Boxi (artist)

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Boxi (* 1974 in Kent ) is a British urban art artist. In 1996 Boxi graduated from London's St Martins School of Art with a BA in Painting. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000.

Stencil work “To die for” by Boxi, in Lüneburg ; created in 2009 as part of ARTotale

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Boxi is one of the stencil artists. He produces multi-layered, life-size stencils that he cuts out by hand and displays both on the street and in galleries. The full effect of the stencils is usually only achieved by placing them in the urban landscape or as part of an installation.

“Boxi calls attention to the individual process of perception and exposes the widespread tendency to only perceive things superficially. With his interventions in objects or situations that appear everyday, he questions the visible and makes it clear that final truths cannot be shown. [...] In addition to clear references to Romantic painting, the beginnings of Conceptual Art and Marcel Duchamp's development of the Readymade , Boxi dealt intensively with Picasso's pastel drawing "The Embrace" (L'étreinte) from 1903. "

- Cordelia Marten: Boxi. In: Urban Art: Works from the Reinking Collection. Hatje Cantz, 2009, pp. 90-92.

In cooperation with the Hamburg street magazine Hinz & Kunzt , Boxi brought out the second street art edition . Twice a year, the magazine offers limited editions of works by street art artists for sale.

His works are represented in art collections, including the Reinking Collection .

Exhibitions

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ingo Clauss, Stephen Riolo, Sotirios Bahtsetzis: Urban Art: Works from the Reinking Collection . 1st edition, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3775725033 .
  2. ↑ "Human Bobby" - Boxi. (No longer available online.) Hinz & Kunzt non-profit publishing and sales GmbH, archived from the original on January 9, 2014 ; accessed on January 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hinzundkunzt.de
  3. ↑ StrassenKunzt Edition, Blendender Beobachter. It's not just his stage name that hits the mark: the English street artist Boxi paints photo-realistic figures that precisely reflect the fears and feelings of modern city dwellers. Now we are offering a real Boxi in our StrassenKunzt Edition (from Hinz & Kunzt 238 / December 2012). Hinz & Kunzt non-profit publishing and sales GmbH, accessed on January 9, 2014 .
  4. ^ Exhibition “Fresh air smells funny”. Street art, graffiti and urban art in the Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche . City of Osnabrück, accessed on May 18, 2013 : “On display are street art, graffiti and urban art, including works by Herbert Baglione (Brazil), Boxi (Great Britain), Brad Downey (USA), DAIM (Germany), D * Face (Great Britain), Hera (Germany), [[Mark Jenkins (Artist) |]] (USA), Daniel Man (Germany), Os Gemeos (Brazil), Pius Portman (Switzerland), Swoon (USA), Tilt (France) , Vitche (Brazil), Zevs (France), Zezao (Brazil). "
  5. ^ André Lindhorst, Rik Reinking: Fresh Air Smells Funny: an exhibition with selected urban artists. 1st edition, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg (2009) ISBN 3-939583-94-4 (exhibition catalog).
  6. ↑ Call it what you like! Collection Rik Reinking . KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, 2008, accessed on June 27, 2013 (English): “The exhibitions includes works of art by, among others: Till FE Haupt (DE), Mirko Reisser alias DAIM (DE), Rainer Splitt (DE), Banksy , (UK), ZEVS (FR), Otavio og Gustavo Pandolfo alias Os Gemeos (BRA), Santiago Sierra (ESP), Katsuhiro Saiki (JP), Liam Gillick (GB), Barbara Kruger (USA), Toshiya Kobayashi (JP) , Tony Ousler (USA) and Nan Goldin (USA). "
  7. ↑ Sven Nommensen, Iben From: Call it what you like !: Collection Rik Reinking . 1st edition, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark (2008) ISBN 87-91252-23-7 (exhibition catalog).
  8. ^ Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Leuphana Urban Art Project. (No longer available online.) Leuphana University of Lüneburg, October 5, 2009, archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on July 21, 2013 : “From October 5 to 9, 2009, 35 internationally known street artists conquered the urban area of ​​Lüneburg.” Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leuphana.de
  9. ^ André Weikard: Street Art. Lüneburg's University of Leuphana welcomes its freshmen with an art spectacle. At the start of the semester, 35 street artists from ten countries are giving the city a new coat of paint. In: Focus Online. Focus Online, October 7, 2009, accessed on July 10, 2013 : “35 international artists come on behalf of the city and university to spruce up the pretty and hip town with 70,000 inhabitants. The Hamburg curator Rik Reinking invited them. "
  10. ^ Urban Art. Works from the Reinking Collection . New Museum Weserburg Bremen Foundation, 2009, accessed on June 25, 2013 : “Participating artists: Akim, Ash, Herbert Baglione, Banksy , Blu , Boxi, Bronco, Dave the Chimp, Brad Downey , Ben Eine, Shepard Fairey , [ [Mark Jenkins (artist) |]], Kaws, Daniel Man , Miss Van, Mode 2, Os Gêmeos , Mirko Reisser (DAIM) , Space Invader , Swoon, DTagno, Tilt, Vitché, Heiko Zahlmann, Zevs, Zezão "
  11. ↑ Ruhs-Woitschützke, Irmgard: street art. At the Kunsthalle Barmen. In: Rhenish ART. KulturMagazin-online. Editorial office ImDialog, November 2008, accessed on May 30, 2013 : “The curator Rik Reinking made the selection of the artists with a wealth of knowledge. Participants : Ash, Herbert Baglione, Boxi, Brad Downey , Ben Eine, Faith47, Boris Hoppek , [[Mark Jenkins (artist) |]], JR , Os Gemeos , Mirko Reisser (DAIM ), Swoon, Zezao "
  12. ^ Street Art. Artists. (No longer available online.) REINKINGPROJEKTE, 2011, archived from the original on July 9, 2013 ; accessed on June 23, 2013 (German / English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / streetart-wuppertal.com
  13. ↑ HANSEstreetartWORKS. Tours to the stations of the International Street Art Festival. (No longer available online.) MARTa Herford gGmbH, archived from the original on December 31, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / marta-herford.de
  14. ^ Annett Reckert, Rik Reinking : POESIA - Works from the Reinking Collection . 1st edition. Municipal Gallery Delmenhorst (2013) ISBN 978-3-944683-00-3 .
  15. ↑ Existential imagery. Reinking Collection . New Museum Weserburg Bremen Foundation, 2014, accessed on June 12, 2014 : "The exhibition presents one of the most unusual private collections in Germany with works by nearly 50 contemporary artists as well as artefacts from Africa, Oceania and America."
  16. ↑ Beyond melancholia. Reinking Collection, Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, 1. (No longer available online.) Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, 2014, archived from the original on May 24, 2014 ; accessed on June 12, 2014 : “The exhibition forms the starting point of a trend-setting, unique cooperation. The Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg is joining forces with the Reinking Collection for a seven-part series of exhibitions . ” Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.voelkerkundemuseum.com
personal data
SURNAME Boxi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British urban artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Kent , UK