Ari Marcopoulos

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Apr 30, 2012 
 
Invader

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Charles Ray

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Apr 29, 2012 
 
5MINUTES with HuskMitNavn

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Henrik Vibskov

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Apr 28, 2012 
 
Inside Out

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Domencio Gnoli

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Jenny Holzer

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Apr 26, 2012 
 
Ice Cube celebrates The Eames

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Apr 26, 2012 
 
Holton Rower

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Apr 25, 2012 
 
Lamya Gargash

Lamya Gargash

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Apr 25, 2012 
 
Outside the Box

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Apr 24, 2012 
 
Bettina Rheims

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Apr 24, 2012 
 
ROA

ROA

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Apr 23, 2012 
 
International Woman

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Apr 23, 2012 
 
Anton Corbijn

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Apr 22, 2012 
 
Transmission LA: AV CLUB

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Apr 22, 2012 
 
Herakut

Herakut

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Apr 21, 2012 
 
Bruce Davidson

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Apr 21, 2012 
 
Katie Paterson

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Apr 20, 2012 
 
Anthony McCall

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Apr 20, 2012 
 
Néon

Néon

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Apr 19, 2012 
 
Oliver Payne

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Apr 18, 2012 
 
1000 x TASCHEN

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Apr 18, 2012 
 
A Matter of Abstraction

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Apr 17, 2012 
 
Wim Wenders

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Apr 17, 2012 
 
Kraftwerk

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Apr 16, 2012 
 
Kenny Scharf

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Apr 16, 2012 
 

Herakut

31-year-old Jasmin Siddiqui lives in Heidelberg and describes herself as a graphic designer. Her modesty prevents her from styling herself as an artist. But in fact, she is exactly that.
34-year-old Falk Lehmann lives in Munich. He is similarly humble, and can be accurately described as an artist as well.

Both have a background in graffiti and street art, but have since become established figures in the world of contemporary art, where they retain their pseudonyms. Falk is still known as Akut, while Jasmin remains Hera. Together, they are Herakut. Combining as perfectly as their names are their opposing styles and tastes.

Hera and Akut believe they were destined to work together. They first met in 2004, while painting a large mural in Spain. They struck up a friendship on the scaffolding and have been inseparable since. Apart from murals, Herakut exhibit their realistically fictional images in galleries worldwide. One show chases the next: Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Bristol and… Schmalkalden.

The small town, described as a “vacation resort in the Green Heart of Germany,” is where Akut grew up, in a house his grandparents rebuilt by hand after the Second World War. It is still the family´s home today. There is a small indoor pond teeming with goldfish, and on the walls, portraits of children and Herakut’s first paintings.

The duo has created a studio on the ground floor of this house, splendidly isolated from the distractions of urban life. Hera and Akut begin their day in the kitchen, with a cup of coffee and the local paper. After reading the horoscopes, they choose one forecast to be the motto of the day, then solve a crossword puzzle before discussing their work strategy and starting their session.

We joined Herakut in Schmalkalden to discuss their sources of inspiration, urban life, and injustice. Read more »

Apr 14, 2012 
 
Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera

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Apr 11, 2012