For the exhibition dust RAS customized series, dust has produced a screenprint in a strictly limited edition of 20.

Hand pulled three-color screenprint on heavy paper.

The screenprint is a available in our Online-Shop.

Last friday the exhibition of dust RAS customized opened
and can be seen until the 17th of octobre at Pretty Portal
Business hours:
Monday to friday 15-18h

Here are some pictures from the gallery and the art.

The streetartist dust is visiting Pretty Portal in september/october for the second time. At his first Show in febraury this year he showed acrylic paintings on canvas with the title "Enter the funky world“ These paintings gave an insight into a fragile and organic microcosme.  Substance and surreal are mixing in front of the viewer to one image, to be desintegrated in the next moment.

Besieds his work on canvas dust is creating sculptures and designtoys. His Designtoy collection, „RAS“ (Radical Action Suite)was released in 2006 and could only be seen on some paintings in the beginning. The figurine RAS was released in spring 2007 in a limited edition and was sold out quick.

The great interest in the RAS motivated dust to produce another small edition( 12 pieces) of the designtoy,  to be customized by 12 international artists. These are case(ma´claim/Schmalkalden), Eliot(Berlin), Joey Potts(Chicago), Knix(stuttgart), Magic(D´dorf, Luzern), Miss Nuki(Freiburg), Mr. Slurg(Hamburg), Nychos(Wien), Tasso(ma´claim, Meerane) Tombrane(Freiburg), and Tricky(Paris).

Everyone of these artist created a painting on canvas, that is working together with the customized RAS. Pretty Portal Gallery is happy to present works of so many different artists from the international urban art and streetart scene in one exhibition.

Vernissage: 19.09. 19h - 23h
DJ Penelope (Royal Beat Club)

Exhibition: 19th of september – 17th of  october 2008 (monday – friday 15 - 19h)

From the 24th of october to the 21st of november Stefan Strumbel can be seen at the gallery Pretty Portal.

The concept of "Heimat" of "homeland" with all its manifold connotations is the leitmotif in the work of Offenburg artist Stefan Strumbel. His material are, on the one hand, cultural artifacts such as cuckoo clocks or the traditional custume of the Black Forest. On the other hand, he uses everyday objects such as treeshaped air fesheners and shopping carts, which he isolates and recontextualises. Giving his works titles such as "What the fuck is heimat", "Heimweh" (home sickness) and "Heimatdroge" (homedrug) Stfan Strumbel reflects upon the much discussed question of what "Heimat" might mean.

"Heimat" is a thoroughly German term that originally refers to the relationship of people to their immediate environment and that has many connotations and layers of meanig in German. But currently, this concept is desintegrating and this is the starting point for Stefan Strumbels artistic discussion.

Coming from the Graffiti and Street Art scene, the influence of these fields are still characteristics for Strumbel´s works. So he uses spray cans and silk screen printing, he creates objects and installations. In his works tradition meets Pop Art.

In the moment Stefan Strumbel is showing his works until the 21st of september at the "Altes Spritzenhaus" in Bahmlingen.

After this show he can be seen together with the swiss streetartists Dare and Toast in munich (18./19.October) and berlin (1./2. November). These shows are organized by the Gallery Springmann from Freiburg.

In the meantime Karl Lagerfeld discovered Stefan Strumbel.

We are proud to have Stefan Strumbel at Gallery Pretty Portal in October/November.

Stefan Strumbel on the web.

Stefan Strumbel

"What the fuck is heimat"

Ausstellung 24.10. - 21.11.

Vernissage 24.10. 19 - 23h

DJ Orson (Version)