Dirk Vorndamme | The world is not enough “Likewise the earth will also die if they (people) go on like this. No question at all. That's why we have death here again. Man is so stupid, I'll say it now, like a cancer virus, that he destroys his own host and then dies. Then …
ArtOne | Aerosol HandStyles “A picture must always match the interior. Not only because of the art, it has to be art in itself, but for me the aspect that art also suits the interior is important. This is very important. It takes a good look for art to fit into the environment. That always somewhere...
Loomit | Noodle Poodle “You have to master your instrument. Painting is the instrument of drawing. You have to be able to draw the apple before you can paint big on the wall. Before you smear paint on the wall you have to have an idea of shape, light and shadow and so on. That comes from drawing. The craft must...
MIR | Fasten your Seatbelt “Always seeing everything clearly is also boring. It's exciting when some things remain blurred." (MIR, 2020) Have a seat, lean back and “Buckle your seatbelts!” because the plane is cleared for take-off. The Hamburg-based artist MIR loads in OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN with his exhibition Fasten your Seatbelt to …
MIR | Bon Voyage What would the modern world population look like today if we had allowed different role models and power structures to emerge? In which world and social order do we then live? How did we interact with each other and with the flora and fauna? MIR and Hieronymus Bosch, two stylistically different artists provide us with their pictures of people who ...
“In the end, personal experience is important. It doesn't work without them.” – Alex Heimkind in an interview about art and digitality with Rhea and Pauline as part of the culture of the metropolis study at the hcu Since this year at the latest, it has become clear that the developments of digitalization have become indispensable in the cultural sector as well. The …
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A Nigerian proverb says: "It takes a whole village to raise a child." The weeks have passed and so has our offspring, the OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN, grows and thrives splendidly. In the last few weeks, thanks to the passionate commitment of our artists and the rest OZM-Team, a lot is happening here. The exhibit is taking more and more of the…
The days are getting cooler again. Also in OZM HAMMERBROOKLYN a lot is shifting to the inside again. In our exhibit there are not only the exhibition rooms, but also a few studios, where the artists partially design and realize their exhibitions. A nice circumstance, not only because you can watch the artists experiment and create directly, but ...
"It's going ok mir not about painting something that looks great, I paint what makes me special” In an interview with Mirko Reisser, who realized the first mural of the current project UpTheWall. Mirko Reisser, too DAIM called, is not proud of his career as a world-renowned graffiti artist. He's just happy and claims his success has more to do with the...
The old OZM Gallery is metaphorically scorched in the sun. The ashes lie dark and gray at our feet. But in the midst, signs are already forming that point to something new and incredible... Looking at old records and images, one sometimes becomes aware of how some things anticipate others: as we recently realized,...
