, and they follow him.</pre><div><br></div>

The New Direction

Peacocks home

<pre>"Flotsam", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld by Kerim Musanovic from Sarajewo, as part of the “Slk City Gallery”
<br>The whale is one of Kerim's absolute favorite motifs! 
<br>Usually the whale symbolizes the beginning, the creation of all life on earth that we know today. There are many cultures around the globe that associate the whale with topics such as creation, birth and rebirth. Some of the other meanings associated with the whale are: awareness, emotional rebirth, understanding, rearing, standing up for a community, appreciating beauty (especially with regard to music and dance), and the importance of emotional balance.  
<br>But here we are dealing with a dying whale, which stands for the end of the environment like the setting sun and thus for the end of humanity, the drifting half-timbered house, stands for the flood disaster in the Eifel combined with our emotions. It serves as a warning to all of us that if we make the right decisions now, it will not be too late.</pre><div><br></div>

Flotsam

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>We recommend to hear the song “Poison Girl” by Chris Whitley<br><br></div><div>Moonlight over the alley<br>&nbsp;Baby where I come from<br>&nbsp;There's a poison girl, a poison girl<br>&nbsp;Sister do medicine business<br><br></div><div>Three dollar down for the gun<br>&nbsp;She's a poison girl, poison girl<br>&nbsp;I be waiting uptown<br>&nbsp;While she gone underground for a ride<br><br></div><div>I be waiting uptown<br>&nbsp;While she passes some trick on the side<br>&nbsp;Well I'm sitting here burning my money<br>&nbsp;Worth nothing if only to score<br><br></div><div>With some poison girl, poison girl<br>&nbsp;There's a place an' I know<br>&nbsp;Anybody can go for a price<br>&nbsp;There's a place an' I know<br><br></div><div>You be putting your soul up on ice<br>&nbsp;Well now mama sad son what's your hurry?<br>&nbsp;Mama don't know what I done<br>&nbsp;For the poison girl, poison girl</div>

Poison Girl

<div>"Skyline Uerdingen" corner Wüstrathstr./Alte Krefelder Str, Krefeld-Uerdingen by betont.es from Krefeld betont.es aka Clemens Brück &amp; Sebastian Saffenreuter.<br>The abstract representation shows all sights in a playful way, which buildings do you recognize right away?<br><br>The collective betont.es enlivens the urban space with contemporary, graphic wall designs. For us, this design means looking at places in their context and creating an interplay between architecture, people and the environment with our images. This results in exciting, painted stories that are painted brightly or reservedly, loudly or quietly.<br><br></div>

Bridges Connect

Fabio Maria Fedele

<pre>"The Old Man", Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld by Fabio Maria Fedele from Rovigno as part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.  The wings are a symbolism to make the character transcendent. Angels belong to a religious or New Age context, the wings on humans belong to a secular or pagan symbolic context. The old man has wings because he is not human but the embodiment of the idea of ​​time, and we know that time flies.</pre><div>&nbsp;</div><pre>Blue is a melancholy color; it does not represent water, but the sky. </pre><div>&nbsp;</div><pre>The fossil represents an invented tropical fish. It does not represent the decline of nature. It represents the decline of human expectations, human presumption, but also our simple life, our honest feelings. Everything that is important to us becomes shortly after our death disappear. It is a reflection on the vanity of our existence. Nature will continue undisturbed even after our extinction.</pre><div>&nbsp;</div><pre>The building will be destroyed, and with it our paintings. The old man represents time and holds a fossil in his hand. The fossil represents what we will leave behind in our future. Like the building and the works, our lives will also be destroyed, and what remains of our feelings, of our actions, will be small and unexpected to us. Thanks to Samara Blue for the interview</pre><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

The Old Man

<div>“Wood Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer in coperation with city marketing Krefeld.<br><br>Unusual art in an unusual place. Under the title “Wood Art Gallery”, 20 artists from Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain turned nature into a stage for their art objects. Many great street art motifs can be discovered, but also concrete pipes or slab paths become unique art installations on the area around the Krefeld Environment Center. The Wood Art Gallery was created in 2015, but can still be explored on your own today - as long as nature does not take back its “exhibition space”. But be careful: Weatherproof clothing is appropriate, it can get thorny and muddy in between.<br><br>Roberto Carlos Treviño Rodriguez is a self-taught freelance artist who was born on March 12, 1980 in Monterrey Mexico.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He studied electronics from 1995-1999 and then worked in a steel factory for 7 months. Following the advice of his employees, who often saw him drawing at work, he began studying graphic design in 2000 and also worked as a graphic designer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Despite financial problems that forced him to drop out of his studies after a year 2001, he continuously developed his creative abilities and earned his living with graphic work, drawings, oil and acrylic painting, wall painting, stage painting and teaching airbrushing.</div>

Imagina

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer Kevelaer in coperation with Uerdinger Kaufmannsbund e.V. and city marketing Krefeld .</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Carlos Alberto GH is a Mexican street painter and art painter.</div><div>As a child he discovered painting for himself and spent most of his childhood painting and drawing and successfully participating in painting competitions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the course of his artistic career he won numerous national and international awards and had more than 50 art exhibitions. He studied art restoration and conservation, but since he came into contact with street art six years ago, he has concentrated more and more on this art form.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He successfully participated in numerous street art festivals in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Today he is a professional street artist and often creates wall and street paintings worldwide with his sister Adry del Rocio under the name "Street art Mx".</div>

Afuera ya no existes

<div>“Rhine Side Gallery” as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.<br><br>This artwork is side-kick, the cafe Beans &amp;&nbsp; Sweets was a favourite place during the festival. Anat like the interaction with the styles of the local sprayers. Later on the same happened with her own work, that´s kismet!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anat Ronen is a self-taught artist who mainly lives out her work in commissioned painting. In her often very profound street art, she lets her feelings and opinions run free and reflects on current conflicts and injustices around the world as well as on social issues and love for animals. Her artistic commitment has made her an independent artist who makes viewers pause for a moment of intelligent reflection and appreciation of the beautiful.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anat came to the United States in 2007 with her husband Ori and son Orr. Born and raised in Israel, both wanted to start a new life here. Anat initially worked as an administrative clerk in Israel, as before, and then began her artistic career at the end of 2008, which has opened up many new perspectives for her to this day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>“It's the street that I like best. The fast screen, the short-lived exhibition, the free accessibility and affordability for everyone, regardless of origin, age and gender. In the street it's just you, your painting and the passers-by. All of this fits me like a glove, ”says the artist.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Through her street art live performance, she creates a real connection with the audience. Passers-by can watch Anat's vision come to life.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the past eight years Anat has created more than 500 paintings in the US, Europe and Israel and has participated in numerous street art festivals and exhibitions around the world.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Our lady of the streets

Julia Bethke (D)

<pre>"The death of the queen bee", Seídenweberhaus, Krefeld by Julia Bethke from Krefeld as part of the "Silk City Gallery" and the Krefeld change of perspective under the artistic direction of Fredda Wouters from Kevelaer.

Julia is a trained stage painter. Her work seems very bizarre at first glance, the bald man with the dead eyes who holds the dead queen bee in his arms! The whole thing is loosened up by the surrounding honeycombs and flying bees (which can be found as a common denominator on many works). 
Julia was very busy with the honeycombs!The honeycomb stands for the shape of the silk weaver's house, which, as I have just learned, is intended to underline the ties between the city of Krefeld and the chemical industry here in Krefeld (the so-called benzene ring) Weedkiller related to glyphosate, which was originally produced by Monsanto, which, as is well known, was taken over by Bayer in 2018. </pre><div><br></div><pre>The fact is that the patents have expired since 2000, and most of them now come from China. And unfortunately there are few alternatives! The same is of course also true of the neonicotinoid insecticides.</pre><div><br></div>

The Death of the Queen Bee

Pout Spencer

Tribute to Andre Agassi and Nike's challenge court

<pre>In the course of the Overwatch Contenders - Atlantic Showdown Finals, Tubuku conjured up 2 game characters: Soldier 76 and Mercy on the garage door of TaKe's Gaming Bar</pre><div>If you have time, watch also the interior decoration!!&nbsp;</div>

Overwatch

Kornelia Kerth-Jahn (GER)

Dorothea Kalberer-Benek (GER)

Anna Kalberer-Benek (GER)

<pre>"Connecting People" Shedhalle in the Alte Samtweberei, neighborhood Samtweberei Lewerentzstraße 104, Krefeld by Kornelia Kerth-Jahn @Kornelia Kerth-Jahn from Krefeld and Dorothea Kalberer-Benek from Überlingen on Lake Constance and her daughter Anna, as well as many residents and children. </pre><div><br></div><pre>A really successful joint project. which was created in October 2018.
Mosaics already existed among the Sumerians and in ancient Egypt and have always been an important element of street art.</pre><div><br></div>

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