Norbert Reissig – It’s a Happening Thing

West Berlin Gallery proudly presents NORBERT REISSIG’S first solo show “It’s a Happening Thing” from September 9th to September 24th 2010 at the West Berlin Gallery.

The exhibition will feature unreleased works from the past years and thematically deals with the decade of the 1960s, an epoque marked by social upheaval, misty-eyed romantic and strong contradictions. The artist visually approaches this legendary decade, aiming at interpreting it from a contemporary point of view, asking if there is any countermovement in our society today.

Reissig has developed a distinctive style implementing playful as well as formal graphic elements in his works, showing depth and reflectiveness in his subject matter. When asked how he would describe his work without using the actual term “art” he refers to it as “NonHippiePsychedelia”.

You’re warmly invited on Thursday 9th of September from 7pm onwards to the opening of NORBERT REISSIG’S show “It’s a Happening Thing”. The evening will be completed with music and drinks to make it a date.

Young graphic artist Norbert Reissig has lately become a name to remember since laFraise. He grew up in Erfurt, Germany where he has been influenced by his grandfather who was an artist and developed a passion for contemporary art and graphic design from an early age on. Apart from working with installation and sculpture, the artist uses acrylic on canvases. In his first solo show, Reissig shows works which are formally related to Psychedelia and leave the viewer with much room for psychological interpretations.

All works are unique and exclusively on display here in the West Berlin Gallery.