Next Exhibition: Ugly & Drippy – Martin Krusche vs laFraise

We are happy to announce our next exhibition, which will feature Illustrator and Graphic Designer Martin Krusche.

Born in 1982, Krusche has his roots in Graffiti and is working now as a freelance Illustrator and Designer. He is co-founder and head designer of Berlin based brand Yackfou, which is dedicated to shirts and other objects as a graphic medium.

Martin Krusche often combines digital and analogue working modes like photoshop and ink, using assumed errors and inconsistencies (like dripps, splatters and so on) in his works as an artistic feature. This very own aesthetic can be found as well in Krusche’s largescale paintings which will be shown in the exhibition.

Martin Krusche: ‘Heads’ (50×70 cm, acrylic on carton)

The topic of error and divergence will be taken up as well by the design contest ‚Ugly & Drippy’, initiated by laFraise.com in cooperation with Martin.

Contestants were asked to do a shirt design which focuses on ‚imperfect’ elements like dripps, splatters, splashes and other deviations from the aesthetic consensus. These violations of the norm are often constituting the own natural charm of a design, which brings its own type of aesthetic along with it and perhaps tells its own story. The contest starts with Krusche’s illustration ‚Gramophone Guy’.

The best submissions from the contest will be printed on canvas and exhibited alongside Krusche’s works at West Berlin Gallery from October 16th to November 6th.