Various & Gould

Various & Gould is a Berlin-based artist duo.

Portrait, 2015
Dark Matter, 2016
Face Time Canvas 05, 2015
Face Time Mural, Berlin Kreuzberg, 2015
Indentikit, installation view, Paris 2014

Life

The artist duo Various & Gould works in collaboration since 2005. After studying at the Berlin-Weissensee School of Art, the artists graduated under the tutelage of Prof Alex Jordan in 2010.[1]

Art

Various & Gould work in screen-printing and collage, but their art also emerges in public performances or installations.[2]

The artist duo deals with socially prominent themes such as work, migration, (sexual) identity, death, religion or the financial crisis. Various & Gould's work is influenced by (political) poster graphics, Dada and Pop Art. Characteristics are vivid colors combined with typography and encrypted messages .[3]

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2020: Kollektive Signaturen, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
  • 2019: Keine Ewigkeit für Niemand, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018: Imago – a history of portraits, Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art, Munich, Deutschland
  • 2016: Permanently Improvised, Anno Domini, San Jose, USA
  • 2016: 2te 11te Interventionale, Showroom IG Metall (+ HaL), Berlin, Deutschland
  • 2016: Kunst/Plakat/Kunst, Landtag of Brandenburg (+ dkw.), Potsdam, Deutschland
  • 2015: Made in Berlin, Galerie Mathgoth, Paris, France
  • 2015: Backjumps 20+1, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013: Wanted Witches - Witches Wanted, Open Walls Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013: The Pressure of Printing, Open Walls Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013: Kopf an Kopf, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Germany
  • 2012: Backjumps - Junior Issue 2, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2012: ReKOLLEKT V, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2012: Outside in, ALAN Galerie, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2012: Es geht UM die Welt, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Germany[4]
  • 2012: Nostalgia, Rook & Raven Gallery, London, Great Britain
  • 2011: Street Art Saved My Life, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, US
  • 2010: Make it fit, Brooklynite Gallery, New York, US
  • 2010: Wendezeiten, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Germany
  • 2010: Help! - Soziale Appelle im Plakat, Museum of Design, Zürich, Switzerland[5]
  • 2009: Identity Crisis, Shiv Gallery, London, Great Britain
  • 2009: À chacun ses étrangers?, Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris, France
  • 2008: Time Machine, Brooklynite Gallery, New York, US

Literature

  • PERMANENTLY IMPROVISED – 15 Years of Urban Print Collage, seltmann+söhne, Berlin, 2019, ISBN 978-3-9466-8873-0
  • Randgänge des Gesichts: Kritische Perspektiven auf Sichtbarkeit und Entzug, Trajekte, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7705-6064-6
  • WILD, Urban Spree Books, Berlin, 2016
  • The Art of Rebellion, Publikat Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-3-939566-49-6
  • Berlin What? – 102 Contemporary Artists, Verlag Ch. Schroer, Berlin, August 2013
  • Es geht UM die Welt – Ausstellungskatalog, DKW, Cottbus, 2012
  • Trespass 2012, Taschen Press, Cologne, 2011
  • Street Art Cookbook, Dokument Verlag, Sweden, 2010
  • Urban Interventions, Gestalten Press, Berlin, 2010
  • Help! – Ausstellungskatalog, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 2009
  • Untitled II, Pro-Actif Communications, Darlington, 2009
  • Street Art – Legenden zur Straße, Archiv der Jugendkulturen Verlag, Berlin, 2008/09
  • 100 Beste Plakate 07 – Ausstellungskatalog, Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz, 2008
  • Urban Art Photography, Gestalten Press, Berlin, 2008
  • Urban Illustration Berlin, Gingko Press, Hamburg, 2007
  • Street Art – Die Stadt als Spielplatz, Archiv der Jugendkulturen Verlag, Berlin, 2006

References

  1. Berlin What? – 102 Contemporary Artists, Verlag Ch. Schroer, Berlin, August 2013
  2. Various & Gould: Künstler Duo aus Berlin, artvergnuegen.com
  3. Neues "Face Time" Mural von Various & Gould in Berlin, urbanshit.de
  4. Es geht UM die WELT – Ausstellungskatalog, DKW, Cottbus, 2012
  5. Help! – Ausstellungskatalog, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 2009
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