Still

Digital Photography by Petra Kodym 2009

"Window Collage"

Part one of a public art project. Work in progress. Secret place. Secret date.

Censorship

Rubin Hirschbeck, POLKA,186X180 cm, oil - cotton, 2008

Rubin Hirschbeck, NACH DER VERLORENEN ZEIT / after the lost time, 180X150cm, oil- cotton, 2008

Another case of Art Censorship and Prohibition has occured in Germany. The Artist Rubin Hirschbeck was not allowed to show some of his works in his current exhibition in Fürth, near Nürnberg. The two works above are among the banned artworks. What a shame in the 21st Century!

Read more about what happened:

• http://rhausstellungen.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html
• http://rubinhirschbeck.blogspot.com/
• http://andre-debus.blogspot.com/2009/01/kunstzensur-im-stadttheater-in-frth.htm
• http://fuerther-nachrichten.de/artikel.asp?art=958298&kat=50
• http://teriellblog.teriell.de/2009/01/30/im-dschungel-ware-das-nicht-passiert/
• http://www.adrianferrero.com/2008/08/11/art-to-see-rubin-hirschbeck/

Philip Kwame Apagya

Philip Kwame Apagya"White house" (1998)
Chromogenic photograph 94 1/2 X 106 1/4 inches
240 X 270 cm

In 2009 Apagya´s "White House" Photography from 1998 gets a new meaning.

(Unfortunately I haven´t found a larger image.)

The Artist was born in 1958, in Sekondi, Ghana.

After working in his father's photography studio, Apagya received a degree in Photojournalism and opened his own studio, P.K.'s Normal Photo Studio. His portraits of Africans are made in front of painted backgrounds displaying highly commercial and Western scenes.

http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=22

http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/fest00/africa/apagya/

http://www.caacart.com/pigozzi-artist.php?i=Apagya-Philip-Kwame&m=36

http://www.designboom.com/portrait/apagya.html

Sam3

street sculpture by sam3
10/2008 Berlin, Germany

P.P. just loves the nest, a street sculpture by Sam3, a Spanish Street Artist. Sam3 is also doing walls, installations, drawings, videos, editions and his own blog.

To see more gripping works, please visit his website and blog:

http://sam3.es/

http://sam3-security.blogspot.com/

Petra Kodym at gaya

Der Mann, der die Frauen haßte / "The Man who hated Woman", 2008, Petra Kodym, Acrylic, Collage on Canvas, 40 x 30 cm

Exhibition "Zu wenig Blut" by Petra Kodym

Exhibition Opening on Monday, 12th January 2009, 7 pm in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria, at the Gallery for Young Art.

Latest works of the young Austrian Artist are shown until 16th February.

http://www.petrakodym.com/

http://www.gaya.at/

P.P. is back in 2009

Sarah Maple

'I Heart Jihad' by Sarah Maple, Digital Print

'This Artist Blows' by Sarah Maple, Digital Print, 20 x 30 inches

Sarah Maple was born in 1985 and grew up in Sussex, where she lives today. She did her BA in Fine Art at Kingston University and in October 2007. Much of her inspiration originated from her being brought up as a Muslim, with parents of mixed religious and cultural backgrounds. Understandably, issues of identity are of huge interest to her. Maple's work often takes on fabricated scenes and situations and she admits she is affected by the art world, as well as from her general surroundings; including friends, family, television and popular culture. She is also greatly moved by music, comedy and literature. She believes these influences are truly woven into her art, and provide the platform upon which her work is realised. Maple states that the aim of her work is: "to give my audience food for thought. I believe comedy is a great tool to achieve this, which is why I choose to portray my conceptual ideas through a light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek approach".
http://www.sarahmaple.com/