Christiaan Nagel

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Nail with Policeman in London (2016)

Christiaan Nagel (born November 30, 1982 in Durban , South Africa ) is a British street artist and is known for his oversized polyurethane mushroom sculptures , which he placed high on buildings in cities such as London , New York , Barcelona , Berlin , Cape Town and Los Angeles .

Life

Nagel was born in South Africa and grew up in Durban. As part of the Durban surfing community, he has long been part of the skating and surfing subculture .

Since he became interested in art, he attended art courses. One of the first awards he won was the ABSA Bank Award for Children. In high school he continued his artistic education and took lessons from the Scottish artist Fiona Kirkwood. During this time he experimented with a number of techniques such as drawing , painting (including charcoal painting), and sculpture .

Works

One of his most recent exhibitions, called "The FI of The Underworld," depicts the story of metaphysical fish swimming through physical objects. Everything is based on a hallucination .

Among other things, he set up oversized mushroom sculptures (seven meters high) in the Urban Spree Gallery in Berlin . He exhibited another “mega mushroom” on May 24, 2016 in the Red Gallery in Shoreditch, London .

In addition to mushrooms, which he sees as part of a big narrative , he is working on a fantasy book that deals with the subject of perception , consciousness and dream content . He describes it as his dream to build a mushroom land. It's supposed to be a theme park that provides a foundation for its story and the characters in the book.

Nagel is not only into street art, but is also a trained musician, guitarist, composer and singer. He designed the guitar "The Nail", which was built by the German guitar maker Jozsi Lak.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christiaan Nagel. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Christiaan Nagel. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Christiaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British street artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Durban , South Africa