Unruly Gallery presents: HIT BY THE WINDMILL, a solo exhibition by PETRO

Following exhibitions in London, Milan, Helsinki, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Sydney in the last year, Unruly Gallery now proudly presents the phenomenon PETRO. On Thursday the 22nd of December a pre-Christmas exhibition will be held at the gallery. For public, the work will be on display only on Friday the 23rd.

After gaining fame as a notorious worldwide graffiti writer, PETRO stunned the graffiti world with his unique, nostalgic and naïve early-eighties mentality. He then took this approach to the art world. His unhealthy obsessions for all things peculiar, involving childhood drawings, graffiti, Ralph Lauren, the lost and found, pattern repetition and biscuits, have become a major part of his work.

His back-to-the-basics method can be seen as a reaction to fundamental questions in the art world like ‘what still counts as art’? After the demise of the rather hard to grasp modernistic era, the attendance of post modernistic art such as pop-art raised questions considering the essentials of art. PETRO took this, with his childlike drawings, dazzling installations and weird costumes to the next level. His work is filled with post modernistic references and pushes the boundaries of art itself.

As a homeless nomad PETRO’s shows are usually overwhelmed with references to the country or city in which he exhibits at the moment. His work is often a direct response to his ever-changing surroundings: where he is, he creates. This makes every show a unique happening. Staying true to his particular art-ethos each show he does functions as a fund for the next one – every time in a different country.

Facebook event here

The official video about Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg, the largest model railway in the world, and one of the most successful tourist attractions in Germany. On the 1.300 m² large layout, far more than a thousand trains, aircrafts, cars and ships move about. A wonder of the world in miniature. Please, find more information on http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com

I had the Pussyjuice video with Upskiboo up the other day, here is the title track from the EP “Innercity Funk” featuring fresh rap, beats and wall & S-train graffiti from the mid-90’s Copenhagen…

Soten’s first solo show “Inspirations” is opening this Friday, December 2nd 2011, at the Gotham Gallery in Copenhagen!

Juse FUA with a little video about his latest Biggie painting

Back in September of 2010, I painted a portrait of Notorious B.I.G. at a graffiti event called Plads Til Graffiti (which has since evolved into the Copenhagen BBoy BBQ)
Little did I know that my work would have struck the fancy of a young woman in Copenhagen who, after searching for me for nearly a year, comissioned me to create a second take on that original piece.
Now, after another 6 months of patiently waiting, that piece is finally complete. I decided to film myself painting… really more for process refinement than anything else. But hey, why not share, right?
Enjoy.
See the original “Think Big” piece on Juseone.com

Thanks to Complex Magazine for naming ilovegraffiti as the number 2 graffiti blog in the world on their Top25!!
Complex Magazine wrote:
The 25 Best Graffiti Blogs
2. I Love Graffiti
URL: http://ilovegraffiti.de
Why It Made The Cut: A Danish website featuring guest blogs and in-depth content from around the world.

One of Denmarks best in the past 25 years is no doubt More aka Basik, and he now has a flickr with old and new goodies here.


Via Braskart

Upskiboo, real Copenhagen 90’s underground rap and graffiti crew, freshly uploaded video from 1995, classic!

Wais with the Russian double perspective…