Michael Werner (artist)

Michael Werner paints a 160-meter-long picture with Keith Haring figures

Michael Werner (* 1961 in Munich ) is a German artist who lives in Maxhütte-Haidhof. He sets art world records.

Life

Werner's art campaign for EU expansion attracted international attention , in which people in 44 countries opened 10,000 umbrellas at the same time, surpassing Christo , who opened 3,100 umbrellas in America and Asia in 1991. The campaign triggered a press response in numerous EU countries.

With his art records, Werner would like to portray our social system and its emphasis on performance. That is why the artist himself goes to the limits of physical endurance in his actions. For example, at the 2002 Tunnel Art Festival in Tübingen, he painted a 220-meter-long tunnel with countless Picasso bulls' heads non-stop in 30 hours. At the III. At the International Art Festival in Magdeburg, Werner sprayed 1001 coke bottles on a bridge, surpassing Andy Warhol. At the Streetlife Festival in Munich, Werner painted a 160-meter-long picture with Keith Haring figures non-stop in 26 hours and 30 minutes and exceeded his record from 1989 (Chicago) by eight meters. In Werner's opinion, it is not creativity, but record-seeking, performance-oriented striving that characterizes our social system and his works.

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• [1] 1000 bananas for Berlin
• [2] Protest for Ai Weiwei
• [3] World record: With bicycles and aliens on the highway
• [4] Werner with 60 blue moose at the Central Europe Festival
• [5] 160 meter Keith Haring figures painted live in 26 hours without a break in sleep
• [6] People open over 10,000 umbrellas in 44 countries at the same time
• [7] Werner surpasses Andy Warhol with over 1000 coke bottles
• [8] Werner paints a tunnel with Picasso bull heads for 30 hours non-stop
• [9] 1000 meters of tire pressure - Robert Rauschenberg only second choice