West Berlin Gallery is happy to announce you that we participate in the STATTMARKT on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of December, 2011 with ALIAS, Prost, Giacomo Spazio, Niark1 and 1UP.

We encourage you to come into the bathroom stalls and find a unique idea for someone special. Discover rare works by local artists and creative products from independent business owners, or just enjoy the atmosphere of shopping in a bath.

STATTMARKT is the place to be in Berlin this weekend to find great last minute gift ideas, and much more! The stalls will carry independent artists, gallery representatives, photographers & graphic artists, design, fashion & jewelry, product design & merchandise, comics & literature, food & beverage, etc.

In the joy of the festive season a charity fund called DADAAB Help Program in Kenya will also be hold. The program also includes performances, exhibition and a mid market party. (Sat 17th, 20:00)

Other highlights of the weekend: Constant Installation by Clemens Behr & Buff Diss / Constant video installation by Quintessenz: watch a video preview / Live screening of The Grinch. Saturday: Performances from 18:30: IMPROVOLIGE (improvised singing) 20:00: DADAAB (dance & live painting from BLO) / Live painting by IRGH, Karl Addison & James Bullough. Sunday: Live painting by DEVI (style wars 2) & Danny Doom / Matias Schüttenberg (poetry-costume-art-entertainment)

West Berlin Gallery will be on the 1st Floor Gallery, don’t miss our stand!

We will be happy to welcome you from 14:00 – 22:00 Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th of December, 2011 at:
STATTBAD Wedding
Gerichtstr 65,13347 Berlin
S + U Wedding
S Humboldthain

Entrance: 3€ per day / 5€ for both days (The entry gives you a discounted price for the Saturday party!)
The charity project ”DADAAB” transfers all profits to platrorm www.betterplace.org

More info at: www.stattbad.net/stattmarkt or to find details about the program on the Facebook event.

Holiday preparation is officially on. It is time to get out last year’s wrapping paper, santa themed house decor, and let’s not forget – shopping for Christmas gifts! Knowing that we all love a bargain, West Berlin Gallery wants to help make this time of the year even more enjoyable. Our holiday gift season is starting with an exclusive promotion that will last one month: from 10% to 20% discount on all artworks in our online store!

Why would you offer something mainstream when you can afford original artworks?

As soon as you spend 500€, you get 10% discount of all your artworks. If you spend 1000€ you will get 15% off your cart. And it goes up to 20% discount for 2000€ spent. This special Christmas gift promotion is only available until December 18th.

Go on West Berlin Gallery Online Shop and enter the appropriate discount code below to take the most out of this promotion before it’s too late!

500€ spent = 10% off – Discount code : WBG10OFF

1000€ spent = 15% off – Discount code : WBG15OFF

2000€ spent = 20% off – Discount code : WBG20OFF

EXTENDED OPEN HOURS FOR HOLIDAY SEASON

West Berlin Gallery is happy to announce that the gallery will be open from 14:00 to 17:00 every Sunday before Christmas Eve starting in December. Come by to see our current group show: DISSIDENTS featuring works by ALIAS, SP38, Prost, Emess, Rallito X, BR1, Linda’s Ex, Niark1, Jakob Tolstrup and Giacomo Spazio.

We welcome you on December 4th, 11th and 18th to help you find something truly original for your friends and family!

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. Seeking truth and raising awareness, the artists that we have chosen for this show strive for non-conformity and create work representative of both political and social opposition, making them pioneers of dissident activity. Consciously or not, they seek honesty, challenge boundaries, then create art as a way of driving this message in to the minds of on-lookers.

By acknowledging the social and political unrest of this year, West Berlin Gallery cordially invites you as we debut Dissidents, a Group Show featuring:

Alias – Always keeping in mind the social and political activities and breaking through the boundaries of traditional art making, Alias delivers a great deal of gravity through his loaded imagery and mindful aesthetic. The self taught street artist never ceases to astound the public with his stencil work on recycled material.

SP38 – Urban poetry is this Berlin based french artists’ speciality. Mixing silkscreen and paint, SP38 plays with words to create provocative sentences which are strongly related to both political and social events of their time. The more sophisticated look of his artwork, using his unique deep gold color, helps him reach a wide range of public, even those who his messages are directed to.

Prost –  From his “Prostie” smileys making witty social commentaries that always put a smile upon our faces, to denouncing misleading, abusive, sexist advertising by his adbusting actions, Prost has never ceased on challenging society.

Emess – His work is mostly motivated by political issues that he approaches using a wide range of medias, such as murals, prints and sculptures. Emess confronts the viewer with issues that would rather be swept under the rug.

Rallito X – The attitude of an alienated society manipulated by the media, has been this spaniards work theme since he started putting his work up on the streets. Rallito X refuses to follow society’s rules and shows his unconformity with unacceptable formed characters carrying politically incorrect messages.

BR1 – For the last years, this italian artist has been studying the figure of the Muslim woman: history, tradition, legal sources and development in contemporary society. Charmed by the image of veiled women, BR1 decided to take the risk of introducing religious elements on his posters and make us wonder why is this piece of cloth so controversial.

Linda’s Ex – A while ago Roland Brückner aka Lindas Ex asked his lover to come back to him in plastered posters and stickers throughout the city. Nowadays, his pleas have turned into social commentaries sprayed into canvases.

Niark1 – His characters rise like monsters or aliens on a dark world filled by details. Their infinite nature scares and hypnotizes as there is always space for new discoveries. Cutting and pasting strips of newspaper where he later paints, Niark1′s artwork brings his dreams and fears to surface.

Jakob Tolstrup – Mixed media and color crayons are Jakob’s favorite techniques to work with. His characters have a childish style giving a sweet and humorous feeling to his paintings, which take a bitter look into nowadays society.

Giacomo Spazio – The established Italian artist, lead of the Italian Street Art movement, creates pop images, with shocking fluorescent colors that shout out their presence, as loud as possible. Using old fanzines and punk imagery to create lo-fi styled artwork with a cynical and subversive intention.

BLOOOM’s second edition will take place from October 29th until November 1st at Staatenhaus am Rheinpark in Cologne, and will gather international participants from a wide range of fields as well as thousands of art lovers.

We will be taking works by Alias with us, including some new, exclusive pieces! We will present new artworks on canvas by Linda’s Ex on our booth as well, and our favorite Italian mastermind Giacomo Spazio will also be represented with both new and classic works.

Our booth will feature a part of Utopia, Hara Katsiki‘s solo show which we are currently hosting at the gallery. Last but not least, expect to see artworks by Chow Martin, a Canadian illustrator which we are newly representing!

We are very excited about this art fair, and can’t wait to welcome you at our booth during BLOOOM, so save the date!

BLOOOM – the creative industries art show:

Staatenhaus am Rheinpark, Auenweg 17, 50679 Cologne

Opening hours:

Oct 29th, 12 pm – 8 pm, Oct 30th, 11 am – 7 pm, Otc 31st, 12 pm – 8 pm, Nov 1st, 12 pm – 7 pm

RSVP on Facebook here!

It will feature some amazing artworks by our star artists Prost, Niark1 and Alias – who will be presenting some limited edition series on paper as well as other new pieces. We will also showcase some works by new artists we are representing, such as illustrator Philipp Zurmöhle, Rallito.X from Spain and Jakob Tolstrup from Denmark. There will be works by Alexander Clouchard Barbone and SP38 on display too, so expect to see artworks by both fresh faces and renowned artists!

For those of you who wish to join us at Stroke 2011, we have two pairs of free tickets to give away! To enter, all you need to do is “like” West Berlin Gallery on Facebook here, and RSVP to our Stroke 2011 Facebook event by saying you will be attending the event. Two lucky winners will then be chosen at random!
Deadline for entering is Tuesday, October 12th at 6.00 pm.

For more information:

Berlin Postbahnhof – Strasse der Pariser Kommune 8, S-Bahn Ostbahnhof
Friday, October 14th: 1 pm – 11.30 pm
Saturday, October 15th: 1 pm – 11.30 pm
Sunday, October 16th: 1 pm – 6 pm
Entry fee: 8€ / Special student price 6.5€
www.stroke-artfair.com