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photos from the exhibition
>12.2005.: egal!
>10.2004.: Micky Ficky Jesus
grafitti- and street-artist boris hoppek is challenging every surface: taking his strong characters not only onto walls, but also on various materials from all kinds of backdrops (furniture, papers, blinds, advertising posters etc.) to huge sculptures he builds from used cardboard boxes and sewing his main character, the bimbo, in his different incarnations as small puppets.
the variety of his work is unlimited; hoppek draws quickly with a reduced line, using selected colors only, thus creating his own character universe and using a very specific, often drastic visual language.
the cuddlyness of his bimbo-character, carrried to the extreme in his very loveable puppets, stands in huge contrast to his radical themes: violence, sexual abuse, racism, oppression. hoppek doesn't care about political correctness, he shows what he sees and what he wants us to see in undisguised, unmasking but still very fresh and agile paintings.
being a well known name in the grafitti-world for years, he has taken his street approach in his very unique, professional, calm and unagitated way onto an astonishingly high level to bring it into galleries and our homes. he has successfully exhibited over the past years in galleries from barcelona to berlin. the heliumcowboy artspace presented him in hamburg in october 2004 with his solo show "micky ficky jesus" and in december 2005 with the exhibition "egal!".
boris hoppek is beeing represented by our gallery, so please feel free to send any requests for information or inquiries regarding his artwork to our gallery.
>follow this link to an overview of his work sold at our gallery (incl. prices)
more information:
>>> press release, pdf, in german
>>> artist website