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Visit the entire exhibition on www.artwebradio.com in partnership with "votreART" & "Arts, Artists, Artwork": For me music plays a very important role. It gives my work composition through rhythm and beats. Guru’ Jazzmatazz and Jamiroquai keep me awake at night. Hip Hop legends like Nas and Tupac help me pump energy onto the canvas. Travelling and discovering new music keeps me inspired, therefore Artwebradio's vibes give me the flow to continue my creative process. Christian Awe for Art Web Radio All Rights Reserved.

About the artist...

Christian Awe began his painting career as an urban expressionist painter on the streets of Berlin in the early 90s. At the Berlin Universität der Künste he studied under Georg Baselitz and received his “Meisterschüler” in 2006 under Daniel Richter.

Awe's paintings oscilate between figuration and abstraction and astound with expressive color. He employs spray paint and acrylics, ink and water-colors, markers and oil pastels. Through scraping, ripping or even digging out entire chunks of color, he exposes hidden layers resting beneath, allowing them to resurface, thereby creating poetic pictoral spaces that possess an inscrutability of depth. Upon closer examination delicate details – tiny bursts of color and stenciled forms - speak of Awe’s artistic journey, while from a distance, his compositions evoke associations not dissimilar to cloud formations.

As artist-in-residence at Princeton University, Awe taught experimental painting in Princeton in 2011. In recognition of Awes dedication to art education, he received 2012 the “Art connecting Cities” Award for social projects from the city of Perm, Russia. There he conceived a live-performance with the youth ballet and the installation “what you feel inside art”. Awe's large scale mural at the Pedagogical University now symbolizes the inspirational side of public art in Perm.

Last year Awe’s works were shown at the Orlando Museum of Art, the Permm Museum of Contemporary Art in Russia, at the Art Dubai and Art Cologne, and in 2012 in exhibitions in Berlin, Paris and Vienna. At the moment Awe is preparing a 500 sqm public art installation to be realized in Berlin in the summer 2012.

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Papercut Letters by Annie Vought

There was a time, like 15 years ago, when my art teacher asked me and my classmates to make a craft. We got a piece of art paper (A4), 250gr, with a picture of traditional puppets elaborate on it. What we had to do is cut out some parts that have been determined, including the part that is in the center of the image, so detail. My work was finished for about 4 days, using paper knife. Really needed patience to finish it, but at that time honestly I did not understand at all the essence of that craft, other than the result was quite interesting after colored.

Seeing these works by Annie Vought in the present reminds me of that experience, "SO, it was actually papercut!", and how amazing to see there are artists who still do it, that I know, not many.

Unlike Joe Bagley and Hina Aoyama, papercut by Annie looks more focused on typography, form of writings, like handwriting. The handwriting and the lines support the structure of the cut paper, keeping it strong and sculptural, despite its apparent fragility. She says that in these paper cutouts, she focuses "on the text, structure, and emotion of the letter in an elaborate investigation into the properties of writing and expression. Penmanship, word choice, and spelling all contribute to possible narratives about who that person is and what they are like."

Meanwhile, the basic idea of making Typography as her main work is Email, text messages and Twitter provide us with the ability to stay in touch as never before, but with it we lose "fragments of individual histories. In the penmanship, word choice, and spelling the author is often revealed in spite of him/herself. A letter is physical confirmation of who we were at the moment it was written, or all we have left of a person or a time", says Annie.

'Rocking-2-gether chair' by Paul Kweton

The rocking-2-gether chair, idea and design by Paul Kweton (2012).

The rocking-2-gether chair (patent pending) is a hybrid between a rocking chair and dog/cat house. This project initially started in 2011, generating digital 3D models. Several 1:8 scale 3D printed models followed, refining the balance and rocking behaviour of the chair. The prototype 2.1 chair is made out of CNC milled birch plywood. The density and amount of the CNC milled "ribs" can be controlled with differently sized wooden spacers (see photographs), ergo controlling the visual connection between the person and his/her pet. The design process and final full scale prototype of the rocking-2-gether chair showcases the successful combination of digital modeling and digital fabrication.

Prototype Material

CNC milled birch plywood (CNC milled in California)

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http://www.paulkweton.com