KEEP IT FRESH PROJECTS | Contemporary art | Street art

SANGUINA by JORGE HERNAIZ

18 April. 2020

The second project that Jorge Hernaiz created when he visited us, was this big painting (460 x 180 cm).

Titled “The Sanguina”, this painting is a present to Jorge’s memories and his experience at the oranges field of his grandfather.

Jorge says that each time he remember the time he spent with his grandfather in his fields is unique and special, he teached him the love for the land and how important it is for us, every simple thing is relevant an important, he showed him to appreciate the world in a different way and teached Jorge throught the experience gained on his life.

Always that Jorge see a Sanguina orange, it brings him memories of the time he spent with his grandfather and his teachings.

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Artist: Jorge Hernaiz

Location: Amsterdam

Organized by Keep it Fresh projects

THE TULIPS by JORGE HERNAIZ

28, March. 2020

At the beginning of this year, the Spanish artist Jorge Hernaiz visited us and worked at our “White wall project” on this massive painting entitle “The tulips”.

Together with the images of Hernaiz work, we would like to share with you what he told us about the inspirations and intentions of his artwork:

“Since I remember I have been painting, always wanting to know, why I do it?

From a very young age they teach us to repeat what they want and do what they send us, every minute we get older we forget the child we carry inside and we are wrapped in ties by the system, my Tulips represents this encounter and its link between the painter and the child.

It is a language that we forget or make us forget, what has led me to inquire again from the root of it.

I wanted to make a series of sheets of paper and crayons that took me very interesting along the way of feeling a little freer using this virtue of being a child again.

Rather, a child who is always with me has to express his feelings with paint, "I do not want to copy anyone's work, nor do I want to reinvent what is already done by other painters", I thought so to overcome the fear of the white canvas that an unscrupulous child has, without really knowing why they are not afraid of what they will say, they know what is done because it is a fun game, only when you become an adult is there a twisting game, THE PAINT.

This is how I wanted to represent the moment of splendor with these Tulips from my beloved Holland.”

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Artist: Jorge Hernaiz

Location: Amsterdam

Organized by Keep it Fresh projects

BIRD’S EYE VIEW by DOSJOTAS

25, October. 2019

Few weeks back we had the pleasure to host the Spanish artist Dosjotas and support one of his interventions in Amsterdam.

With this intervention entitle “Bird’s eye view”, Dosjotas illustrates us with a metaphorical jail, a reality and stinging fact:

“We live under surveillance. How Orwell predicted in his book "1984" , we live in a technological dictatorship, guarded 24 hours a day, they observe us, our conversations, the places where we go, our tastes, they can know everything about us with little effort and without our permission.

For years we live with CCTV cameras in all cities, only in China it is estimated that there are more than 200 million cameras, with facial recognition algorithms, put by governments, on streets, banks, public buildings, apartment blocks, shopping malls, cameras everywhere, connected to satellites, mobile phones and social networks or the new portable cameras integrated in glasses used by the police, capable of identifying people in front of them. They monitor everything, in schools, the attitude of the students, their level of attention; they control the workers in their posts, analyze people who walk on the street or wait for the subway.

The technological “Big Brother” who sees everything, a mass surveillance system that listens and collects data, turning the world into a 24-hour monitored scenario, "for our safety".”

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Artist: Dosjotas

Lacation: Amsterdam

Supported by: Keep it Fresh projects

SHARP by SKOUNT

7, October. 2019

Recently our friend Skount painted these big panels of 2x5 m at “Keep it Fresh projects” studio, to create this big format GIF.

Under the concept of "Sharp" he creates relations, with a symbolic value, between different objects and elements, which as he says, may have a certain relation or cohesion in a literal or metaphorical sense.

“The intellectual acuity can be the key to the knowledge, and to stuck in wisdom can be a dangerous thing”

“As well as a knife can be sharp, a dip-pen (the writing) can be also sharp… “

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Artist: Skount

Location: Amsterdam

Organized by: Keep it Fresh projects

NEW MOON by PAU QUINTANAJORNET

27, August. 2019

Few weeks ago our friend Pau Quintanajornet sent us these photos of  one of her latest projects, this time in Royal Square District in York, Pennsylvania, for Sprocket mural works.

To the creation of this mural Pau’s inspirations are two Rumi quotes that the last couple of years became a way of how she wants to see the world and create her work.

Rumi wrote: You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens - I your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

A new lunar phase begins with the appearance of a new moon. From a spiritual standpoint, the New Moon is the perfect time to start fresh. As the first phase of the moon cycle, the New Moon phase holds special meaning for cultures around the world and is often viewed as a symbol of new beginnings. This magical time provides a reset where goals are renewed, desires are set, and new intentions are made.

“New Moon” is Pau love letter to his beautiful cosmic and spiritual body and her ongoing lessons Rumi had shared with her over the years. Mama Moon - was, is and will be her loyal travel companion and reminder that we have to honor our life cycles and celebrate each step of our path with an open heart by letting love rule - always.

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Artist: Pau Quintanajornet

Organized by: Sprocket mural works.

Photos by: @danifreakinfresh

UNSUSTAINABLE by LAGUNA and MARIO MANKEY

26, July. 2019

Few weeks back we visited our friend Laguna in his hometown, Almagro, Spain. He showed us the surroundings and some of the murals that he has been creating in the area.

We loved this mural painted by Laguna and Mario Mankey, entitle “Unsustainable” where the two artists combined their styles with a great armony.

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Artwork by Laguna & Mario Mankey

Location: Almagro

LIMITED EDITION PRINT BY KERA

We are stoked to release a new limited edition print by Kera.

Last February when the German artist Kera, was working in our studio few days on a new piece for our “White wall project”, he also created during that time a new limited edition print entitle "O.T._016"

- Limited edition offset print on 180gr white paper - 4 color precess print - Size 50 x 70 cm - 2019 - Limited edition of 30 - Numbered and signed on front by the artist - With authenticity certificate attached - Wordwide shipping

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This limited edition print is characteristic of Kera’s line of work, geometric and abstract, but at the same time spacial. Thereby, graphics and aesthetics play a big role. The artwork is driven from a combination of capturing his surrounding in connection with its colours, as well as impulses taken from the artist love for haptic and technical things.

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Artwork by Kera

WHITE WALL PROJECT BY KERA

27, April. 2019

Last February we had the pleasure to host the German artist Kera, he was working in our studio few days on a new piece for our “White wall project”

Here are some shots of the stunning piece that Kera created and a RGB light projection post production over his artwork,  using  a Graphics Interchange Format to create a color loop animation.

The artist Christian Hinz aka “Kera”, born 1985 in Berlin, has been working with colour, printing techniques, and designing and painting facades for more than 20 years now.

His artistic work is geometric and abstract, but at the same time spacial. Thereby, graphics and aesthetics play a big role. The artwork is driven from a combination of capturing his surrounding in connection with its colours, as well as impulses taken from the artist love for haptic and technical things.

Kera`s work is highly impacted by his graphic design studies and the passion for straight lines, structure and surface. Whereas, the longstanding use of spray paint, brushes and wall paint helped him develop his own style.

Murals and “Kunst am Bau” (art on architecture) projects can be found worldwide, from Qatar, over Mexico to Great Britain and in many more European spots. The artist has also been and will be represented by galleries and art fairs, for which he painted on canvas or formed objects, representing his style in a compact and more detailed way.

Since 2012, Kera works as freelance artist, and can now even pass on his fascination and passion for printing techniques as a lecturer at the “Jugendkunstschule Berlin-Steglitz”.

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Artwork by Kera

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh projects

Location: Amsterdam

TROPICAL BONDAGE SERIES

New release of this series of original paintings by “El Topo”

When the Venezuelan artist Topo visited us to create big piece at our A&L Boulevard project, he also worked in our studio in this series of 3 original paintings, now available at our online store.

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This series entitle “Tropical Bondage” is part of his ongoing series of work on research about  the yoke that some people exercise over others in different countries; for that Topo use his characteristic geometrical language through synthesized forms and shapes generating a direct visual impact on the people.

This series is formed by 3 original paintings, done with acrylic on wood with a floating system effect over the wall, signed on verso by the artist and with a size of 19,5 x 29,5 cm.

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Artworks by El Topo

TROPICAL BONDAGE

We are happy to present the Venezuelan artist “El Topo”, who spent few days in our studio working on different projects with us.

“Tropical Bondage” is the first intervention that Topo created in our A&L Boulevard project. This painting is part of is ongoing series of work on research about  the yoke that some people exercise over others in different countries; for that Topo use his characteristic geometrical language through synthesized forms and shapes generating a direct visual impact on the people.

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Artwork by El Topo

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

Location Amsterdam

Photos by Skount

BLOOMING CONSCIOUSNESS

22, December. 2018

Last November our friend Skount created this intervention at our A&L Boulevard project.

He painted a mural which depicts the flowering of the consciousness of the individual, thanks to a perception more spiritual of the outside.

Locke defined consciousness as "the perception of what passes in a man's own mind". Introspection is often thought to deliver one's primary knowledge of one's mental life. But this introspection is always conditioned by external factors of the individual, it is when the individual has a wider knowledge of their environment, transcending the physical, can reach a higher state of consciousness, in the inner self.

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Artworks by Skount

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

Location Amsterdam

A&L BOULEVARD. STYLES BY LAGUNA

18, December. 2018

Also when we hosted the Spanish artist Laguna last week of October in our studio, he left us this two fun styles at our A&L Boulevard project.

Discover more about Laguna’s work. Here

AVAILABLE ARTWORKS BY LAGUNA

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Artworks by Laguna

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

Location Amsterdam

RUN-O- RAMA (RUN-OR-BRANCH)

30, November. 2018

Last week of October we had the pleasure to host in our studio the Spanish artist Laguna. 

This is the second time that Laguna visit us, this time he worked on this massive painting in collaboration with Skount, on our “White wall project”

Laguna’s pictorical colorful work and Skount, leaving his comfort zone, mixed and mimic their lines of work giving as a result this diptych painting, full of movement and dynamism.

AVAILABLE ARTWORKS BY LAGUNA & SKOUNT

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Artwork by Laguna & Skount

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

Location Amsterdam

ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY BLAQK

18, November. 2018

We are really happy to release this original paintings series  created by the greek artist duo Blaqk, during their residency in our studio in Amsterdam last October.

Available at our online store or in our studio.

During the time that Blaqk spent with us working on different projects, they also created this stunning minimalistic series of 4 paintings ,characteristic of their line of work. Greg and Simek subtly combined their geometric forms and organic lines, as a prolongation of their creation on our “White wall project” giving as a result these fresh creations on a customize Poplar plywood.

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Series of 4 paintings

Acrylic on Poplar plywood

Size: 35 x 50 x 4 cm

Signed on verso

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Artworks by Blaqk

WHITE WALL PROJECT BY BLAQK

5, November. 2018

During the days that the artist duo Blaqk spent with us, they also created this amazing mural installation at our “White Wall project”.

Mixing Greg’s organic forms and lines with Simek’s geometric and systematic shapes, they created this harmonic configurable art piece. Also using a Graphics Interchange Format, they created a loop animation giving more complexity and dynamism to their piece on the digital sources, creating on that way, another language or perception of their body of work.

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Artwork by Blaqk

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

A&L BOULEVARD PROJECT BY BLAQK

22, October. 2018

First week of October we had the pleasure to host the greek artist duo Blaqk.

Blaqk team is a combination of graphic elements - calligraphic forms, letters, lines, geometric shapes, patterns, negative space, textures.

They work with murals, painting, graphic design among other different projects. Greg works mostly with calligraphy and sometimes with geometric forms and Simek with geometric shapes and lines.

We are really happy that they spent with us some days working on different projects and creating a small series of original paintings, that soon will be available through Keep it Fresh.

They also inaugurated our A&L Boulevard project with this stunning piece characteristic of their lines of work.

More photos and info about the different projects they were working with us, coming soon!

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Artwork by Blaqk

Curated and organized by Keep it Fresh Projects

Location: Amsterdam

LUNAR EFFECT

17 October. 2018

Few weeks ago our chilean friend Unonueve was invited by KolorCubes, to paint this mural in Kassel, Germany.

Since ancient times the moon symbolizes the closure of a cycle - the culmination and output of a rising moon. This phase reflects the wholeness and stands for the moment of truth - your most important decisions - the outcome of your projects and showing yourself inside out. Its the time to confess our feelings and connect with the universe. 

This mural painted in Kassel , Germany represents that closure - the artist personal "coming full circle" by learning from past travels and preparing himself for next ones to come. 

“Big shout out to all the guys at Kolorcubes and my paint colleague Pau , who have been an important pillar for making this project happen - despite all the difficulties which crossed our way we achieved our goal with lots of work and as a team.”

Click here to check the available artworks by Unonueve

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Artwork by Unonueve 

Mural curated and organized by KolorCubes

Photos by the artist