Montana LOOKBOOK 2018

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EDITION # 03
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Portrait of the contemporary
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Content
Montana Lookbook 018 / Editorial 06
Reebok Classic X Montana Cans 08
#Classicgraffiti FW17
Black Artist Series 18
Edward Nightingale 28
Bold is the new black 36
New Montana Cans Marker Range
Artist Feature: Wane Cod 40
Mural Festival Canada 50
POW! WOW! 2017 Recap 56
THE HAUS 68
The bank of creatives minds
Artist Feature: Buff Monster 80
The melty misfits
Portrait: Low Bros 90
The Urban Nation Museum 98
Portrait: Nevercrew 110
Quintessenz 116
Colormaze
Pangeaseed / Seawalls 124
Interview: aptART 134
Acrylic Series feat. Golden Green 142
Rust Magic, Canada 150
Introducing: La Franz 156
Imprint 162
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At the MONTANA-CANS headquarters in Heidelberg/Germany, we benefit as a
team and as company from working closely with creative minds, our friends
and our partners worldwide.
In return, it is our pleasure to support events, projects and artists. In our opinion,
a fruitful cooperation is the true source for creativity, development and
growth on all levels for all creative disciplines. We are so fortunate and grateful
for the fact that we are approached by artists and collaboration partners alike,
who have incredible ideas, concepts and inspiration. It is something that we
are very thankful for.
Cultural sponsorship and social commitment mean a great deal to us, which is
why we are honored and happy to invest in projects and event sponsorship that
support the very causes which are so extremely close to our hearts. This is our
great privilege. As a follow-up to the second edition, we are now happy to present
the third edition of the MONTANA-CANS Lookbook series, in which we’d
like to take the time to feature some of the special projects and partnerships
we have established throughout the year and share our pride and gratitude
with you!
More information on MONTANA-CANS
and its products can be found at:
WWW.MONTANA-CANS.COM
#GERMANSPRAYPAINT
Photography by Edward Nightingale
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MONTaNA-CANS BRAND COLLABO
Montana deciphers
an icon: THE REEBOK
CLASSIC LEATHER
OUT AND ABOUT WITH BLACKOUT AND
WITHEOUT: Montana Cans teamed up with
Reebok to reimagine a classic, the Reebok
classic to be precise.
Inspired by the Blackout and Whiteout Series,
the outcome presents a playful approach
which takes upon a constant duality which
revolves around the game of graffiti.
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The pack consists of a predominantly black pair, with
a white heel and a somewhat inverted white version.
On the black pair, the details seem to be applied with a
white enamel, whereas its counterpart depicts a more
prominently placed black Reebok logo on the side of the
otherwise all-white shoe. Usually details like paint stains
come with time, involuntarily and by accident, due to the
wear and tear caused under mysterious circumstances,
often whilst midnight marauding. In this case however,
these details are carefully placed and a conscious choice,
paying hommage to Montana's heritage. Hints towards
the origin of these marks are subtle, yet members of the
club will decode them with ease. As several analogies to
urban art contexts are translated into the design of both
pairs, the result of the collaboration between Montana
and Reebok almost feels natural.
Black and white represent complete opposites of the
visible light spectrum. As black absorbs all light, white on
the contrary, reflects all light.
The stark contrast between the inherent properties of the
two tones easily allows an allegory to day and night. A
nocturnal scenery, as mirrored in the black pair, provides
a perfect surrounding for hidden adventures, such as
painting graffiti.
The combination of black and white spraypaint is also
an essential choice for urban artists, who want to
emphasize their style and maximize the legibility of their
artworks. Black and white is always a timeless choice,
especially for #classicgraffiti. Maybe the underlying
reference to the light of the day versus the dark of the
night subconsciously influences artists in their choice of
color. Black paint drizzles are clearly visible on the white
pair, as if a flash picture has been taken in total darkness.
Being a little more blunt than the black pair, the white one
might just be as useful to camouflage and blend into an
urban crowd, after secretly emerging from a hatch.
Photography by MONTANA-CANS /
Edward Nightingale
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So, the collaboration represents seemingly contradicting
notions of light and dark. They are public yet discreet.
Like ying and yang, both colorways complement each
other. The given context will determine which of the two
will be the more suitable choice. However, either pair
also carries properties of its opponent. In night missions,
luminous flash pictures might be taken for mere safety, in
case the sunny next morning benching is sabotaged by a
too eager buff, let alone the boys in blue.
The interplay of sunrays and shadows is cleverly
resonated in the design of both versions. Simultaneously,
the design approach plays with the idea of an individual
and authentic look after accompanying their owner during
their adventures, where paint stains might be collateral
damages. Like creases, their amount may increase with
wear. Here, these details particularly show the dna of
Montana already on the brand new crisp pair. The upper
sits on a comfy Eva sole that provides a comfortable
ride in any situation. Fully made of leather, both pairs are
made to stand the test of time and fit as easily through
the hole in a freshly cut fence, as they navigate through
the lines in front of your favourite nightclub.
www.montana-cans.com/reebok
#classicgraffiti
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Photography by MONTANA-CANS | Alexander Krziwanie
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www.montana-cans.blog
#BLACKARTISTEDITION
#MONTANABLACK
#GERMANSPRAYPAINT
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BLA
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ART
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MONTANA-CANS prides itself on the recently introduced
limited edition Artist Series cans. Each can features a world
renowned Graffiti artist that will have the opportunity to
design personalised artwork for their favourite Montana
BLACK color, from the 187 colors in the Montana BLACK
range. These designs are then implemented for a limited
time in the production of the artists chosen color. Thus
making any versions of the Artist Series cans exclusive,
functional and collectable. These designs are featured 4
times a year at the same price as the regular version. they
can only be obtained while they are available!
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MBO
The Montana BLACK Artist Edition No. 12 features the Moscow
based Graffiti Artist RAMBO. Hailing from one of the largest
cities in the world, Rambo played with the contrasts of Moscow´s
city lights and skyline. The Russian Artist chose the color tone Silverchrome
of the famous and proven Montana BLACK Range for
his Artist Edition. Silverchrome is notorious for its coverage and
speed and therefore many writers chose it to paint the streets during
the last financial crisis. Perfect for Rambo´s fast and simple
pieces and styles. The design is inspired by the artist’s environment
— impressions that Rambo sees everyday: the city lights,
the skyline of Moscow and of course a lot of Graffiti!
instagram.com/rambch
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FUNC
The Montana BLACK Artist Edition No. 13 features the Paris based
Graffiti Artist Func’88 who chose the color BLK 3940 Magic
out of the Montana BLACK 400ml high pressure Line. Graphic
designer, but also graffiti writer and illustrator, Func’88 started
as it name says, in the year of 1988. Func proclaims "Living the
golden age” of graffiti in France has been “the best times without
being too nostalgic”. Trying to perpetuate the spirit of the old Parisian
style, Func adds a modern ultra touch. For him, the 80’s were
days full of innocence and discoveries, in terms of creation. „My
favorite one is the Montana „BLACK“ so when the idea of an artist
edition came along, I obviously chose it and pick the 3940 Magic
color because it's a tone I frequently used in my pieces and I love
the name — „BLACK Magic." he said.
instagram.com/koolfunc88
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LUGO
The Montana BLACK Artist Edition No. 14 features the Italian based
Graffiti Artist LUGO. The illustrator and tattoo artist has chosen
his favorite color from the Montana BLACK range, Lambrate
BLK 7130. And in true LUGO fashion there is also a hidden irony
to this choice as the name Lambrate was chosen after the much
beloved district of Lambrate in the Milano city outskirts. Lugo is
no stranger to the street. As a and writer, he has his artwork
covered on surfaces and people globally. Known for his humor,
illustrative style and his rebellious tendancies, Lugo has a way of
making you laugh and impressed at the same time. He is a quiet
achiever whom pops up in all the right places. As a crew member
of the JBCB crew, his artwork and personality has also become part
of a wider audience as their artwork as a crew crosses all borders.
instagram.com/lugosis
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Photography by SMASH137 – Train panel
"SMASH137" on freight

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For constant Graffiti updates
check the MONTANA-CANS Blog:
www.montana-cans.blog/graffiti

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EDWARD
NIGHTINGALE
A CONTEMPORARY
GRAFFITI PHOTOGRAPHER
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EDWARD NIGHTINGALE
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"Roots"
Mexico City, 2017

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If you like graffiti photography, Edward Nightingale
will not be a name you are not aware
of. Based in Europe, Nightingale is an artist
that sees things that many don’t see. As one
of the most prolific photographers of the
contemporary train graffiti documentation
movement, Nightingale’s speciality is capturing
the essence and mood of the graffiti
discipline that is often over looked by general
public. Whether it be in a tunnel, on a
fence line, at the dead of night or the middle
of the day. A reference point for most
prolific contemporary train painters who
are happy to have him by their sides, Nightingale
is not just along for the ride. He is
the artist next to the artists. Shooting from
above, up close, a far and right in the heat
of the action. Taking the same risks, the
same steps as any other participant of the
action he is capturing, but yet with a completely
different agenda.
With exceptional technical ability and an
amazing eye that looks at the right spot at
the right moment, Nightingale’s work stands
to survive the test of time!
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EDWARD NIGHTINGALE
„I came into contact with graffiti through hiphop
in my early teenager years. since I was a young,
insecure boy I was thankful for this opportunity
to get some kind of identity without being in the
center of attention. Ever since my fascination for
graffiti started I was obsessed with books about
it. Like many others I soaked up everything about
graffiti that I could get my fingers on. Wich sadly
was not too much at that time. What I always liked
most were the pictures showing the act of writing
over the finished pieces. It gave me a glimpse of
how it was to be there. To paint in a certain place. I
have to say that that to me graffiti is mainly about
the experience and the feelings that you get while
being in unusual places. Many people might have
a different opinion about that but that’s just what
it’s like to me.
When I got older my technical knowledge and
the advantages of digital imaging allowed me to
go deeper into that topic. The need or the urge to
capture those wonderful moments slowly took
over the urge to paint myself. While painting I was
always focused on the act itself but while taking
pictures I could capture this place. It’s like writing
down a beautiful memory.
Today, more than ever I feel the urge to capture as
much as possible of Graffiti's first child: trainwriting.
The look and feel of train tracks and especially
tunnels is unique and the adrenaline I get from
it helps me to forget the grey swath of my daily
routines. I wish I would have used my younger years
more for traveling than going to the same yards
over and over again because a lot of nice trains
have disappeared and
a lot of places became
really hard to acces
due to today’s technological
possibilities.
“It’s like
writing down
a beautiful
memory.”
When I see the heroes
of my childhood like
Martha Cooper, Kaos,
Chintz and others growing
old with graffiti
this gives me this wonderful feeling that maybe
I’ll be also this lucky to grow old with the most
wonderful form of vandalism.“
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MONTANA-CANS collaborated
with Edward Nightingale
on recent projects like the
Montana X Reebok
#CLASSICGRAFFITI as
well as a Montana BLACK
print advertisement campaign.
Photography by Edward Nightingale
www.edwardnightingale.com

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BOld is the
NEW BLACK
(BOLD IS BLACK –
NEW MONTANA-
CANS MARKER
RANGE)

The new MontanaCans
Marker range has gone
BOLD! #Montanabold
As any writer knows, within the
essence of graffiti lies the tag, or
otherwise known as the „hand
style“. A flawless handstyle reveals
true talent. It is true that
practice makes perfect, but with
the right equipment, you can
take your hand style to a BOLD
next level and beyond.
With BOLD, Montana-Cans
has created tagging markers
that merge function, quality and
style. Made in Germany, these
sleek #montanamarkers will be
the basis of your tagging needs.
The marker bodies are
made of premium aluminum that
provide a superb haptic. Filled
with the finest alcohol-based
aptly named Ultra black ink.
This luscious, deep black ink is
waterproof and UV-resistant,
but not clothing friendly, so take
care when using it while wearing
your Sunday bests. The
combination of our low viscosity
ink and the premium German
made pump action valve, allows
high flowing marking on almost
any surface, reliabily and consi-stantly.
In the tagging game,
the artist always decides, juicy,
drippy, clean or tight? The BOLD
marker range is uncompromising
and functional fusing a sophisticated
and lean look that is
classic, not plastic.
As Cap famously stated in
the iconic graffiti documentry
Stylewars, „The object of the
game is more!“. Montana BOLD
Markers have durable-replaceable
tips, refillable alluminium
bodies offering longevity
and endurance for HEAVY USE.
In the streets, the buff never
sleeps. With Montana BOLD Markers
you can get up and, most
importantly, stay up. Whether it
be with your newly hit, rich and
shiny fresh black tags or the
aesthetic stain left once buffed.
An experienced writer
knows that the key to success is
to keep both yourself and your
tools stealth. With BOLD markers
that look so impressive, this
may be harder than it sounds.
The range consists of four
model sizes plus refill ink making
any idea you have possible.
The BOLD range starts with a
3mm chisel (6ml), followed by
an 8mm round (20ml), 10ml chisel
(20ml) and a 15mm standard
(20ml) tip. To reload, we have a
180ml refill ink bottle that completes
the range. The changeable
tips breathe new life into any
battle scared marker, what ever
surface you have used it on.
The Montana BOLD marker
range is your choice to make your
mark on society.
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Montana Bold offers
the perfect choice to make
your mark on society.
#Montanabold
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WANE COD
It’s all
about
letters

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WANE COD
Well known for his great style, Wane
Cod has dedicated his life to the power
of letters. He was born in London and
lived in England and Greneda until he
was seven years old. In 1978 his parents
brought him and his brother to the U.S.
and moved to the North Bronx. During
1983, he became “Wane One” when he
painted his first train.
Montana Cans had the chance to go to
his studio recently and also follow him
for a little while, to check out what is
going on with him recently!
Today, he divides his time between
painting and running his company:
Writers Bench. As an artist and Montana
Cans heavy user, he states that
“it’s all about letters” and graffiti is
basically a type of typography that
they can call style.
For Wane spray cans have become a
medium, but the culture of graffiti is a
big movement, and the reason why he
still goes out and does it the so called
“illegal” way is because it keeps him
grounded. It also keeps him knowing
of what’s happening in the culture of
graff. In the real world of how graffiti
writers live the moment. “If you don’t
go out and do it illegally, you’re clueless
to what’s really going on. You are just a
commercial artist using spray cans,” he
quoted to the Creative Independent a
couple of months ago.
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“If you don’t go
out and do it
illegally, you’re
clueless to what’s
really going
on. You are just
a commercial
artist using spray
cans.”
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(…)
“it’s all
about
letters” and
graffiti is
basically
a type of
typography
that they
can call
style.
IN 1983,
he became “Wane One” when he
painted his first traiN.
Photography by WANE, Ven AOK,
Jordan Katz | MONTANA-CANS
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From graffiti in the
streets of NYC to trucks,
trains and big walls,
Wane has become
a living legend and
representative in the
culture of graffiti, not
only because of his
history, trajectory and
specific style, but also
because his honesty.
There’s no secret, but Wane believes the
only way to become good at something is to
keep trying, knowing your past, your roots
and work hard to until you get what want.
www.waneone.com
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MURAL FESTIVAL
MONTRÉAL

MURAL
FESTIVAL
Montréal
Five Years
of Art
attend Austin during that time of the year, know what we mean. The full
city is part of the celebration and the program includes not just art, but
music, film, conferences, exhibitions, yoga, carnival, food, parties an art
fair and pop-up shows. As for the muralists, this edition reunited leading
international artists from seven countries, including: Ron English (USA),
INSA (UK), 1010 (Germany), Mad C (Germany), Ricardo Cavolo (Spain),
Fintan Magee (Australia), Ruben Sánchez (Spain), Nuria Mora (Spain),
Smithe (Mexico) and Onur (Switzerland). Many prominent Canadian artists
also attended the festival, including: Fluke and Dodo, SbuOne, Scribe csx,
Kevin Ledo, who painted a tribute to Leonard Cohen; Monosourcil, Mort,
Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me.
Montréal goes from a thick intense winter to a hot busy summer
full of festivals. But there’s nothing more exciting than looking
to those empty walls turning into vivid candid pieces of art.
MURAL International Public Art Festival celebrated its 5th edition this year. We
were there to experience a magnificent diverse array of activities, including murals,
music, exhibitions, pop-up installations, conferences and their third art fair. MURAL
Festival activities and events take place in a free-access pedestrian zone located
Saint-Laurent Boulevard, between Sherbrooke Street and Mont-Royal Avenue. Some
twenty new murals created this year enhance an already impressive and wellrounded
route of legacy of over 80 major works created by the Festival since 2013.
It’s the closest to be in a festival like SXSW, for those who have had the chance to
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Aaron Li-Hill, Canadian artist living in New York also produced a large-scale art
installation to adorn Saint-Laurent Boulevard all summer long. Some of the
favorite events were Ricardo Cavolo and 123Klan’s conferences, Ron English
‘Propaganda’ pop-up show, Felipe Pantone ‘Planar Direction’ exhibition at
Station16 Gallery and the ‘Nasty Women’ exhibition at Boxotel with work of
Ness Lee, Sarah Blais, Cécile Gariépy, Lydia Maria, Ranji Perera, Kathryn
Macnaughton and Dana Peebles. Very fresh to see a series of art pieces by all
Montréal and Toronto based women artists. Montana Cans is proud of being a
continuous supporter to the festival, with the purpose to being an ally to the
artistic movement in Montréal. During our time there, we had the chance to chat
with Ron English and when we asked him: If Montréal could be a
character, what kind of character would it be? He replied, "Would it be a
multicolored polar bear?"
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MONTRÉAL

www.muralfestival.com
#muralfestival
Photography by Maria Enriqueta Arias,
Davi Tohinnou, Daniel Weintraub
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WOW!
WORLD
WIDE
2017
U ND THE GLOBE
OART WARRIORS AR
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MontanA-Cans is proud to be
one of the major partners of
this festival for many years.
2017 was no exception.

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Because it takes place on the
city streets, POW! WOW! is by
default open to the public and
the featured artists always
includes a final block party
and speaking events in public
spaces. The most important
thing is also the artists could
experience the place and to
have the interaction with the
community to create a major
symbiosis between the art
pieces and the audiences.
One of the most impressive
editions of the year was in Israel,
an event that actually started
as a small road trip between
artists that couch surfed and
collaborated to create public
art that mattered. But ended
up bringing the POW! WOW! art
community to a whole nother
level. It was a perfect fuel for
creativity and the original quest
to make art with a backdrop of
sun and dust, the color made its
way on to surfaces that are not
standard at all.
The Worchester edition of
POW!WOW! included artists like
It’s a Living, Kristin Farr, Pichi
Avo, Christopher Konecki, just
to mention a few that described
their experience as one of the
greatest ones during the year.
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Nosego, a POW! WOW! veteran
who has experienced various
locations affirms that the
amazing thing about the festival
is that it seems like a tribe of
an outdoor annual presence in
Hawaii and Long Beach, as well
as satellite locations worldwide
throughout the year, such as
Seoul.
people that live in different
parts of the world, but once they
are there—at any POW! WOW!
location—they all meet up to
celebrate what they love, art.
The invited artists list includes:
Royal Dog,
Sixcon, Xeva,
Yoon Hyup and
POW! WOW! founder
POW! WOW! Korea 2017
Jasper Wong.
A lot stunning murals were
created, but this was the first
time ever for POW!WOW! in
Korea. The mural art festival
that has been taking place in
cities like Hawai'i, Washington
D.C., Tokyo and Taipei, arrived
in Seoul for the first time
with guest artists such as
Andrew Hem, Sheryo, Jay Flow,
Laurence Vallieres, Cryptik and
massive collaborations such as
Tristan Eaton, who’s a heavy
Montana Cans user and Dave
Persue, whom painted a 13-story
building titled “Forever Peace”,
which is certainly one of the
centerpieces of the festival.
For all these reasons and more
Montana Cans, has been a
continued supporter of POW!
WOW! featuring a Collab Can
series at the beginning of this
year. In celebration of the event,
a limited edition of MONTANA
GOLD POW! WOW! can that was
dedicated to the 2017 event
and it’s participating artists.
The chosen color was the high
covering Shock Black SH9000, of
Montana Gold’s shock color rage.
Find all POW! WOW! recaps
on our blog:
www.montana-cans.blog or
on the POW! WOW! Websites!
POW! WOW! was initially created
to bring together friends and
collaborators. The festival has
www.powwowhawaii.com
@powwowworldwide
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Photography by Brandon Shigeta (@bshigeta), Andrew Tan (@weerdnaa),
Jonas Maon (@jonasmaon), Andy Song (@andyisong)
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The Haus—
The Bank
of Creatives
Minds
Created
to Be Destroyed♥
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This motto has been fulfilling
the brilliant, fresh and bizarre
art concepts from different
artists in an abandoned bank
building on Berlin’s most
famous streets: The Kudamm-
Kurfürstendamn. More than
165 artists have turned this
building into a whole new
experience to the viewer. Since
April 2017, when this event was
known as The Berlin Art Bang,
it hosted different artists, from
various disciplines. This is
what has enriched it the most.
Eventhough, the concept of
the project was created with
the knowledge of this building
going to be destroyed and
demolished in August of 2017.
“The uniqueness of THE HAUS
isn’t the simple fact of existing,
but the limitation to exist”,
stated DIE DIXONS. The effect
of the idea of this place to be
destroyed, also enhanced the
audience and the artists to
create images and experiences
that would be burnt in your
memory and seaze the moment
of creation, while you still can.
To experience THE HAUS with
all your senses.
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THE HAUS
THE HAUS is a project initiated
by XI Design / DIE DIXONS,
who’s a Berlin based street art
crew driven by the tension to
messages. The gang gather a
collective of freethinkers to
spread one statement, which is:
It doesn’t matter who you are,
what your name is or what you
do, make time to create things
on your own and use time
to really experience created
things before it’s too late.
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Montana Cans has been a
proud supporter of this unique
project. “We thank to all
THE HAUSMEISTERS for this
incredible happening in the
heart of Berlin, which was
really impressive. MONTANA-
CANS feels lucky enough to be
a partner on this project from
the early beginning, not only
providing material such as
spray cans, technical aerosols,
effects and markers to support
the participating artists, but
also our belief in the project
and the cause,
enhance and
accompanied
THE HAUS
with its creative
revolutionary
ideas,” Montana Cans
affirmed. The artists
bring the streets to the
old bank and build their
own dreams: sculptures,
video installations, virtual
realities, projections,
photography, illustration,
etcetera. All these to express
themselves and their ideas.
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Artwork © Case
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Artwork © Felix Rodewaldt

This universe of creation
inhabits in the center of Berlin’s
commercial-heart. Every visitor
of crew gets one space to
generate a metamorphosis of
the place and of their own ideas.
Artwork © Dixons
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THE HAUS
Artwork © GHS
Artwork © Herakut
www.thehaus.de
#thehaus
Photography by Eugen Lebedew | THE HAUS
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Artwork © Rocco
“We have only one frame
and one aim. The frame
is the room. The aim is to
create a mind-blowing
something that the
viewers are forced to
tell the others about it.”
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www.thehaus.de
#thehaus

Buff Monster
The Melty
Misfits
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Buff Monster is an artist from
New York City, who uses brightly
colored creatures, bold lines
and funny characters to make the
world a better place. His career
started in Hawaii, some years ago.
He lived in Los Angeles for 15
years and finally arrived in New York
City, where his inspiration came
from black metal music (amazingly
good and always great to have),
ice cream, graffiti, Garbage Pail
Kids and the Japanese cute culture.
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Buff Monster works in a variety of
creative fields, from murals to designer
toys, from books to illustration.
He is also included in Banksy’s
Oscar-nominated documentary
"Exit Through the Gift Shop". His
work has been featured in different
art galleries like StolenSpace Gallery
in London, Galo Arte Gallery in
Turin, Italy and Corey Helford
Gallery in Los Angeles, California,
just to mention a few.
And the Bristol City Museum has
a painting in their permanent
collection. He’s worked with
some of the most recognizable
brands, such as Disney, Converse,
Hello Kitty, Samsung, Nike and
Coca-Cola. Now under the brand
name "Stay Melty", he continues to
release a variety of limited-edition
collectibles, including vinyl and
resin toys, prints, shirts, stickers
and trading cards.
“As an artist, I think it’s your
responsibility to shepard your
work into the world.”, is something
he says with confidence.
Buff Monsters knows how to balance
his true self as an artist and the
needs of the commercial clients
and brands he works with. It’s always
meticulously executed, brightly
colored and delivered on time.
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Buff has been a long-time user of
Montana-Cans for outdoor murals,
as well as Montana ACRYLIC inks
for paintings and drawings in the
studio.
In 2017, Buff showed his work in
NYC and Europe. He completed
a large mural in Bristol England
and launched a new website
(StayMelty.com). He was also featured
in the Montana BLACK cans
limited edition artists series. More
to find on the artist’s website as
well as on the Montana Cans blog.
Recently we visited his studio
and tagged along to watch as
he used his favourite “popping”
Montana BLACK colors for a mural
in Queens. In true Buff Monster
fashion the sugary color scheme
was enough to make us want to
brush our teeth, but smile at the
same time.
“As an artist, I think
it’s your responsibility
to shepard your work
into the world.”
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BUFF MONSTER
Two icons that immediately come
to mind as pretty much owning the
color pink are Hello Kitty and Buff
Monster. No surprise as to which
color Buff Monster chose after
agreeing to design one of our special
BLACK artist edition cans for us:
our P 4000 “Power Pink”. To him,
the color pink symbolizes confidence,
individuality and happiness. For
his design, Buff Monster chose to
drift away a little from the original
BLACK can design, and create
a unique lettering of his own. Of
course, all of his distinctive Buff
Monster design elements like dripping
ice-cream, one-eyed monsters
and skulls are integrated into the
design. The typical Buff Monster
character has two teeth and freckles
and seems to drip like melting
ice-cream. The can design sports
three of these little fellows, plus he
decided to use a cool technique in
which a few chosen elements have
been left out in the litho printing
process, leaving the metallic colored
base of the litho exposed for a
metallic effect and adding depth.
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A Blink
A Bounce
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to the Past

LOW BROS
Born in Hamburg, but based
in Berlin, Low Bros is an artist
duo made up of Christoph
and Florin Schmidt—a.k.a.
Nerd and Qbrk. These guys
know perfectly how to mix
the geometrical shapes
with the natural essence
of things. Influenced by
the mass culture, graffiti,
skateboarding and hip hop,
their unique work stands
out either digital or on the
streets. Either a bright color
palette or three-dimensional
executions, they create
stylized-animal characters
with some human features.
Cubic effects, acid colors,
flamboyant esthetics, virtualminded
characteristics. They
know how to make us believe
their pieces could be part of a
video game, and we are only
visitors in this cool colorful
world. But always precise
and perfectly detailed, their
art is a blink to the future.
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Cubic
effects,
acid
colors
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Always passion-driven by
their work, they talk a lot
about their ideas ‘till they
catch fire and have to realize
them. Their year was fulfilled
with enormous projects all
around the world. Some of
our favorite murals were
located in Morocco and of
course the one in Mannheim
for Stadt.Wand.Kunst.
Saying that, their exhibition
in London at Stolenspace
Gallery and their
participation at the Urban
Nation Museum of Urban
Contemporary Art are just
some of the main projects
they completed this year.
flamboyant
esthetics,
virtual-minded
characteristics
they know how to
make us believe
their pieces
could be part of a
video game
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It has been very interesting to
see the way the Low Bros have
evolved and consolidate their
work in such a strong way. They
speak for today's generation
when creating something new,
despite the persisting things
that connect and reoccur. It
keeps tradition in the corner of
their eyes while perpetuating
the fact that there are roots and
historyto respect and preserve.
On out recent interview with
them, they talked about how the
character of wolves are the main
characters in their paintings.
LOW BROS connect with nature
and they observe how society
see's wolves as still a counter
part of human beings and reflect
their inner state and behavior.
Don’t forget to go check our recent
interview with them on our Blog:
www.montana-cans.blog
www.lowbros.de
Photography by Jordan Katz &
Manuel Wagner | MONTANA-CANS
the counterpart
“Hiding the eyes and their
personality with reflecting
shades and coated with a
stone-like surface, they keep
a certain distance and appear
more like a projection screen
for the generation of the digital
age,” affirmed the Low Bros.
They have started working
on their next solo exhibition,
which will be at Mirus Gallery in
San Francisco in April next year.
This will be the final chapter
of a trilogy, together with the
two latest shows: “Perfiction“
& “Wired”, at Golden Hands
Gallery in Hamburg and the one
at StolenSpace in London.
Stay tuned to see what the
LOW BROS come up with next,
but in the mean time we keep
their best advice for us: “Trust
yourself rather than other
people’s advice, if it comes to
making art. If you want to walk
an unknown path, you better
not listen to those who never
went even close to it.”
of human
beings
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Mannheim
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BERLIN MUSEUM
FOR URBAN
CONTEMPORARY ART:
“Diversity is
our treasure”
Yasha Young, Director Urban Nation
All Nations
Under One Roof
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This past September 16th, a unique new center and institution
for research, exhibitions and exchange, focusing
on one of the most important art forms, and the most documented
art movements in the 21st century opened its
doors to the public.
Urban Nation worked on this vision since 2013, and they
built the first independent and non-commercial space for
urban contemporary art. With more than 100 artists, Urban
Nation Berlin made the impossible possible, and with the
support of Berlin’s secretary of cultural affairs, Tim Renner,
this initiative was congratulated because of its vision and
ambition.
The unique institution houses all nations under one roof
and its located in the Wilhelminianera building at Bülowstrasse
7 in Schöneberg. Berlín. For the inaugural day, ten
curators have selected approximately 100 urban artists,
including Seth Globetrotter, Franco Fasoli Jaz, Miss Van,
Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Faith47, Icy and Sot, Herakut,
Nychos, Low Bros, Saner, just to mention a few. Their pieces
also were created specifically for the museum and
exhibited for the very first time.
“Urban contemporary art is the logical next step to
follow what is happening on the street,” Museum Director
Yasha Young said recently. Besides to the Museum,
the installations located at the Art Mile invited the public to
come along and discover the artworks.
Regarding the opening of the museum, Montana Cans released
a special edition, can celebrating a long-term partnership
with Urban Nation Berlin.
The Museum also featured the Martha Cooper library, named
after the beloved legend and photographer, who has
dedicated for more than 30 years of her life to document
graffiti and the street art movement. This has become one
of the biggest documentation libraries of street art and urban
culture, to educate and preserve all this history. The
man responsible to take care and curate this compound is
Christian Omodeo.
It’s a fact we all wonder about the current direction of the
urban movement, which is dangerously becoming bigger
and bigger. So, that’s why Yasha assures the key purpose of
the museum is “to give some more grounding and integrity
to street art, before it becomes a little thing
that was swallowed up by advertising.”
www.urban-nation.net
montana-cans.blog/urban-nation-berlin
instagram.com/urbannationberlin
Photography by Nika Kramer,
Sabine Dobre (interior),
Jordan Katz
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www.urban-nation.com
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Nevercrew
A Trigger
Mechanism

NEVERCREW
For them,
mechanisms are
the trigger of their
paintings. The
generator from
which the rest is
developed.
NEVERCREW is a Swiss based artists duo,
founded by Christian Rebecchi & Pablo Togni,
and they have been working together since
1996. Recently, NEVERCREW worked on
particular “living systems”. Overviews
that are made perceptible in their totality
and in their structure by the act of sectioning,
which allows to see them as they are
inside while maintaining the perceptible
global shape.
The guys apply and generate a simultaneous
vision, layered in systems that start
from the individual mechanical or natural
components up to the overall composition
given by the association of different
subjects, to finally expand out in a personal
relationship with the observer and the
environment.
For them, mechanisms are the trigger of
their paintings. The generator from which
the rest is developed. They proclaimed
their own contradictions and still aware of
how human race determine their position
in an environment that overtakes and overwhelms
it. Their paintings are realistic and
paradoxical, even though there is a sense
of realism, it opens the possibilities to go
beyond the imagination.
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systems
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Propagating
Machine
Stadt.Wand.Kunst,
Mannheim 2017
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The issues that they want to examine are
closely connected to the base of their
work: it’s especially a view on the human
condition, on the relationship between
mankind and nature, between mankind
and its nature, and on economic or social
systems. They work on all of this developing
a way to incorporate everything into
a broader and more global topic that could
gradually shows itself as a whole. This can
be readable in every component in a vision
of total and inevitable relationship between
everything, between all parts, where
only the point of view, the location within a
system, defines a selection.
Working together for almost twenty years,
Christian Rebecchi & Pablo Togni developed
the issue of the comparison—the confrontation
between two persons, between
ideas, between forces—and at the same
time, interacting in the public space as
street artists. They extended this confrontation
outside in a direct way, making this
perennial dual "discussion" one of the hubs
of their work.
They recently participated in Stadt. Wand.
Kunst—where MONTANA-CANS was also
a partner of the project—with their piece
titled “Propagating Machine”. They went
to Mannheim, Germany to tackled the local
environment and give something back to
the visual aesthetic of the heavily painted
town, where they took the challenge of making
art around the notion of the relationship
between mankind and nature beyond
the aesthetics. Their complex color choices
are also reflections and connections to the
transformation between penguins, in the
stencilled scenery at the base of the mural,
which portrayed it as light and reflection in
the quartz, like a rock formation at the top.
a view on
the human
condition,
on the
relationship
between
mankind
and nature
“A beautiful marriage of technical and
conceptual comes to life in a variation of
marks and tonal shifts,” the artists say.
Photography by Christian Rebecchi &
Pablo Togni (NEVERCREW),
Alexander Krziwanie
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Encumbering
machine
— Kiev
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Color
maze
Quintessenz
Amazing installation in Berlin
with Montana GOLD’s Flowing
Color Palette.
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QUINTESSENZ
Quintessenz is an artist
duo from Hannover and
Berlin, originally formed
by Thomas Granseuer
and Tomislav Topic.
They both met at HAWK
Hildesheim (University
of Applied Sciences and
Arts Hildsheim) in 2006
and since then they
have been working together
on film, in-stallation
and painting projects
for a long time.
Their abstract works make reference
to the environments in
which they are made. Structures
and compositions are filtered
from space and translated into
pictures or installations. The
final result of these two artist is
a subtle tension that both have
explored in many different studies
and contrasts created by
adding color.
Recently they did “COLORMA-
ZE”, an installation the artists
did as a labyrinth using colored
modules, allowing visitors to
travel through different worlds
of color. Light and shadow
underscored the modules’ repetitive
visual aesthetics. Each
module comprises 20 to 40
shades of color and they coordinated
to yield harmonious
gradients, from multi-chromatic
to monochrome, from dark to
light. Around 24 modules in various
formats. Altogether, they
consumed nearly 1000 Montana
spray cans. With a total of 170
different shades from Montana
GOLD spray paint. They installed
and moved 8,5 tons of wood.
Over 10,000 screws turned in
and several liters of white lacquer
used for priming.
The main attraction of Quintessenz
in all works, whether
2D or 3D, is primarily based on
color and its properties. Objects
and paintings refer to the
surroundings and still stand
out. Something’s shown in Color
sequences as in the installation
Colormaze create interaction
with the viewer. In the installation
the color selection shows
a complete color circle, so each
visitor can be found in a color
world, simply by the clothes or
on the more subtle emotional
level. Color sequences can be
found in everyday life, but also
in very special moments such
as the skies / clouds or the process
of an autumn leaf.
Beside the art, it’s a great presentation
of the flowing
Montana cans color system as
they play with gradients from
the Montana Cans Color Range
(mainly Montana GOLD).
www.montana-blog.com
www.quintessenz.art
Photography by Quintessenz
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"Collusion"
Metropolink Festival,
Heidelberg, 2017
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"After Laughter"
The Haus, Berlin, 2017
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"Paradis Perdus"
Festival A-part, France, 2017
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PANGEASEED / SEAWALLS
artists for oceans
Because Our
Oceans Matter
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“The power of public
art and activism has
the ability to educate
and inspire the global
community to help
save our oceans,”
says PangeaSeed
Foundation founder and
Executive Director,
Tre' Packard.
No matter where you are in the
world, the ocean supplies us
with every second breath we
take and life on Earth cannot
exist without healthy oceans.
With dwindling global fish
stocks, rising sea levels, ocean
acidification, and widespread
pollution, whether you live on
the coast, in the city or in the
mountains, we should all feel
responsible for the health of
our oceans and life that lives
within it. Simply put, without
healthy oceans, life on land is
impossible.
In 2014, PangeaSeed
Foundation, the Hawaiibased
non-profit organization
established the Sea Walls:
Artists for Oceans program, a
public art initiative, and the
first of its kind, that brings
the oceans into streets around
the world. Since its inception,
they have created over 300
public murals in coastal
communities around the
world helping to inspire and
educate individuals to become
better stewards of our seas.
“Through the Sea Walls
program, we aim to generate
awareness for pressing marine
environmental issues, and
catalyze positive change
within the communities we
work in by fostering a sense
of pride and ownership for
the murals and their natural
resources,” Packard adds.
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Forging a synthesis
between public art, nature,
and society, PangeaSeed
Foundation has collaborated
with renowned contemporary
artists to create large-scale
public murals in New Zealand,
Canada, Grenada, Vietnam,
Mexico, Estonia, China, Sri
Lanka, and throughout the
U.S. By creating a worldclass
platform and unifying a
global network of concerned
creative individuals painting
for a purpose, they are one
step closer to helping save
the lungs of the planet.
Upcoming Sea Walls projects
are slated to take place in
Australia, South Africa, and
the Philippines.
Due to the nomadic nature
of the Sea Walls: Artists
for Oceans program,
international partnerships
with organizations and
brands are paramount to
the success of the initiative.
Montana Cans has been a vital
partner and supporter of the
cause supporting multiple
Sea Walls projects around the
world.
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About PangeaSeed Foundation
PangeaSeed Foundation is
an international non-profit
organization acting at the
intersection of culture and
environmentalism to further
the conservation of our
oceans through ARTivism,
Education, and Science.
You can support the initiative
with a donation, artwork or as
volunteer:
pangeaseed.foundation/
Photography by
PangeaSeed| Tré Packard
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INTERVIEW
aptART
“Public art is a
language for
everyone”
Interview with Founder
Samantha Robison
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Artwork © Herakut
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Artwork © Maranje
AptART is an acronym for Awareness and Prevention
Through art. The woman behind this project strongly
believes that public art sparks strong conversations
and create spaces for disadvantaged communities to
express themselves and also could be heard.
Samantha Robison studied art and politics at
Lewis and Clark College, which is a small liberal arts
school. After she graduated, she moved overseas and
volunteered and got involved with art projects focused
on children. This was just the trigger to keep doing
projects around the world and finally create her own.
Seven years after, she’s the founder of aptART, a project
that brings public art inside the confines of refugee
camps, as well as conflict and post conflict zones
with the aim of amplifying voices of displaces people.
With the strong statement of creating art for everyone,
regardless their nationality, race, religion, sex, etc.
Montana Cans as a continued supporter of apt-
ART had the chance to talk to Samantha, so read it up!
Montana Cans: When and how did you started with Apt-
Art? Samantha: I started aptART in 2010 along with 3 friends:
Leah O’Bryant (activist), Jonathan Darby (artist) and Nick
Renn (logistics). In 2012 Jonathan and I were in San Francisco
working on an exhibition, we had done with street kids from
Congo. We were staying in an apartment across from Jasmin
and Falk (Herakut) and they’ve been helping us ever since.
We believe all people should have access to art, regardless
of their circumstances. We use street art, and all the social
and conventional media that goes with it, as a tool to build
awareness about issues affecting people’s lives. Our aim is
to raise awareness and connecting people, to prevent issues
that damage their environment. We mostly work in refugee
camps, war zones and post conflict areas. We organize
workshops with the community existing around the area
to find out what they might like to paint about. After the
workshops and discussions, a concept is formulated and we
work with the community to paint the wall. We work mostly
with kids and youth, but adults are invited too.
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Montana Cans: Through all these projects, how do
you choose which cause to focus on?
Samantha: We try to select places with the most need.
Places where street art isn’t common. When we first
started in 2010 public art was becoming more popular
but eight years later it is significantly more common.
We also try to select places where most artists wouldn’t
normally go. We work in refugee camps, slums or post
conflict areas. We select places where there is social
tension and public art can be used to unite a divided
community through a collaborative activity.
Montana Cans: As a woman activist, but
also involved in the arts, what are the obstacles
you have faced through the years?
Samantha: Street art and graffiti are a male dominated
industry; there can be a lot of ego. I have been lucky
enough to only work with extremely supportive men.
The industry is slowly changing, but it is changing.
Montana Cans: For you, what is the
importance of art as a medium / a tool to educate
and change our world?
Samantha: Art is a language for everyone. It's a peaceful
way of expressing ideas or feelings, but also a unique
and universal way of communicating with people from
other cultures or countries, different to our own.
Montana Cans: If you could tell something to your
younger ‘you’, "like 10 years back", what do you
think that would be?
Samantha: So many things! Wear sunscreen, study harder,
stop drinking cheap beer. Those things and so many
more, but probably the most important would it be to
spend time with people
who have different
culture and ideas than
mine. The more ideas
you expose yourself to,
the better you examine
your own ideas and the
broader your perspective
becomes. I used to
believe there was a clear
right and wrong. My
perspective was black
and white, but now I
see things more nuanced,
and that makes me
a happier person. There
“Out beyond
ideas of
wrongdoing
and rightdoing
there is a field.
I’ll meet you
there.”
is a Rumi quote I think sums this up completely: “Out
beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a
field. I’ll meet you there.”
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Montana Cans: I bet you have seen, learn't,
listened to and experienced so many life changing
experiences though aptART, but do you have any
significant one you want to tell us about?
Samantha: Every experience taught me something, but
I don’t think one experience sticks out. Certain people
stick in your mind though. There was this one 8 years
old kid name Mohamed from Syria. He lived in Zaatari
refugee camp and I am pretty sure he is still there. He
had a learning disorder and at school his teachers didn’t
have the chance to help him. During a workshop with
Jumana Hokan—one of the artists—she asked him to
tell her about himself. He told her that he didn’t know
how to read or write but he knew how to draw because
she taught him how to draw. Mohamed also asked us
to bring him an umbrella. He must have asked us every
day for a month straight. No one knew why he wanted it
and when we asked, he would tell us to stop asking silly
questions and just bring it. On our last day in his section
of the camp, we brought him an umbrella. He grabbed it
with a massive smile and shouted: “Shukran”, as he ran
off. We still have no idea why he wanted the umbrella,
but maybe that doesn’t matter.
Montana Cans: In which sense has
Montana Cans have helped aptART to keep going
and doing what you guys do at the organization?
Samantha: The love of spray paint is universal. It
transcends age, gender, nationality and religion. Everyone
loves to press that nozzle and watch colorful magic spew
out into the world. It’s pretty special to be able to give
kids the opportunity to use a spray
can, but also such vibrant colors and
high-quality paint. There is always a
look of sheer joy across a child’s face
as they blast paint onto a wall. Also,
the spray paint available in most of
the countries we work is pretty poor
quality so for artists it can be critical
for the quality of the art.
Any and every project we have asked Montana Cans
to support us, they have done it! I met them through
Herakut back in 2012. Alex was super supportive with
the idea of the work we do and offered to send us some
cans to the Democratic Republic of Congo where we
were painting an ambulance with street girls. There was
a lot of violence and displacement in Congo at that time
and needless to say, it was a logistical challenge but the
Montana guys made it happen. They have been making it
happen for us all over the world ever since.
The future projects of aptART involves an upcoming
book, next to Jonathan Darby. It’s slowly going but will
be a retrospective of sorts chronicling the past seven
years of work.
Samantha would really
like to do some work
with communities in
Mosul, Iraq as they
rebuild and she is also
looking forward to a
project in Greece, at
the camps for newly
arrived refugees.
“I always have a million
and one ideas but… like
everything, it’s just a
matter of finding the
funding”, concludes
Samantha.
www.aptart.org
Photography by Apt Art/
Samantha Robison,
Falk Lehmann
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Artwork © Addison Karl
Artwork © Kevin Ledo
Artwork © David Shillinglaw & Billy
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Acrylic Series
GOLDEN GREEN
Shaping Up
a Unique
Graffiti
Aesthetic
Hamburg-based artist Mortiz G. Green, better known as GOLDEN
GREEN bursts a universe of color and also encrypts the typical
stylistic elements into his own new language. We know his work and
style, but we also know he’s a heavy user of Montana ACRYLIC tools.
This time, we will talk about his creative process and how he takes
the futuristic designs to a whole to another level.
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He has had numerous “odd jobs”, including
working as a stage-builder, working at a fish
market and as a call center agent. But in
2008 he completed his studies to become a
graphic designer and now he works as a freelance
artist and has constructed a universe
full of surreal characters, clever retro futuristic
flickered shapes and has quite a long list
of publications, solo shows and group exhibitions
to show for it. We had the chance to visit
his studio and closely observe his creative
process which not only includes watching
how he uses the Montana Cans tools, but
also getting involved with his imagery and
so on. GREEN combines a pastel color scheme
with his graffiti aesthetic, and his preference
of Montana ACRYLIC shades, as well as
2mm, 15mm and 50mm markers. With extra
wide marker tips he can achieve extensive
coverage in a short amount of time, whilst
still working with a 100% precision tool. His
designs involved large areas to be covered
with one color, and that is why he also uses
Montana GOLD spray paint for uniform, fast
and easy coverage on his artworks.
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In addition to the almost futuristic implementation
of figurative characters influenced
by Cubism and Minimalism, his preference
for artists from the Golden Twenties
influenced both GOLDEN’s artwork and naming.
One of the main characteristic the art
during this era was, that it did not always
show the world as a perfect place to live in.
It integrated marginal figures and situations
as well – a factor that plays a role within
GOLDEN GREEN’s artwork too.
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THE MONTANA ACRYLIC SERIES
Montana ACRYLIC markers and Montana
GOLD spray paint are build to match up perfectly
and absolutely compatible, even with
high coverage during layering. This is one of
the main reasons why GOLDEN GREEN uses
180ml refills to create the colors of his choice,
as they enable to mix the tones directly in the
empty markers. This enables him to have the
flexibility to go further in terms of a color palette
or color scheme, applying any shade he
wants. For the finest details, GOLDEN GREEN,
who’s also a member of the Ultra Boyz crew,
chooses the 2mm fine marker to accentuate
his artworks and make his pieces sing. We
are very impressed of how he’s developed a
very unique style, always nailing the use of the
spray can and his versatile talent which includes
print-making skills and the realization of
his ideas with all different media.
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Photography by MONTANA-CANS/
Jordan Katz
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RUST MAGIC
EDMONTON
TRANSFORMS THE
CITY INTO AN
OPEN-AIR MUSEUM
Edmonton in Canada, holds a one of a kind festival called Rust Magic.
However this festival is not actually an exception. It belongs to the
family of festivals held in similar other big cities directed by Annaliza
Toledo and Trevor Peters. These festivals aim to open up street art and
graffiti projects to the world.
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“We see how
art makes such
a difference
in community.”

www.rustmagic.ca
Photography by Jeremy
Filmsmore, Shayne Woodsmith
Rust Magic have invited dozens of graffiti
artists from around the world over the past
years and to give some of the city's buildings
a new face and spirit.
Montana-Cans has been a loyal supporter
of the Rust Magic event which has become
one of the main graffiti festivals in Canada.
During the festivals activities, the city of
Edmonton, Alberta is converted into a popping
open-air museum for one weekend where
a selection of walls and trucks were happily
face lifted with a new, vibrant look.
We had the chance to talk with one of the
invited female artists, Carly Ealey and she
affirmed: “Edmonton is a rad little city
that is really embracing the graffiti and
street art cultures. The curators and fellow
artists were insanely supportive and
made me feel like family. At the time, it
was my largest mural to date which was
an exciting challenge. The festival was
a welcoming environment to grow as an
artist and overall cool experience."
of uncertainty and unrest concerning the
world we live in,
Carly stated. So much space and lifeless
walls, their past event gave enough room to
the 23 artists who attended the event. It was
a mix of homegrown superstars like
Amuse,
Stare NME,
Wane and
Stash,
as well as some other international names.
The renowned US artist Wane One painted
his first train in 1983, subway cars and walls
would become his preferred medium. Having
such legendary graffiti artists such as Wane
being part of this festival in Alberta, validates
and highlights the importance of graffiti
in our culture and this city. The city has got
international love and the initiative to starting
up Rust Magic is most definitely putting them
on the map.
At the most recent festival, she painted two
female characters. One of them floats among
the jellyfish. She feels the energy of their
glowing bodies as they reflect their unique
hues back onto her. They drift like thoughts
through her mind, stirring up deep emotions
“We see how art makes such a difference
in community,” affirmed Toledo, one of the
founders and organizers.
“We wanted to bring that here because
there’s such an obvious lack of it.”
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INTRODUCING
THE ITALIAN
GRAFFITI ARTIST
La Franz
LA FRANZ
"When in Rome, do as the Roman's
do". Unless your name is La Franz,
then you do it your own way. Born
in Naples, Rome was the place she
called home before she realized she
was an artistic citizen of the world.
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LA FRANZ

Rome is not a city for the
faint hearted. So if you
want to be a writer in
Rome, you need to keep
your head down and your
can up. And in this case,
your Montana BLACK up.
LA FRANZ knows this all
to well. She loves graffiti,
but not always graffiti
writers. With a style that
is vibrant, dynamic and
FRESH, she pays homage
to graffiti’s greats but is
working on that strong
foundation to create new
colorful energetic letters.
And she is doing her own
thing, her own way. Since
2004 she is proving that
she is here to stay. With
her graffiti beginnings starting
in a small city near Rome, La
Franz who was born in Napoli
and started writing at a time
when only a handful of active
writers were painting detailed
complex work in her neighborhood.
It was most likely a rough transition
to the big city mentality
of Rome, where works are
created and gone over in days
depending on context. Now residing
and working in Northern
Italy, La Franz is not restricted
to a city or hood to make her
art. As can be seen by her outstanding
visual vocabulary.
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LA FRANZ
facebook.com/lafranzofficial
instagram.com/__lafranz__
Photography by La Franz &
Vincenzo, Hard2Buff Staff

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Texts:
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Special thanks to all contributing photographers:
Edward Nightingale, Maria Enriqueta Arias, Jordan Katz,
Alexander Krziwanie, Jok Sauer, Manuel Wagner (MONTANA-CANS)
Wane, Rambo, Lugo, Func, Smash137, Buff Monster
Brandon Shigeta, Andrew Tan, Jonas Maon, Andy Song (POW! WOW!)
Tré Packard (PangeaSeed)
Jeremy Filmsmore, Shayne Woodsmith (Rust Magic)
Eugen Lebedew, The Dixons & all Hausmeisters (The Haus)
Nika Kramer, Sabine Dobre (Urban Nation)
Davi Tohinnou, Daniel Weintraub (Mural Fest)
Christian Rebecchi, Pablo Togni (Nevercrew)
Thomas Granseuer, Tomislav Topic (Quintessenz)
Samantha Robison (AptArt)
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