Soon we fly back to phoenix and I have to prepare the first co_works exhibition in america. Today emilio martinez sent his contribution via mail which digitally conbined it with my photo. Exciting. Soon, the original artwork will be shown at the Tieken Gallery in phoenix, arizona. I can´t wait and keep you posted.
The youthful fred tienken is just 80 years and he is the youngest access to my co_workers. He paints since a few years and already had many major solo exhibitions. his modern mansion in phoenix recently got an upgrade and now there is a great gallery also. I have the great pleasure to present my first german-american co_works exhibition at the Tieken Gallery in the beginning of february 2016. attached you can see “our” co_work and here you can watch fred´s video, which i had taken ealier this year.
Yesterday we had a visit by enthusiastic sahara explorers and so my car calendar from 1986 came in my mind. And I got the idea to post these shots which were caputerd before the photoshop area. At that time we traveled with 3 vehicles into the algerian sahara to realize these photos over there.
30 years ago!! How the time flies…
It looks like this when big boys can realize their childhood dreams. Klaus flettner is not just collecting oldtimers, they often get rebuild from totally rusted carbodies.
There is a workshop (klassik garage kronberg) to restore those babies and even the vehicles of other oldtimer enthusiasts get well maintained there.
Why do I post this? Now, i do know klaus for many years and his passion for classic cars remembers me to andrew atwood in phoenix, who had restored his „tailfin“ with passion for about 7 years and had given it a new life. Some weeks ago i had taken photos of his „tailfin“ in the desert of arizona which will be published in the mercedes benz star magazine of america very soon. And of course here on my blog. Stay tuned….
in the end of january 2016 the first co_works exhibition will take place in the united states. (co_wokrs are my collaborations with other artists) currently I’m busy organizing the show and here i want to introduce one of the participants: heather wilcoxon.
a few months ago we had visited heather in sausalito close to san francisco and here you can see again her blog post.
Do you remember my blog post about atwood european in phoenix? for many years andrew has worked to restore his “tailfin” mercedes. Well, this restauration is now finished and the car will be presented in the “mercedes benz star magazine of america” soon. In this journal I had a publication which you can see again here.
Why i don´t show images? I am proud to have photographed andrew’s “tailfin” for that magazine and this photos will be published for the first time in january 2016. Stay tuned!
By he way, we are back in germany and we will continue our trip to mexico in january next year. And there are already some uncoming highlights: For example a co_work exhibition in phoenix!! Who doesn´t want to miss anything just send me a mail and I keep you updated. Thank you !
Once a week the time has come: the bulls have their performance in the small arena of “buffalo chip bar and grill”. The whole community close to phoenix is on the nostalgia trip and does well with it. full pubs, great atmosphere, the music is loud and the quintessentially american bull-riding well attended. Here are some impressions from the backstage area.
