Rheinberg

Eckhardt (GER)

Angel Yourself!

kingraptuz

<pre>"The future is in our past" was created by kingraptuz, Europaschule am Pulverturm as part of the Pirartlon Festival 2019.
A historical motif like a huge puzzle in special colors. He is a mountaineer himself and knows the Dolomites like the back of his hand.

RAPTUZ is a full time artist and graphic designer who has been in the art world for more than 30 years and has pioneered Italian graffiti art since the late 80s.

He developed his own style and technique called Broken Window Futurism, a mode of expression developed over time, characterized by the division of works, shapes or colors, playing with chromatic scales, warm / cold and light / shadow contrasts to create multifocal ones , fragmented, and deformed vision of abstract or figurative images.

Raptuz 'works are characterized by highly chromatic impact works, high definition in color strokes and application, as if the infinite parts of still images from a high-resolution video stream are to be immortalized on a canvas.

He is co-founder of the historic TDK Crew (Milan, 1990), the SPAGHETTI FUNK Crew, a proud member for more than a decade of the legendary CBS Crew (Los Angeles, 1984) and the LORDS Crew (San Francisco 1986).

Raptuz lives in Milan, Italy and frequently travels the world to paint at various art festivals. He realizes small and large works, on walls or canvases, and participates in art galleries around the world.</pre><div><br></div>

The future is in our past

Jabi "corte" Landa

Jon Zabalegui (ESP)

<pre>"Archangel Raphael" Innenwall 17, Rheinberg by Javier Landa Blanco aka Corte and Jon Zabalegui from Huarte near Pamplona / Spain.

It's nice when you can combine a festival with a private assignment! The work gets a real depth through the surface.
Lothar Gardemann, the owner, likes the special, the unusual. He's a really good cook and his wine recommendations can be trusted!

As an archangel, of course, I particularly like this work!

So if you want to see the work, you can combine it with a wine tasting (if you can!).
There is also a very modern nativity scene in his courtyard!</pre><div><br></div>

Archangel 

Bond Truluv

<pre>"Retrogamer" by BOND TRULUV from Leipzig, Europaschule am Pulverturm, Rheinberg was created as part of the Artlon Festival 2018.</pre><div><br></div><pre>The composition can also be admired as AR (Augmented Reality), download the app from www.artivive.com, hold it, and off you go!
Unfortunately, the surface was not processed properly, so the paint is peeling off, you could have asked me!

Always on the lookout for new compositions and graphic expressions, BOND TRULUV, born in Leipzig in 1981 as Jonas Ihlenfeldt, developed into one of the most sought-after artists on the scene at the beginning of 2000. </pre><div><br></div><pre>After completing his master's degree in anthropology in 2010 and his “Darmasiswa” scholarship at the University of Arts (ISI) in Yogjakarta (Indonesia), BOND TRULUV works as a freelance artist, commuting back and forth between Asia and Germany. </pre><div><br></div><pre>He uses elements from the areas of urban art - the visual art of graphic design - to immortalize himself in intense colors on walls all over the world with his pseudonym.</pre><div><br></div><pre>In addition to the use of digital techniques and multimedia installations, BOND TRULUV is considered to be one of the leading interpreters of "Lightbrush Graffiti". </pre><div><br></div><pre>Long exposure and the use of additional light sources give the photography of his wall paintings new levels. The result is spectacularly vivid images, which transform the environment into new realities and dimensions. </pre><div><br></div><pre>The starting point of his work in urban art is on the one hand the combination of letters "B O N D", which he repeatedly reproduces calligraphically and stylistically alienated, and on the other hand elaborate graphic illustrations on paper and canvas, as well as increasingly large-scale multimedia installations.</pre>

Retrogamer

Malakkai

<pre>"Balance of the Generations" European School at the Pulverturm, Rheinberg von Malakkai from Copenhagen was created as part of the Pirartlon Festival 2019.

Isaac Malakkai, conceived in Barcelona but born in Almería. He always had a pencil in hand, but didn't know what he really wanted until he studied telecommunications, surrounded by numbers and trigonometry. Malakkai learned about graffiti in 2000, a fact that fueled the passion for drawing. He got to know new artists and only traveled with more passion.

From that day on he is at home between walls, paper and canvases. His works have passed through numerous exhibition spaces in Spain and nowadays one can admire his works from lost walls in Almeria, Girona and the Canary Islands to Nuremberg, Lyon, Naples, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Mexico, Djerba ... it is always dominated by the female figures and strange animals infused with irony and a special sense of humor.

There are already 10 Balance Variations in the world, who knows one of the others?</pre><div><br></div>

Generational balance

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Hall of Fame Dinslaken

Christian Blanxer (ESP)

Victor García

<pre>"Doble Blanca" Ahonrstr. 26, Rheinberg by Christian Blanxer Cristian Blanxer from Barcelona and Victor García Delgado "Repo" from Barcelona @pierapapeltijera (which means scissors, stone, paper, the well-known children's game) were created as part of this year's "Big A" festival # dasartlon2021

Here the wishes of the seniors were visualized.</pre><div><br></div>

Doble Blanca

Studio Artlon (GER)

<div>A big 'Hallo' to our friends Erase and Arsek from Sofia!!</div>

Umbrella

<pre>"Manolo" European school at the Pulverturm, Rheinberg by Javier Landa Blanco aka Corte and Jon Zabalegui from Huarte near Pamplona / Spain

The motif had to be approved by the monument protection authority beforehand because it is diagonally opposite the listed old cellar.

The motif represents the 95-year-old Manolo - the grandfather of Javier Landa Blanco.</pre><div><br></div><pre>Javier has been part of the MAP team for years. He designs the Artlon campaigns for the MAP and establishes contact with the artists.

One can say that his works shape the cityscape of Rheinberg.

The motto of the 20 M.A.P. Action was: Pirartlon instead of Artlon
"Today is yesterday's tomorrow". and the clever addition: "The present is lived history and designs the future."</pre><div><br></div>

Manolo

Hombre (SUK)

<pre>"Comfy Home" Ahornstr. 11, Rheinberg by Hombre SUK @hombreSUK from Nuremberg and Malakkai @malakkai from Copenhagen were created as part of this year's "Big A" festival! </pre><div><br></div><pre>Changing an entire settlement is a monumental work! # dasartlon2021
Here the wishes of the young people were visualized.

Malaccai's works of art can be found from Spain to China, Mexico, all of Europe and Rheinberg. The Spanish artist currently lives in Copenhagen with his family. This is his seventh time at the Artlon!

Hombre SUK: the Mannheim-born street artist alias Pablo Fontagnier is one of the national and international leading character painters on the scene. So far he has been able to show his work in cities such as Berlin, Bilbao, Eindhoven, Jerusalem, Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Warsaw and Zurich. Pablo currently lives as a graphic designer &amp; illustrator in Nuremberg.</pre><div><br></div>

Comfy Home

Neatful (GER)

HokerOne

<pre>"Stand your ground in unity" by Neatful from Hamburg and Hoker One from Mönchengladbach, Europaschule am Pulverturm as part of the Pirartlon Festival 2019.

In the future, the school will become a counseling center for young and old, a meeting place for generations. Such a transformation process is often a rocky road because very different points of view are represented here. But not so in Rheinberg, here there is a unique consensus between young and old, one looks for intersections, and there are many of them!

The term "Stand your ground" comes more from the military language, but can be easily transferred from many other areas.
This thoroughly political motive (the thumb reminds me of Trump or Brexit), forces that try to divide society. When we stand together we are strong!

Hoker One is the Lord of the Scriptures around here.

Neatful conveys messages like no other, that's why all of us know its advertisements!</pre><div><br></div>

Stand your ground in unity

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Geldern Hall

Nean

Pablo Astrain

<pre>"Trust" Ahornstr. 23, Rheinberg from Nean from Brussels and Pablo Astrain from Algorta / Spain of the "Big A" festival this year.

The topic here was politics and administration, without trust it doesn't work, people hope that politicians will make the right decisions for the future.

From 2008-2011 still known as ArtJam, the Urban Art Festival 2012 under a new name and a new concept became part of the now more than 20 year old cultural festival Map (music-art-project) in Rheinberg am Niederrhein (North Rhine-Westphalia).

The festival is organized by the music-art-project e.V. association and enriches the cultural wing of the city of Rheinberg with music, poetry and urban art. With the family festival, we want to take as diverse interests into account as possible, offer artists a creative platform and give people from the Lower Rhine access to urban art and exchange with international artists from the urban art scene.

At this point, thanks to the entire Artlon team: Marina Derler, Javier Landa Blanco, Ivan Komso, Manuel and Marco Kutz and Michi Ertelt!</pre><div><br></div>

Trust

Artez

<pre>"Chapter II - interlude" Ahornstr. 11, Rheinberg by Artez Artez from Belgrade with his assistant Kuba was created as part of the "Big A" festival this year # dasartlon2021

Here the wishes of the adults were visualized.</pre><div><br></div><pre>About this Artez:
Your explanations and thoughts were then processed and each of the participating artists got their key words: Here it was: relaxation, rest, having time for yourself. Sometimes the story surrounds me in these moments and I feel like I exist in a different place and time. I'm not sure which book my character (Natia) is reading, but based on the background, I'd guess it's something warm and exotic.

Lately I've been trying to shift the focus of my pictures slightly from the central subject to the background, or at least somewhere in between. Keeping the figure as a minor element in the composition and investing more energy / time in experimenting with the background gave me a sense of freedom that is often missing when painting with reference photos.

The recognizable style and maintaining the similar quality of the end result can open many doors, but it can easily become a trap. Becoming a slave to one's freedom can only be avoided if one is willing to experiment, change, and fail from time to time.

Right now it feels like I'm looking for something that hopefully I'll never find and I love it!

The return to Rheinberg has become something special for me over the years and I am forever grateful to my @ das_artlon family for always having me on their mind and inviting me to join in year after year (or two years after two years).

Coming together with such a great group of friends and meeting new, always interesting and inspiring people is definitely what I appreciate most of all the things that my calling as an artist entails! "</pre><div><br></div>

Chapter II - interlude

Cristian Blanxer

Victor Garcia Delgado

<pre>"Mother's love" by Cristian Blanxer and Repo (aka Victor Garcia Delgado) from Barcelona and Seville, European School at the Powder Tower, created as part of the Pirartlon Festival 2019.

This image expresses the bond between the generations, that being there for one another, the invisible chain that connects old and young forever.

Anyone who knows their work will be amazed at this motif, but in fact this work was created after a photo of the famous Marianna Sin-Pfältzer from Hanau, who spent her life mostly in Sardinia. 
She always had her camera with her and no one was safe from her!

No, she was a great woman who really managed to show the Sardinians naturally, her illustrated books are really great!</pre><div><br></div>

Mother Love

<pre>"Customs" Buchenstr. 36, Rheinberg by Javier Landa Blanco Corte @https: //www.facebook.com/corteartworks
 and Jon Zabalegui from Pamplona were created as part of the "Big A" festival this year.

The text of the Rheinberger Lied is included, also the club colors of the TuS 08, as well as motifs from the Basque Country, where Corte comes from.

The "Big A" is part of the Artlon and MAP Festival, but this time in a residential area. Really big things are happening here, because Manuel and Marco Kutz's plan is that the entire Reichelsiedlung will be colorful in the next few years (and this is unique in Germany!).

The residents are enthusiastic and proud of these works because they were involved in the action. In a survey with the topic “What is your home for you?”, In which more than 3,100 people took part, the artist teams created their visualizations in different categories.</pre><div><br></div>

Brauchtum - Historia

Stom500

<pre>"BERKA" Orsoyerstr. 43 / corner Innenwall 1a, Rheinberg were created as part of the ARTlon Festival in August by a creative group consisting of Hocker from Mönchengladbach, Bond from Leipzig, Al + Corte from Spain and Stom 500 from France.

The city gate once stood at this point, now the visitors are greeted with a really great portrait of the city (before there were only graffiti at this point, see picture)

Berka is the old Germanic name for Rheinberg, which means something like "Siedlung am Uferberg". </pre><div><br></div><pre>In the meantime the Rhine has shifted a little! Berka was the most important customs festival on the Rhine until the 30 Years War, then it was moved to Uerdingen.</pre><div><br></div>

Berka

Arsek Erase

<div>"Home" Buchenstr. 30, Rheinberg von Arsek &amp; Erase <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dasartlon2021?__eep__=6&amp;__gid__=527507177807497&amp;__cft__[0]=AZVIuCKz7_juTvLU02Bzl0jRk10NWFyu9-wDain0e7Dmq3Ugz28BNjhm3rkKN6vrSJKHKawOW8CHzLT0uwUbuGkN8tXBOITmYX3xtEUJHO3BA0J19DgB8wk_oJwXal9Plj3Ui-GQniwZcZYAcDbtSASn&amp;__tn__=*NK-R">#dasartlon2021</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/arsek_erase?__eep__=6&amp;__gid__=527507177807497&amp;__cft__[0]=AZVIuCKz7_juTvLU02Bzl0jRk10NWFyu9-wDain0e7Dmq3Ugz28BNjhm3rkKN6vrSJKHKawOW8CHzLT0uwUbuGkN8tXBOITmYX3xtEUJHO3BA0J19DgB8wk_oJwXal9Plj3Ui-GQniwZcZYAcDbtSASn&amp;__tn__=*NK-R">#arsek_erase</a> aus Sofia/Bulgarien entstanden im Rahmen des "Big A" Festivals dieses Jahr.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Die beiden haben die Wünsche der Kinder umgesetzt und das ist mehr als gut gelungen, der Zusatz "Home is where we are together" ist ein Beispiel für den Zusammenhalt in der Siedlung!<br><br></div><div>Sieht wirklich aus wie ein gigantischer Wunschzettel, hier kommt halt nicht der Weihnachtsmann auf seinem Schlitten, sonder der coole Astronaut auf seinem Wal.<br><br></div><div>Die beiden haben sich sehr über die Freundlichkeit der Anwohner gefreut, jeder wollte ihnen was zum Essen oder Trinken geben.</div><div>Das Artlon hat sein Festivalgelände gefunden, hier geht es in den nächsten Jahren weiter! Und die parallel stattfindenden Musikevents sind auch nicht von schlechten Eltern!</div>

Home

<pre>"Siegfried" Europaschule am Pulverturm, Rheinberg by Javier Landa Blanco aka Corte from Huarte Spain, created as part of the Marktlon Festival 2017.

As you can see on the original, this work has also suffered a lot because of the lack of primer!

Siegfried von Westerburg made Rheinberg a customs fortress, which brought great prosperity to the city. The Powder Tower is the rest of this fortress.</pre><div><br></div>

Siegfried

<pre>"Knowledge, opportunities for the delicate little plant" by Artez from Belgrade, European School at the Powder Tower, was created as part of the Pirartlon Festival 2019.

This motif is very well chosen for a school! But it should also remind us that learning never stops in life.

Artez is best known as an artist who blends photorealism and illustration with an amazing ability to incorporate vivid colors into his work. His constant need for travel and inspiration for the world influenced his rapid progress and style. </pre><div><br></div><pre>He is currently working on a series of "Find your way to fly" murals that are quickly spreading around the world.
The beautiful women in his pictures come from his personal environment, a colleague is shown here, who is it?</pre><div><br></div>

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