A/REACT

A/React is a formidable collection by the artists known at CTink. Forming part of the 36 Chambers series, the book illustrates their reactions to issues taken from the media and their direct surroundings. It explains the transition from random thoughts and influences to their various ways of expression in paintings, posters, stickers, installations, and it gives insight into their motivations. CTink are best known for their complex, highly detailed, multilayered stencils. Their work is a commentary on everyday life in a superficial and style-oriented environment. The tone varies between sarcastic/ironic and serious. The subjects of their paintings, as well as the range of materials employed, show CTink''s love for the absurd and overlooked items. Old wood, bulky waste, and cardboard are among their favorites. Most pieces are painted with a mixture of spray cans, markers, wall paint and pencils.

Berlin-based Tore Rinkveld, aka Evol, is perhaps best known for transforming everyday features of our cityscape into miniature concrete tower blocks through the medium of paint. Inspired by architecture, which he sees as a mirror for society, he paints directly onto the surface of electric enclosures, concrete planters and other familiar elements of the modern city, as well as working on found materials such as cardboard. Drawing on his background in graffiti, he uses his artistic skills to explore the inner workings of the city and makes us look at our surroundings in a new light. PISA73, born in 1973 as his moniker suggests, is a German artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He works with multi-layered stencils inspired by his personal struggles - fears, desires and anger. He started experimenting with spray cans in 1990, influenced by skateboarding, BMX, graffiti culture. Now he paints his instantly recognizable iconography on the walls of Germany, Poland, and Miami.