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salvation mountain

Posted on February 18, 2016 by admin | Posted in artists @en, people @en, usa @en

Not “salvation hill” but “salvation mountain” leonard knight (*1931 – † 2014) had modesty named his work. In the dry, hot climate of california he got hidden by a stroke of enlightenment. “bible”, “jesus loves you”, “god! is to be read with giant letters. He had plastered tons of clay mixed with straw on the hill and painted everything clorful. Two waterfalls with flowers and as mentioned in giant letters”god is love” and “say jesus i’m a sinner, please come upon my body and into my heart”. Well, the hill of the outsider artist kneight made it. It became a national cultural monument of the usa in 2002.

dedicated to my friend burkhard koch

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t.w. rassmeussen

Posted on February 15, 2016 by admin | Posted in others @en, usa @en

i can understand that phil had choosen a pseudonym for the internet, otherwise his porch would be croweded every evening because of his excellent dinner he had served us. phil is member of the OneDayOnePhoto group which was initiated by our friend frank lange from essen / germany a few years ago. This evening we were talking about our travel experiences and all the enriching encounters we had and phil mentioned that this are our “travel pearls”. he has a great humor and bettina was delighted by his saying “it’s always great, until it’s not”

thanks to julie and phil for a great evening. And thanks as well for all the great but unmentioned encounters we had with our american friends.

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los angeles

Posted on February 12, 2016 by admin | Posted in cities @en, usa @en

attached some impressions from los angeles

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upcoming exhibition

Posted on February 10, 2016 by admin | Posted in artists @en, galleries @en, usa @en

first co_works exhibit in america !! here comes the invitation text by the tieken gallery / phoenix:

Tieken Gallery Presents Co_Works: A Transatlantic Venture with Guest Curator, Norbert Guthier

Imagine you could travel the world, stopping wherever you wish to meet your favorite artists and to visit with them in their studios, spending a day or two watching them at work.

For Norbert Guthier of Germany, this is not a dream but a reality that he has been living for the last several years. Not only has Guthier been visiting artists throughout the Americas, he has created a book, Co_Works, that combines photographs by Guthier with original artwork from the artists inspired by these photos.

Living the ultimate curator’s dream, Guthier is now working on a series of shows featuring these Co_Works with the premier American showing at Tieken Gallery opening February 27, 2016.

Featured in the show will be artists Emilio Martinez, Miami, FL; Matt Sesow, Washington, DC; Heather Wilcoxon, San Francisco, CA; Matthias Bolz, Dresden, Germany; Barbara Fisher, Asheville, NC; Brad Moody, Houston, TX; and Fred Tieken, Paradise Valley, AZ & Venice Beach, CA; with photography by Norbert Guthier, Frankfurt, Germany.

The opening reception on February 27 will be by RSVP. An event page will be posted on the Facebook Tieken Gallery page in mid February so please sign up early. We are expecting a full-to-capacity opening and you must be on the guest list to attend this event.

February 27 – March 6, 2013, Opening Hosted Reception, Saturday, February 27, 6pm to 9pm

Closing Reception, Sunday, March 6, 2013, 2pm to 5pm, find us on facebook

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bMoodyArt

Posted on February 9, 2016 by admin | Posted in artists @en, galleries @en, usa @en

i´m happy to announce the new co_work with bradford moody from houston. Our artwork will be on display –among many others- in the tieken gallery / phoenix and the opening will take place in the end of feb. 2016. Anybody interested to be invited? Just send a comment together with your e-mail. thanks!

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bert esenherz

Posted on February 7, 2016 by admin | Posted in artists @en, usa @en

I promised myself to take special care of my new super wide angle lens, but soon when bert started to paint, it was done not only to my jacket and trousers

as a teenager bert esenherz had studied at the academy of arts in berlin. There he was thrown out because he almost never showed up in the classroom. For his livelihood he jobed in a pub, and soon became his best customer. He went to new york and decided to dedicate his life to the arts and started as a street artist. In 2001, after many years in New York he decided cross the usa by feet. He grabbed a large image, put on a cart together with some belongings took off with olmost no money. In the more urban places he could make a liveing through pictures sales, then in the rural parts the fight for survival began. when he was hungry , he painted 10-dollar notes and replaced them for something edible. In After september 11th things had changed totally, he stopped the project and returned to new york. Since two years he lives in los angeles and he is represented in several major international galleries. It was really nice to chat with him and he promised to participate in the co-works project. So be curious and see what will come up.

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hollywood animals

Posted on February 6, 2016 by admin | Posted in others @en, people @en, usa @en

Our friend stephen in frankfurt said, if we would come to los angeles, then we should visit his sister bettina there. She and her man eric operate the company “hollywood animals” and the two have a lot of hand-raised lions, tigers, bears, monkeys, cats, dogs, which could be seen as “actors” in hollywood films. For sure, you can only deal with such animals, if you can read their body language, but I was surprised how accuratly the bettina could forcast their behavior . And especially for us her husband eric “dared” into the tiger cage. It was obvious that the tigers love him and everyone wanted to be more cuddled than his fellow creature. Thanks to bettina and eric and all the staff members that we were welcomed at their place. And of course: many thanks to stephen in frankfurt !!

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