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German Street Artist LAPIZ Makes a Statement on Russia’s Putin, Digital Escapism & the Female Body
German street artist LAPIZ recently unveiled a nearly 10-foot tall, brightly-colored rendition of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin kissing himself on a prized wall in Munich’s Werksviertel, a vibrant urban conglomerate of modern and historical commercial, residential and cultural sites. The mural is a recreation of a piece first constructed in 2018, where it was featured …
Reisefieber: An Art Piece By LAPIZ Addressing Vaccine Inequality
Equinox season is a time of transition—in the southern hemisphere, mother nature is animating landscapes with spectral siennas. Up north, half the world is emerging from a harrowing pandemic winter. Widespread vaccination efforts have arrived in tandem with this rebirth, offering apparent liberation from the coronavirus’s twelve-month strong shackles. Hamburg-based street artist LAPIZ appears, at …
Know your place citizen – consume!
German street artist LAPIZ doesn’t mince words. He didn’t leave a long career in science for the nagging uncertainty of an artist’s life to lurk around important insights — he wants to drive right at the source. While the world was plunged into lockdown this year, LAPIZ remained active around his native Hamburg, shedding some …
Liberty Suspended! New Street Art Intervention by LAPIZ
“There’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch.’” Over the course of my life, I’ve heard this from family, friends, and my professors in business school. I have avidly sought to disprove the point. I’d like to eradicate this idea of an everlasting quid pro quo and confidently assert that good deeds can exist in …
Fundraiser for The Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
For this year’s WORLD AIDS DAY a limited edition print is released by LAPIZ with all the proceeds being donated to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, a hospital that mainly treats children from impoverished communities throughout Africa. LAPIZ used to be a scientist and spent a year at the Red Cross Children’s …