Various & Gould
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Various & Gould is a Berlin-based artist duo.
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