SAM3 "Canonicity"

26.04. - 08.06.
Vernissage 26.4. 7-10pm

After three years SAM3 returns to Pretty Portal to show new and classical artworks.
The work of Spanish urban artist SAM3 are ironic, poetic and provocative. SAM3 is known for its large scale black and white murals.

His pictures receive their intense presence, through the reduction to a few colors and thier clear imagery. Despite or because of their simplicity they invite the viewer to confront and reveal their message one by one. His works are dominated by figurative elements, which are in metamorphosis with their environment.

The Spanish-born artist currently lives in Murcia, but he paints all around the world and not just images, but often entire stories. This he shows in his experimental stop-motion short films.

SAM3 will be present at the opening of his show.

Next week we will release DECYCLE´s latest stencil edition.
The print titled "Bulle oder Bär" (bull or bear) is showing a rodeo cowboy riding on a stocks chart.
His last editions "Little red bombing the hood", "Moonchild" and " Down to business" sold out very fast.

There will be a red edition of 25 and a gold edition of 15
Everything is handsprayed on Hahnemühle 300g/m paper, the pattern below the chart is slightly different on every piece, so every print is unique.

The prints will be available on tuesday 23rd of april at 4pm (CET) at http://shop.prettyportal.de

Bulle oder Bär ( Bull or bear) Stencil/ Spraypaint on Hahnemühle 300g/m Red Edition of 25 / Gold edition of 1555x80 cmsigned & numbered by the  artist150 €

During his stay at Pretty Portal for the show "Rusted ideas" we produced a limited edition screenprint with PIXELPANCHO, which will be released on thursday, 28th of march.
PIXELPANCHO´s work is always very detailed and full of colours so we had to give our printer a real hard time. The effort was rewarded, because the result is absolutely stunning.

Pixelpancho: Rusted ideas
7 colour screenprint on Hahnemühle "Alt Worms" handmoulded paper (300g/m)
Edition of 60
47 x 67cm
150 €

The prints will drop public on thursday, 28th of march at 4pm (CET) and will be available here: http://shop.prettyportal.de/

The female spanish artist BTOY aka Andrea Michaelson is one of the most famous protagonists of urban art. 2013 begins with a busy schedule for BTOY. In January, her pictures have already been shown in exhibitions in Paris and Barcelona. In February, her path leads from Venice, via the well known Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn to Dusseldorf. Here BTOY will show a series of her works which she produces with mixed techniques containing Stencil (stencil), screen printing and painting in the gallery Pretty Portal. BTOY will also present a book that was published in december last year and is dedicated to your work. BTOY will be present at the vernissage.


BTOY
The Dispossessed
22.2. - 15.3.2013
Vernissage: 22.2. 19-22h

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URBAN EXPO 2012

feat.
BASE 23 / BTOY / Czarnobyl X-ter
David Gourny / Davide Maset Masa / DECYCLE
dust / JADE / Laguna / FAKE / Fin DAC
Franz Schuier / L.E.T. / Martin Wühler
Nest Dafoe / Optyfree / Orticanoodles
Pascal Schwendener / Pau Quintanajornet
REMED / SAM3 / SNIK / The Young
Valentina Brostean / WESR / & more

Vernissage
07.12.2012 19-22h
Exhibition
10.12.2012 - 20.02.2013

In october Pretty Portal will show works from Laguna, who is one of the outstanding protagonists of the spanish urban art scene. His large-size murals can already be found on various buildings in Spain, Brazil and the USA. Last year Laguna participated in the Cityleaks Festival in Cologne and left his marks for the first time in Germany.

In his works the Spaniard Laguna concerns himself with the varying pictures, which people usually create of each other.
As Laguna himself says „there are different persons that every one of us is carrying inside him-or herself, how they relate to each other and to other persons in the outside world.“
According to those deviant positions the interaction between people results in divergent layers of reality. Added to those layers there are surreal moments, that break with the steady and constant everyday life.

LAGUNA
Harvest of times that go away leaving signs without memory
Exhibition 5.10. - 10.11.
Vernissage 5.10. , 19-22h

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For any questions, reservations or interst in the collectors preview please write an email to info@prettyportal.de.

On friday the 7th of September we will release the new screenprint of L.E.T..
The limited edition 2 color screenprint,  titled Dolled up" , will be available in three versions: green, pink and orange.

"Dolled up" (green)
2 colour Screenprint on Summerset velvet, 300g/m
76 x 56 cm
 Edition of 35

"Dolled up" (pink)
2 colour Screenprint on Summerset velvet, 300g/m
76 x 56 cm
 Edition of 13

"Dolled up" (orange)
2 colour Screenprint on Summerset velvet, 300g/m
76 x 56 cm
 Edition of 13

The prints will drop on the 7th of september at shop.prettyportal.de
There will be also five sets of green, pink and orange with matching numbers.

Fior questions and reservations please send an email to info@prettyportal.de

The new Stencils Edition from DECYCLE will be available tomorrow (22.5. // 14h) in our shop.

Down to business (red)
Stencil/ Spraypaint on handmoulded paper (300 g)
Edition of 25
58 x 78 cm
signed and numbered
120 €

Down to business (gold)
Stencil/ Spraypaint on handmoulded paper (300 g)
Edition of 25
58 x 78 cm
signed & numbered
120 €

In May, Pretty Portal features the exhibition "Behind the Eyes" (In the streets of Lima) by the two Peruvian Urban Artists Danny Figueroa aka WESR and Jonathan Rivera Enriques aka JADE.

Both belong to the founders of the Peruvian Urban Art and Streetart scene. Their works are dominated by figurative elements with bright colours, which grace many houses of the Peruvian capital Lima. WESR and JADE find inspiration for their work in the Peruvian culture and folklore. The traditional Ukuku masks are continually found in the works of WESR.

WESR regularly commutes between Peru and his newly adopted home, Berlin. In recent years, he painted large murals on the Stroke Artfair Cityleaks Festival and showed his works on exhibitions in Berlin and Munich. For JADE, the exhibition at Pretty Portal Gallery will be his first visit to Germany.

In the exhibition "Behind the Eyes", the two artists show drawings and illustrations on paper and acrylic paintings on canvas.


Danny Figueroa aka WESR
&
Jonatan Rivera Enriques aka JADE

Behind the eyes
(In the streets of Lima)

Vernissage
04.05. 19-23h
Exhibition
04.05. - 25.05.
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