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.

In 1800s Europe, the rising food prices and high unemployment fueled widespread popular protests. Communist Europe in 1989, created frustration with corrupt and unresponsive political systems and provoked the fall of once powerful regimes. 2011 is spurring a similar chain of events, bringing people together and empowering us to grab our governments by the balls and demand what is rightfully ours, human rights.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Opening Ceremony: Thursday, November 17th
18:00 – 22:00 at West Berlin Gallery
Brunnenstraße 56 / 13355 Berlin

Street activist PROST mostly uses adbusting as a way to utter the freedom to refuse advertising and consumerism. Not necessarily expecting any reaction since, as he sometimes states, «TVs are too loud», PROST enjoys changing advertisings’ meanings and perspectives by altering them. Nevertheless, he does not believe that art should be political, and rather regards it as a way to show his own personality and his beliefs.

As a reaction to the ever-increasing amount of advertisings and posters covering Berlin’s walls, ALIAS decided to recycle what other would simply regard as trash by using those posters as backgrounds for his new works. Making collages out of those overlapping advertisings, ALIAS trusts to luck to select his artworks’ backgrounds. Those exclusive artworks were made specially for Art Collectors Club.

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

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