Mr. Brainwash | New Works
GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL has been representing the artist Mr. Brainwash in the German-speaking world since 2012. From September 2019 to February 2020, new works, all unique pieces on paper, will be showcased at the branches in Nuremberg and Kitzbühel.
Following the auction record for a Banksy painting at Sotheby’s in London, Street Art is increasingly coming into the spotlight.
Born in 1966 as Thierry Guetta in Garges-lès-Gonesse near Paris, he has lived in Los Angeles since he was 15. The first exhibition, "Life is Beautiful," took place in Los Angeles in 2008 and quickly became a crowd puller with over 50,000 visitors. In 2009, Madonna commissioned Mr. Brainwash to design the album cover for “Celebration.”
The breakthrough came in 2010: Mr. Brainwash gained fame through the award-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop," in which he accompanied his friend and Street Art legend Banksy at work. This introduced him to the Street Art scene, and he began creating art. From that moment on, Mr. Brainwash became a phenomenon, a superstar who rapidly conquered the art world.
In February 2010, the second exhibition "Life Is Beautiful: Icons" opened in New York, covering 1,400 square meters, and sold out within days.
Numerous exhibitions followed in England, Germany, France, and most recently in Seoul. A longer interview has just been published in Paris Match.
With stencils, graffiti, screen prints, and motifs from pop culture akin to Warhol, the artist has brought Urban Art from the streets into the living room, merging both art forms. The surprising works mix bright colors in various combinations with sometimes controversial content. All of this is executed in mixed media with spray paint, painting, and collage techniques, enriched with ironic references that often conceal a politically social message.
GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL, with locations in Nuremberg and Kitzbühel, focuses on high-quality originals of Pop Art, Street Art, and Contemporary Art by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Keith Haring, Mr. Brainwash, BAMBI, XOOOOX, Roy Lichtenstein, Julian Opie, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Sean Scully, Robert Longo, Alec Monopoly, Tracey Emin, Peter Doig, Alex Katz, and Mel Ramos.
Regular exhibitions take place in our centrally located galleries. Participation in international art fairs rounds out the program.
Many of the works offered can be purchased and taken home immediately, as they are in stock. Please note that for some artists, due to high demand, prices may increase, and older prices may no longer be valid.