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Official Release: What MINI and street art have in common? The MINI has always characterized the image of the metropolis and is itself part of the urban street culture. Exceptional design has always been to claim the mark. A passion shared by the protagonists of the creative street art.
The legendary New York street artist Craig “KR” Costello has missed last week in Hamburg, a MINI its unique style. His trademark, so-called KRINK dripping ink aesthetics, are motifs for which the color extends downward, as if it were applied too thick. The entire MINI was designed in the typical drop KRINK aesthetics of the creative people from Brooklyn. In the silver color runs along the distinctive shape of the MINI, around the body and side and rear windows of the black car.
The project was the “first love story” and the photographer Ali Salehi.
Am 28.10. presented the Hamburg trendy KRINK MINI in the bar “First Love” to the public. Am 31.10. interested will have the possibility of the MINI, and other works by the artist from the Vicious Gallery (HH) to admire.
Erstenthüllung:
Wednesday 28 October, 19.00 – 23.00 clock
First Love Bar, Michaelisbrücke 3, 20459 Hamburg
Opening reception and exhibition:
Saturday 31 October, from 20.00 clock
Vicious Hallery, Kleine Freiheit 46, 22767 Hamburg
For more information about the project and an interview with street artist can be found at www.MINIspace.com.
About KRINK.
Craig “KR” Costello earned in the 90 years of downward trending silver signature great fame in the scene.
This resulted in the brand KRINK. Today’s tags can be found in doorways, on walls, subway stations, street signs, etc. in the cities weltweit.Bereits in his youth, he lived in Queens, New York, developed KR graffiti colors. What began as a personal experimenting with homemade materials, quickly became a first strictly limited product line with special silver paint in bottles, which he distributed to selected friends. The result is a thriving company has grown, offering under the name KRINK (KR-INK), a wide range of specialty inks and markers that represent the highest quality and have a genuine cult status.
<p>I know some kids in the neighborhood that will do that for free. Just park your car outside overnight and you’ll be good to go!</p>
<p>On the flip side, I’m seriously not impressed, and this from a Jackson Pollock fan. It kind of reminds me of an artist from the 80’s who made his name throwing paint into the exhaust of a jet airplane. The process was so unique that it almost overshadowed the fact that his paintings really did blow (no pun intended). Same idea, different decade, different medium.</p>
<p>I have to agree with James. I’m very under impressed. Even after reading the article, I still don’t get it!</p>
<p>That isn’t art; it’s an UNHOLY ABOMINATION.</p>
<p>What a way to ruin a car. Yuck.</p>
<p>I think the finished product looks kind of cool. The article needs some help though. It says written by the MF Staff but it reads more like they used a program to translate a German article. If it really was written by someone in English you should probably check what meds they are taking because they may be having a reaction.</p>
<p>Thanks for all you do guys in finding this stuff, you are a regular stop on my daily web surfing.</p>
<p>Ah, art imitates nature. To me, the artist is singing the praises of the avian digestive system and a bird’s instinctive drive to leave its mark on the world before its all to brief visit to the planet is over.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago I ran across the WashMe project, by Zehn Kunstler. I haven’t looked whether or not it predates the KRINK project, but I prefer it for a few reasons.</p>
<p>It’s worth checking out:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/washme/sets/72157622681779670/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.flickr.com/photos/washme/sets/72157622681779670/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washme.ch/?p=391" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.washme.ch/?p=391</a></p>
<p>Sigh, the waste of a perfectly good R56. Being a professional artist and designer, I am in favor of an adventurous statement. Jackson Pollock was an originator. But, this is more of a poor example of forced pop culture iconic art adorning an icon. More than we should be expected to endure. I’m just recovering from our Irish Fish Artist’s attempt at making a Mini fine art (they already are). By the way having seen KRINK pieces in the past, in comparison this application of his <strong>CRAFT</strong> is actually poorly executed. I might add that this is a very well written article which I enjoyed.</p>
<p>I’m glad I wasnt the only one who had a tough time comprehending what was written…I just figured it was the Costa Rican Coffee I just consumed. Guess not…</p>
<p>I like this car, and there have been a lot of people weighing in with their opinions on it…I will let you figure out what the common consensus has been…However, let me just remind you of what art is:
Art is a Reaction! Good or Bad, it is designed to evoke emotion and conversation…This piece does that, therefore it is a successful work. Regardless of whether you like it or not, you cannot deny the fact that KRINK has the MINI world buzzing.</p>
<p>Where I live and other places I have motored, MINIs aren’t associated with “urban cool”. I may be viewing the overall MINI culture from a skewed vantage point but I can’t be that far off. I think MINI’s advertising and overall image of “urban cool” should be dumped and steered toward something more performance and/or twisty oriented. MINIs need to spread their legs and not be just another vehicle stuck in city traffic.</p>
<p>@sideways Eh!…. right on!</p>
<p>Like, hate it, KR did it and you doubters didn’t. Pollock was and is hated but saying it’s not art is well, stupid and shows how little you know about anything having to do with that subject.</p>
<p>That being said… if you don’t like it that’s your right to disagree with that artists vision, just don’t say it’s not art, just by it’s presence it is art.</p>
<p>Whether I like it or not, I have to say that the third picture does highlight that MINIs have some of the sexiest curves.
As much as I like the performance of other products (like the Mazdaspeed3), they can’t look that good.</p>
<p>DUDE! I get what you’re saying, and frankly, wearing hardened poop for earings has at one time been considered art, but simply dribbling paint down the sides of a car is not evocative or confrontational in any way.</p>
<p>I won’t get into a debate with anyone on what art IS, because everyone’s interpretation is different (especially if you’ve ever seen Jeff Koons: Michael Jackson with Bubbles 1988). But the reality is that despite almost every artist’s being hated at some point in their career, they were ultimately making a statement. Dada, Impressionist, Cubist, Abstractionist, all pushed a certain point of view. Heck even Shepard Fairey’s Obey poster art is a statement on current tagging art.</p>
<p>If this car were done with some semblance of creative process (like following only certain curves of the car to make a statement on the size of small cars in America), or confrontation (“A Birds viewpoint on modern transportation”), I might have some respect for it. This is just random dribble without a point of view or message. A High School art project at it’s best.</p>
<p>Flame away haters.</p>
<p>If you don’t think of it as a Zebra, it looks pretty cool I think. You could get some sweet photos of it in a studio w/ white or black backgrounds.
Oh its not this car thats the abomination. Its all the minis out there with loser owners that decorate their car like miney mouse and all the other retarded cartoon icons.</p>
<p>I like it actually, the way the drip flows looks like it’s many silhouette of skyscrapers of downtown. It really is a very urban design. You can really see the shape of the car too if you follow the flow of the lines. I do prefer him not painting the windows. Would have been cool if he had more black and white design on the roof as well.</p>
<p>Watch the video here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliW2RUh0Cg&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliW2RUh0Cg&feature=player_embedded</a></p>
p>@ftttubrgcm</p
<p>Mini reserves that performance image for the JCW Brand. Same goes for BMW and the separation from it’s M branding. Mini are for commercial driving and the performance is JCW. No JCW or M drive wants to pull up to a base model and believe they’re driving the same thing.</p>
<p>JackSymbolic or jack the Dripper: As a Mini owner (3x), professional artist, and an abstract painter no less I am not excited to see yet another drip painter “do a Mini.” Street artist or MFA trained painter, it’s a gimmick technique and a PR stunt at best. Two thumbs down.</p>