The publication "Fresh Air Smells Funny" shows street art and graffiti that shares common roots in the "urban space" and which has developed in highly individualized directions in the past few years. The artists in many cases employ means that come from classical genres like sculpture, painting and drawing, but also make use of everyday objects such as stencils, stickers, packing tape, etc.
Occupying the public space, the works draw the attention of passers-by to social conditions and show them a new side of the world they are currently moving through - sometimes with humor, and sometimes by applying a more radical strategy. The museum as protected art space and field for experimentation - in this case the Kunsthalle Osnabrück - offers the young artists a new opportunity to show their works to an open-minded, interested public. In association with "Reinkingprojekte" (Hamburg), selected works will be presented by international artists including Boxi (Great Britain), Brad Downey (USA), Daniel Man (Great Britain/China/Germany), Mirko Reisser (Germany), Tilt (France), Os Gemeos (Brazil), Vitché (Brazil) and ZEVS (France).
Some of the works were created especially for the exhibition and are documented for the first time in this richly illustrated catalogue.


"Fresh Air Smells Funny" at the Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche Osnabrück from January 25 to March 30, 2008.

Editor: Rik Reinking
Authors: André Lindhorst, Rik Reinking
Artists: Banksy, Boxi, Brad Downey, D*face, Daniel Man, Hera, Herbert Baglione, Mark Jenkins, Mirko Reisser (Daim), Os Gêmeos, Pius Portmann, Swoon, Tilt, Vitché, Zevs, Zezão

Softcover
17 x 24 cm
144 pages
196 color ills.
German/English
available
ISBN 978-3-939583-94-3
19,80 Euro
2008