About Otto Baum
Otto Baum (b. 1979, East Berlin) studied textile and floor design on the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, and now lives and works in Berlin.
He’s presently creating beautiful movies of himself making murals, often massive format, geometric and monochromatic whereas testing his newest OttoTools. OttoTools are his investigation of attempting out varied on a regular basis instruments for large-format portray mediums. He often makes use of picket slats, just a few brushes, and screws and combines them into a brand new portray software.
Hand lettering and summary portray
Otto holds a number of accounts for his artwork apply, starting from prints to things to murals and letterforms. He calls a challenge of a lot of his hand lettering work “Wallphabets,” a hybrid of alphabets written immediately onto partitions. For him, it’s in regards to the craft itself, the form of the letters, and transferring them analogously to the wall, so he practices his abilities with the comb to attract these lovely writings by hand.
Baum is fascinated by easy varieties, the texture, and the construction of supplies corresponding to wooden and paper. He’s serious about how unpredictable analog printing methods corresponding to linocuts or monotypes could be.
KLUB7 Collective
Otto Baum has been a part of the KLUB7 since 2004, an artwork collective of visible artists based mostly in Berlin and Halle, Germany. Their focus is on producing large-format murals and site-specific performances in public areas. As KLUB7, they’ve all gained glorious visibility and expertise from completely different backgrounds within the arts over time.
KLUB7 makes use of graphic, pictorial, summary, and figurative works between tremendous and utilized artwork. They’ve proven their work at worldwide exhibitions and are concerned in interdisciplinary tasks. Via synthesizing their kinds, they’ve developed a gaggle type that’s each playful and handcrafted. Go right here to find extra. https://klub7.de/
Previous Yellow Artistic Studio
Outlined as his ‘predominant job’ in his hyperlink bio on the Instagram profile, Otto is proudly a part of a Berlin-based inventive studio based in 2014. Previous Yellow works on the intersection between artwork and design for shoppers, businesses, architects, and inside designers to create inspirational objects or areas. Previous Yellow ranges from artwork consulting or small designs to in depth ideas comprising every kind of inventive media.
Go right here to study extra. https://oldyellow.de/
Otto Baum NFTs on OpenSea
Uncover Otto Baums’ current NFT assortment on OpenSea.
He says on his OpenSea profile web page:
My focus is on the analog course of. This means producing particular sequences with a inflexible drawing software to create large-scale shapes and patterns that I can then adorn ornamentally.
Go right here to find extra. https://opensea.io/assortment/ottobaum-collection
LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/ottobaumart/
https://oldyellow.de/ – https://www.instagram.com/oldyellowberlin/
https://www.instagram.com/otto_baum/
https://www.instagram.com/ottobaumshop/
https://artists.klub7.de/ottobaum/