Barbara (artist)

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Barbara. (* in Berlin ) is the pseudonym of a street art and action artist who was originally active in Berlin, then spread her art in Heidelberg and the surrounding area and now, because of her fame for fear of losing her anonymity, hardly in Heidelberg, but across Germany is active in different cities.

art

Street art by Barbara in Barbarastraße in Dresden

Barbara designs prohibition signs , information boards, advertising posters and graffiti in public spaces by alienating, supplementing or commenting on them with other pieces of paper. She uses computer printouts for this and attaches the paper to the respective location. The original signs are pasted over, but not damaged. She exhibits photos of her work on Facebook . There she has over 630,000 "likes" (as of December 1, 2017). The messages that are spread are sometimes cheerful, sometimes serious and occasionally also have a political background.

In an interview with Spiegel Online , she commented on the meaning of her art:

“I like to answer messages in public space. Prohibition signs only make up part of it. Advertising and graffiti are also part of it. The cities are full of messages, most of them want to sell you something or forbid it - that often challenges me. "

- Spiegel Online : Artist and her street art: "Prohibitions challenge me"

person

Barbara hides her true identity . She presents herself as a woman on the Internet and on her posters and according to media reports it can be assumed that she is actually a woman. When asked about her gender, she answered openly: "I am a person with the name Barbara". It is known about the native Berliner that she moved from Berlin to Heidelberg for private reasons and that her artistic sphere of activity has changed.

According to her own statements, she keeps her identity secret so that she does not have to be restricted in any way because she could possibly hurt feelings. In anonymity, she can act completely independently. Only one other person knows of their secret identity. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the name Barbara could also be an artist collective.

According to her own statements, she worked as a street artist at an early age. They have already as a small child swastika - Graffiti painted and remodeled.

In mid-January 2018, Barbara criticized the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). Hate and violence on the internet should of course be contained. But satire can only take place censored with the NetzDG. The background to this criticism was that in the weeks before, Facebook and Instagram had deleted her posts on the grounds that they violated community standards.

reception

Barbara's works shape the cityscape of Heidelberg for the short time in which they remain hung up and made the artist known in print media such as Spiegel , Stern , Tagesthemen and the Austrian courier . Those affected, such as the Heidelberg city authorities and the FDP , whose advertising poster the artist ironically revalued, react to Barbara's actions with humor. The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which the artist accused of right-wing populism , saw this as an attack, but later also said that politics lived from constructive debate and that Barbara stimulated thought with her posters.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Street art by Barbara: "Please don't take it all so seriously, I just want to play." In: rnz.de. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Street art by Barbara. Creative protest against the culture of prohibition. In: Stern . March 11, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Artist and her street art: "Prohibitions challenge me". In: Spiegel Online . May 13, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  4. ↑ #Streetart: What is #Barbara doing there? In: 17-r.de. May 9, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Götz Münstermann: #Streetart from "Barbara": "It's wonderful and terrible at the same time". In: 17-r.de. April 20, 2015, accessed June 11, 2016 .
  6. ^ Ninja Friedel: Schilderkunst in Heidelberg - Who is Barbara? In: Dasding . May 7, 2014, archived from the original on April 8, 2015 ; accessed on June 11, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b Facebook censors Germany's most famous street artist. In: www.faz.net. January 14, 2018, accessed January 27, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Street Art by "Barbara" No sticking - thinking allowed. In: Tagesschau .de. September 30, 2014, archived from the original on October 3, 2014 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Barbara sticks you one. In: Courier . March 14, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Mirjam Moll: “Barbara” stirs up the city. In: Mannheimer Morgen . May 10, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Grimme Online Award 2016: The winners. Grimme Institute, accessed January 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barbara.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Street art and action artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin