BOND TRULUV
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BOND repräsentiert eine neue Generation von Graffiti-Writern. Wann immer seine Bilder im Internet auftauchen, lösen sie grosse Begeisterung aus. Der weitgereiste Künstler aus Leipzig zeigt in seiner ersten grossen Soloshow grössere und kleinere Arbeiten und Zeichnungen, sowie vor Ort aufgebaute Anamorphose 3D Installationen.
Er befasst sich in seinen Werken vorwiegend mit Schriftzeichen 1*, eingebettet und organisch verwoben in abstrakte Welten, dem Schein und dem Sein. Seine filigranen zum Teil fernöstlich inspirierten kalligrafischen Kompositionen baut Bond komplex in mehreren Schichten auf und bettet sie clever in die Umgebung ein.
In seinen Arbeiten fängt er die Atmosphäre seiner Reisen durch den fernen Osten ein, wie das Nachglühen einer Erinnerung, ein Echo der Zeit. Das Betrachten seiner Werke lässt vergessen und den Raum neu wahrnehmen. Dabei gibts keine abgegriffenen plakativen Statements; “Nicht ein: Halt! hier komme ich! – Mehr ein: Hallo, wo stehst denn Du?“. Es geht um die Frage was der Betrachter sieht, was er/sie entdecken kann und ob es einleuchtet.
Ungeachtet der hohen Komplexität, dem Einsatz von phosphoreszierenden / fluoreszierenden *2 Farben und der hohen Perfektion, wirkt sein Stil leicht, erfrischend und natürlich. Elemente der Op-Art *3 verwendend setzt er sich mit der Dichotomie des Seins und des Scheins auseinander und schafft sogenannte Anamorphose *4 3D Installationen.
Die Tiefe und Poesie welche in seinen Bildern glüht, steht in starkem Kontrast zu der weit verbreiteten Wahrnehmung von Graffiti. Sie wirken beinahe wie eine dystopische Zukunftsvision einer globalen Gesellschaft, in welcher ewiger Tag herrscht und die Überbeleuchtung der Megacities jegliche Intimität verdrängt. Es ist eine Kunst die vom Licht des Tages lebt und magisch in die Nacht hinein leuchtet.
Wir finden dass BOND mit seinen “Glowing Letters” einen Quantensprung vollzieht und sind sehr stolz dieses aussergewöhnliche Talent mit der Ausstellung GLOW IN THE DARK im Starkart zeigen zu können.
1* Charakter = engl. Schriftzeichen / Buchstabe
In der englischen Sprache wird neben dem Wort letter auch character für Buchstaben oder Schriftzeichen verwendet, was zudem für die folgenden Wörter steht: Persönlichkeit, Eigenschaft, Rolle, Merkmal, Ruf, Temperament, Typ, Art, Figur Existenz usw. Das hat im englischen Sprachraum sicher zu einem anderen Auffassung oder besseren Verständnis der Graffiti-Kunstbewegung beigetragen.
2*Fluoreszenz / Phosphoreszenz
Sowohl Fluoreszenz als auch Phosphoreszenz sind Formen der Lumineszenz (kaltes Leuchten). Phosphoreszenz kann mit Hilfe der Quantenphysik beschrieben werden: Wird ein phosphoreszierender Stoff mit Lichtquanten (Photonen) beleuchtet, so geben diese Photonen ihre Energie an die Elektronen des Stoffes ab, die in ein höheres Energieniveau wechseln (Quantensprung). Im Gegensatz zur Phosphoreszenz sind die elektronischen Übergänge der Fluoreszenz spinerlaubt. Das heißt, sie erfolgen zwischen Zuständen mit gleichem Spin.
3*Op-Art
Eine Kunstrichtung aus den 60er Jahren, die mit Hilfe präziser abstrakter Formmuster optische Effekte beim Betrachter erzeugt, die Vorstellung von Bewegung, Flimmer-effekte und optische Täuschungen.
4*Anamorphose
Anamorph bezeichnet die Eigenschaft einer optischen Abbildung. Zur Entschlüsselung muss man den richtigen Blickwinkel kennen. Seit dem Mittelalter kennt man diese Möglichkeit der Verschlüsselung von Botschaften und brachte es in vielen Kirchen Italiens zu einer wahren Meisterschaft.
“…der Sinn des Lebens liegt in der Entwicklung und Übertragung von immer höherer Komplexität des Codes: nicht der Förderung des Leben des einzelnen, noch irgendwelcher bestimmter Arten, da beide sterblich sind. Nicht einmal der Inhalt der Botschaft ist von Bedeutung, denn sie erleidet Mutationen, nur deren kontinuierliche Existenz und Entwicklung.”
(Stanislaw Lem, called Golem XIV)
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Glow in the Dark
16. Mai 2014 – 14. Juni 2014
BOND TRU LUV Soloshow
Eröffnung: 16. Mai 19 – 24 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten: Do/Fr 17 – 20 h, Sa 14 – 19 h
Starkart Exhibitions, Brauerstrasse 126, 8004 Zürich
truluv.de
We are very proud to announce the new soloshow Glow in the Dark by BOND TRULUV.
BOND represents a new generation of Graffiti-Writers. Whenever pictures of his works appear on the Internet, they unleash quite an enthusiasm. The much-travelled artist from Leipzig shows in his first big solo GLOW IN THE DARK big and small works and drawings, as well on site built up 3D – Anamorphose installations.
BOND has eagerly committed himself to examining new ways of composing letters and calligraphic ways of expression, up to the essential problem of observation of the duality of being and seeming. He builds up his filigree, often Far Eastern inspired complex calligraphic compositions in several layers and embeds them cleverly organically interweaved in the outside environment, or in abstract worlds on canvas indoors.
In his works, he captures the atmosphere of his trips through the Far East, like the afterglow of a memory, an echo of time. Looking at his work lets you forget and perceive space in a new way. He does not try to make striking bold statements; “Not a: Stop! here I come! – More like a: Hello, where are you standing?”. It is a question of what the viewer sees, what he / she can discover and whether it makes sense.
Despite the high complexity, the use of phosphorescent / fluorescent colors * 2 and the high perfection, his style is light, refreshing and natural. Elements of Op Art * 3 using he deals with the dichotomy of being and seeming, and creates so-called anamorphose*4 3D installations.
The depth and poetry which glows in his paintings, is in stark contrast to the widespread perception of graffiti. They almost look like a dystopian future vision of a global society, in which the eternal day reigns and the over-lighting of megacities displaces any intimacy. It is an art that lives by the light of day and magically shines into the night.
We find BOND with his “Glowing Letters” a quantum leap that carries out and are to be able to show very proudly this unusual talent with the exhibition GLOW in THE DARK in the strong kind.
We find that BOND takes with his “Glowing Letters” a quantum leap and are very proud to show this extraordinary talent with the exhibition GLOW IN THE DARK at Starkart.
Glow in the Dark
16. Mai 2014 – 14. Juni 2014
BOND TRU LUV Soloshow
Eröffnung: 16. Mai 19 Uhr – 24 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten: Do/Fr 17 – 20 h, Sa 14 – 19 h
Starkart Exhibitions, Brauerstrasse 126, 8004 Zürich
truluv.de
Bond’s Motivation
Tru Luv is more than the relationship between two people. It describes a positive attitude towards life and the things I do. The passion to create and to evolve during the process. To live consciously, respectfully and humble. Luv letters, luv life, luv yourself and everything around you in equal measure.
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Graffiti Writers see the world with a different eye. Focus is brought intensely on spots for future works and wherever we walk we are constantly checking for new ones. This worldview is deep inside and will hardly ever go away. Each one of us has their own priorities in the final choice of what is good and what is bad about a wall and if it is finally painted or not. Most tend to share the idea that the best suitable place for the beloved piece is a facility that is most public and can be seen by as much people as possible in everyday life. The driving factor fame and the eternal wish of being literally everywhere is the basic idea behind this perspective, I understand. You gotta be fast, you have to run and sometimes you have to fight to paint those places to earn your portion of fame in our funny little hierarchical society of writers. There exists a variety of laws and attributes to judge “the worth” of a piece and you have to vague each factor carefully before you take action. There is of course those type of spots that involve the above and then there is those, that are the total opposite. Quiet places far away from stress and hassle. Places that have been forgotten by society or never ever even have been discovered in the first place. Urban- and natural areas offer them both splendidly to those who take some time to look carefully and accept the adventure of getting away from the beaten tracks of worn feet. Abandoned factories, – drainage channels, -military bases and long forgotten rotten residences on the countryside and in the city are found in every part of the world alike. Also rocks and smooth stonewalls in mountaineous terrain are most welcome to be redesigned by the ambitious artistic dude. Everyone who has ever roamed around one or more of the mentioned scenarios knows the special atmosphere that inhabits them. Each is host to a mix of features, unique in their composition. Be it the variety of rotten smells, the splashing of raging waves, dripping and cracking noises from decaying construction or the sighing and roaring of wind around it, the setup is special and never to be found again similarily. Most of the time you are the first one to feel those vibes in a long time and probably again for a long time. The remoteness assures a meditative silence in which a stressfree and concentrated artistic process is much more likely to be given. The atmosphere interacts with you and your creative output is affected by it.
For many people abandoned and farout places don’t offer the real deal. Painting them is not what true graffiti is about. They are lacking the action, illegal- and therefore “hardcore”-factors. To most writers they are just good enough for training style and seem to be simply worse halls of fame.
To me they always had an undeniable attraction and surge and seemed perfect breeding ground for graffiti, as I desired to do it. Time and daylight (most times) are factors that I found very valuable to achieve a certain quality in a piece of art and also the unique surfaces and interiors I could discover in the rooms and enviroments I was exploring inspired me in many ways. I always tried to see a piece rather as an installation that corresponded to its surroundings than a kind of sticker, that was quickly patched in. Of course I mostly tried not to forget that it was about letters and styling them. The task of combining those two claims – synthesis and style – is not a simple one and regularly forces your creative chaffer to go new ways. And that is for me a very desirable demand of the better graffiti writer, seen as an artist. The reinvention of ones style. The approach of new methods and new forms on a regular basis. Failure is nearly impossible. The expression “everything´s allowed” counts more than anywhere else in our guilde of art. Spots included. And there are so many out there! The whole world is full with beautiful places that just wait to be redesigned. It does not only stop at your backyard. It speaks so many visual languages that can lead you towards new experiences. The whole world is full with moments of compassion in the act of painting and the range of feelings that it offers. And all of them are waiting just there. If a style doesn’t fit, try a new one. If you fuck up a wall, find a new one. Space is there. Time as well.
Forward.
