Klark Kent

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Kent Graffiti in Frankfurt am Main (2006)

Klark Kent (* 1973 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a graffiti artist and music producer .

Klark Kent has been active since 1989 and has developed into an internationally renowned artist over the years. In addition to numerous publications in books and magazines, his pictures have also been presented at exhibitions since 1994, including in the New York galleries Vincent Louis (1998) and Pacifico Fine Art (1999). Some of his works can also be found in the 2006 computer game "Getting Up" by Marc Ecko . He is a member of the Montana Writer Team, a group brought into being by the spray paint manufacturer Montana Cans, which included other well-known artists such as Atom, Can2 and Smash137, but which has since been dissolved. Graffiti campaigns realized together include a tour of Germany lasting several weeks in 2001, exhibitions in Heidelberg and Dortmund in 2004, a concept wall in the New York Bronx in 2005 as well as numerous city trips, etc. a. to São Paulo , Barcelona , Milan and Basel . The biggest project so far in 2007 was the design of a 12 by 70 meter wall in Dubai . In December 2010, not far from the North Cape in Norway , he sprayed the northernmost graffito in the world. Two shades of the spray can manufacturer were named after him: In 2002 a Montana special series with the shade “Kent Heat Red” (no longer available today), and since 2010 the Montana Gold 400ml “Shock Kent Blood Red” has been available. Klark Kent has been running the Montana Store Frankfurt, the largest specialist shop for street art and graffiti in the Rhine-Main area, since 2010.

Klark Kent developed the online graffiti game Bomb the World , which was very well received in the scene and won the 2004 People's Choice Award at the Flash Film Festival NYC.

In addition to graffiti, music is also an important part of his work. As a co-founder of the Frankfurt Binding Squad, his productions a. a. appeared on the Mixtape Export published in 2003 . His most recent productions are for “Caser Nova feat. Fuego Fatal (Binding Squad) ”:“ Back to Frankfurt ”(2008) and“ Frankfurter Jungs ”(2011).

literature

  • Ruedione: Montana Writer Team - Graffiti at its best. Publication, 2006, ISBN 3-9809909-5-8 .
  • Graffiti Art # 1: Deutschland - Germany. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1995, ISBN 3-89602-028-5 .
  • Graffiti Art # 5: Frankfurt - Rhein-Main area. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1996, ISBN 3-89602-067-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure: http://www.starpulse.com/game/Marc_Ecko's_Getting_Up:_Contents_Under_Pressure/H45505/H47300/7/0/
  2. ↑ Montana Cans: http://www.montana-cans.com/
  3. ↑ Montana Store Frankfurt: http://www.canpire.de/
  4. ↑ Binding Squad: - ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) 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.bindingsquad.de
  5. ↑ Back to Frankfurt: - ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zuruecknachfrankfurt.de

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personal data
SURNAME Kent, Klark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graffiti artist and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main