Various & Gould is a Berlin-based artist duo.
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.Berlin What? – 102 Contemporary Artists, Verlag Ch. Schroer, Berlin, August 2013
Art Various & Gould work in screen-printing and collage, but their art also emerges in public performances or installations.Various & Gould: Künstler Duo aus Berlin, artvergnuegen.com
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.Neues "Face Time" Mural von Various & Gould in Berlin, urbanshit.de
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, GermanyEs geht UM die WELT – Ausstellungskatalog, DKW, Cottbus, 2012 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, SwitzerlandHelp! – Ausstellungskatalog, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 2009 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, Randgänge des Gesichts: Kritische Perspektiven auf Sichtbarkeit und Entzug, Trajekte, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin, 2016, WILD, Urban Spree Books, Berlin, 2016 The Art of Rebellion, Publikat Publishing, 2016, 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
External links Website von Various & Gould Artconnect Profil von Various & Gould Popkultur kompakt, Flux FM, March 16, 2015 Madeleine Hoffmann: Die Stadt sieht besser aus mit Various & Gould, bento.de, November 2, 2015 Sven Schlebes: Himmel hilf - V&G im Interview Theo Magazin, S. 30–33, Heft 4/2015, Autumn 2015 Just: On the run with Various & Gould Arte Creative, August 6, 2015 Various & Gould, huffingtonpost.de, 2012–2015 Marc Schiller, Wooster Collective: New works by V&G, woostercollective.com, February 9, 2011 Various & Gould: Künstler Duo aus Berlin, artvergnuegen.com Street Art mit Various & Gould, Tagesspiegel Kunst, 2015/16, pp. 104–107