NACHSCHLAG: all the info, all the photos

June 19th & 20th, we opened our new exhibition "Nachschlag" with a double-event on Friday and Saturday. Thanks to all the artists and collaborators who made this huge show happen, and thanks to all the guests that visited the vernissage(s)!

For images from setting up the show, the vernissage and exhibition views, please click on the image above. More info, artwork images and prices can be found by selecting the links below.

NACHSCHLAG!
international group exhibition in cooperation with NoNewEnemies, curated by Harlan Levey (NoNewEnemies) & Jörg Heikhaus (heliumcowboy artspace)

feat.

56K | Alex Diamond | Christophe Lambert | Evie Haines | Ephameron | Invisible Heroes (Admir Jahic und Comenius Roethlisberger) | Jon Burgerman | Nomad | Stephen Smith / NCC | Will Barras

>>> artwork overview
>>> Pricelist (pdf)
>>> images from the exhibition
>>> Nachschlag: more info about the artists, the exhibition, the theme
>>> NoNewEnemies (website)
>>> feature article about the exhibition in Welt am Sonntag

Posted on June 24, 2009

VOLTA 5: Back from Basel ...

Returned sunday night, dead tired after a wonderful VOLTA-fair in Basel and a 12 hour drive on the crowded german highways ... watch the last video from Basel above and see us taking down the booth, or click the link below to see more images and other videos from VOLTA 2009...

>>> more info & all the video fun from Basel

Posted on June 15, 2009

yoomee.tv: Talkshow feat. heliumcowboy

If you understand german, and you have time today at 4 p.m. or 10.p.m. (CET): visit youmee.tv for a talk-show by host Marcel Lichter featuring heliumcowboy founder Jörg Heikhaus. Other guests of the show: Science Fiction author Christian Günther, singer Elli (presenting her new album) and Sabine Langohr from the book store "Stories".

If you don't find time today - in the next days, we will also post the video to this site.

>>> yoomee.tv

Posted on June 04, 2009

Antonio Santín in London

KATRIN LOLA (100 x 90 cm), MAJA (110 x 100 cm), SOEUN III (115 x 85 cm), all oil on canvas, 2009

Starting Tuesday, May 2nd, Antonio Santín will be part of a group exhibition in London's ROLLO Gallery. Titled "The influence of photography in painting", the exhibition includes works by Antonio, Tiina Heiska and Andrew Hollis.

"ROLLO Contemporary Art presents a group exhibition of international painters whose works display a relationship to the photographic medium. The works by these artists remain inherently 'painterly'; displaying confident application of paint and visibly bold brushstrokes, yet in a variety of ways these paintings create a dialogue with photographic practice and place painting within a larger context of imagery."
(Text from ROLLO Contemporary Art)

ROLLO Contemporary Art, 51 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JH
3rd June - 10th July 2009

opening reception: 6:30pm until 8:30pm on 2nd June

>>> ROLLO website
>>> artist info Antonio Santín

Posted on June 01, 2009

Hoppek & heliumcowboy @ frontlineshop- tv

Nice one: frontlineshop-tv posted 2 interviews about heliumcowboy artspace and our current exhibition, "Popo" by Boris Hoppek, to their online-channel. Both videos can be seen at frontlineshop.tv (click on the image above) or here at heliumcowboy (click "continue reading ..." below).

Supporting the art and lifestyle of our generation, frontlineshop.com also offers a competition to win our brand new Boris Hoppek T-shirts. And last week we installed some works by Alex Diamond at their headquarters in Hamburg as a temporary miniature-exhibition.

Follow the links below to the competition, videos and the blog entry about the Alex Diamond mini-expo at frontlineshop.com.

image courtesy of frontlineshop.com

>>> win Boris Hoppek T-shirts at frontlineshop.com
>>> not a winner? Buy Hoppek-shirts & more at our online-shop
>>> view images from the Alex Diamond mini-expo at frontline headquarters
>>> watch the video-interviews @ frontlineshop.tv
>>> images from the Hoppek-exhibition & artwork @ heliumcobwoy

Continue reading "Hoppek & heliumcowboy @ frontlineshop- tv"

Posted on May 26, 2009

Let's stick together: "Klebstoff"-presentation this friday, May 22nd

This Friday, May 22nd, starting at 7.30 p.m., the organisers of "Stickeraward" will present the first issue of their new sticker-magazine "Klebstoff" at our gallery. This unique new publication contains only peel-off stickers - each and every graphic can be taken off the pages and pasted to ... whatever you choose. 24 artists from around the globe have contributed over 100 stickers.

The "Klebstoff"-Team will hold a presentation about the magazine and stickers. And guest speaker Alain Bieber, editor at ART magazine, talks about subversive strategies and the power of stickers, and presents his project "Gute Seiten - curated kiosk & magazine club".

"Klebstoff": Magazine-launch, presentation and discussion at heliumcowboy artspace
Friday, May 22nd. Starts at 7.30 p.m.

more info:
>>> stickermag.com
>>> wildsmile.de
>>> stickeraward.net
>>> gute-seiten.net

Posted on May 20, 2009

Boris Hoppek: limited edition T-Shirts (special offer)

click image to enlarge

For those who always wanted a t-shirt by Boris Hoppek (they are pretty rare, he is not doing shirts very often): we produced a limited edition tee for the current exhibition. now available at the gallery and our online shop (link below). Different cut for girls and boys, all premium silk screen print on quality shirts and in different colors (see image). 25 € each.

SPECIAL OFFER for online orders (only until the end of the exhibition, June 5): get a free copy of LAVAGINA 2 with each shirt you buy in our web-shop!

>>> visit our online-store

Posted on May 11, 2009

Boris Hoppek: Vernissage-Photos and Artwork online

Saturday saw the Grand Opening ouf our new (temporary) gallery space with an amazing show by Boris Hoppek. We posted a lot of photos from the Vernissage, the artwork and some exhibition views to this site (click on image above or follow the link below).

If you plan to visit, we will be happy to welcome you during our new opening hours:

tuesdays - fridays 12 a.m. - 7 p.m.
saturdays 12 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hachmannplatz 2 / 200099 Hamburg

Exhibition until June 5, 2009.

Check this image-link to view the exhibited artwork:

>>> artwork overview and pricelist
>>> order Lavagina #2 & the limited edition Hoppek-T-shirt online
>>> photos from the exhibition & vernissage
>>> info about the exhibition and map with new gallery adress
>>> borishoppek.de (artist website)

Posted on May 06, 2009

We're with the champions: heliumcowboy supports youth basketball

click image to enlarge

These kids rule: congratulations to the basketball youth of Hamburg's ETV Sports Club for becoming undefeated (!!!) champion in their division last weekend after their first season (M12 = below the age of 12) under coach Erkan Alkasi. heliumcowboy sponsored the first set of jerseys, including a fresh team-logo designed by S-Fly from the kingdrips-crew.

>>> S-Fly
>>> ETV Basketball

Posted on April 21, 2009

Jon Burgerman & heliumcowboy: Lossy Data Lab - the video

Jon Burgerman & heliumcowboy artspace at SCOPE art fair New York, March 2009: The Lossy Data Lab in moving pictures. Thanks for cutting & editing this one, Jon!

>>> more info on the Lossy Data Lab at jonburgerman.com
>>> images form the Lossy Data Lab, New York 2009
>>> Jon Burgerman: artist info

Continue reading "Jon Burgerman & heliumcowboy: Lossy Data Lab - the video"

Posted on April 15, 2009

We have moved, part 1.

After a week of hardcore building and renovating, we have moved this weekend into our temporary residency at the Bieberhaus, Hachmannplatz 2. The next weeks we will make it cozy and nice in there, and prepare for the big opening on May 2nd with Boris Hoppeks' new solo show "Popo".

Click on "continue reading ..." below for more images of the progress in the new space. Later this year we will move again within the same building and under the same adress. We will start once our final new gallery space get's ready for us to work in.

Continue reading "We have moved, part 1."

Posted on April 06, 2009

Pictoplasma TV report feat. Nina Braun & Steve Alexander (Rinzen)

Great video about the pictoplasma Character walk and the PICTOPIA exhibition in Berlin, featuring interviews with Nina Braun and Steve Alexander (Rinzen). You didn't make it to Berlin yourself? Now's the time to feel deeply sorry 'bout that.

>>> direct link to video at hobnox.com

Posted on March 30, 2009

Nina Braun & Boris Hoppek in Berlin

(Boris Hoppek setting up at Haus der Kulturen der Welt)

If you are in Berlin, these are two of the things you shouldn't miss during Pictoplasma:

Nina Braun opened her exhibition "Needleworkout And Pumping Iron" tuesday night at presque fini showroom, Brunnenstraße 53. Exhibition only this week (until March 21st)!!! Opening hours: Tuesday until Sunday from 12 a.m. until 8 p.m. .

Boris Hoppek shows his installation at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt at the Pictoplasma-Museum show "PICTOPIA", opening thursday, March 19, 7 p.m.

More images: click on "continue reading ..." below.

(Nina Braun standing in the rain shortly before the show opening)

More Info:

Pictoplasma PICTOPIA!
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin

Duration: March 19th until March 21st 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, March 19th, 7 p.m.
Artist Presentation Boris Hoppek: March 19th 2009 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. during the Pictoplasma Conference Day

>>> more info at pictoplasma.com
>>> more info about the artists
>>> download press release english (pdf)
>>> download press release german (pdf)

Continue reading "Nina Braun & Boris Hoppek in Berlin"

Posted on March 18, 2009

scope New York | 03.2009

The Lossy Data Lab, set up by Jon Burgerman and heliumcowboy at the SCOPE art fair New York, has closed after almost 5 days of research activities. We will now analyze the data collected as well as the drawings head lab rat Jon Burgerman created during the fair. Stay tuned for updates, check Jon's and our website for new developments, the pictures we took, and make sure you visit our online-store for the merchandise (limited tee's and computer screenpads).

Over the next weeks, we will work on a video about our time in New York as well as a lab report compiling all drawings Jon Burgerman created during the show, in addition to information about the Lossy Data Lab-art project.

>>> photos from the Lossy Data Lab, New York
>>> Jon Burgerman website
>>> Visit our online store for the exclusive Lossy Data Lab merchandise (by Jon Burgerman)

Posted on March 11, 2009

On the couch with PRINZ

Jumping across his sofa, heliumcowboy founder Jörg is part of a home-story feature in german magazine PRINZ. Okay, it is a bit of lame self-promotion to put it on our website, but we just like the photo and Jörg's Hulk-T-shirt so much.

In the background: painting by Boris Hoppek; flying together with Jörg: Mr. TTT from FriendsWithYou. Photo by Frank Egel.

Continue reading "On the couch with PRINZ"

Posted on February 27, 2009

Lena Schmidt: Photos online

Thanks to everyone who joined us last saturday for the vernissage of Lena Schmidt's exhibition "urbanscapes" at our gallery. It was a great opening that (again) went really late into the night, and we just uploaded some images from the set up, the vernissage, the exhibition itself and the artworks to this site. Just follow the link(s) below (or click on the image above).

Lena Schmidt
"urbanscapes"
Vernissage: 7.2., 8 -p.m. - midnight
Running time: 7.2. - 6.3 27.3. (extended!)

>>> photos from the exhibition
>>> more info about the exhibition
>>> artwork overview & pricelist
>>> artists info Lena Schmidt

Posted on February 11, 2009

New in the shop: Prints by 56K, Bimbos & Calender by Boris Hoppek

New in our online-shop, convenient to order through the web: fresh Bimbo Sculptures by Boris Hoppek, his brand new Calender "Crisis 2009" from his last exhibition (30x42 cm, 14 pages), and the limited edition silkscreen-print by 56K from the show "Das Herz von St. Pauli" ... more info and images in the store (link below).

>>> visit the heliumcowboy online-shop

Posted on January 31, 2009

Modart TV: feature about the five years show

modart TV just launched a big feature about the opening night of the 5 years anniversary show of our gallery in summer 2008. Excellent documentation about the night of the nights, watch it by clicking the image above or the link below.

>>> modart TV feature about 5 years heliumcowboy at modart TV
>>> modart TV feature about 5 years heliumcowboy at vimeo
>>> modart website

Posted on January 24, 2009

Das Herz von St. Pauli: The pictures!!!

Just uploaded tons of images with impressions from setting up the show and the vernissage at Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona to the site - click on the image above or the link below to view them all ...

As you will see - we had a blast, it was a fantastic opening, a very big thanks from this end to Inigo, Leticia and Thoralf from Iguapop for all the support during the last week!

Thanks also to the artists, who worked hard on location to create an exhibition that will not be easily forgotten:

top row (left to right): Christophe Lambert, Stephen Smith (and Mike Swaney in the background), 56K; bottom row (left to right): Nina Braun, Felix Gebhard (who played an accoustic set from his band "Home Of The Lame") and Alex Diamond.

"Das Herz von St. Pauli - heliumcowboy strikes back"

at
Iguapop Gallery Barcelona
exhibition until February 14

>>> photos from the exhibition
>>> pricelist (pdf)
>>> Iguapop website

Posted on January 19, 2009

moki: images online

Images from our current exhibition "Mume - new paintings by moki" are online now. Click onto the image above or the link below to view photos from the artwork, the vernissage and the show.

moki: mume

Running time: Dec 13, 2008 - January 16, 2009
open wed - fri 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

ADDITIONAL OPENING TIMES:

We will be taking some time off around the holiday season , but to compensate for that we have additional opening hours in the next weeks:

monday & tuesday, 22. and 23.12, from 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
monday & tuesday, 29. and 30.12., from 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.

24.12. - 28.12.: closed
31.12. - 04.01.: closed

from monday, January 5, 2009: business as usual (open wed - fri 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.)

>>> photos from the exhibition
>>> artwork overview and pricelist
>>> order the exhibition catalogue online
>>> feature article about the exhibition in "Welt am Sonntag"

Posted on December 16, 2008

Miami 2008: show me the pictures!

Uploaded lots of photos from our trip to Miami to the site. Click on the image above or the link below to view them all ... no need to get jealous because of the sunny beaches, remember we're back already for a week now and are freezing in Hamburg ...

More pictures and movies can be found at the MODART website - the guys did an amazing job covering the "Primary Flight" action on the streets (and walls) in Miami throughout the fair. Something we'e hardly seen at all, 'cos we've been busy at the fair ...

>>> heliumcowboy in Miami - the photos
>>> MODART: the Miami tales
>>> primary flight website

Posted on December 16, 2008

NEW: online shop for tees & books!

We are happy to announce the launch of our new online shop for our books and T-shirts (and more stuff in the future)! From today on, ordering our merchandise and exhibition catalogues is much much easier.

Consequently we have changed the navigation on this site - under "available work" (formerly falsely labeled "shop") you can preview currently available artwork by our artists, check prices and get in contact with us if you are interested to learn more or buy.

and on this note: credit goes to the KINGDRIPS who brought this shop solution (by BigCartel) to our attention!

>>> new heliumcowboy online shop (just the merchandise)
>>> available artworks by our artists (just the art)
>>> kingdrips online shop (thanks, guys!)

Posted on November 25, 2008

Helping Hounds Of Hell: A big thank you from everyone

Remember "The Helping Hounds Of Hell"? The charity exhibition held in Hamburg and Berlin in January/February this year? The one where 30 artists supplied us with 100 fantastic skateboard-artworks, organised by Groupe Dejour, DiePhotodesigner and us here at heliumcobwoy to support the Sage-Hospital for children in Senegal?

We just received a nice mail from the charity organisation behind the hospital - the Sage Hospital e.V. from Berlin. They went to Sengal to renovate and improve the hospital building, so all money earned in the exhibitions was wisely spent and helped improve the facilities for the kids!

So a big thank you again to everyone supporting the shows, be it with artworks, labour or visiting the exhibition!

>>> SAGE Hospital website
>>> the official "hounds of hell" Website
>>> Images from the show in Hamburg
>>> webshop Hounds Of Hell (some boards are still available!)

Posted on November 11, 2008

Photos online: Antonio Santín

Photos from the artworks, the setting up and the vernissage from our current show "Carne de Kanone" by Antonio Santín are online. Click the link below or the image above to view them all.

Antonio Santín
Carne de Kanone
October 4 - November 28
open wednesdays - fridays 11 - 19h

A catalogue was launched at the opening: 32 pages, 21 x 21 cm, full color, softcover, limited edition print, #6 of the "edition heliumcowboy".

>>> Antonio Santín: Photos from the exhibition
>>> pricelist and artwork overview
>>> catalogue preview and order option (via paypal)
>>> more info about the show
>>> Antonio Santín: website

Posted on October 10, 2008

NoNewEnemies: Video of the heliumcowboy show

Found this great documentary about the NoNewEnemies-exhibiton we hosted at heliumcowboy in April/May this year, featuring microbo, The Boghe, Morcky and Bo 130. A NoNewEnemies production from zztv + Sara Tajariol / Mr. Sean Martin for modart.tv

Enjoy.

Posted on September 09, 2008

Jon Burgerman: Photos online

Our newest exhibition "Anserine Apparitions" by Jon Burgerman is open. We celebrated last saturday with a wonderful Vernissage, and as usual we uploaded tons of images from the exhibition to our site, please follow the link below or click onto the image above ...

Jon Burgerman
Anserine Apparitions
August 30 - September 26
open wednesdays - fridays 11 - 19h

>>> Jon Burgerman: Photos from the exhibition
>>> pricelist and artwork overview
>>> more info about the show
>>> Jon Burgerman website

Posted on September 05, 2008

Thank You! And now with all the Photos!

What a night! The heliumcowboy crew and our artists would like to thank all who came - we stopped counting at way over 1000 guests ... I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did, despite the long cue at the entrance. Big thanks also to the Area Boys for their fantastic live set, and to DJ Sdag, and and and. All of you helped us make it the best celebration of our anniversary at the Bieberhaus we could imagine ...

All images we took from setting up the show, the exhibition and the vernissage, can be found when clicking onto the image above or the link at the bottom of this entry.

Photo by Lui Roq (click to enlarge)

Key facts:

5 years heliumcowboy artspace

exhibition at Bieberhaus, Hachmannplatz, 20099 Hamburg

until August 15

Opening hours:

tuesdays - fridays 14 - 20
saturdays 12 - 20

>>> photos from the exhibition, the vernissage, the build up
>>> for available artwork please go to the "shop" section of our site
>>> TV feature about the show at youtube

Posted on July 17, 2008

Nina Braun - Stick and Move: photos online

Last Saturday we opened our current show featuring Nina Braun's third exhibition at our gallery, presenting fantastic new sculptures, videos and artworks.
At the vernissage, we launched a catalogue about Nina's work, which can be ordered online through this site.

Images from the opening and the installation are online now. Just click onto the images or follow the link below.

Exhibition until July, 4, opening hours: wednesdays - fridays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

>>> to the photos
>>> artwork from the show
>>> order the catalogue from the show online (pop up with more info)
>>> more info

Posted on May 27, 2008

No New Enemies Group show in Brussels

From May 7 - 18, (daily from 6 - 12 p.m.), No New Enemies presents a bunch of fantastic artists from their network at Le Botanique Museum in Brussels during the annual music festival.

With music from Scratch Perverts, Why, Morcheeba, Jamie Lidell, Bun Zero and more than 30 other acts NNE will get those feet moving by welcoming visual artists from their network to town.

heliumcowboy artspace is represented with 3 artists: Boris Hoppek, Neasden Control Centre (colaborating with Will Barras), Alex Diamond, and also fellow artists from our current show in Hamburg, BO130, microbo, Morcky and TheBoghe are also here.

Other participating artists include Wayne Horse, Ado Jahic, Galo, The London Police, Will Barras, Jon Burgerman, Guillaume Desmarets, Never Effect, Ephameron, Maoma, Btoy, L’Atlas, Jerome ‘G’ Demuth, RuediOne, Smash137 and a small glimpse at the A-Z private collection of The Don.

We uploaded a lot of images from setting up and from the show ... please click onto the images or follow the link below to view them all!

>>> images from the show (pop up)
>>> more info and catalogue download at modarteurope.com
>>> more info at NoNewEnemies.net

Posted on May 07, 2008