Bates & Bjorndahl : Appreciation for Letters

“Appreciation for letters“ coming up next in Paris By: Bates Bjorndahl. Here’s the story behind the upcoming exhibition: Bates and Niels Bjorndahl first met in 1984 when the graffiti scene was still in its infancy in Denmark. They became fast friends and ran together thru 1986 when Bjorndahl was forced to put an end to his graffiti career due to numerous run-ins with the local authorities. Bjorndahl then changed his focus to abstract art while Bates continued on with graffiti. In 2009 the two met again and started exchanging ideas and creative inputs and in the fall of 2011 they decided to try to work on some canvases together merging abstract art and graffiti in a new style. The result became a number of pieces where the artists experiment with different color dogmas and unusual types of canvases. The first selection will be showcased at the exhibition ’Appreciation for Letters’ in Paris in the spring of 2012 in collaboration with Maquis-Art.