bad art: {iconografitti} by Hans Kline
One of the first iconic brands that came to the mind of Hans Kline, as he sketched for his bad art : { iconografitti } show, seemed to be an obvious choice: Chanel. The perfect CC logo and the simple lines of the classic perfume bottle are both able to instill traditional ideas of glamor while having a certain street sensibility to still be cool.
The artist also plays with the concept of brand and recognition by frequently replacing the ‘e’ in Chanel with an ‘s’, creating a “Hans” in the middle of brand while most viewers never notice the trick of the eye.
The work of Hans Kline will be showing here at Vastu now through January 16th. Stop by any time during store hours to see his amazing work.
For more on the show, click here.
New art exhibit featuring Hans Kline and Brian Petro
Vastu is pleased to welcome Hans Kline for his first show at Vastu called bad art: {iconograffiti}. Regarding his work, Kline asks the questions…
What defines an icon? A lasting brand? Is it on purpose or a white lie that goes unchallenged? I want to discuss why certain details become larger than life, usually eclipsing, and often misquoting, their origin. More directly: is jesus an alligator you can wear on your shirt?
Brian Petro’s show Cranial Denim explores scavenged denim thrust into hand-built wooden frames, then slathered with paint and polyurethane. The texture conjures up the thousands of folds of a human brain. What are thoughts, and why do we have them?
When:
Nov 9, 2010 – Jan 16, 2011
Where:
Vastu
1829 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-8344
Work by Hans Kline
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