'Hommage á Hef' by Michael 'CREN' Pietsch, 2024
Limited Edition print collab. with Signari Gallery x Post Modern Vandal.
22 x 22 Inches
55.9 x 55.9 Centimeters
Bold and colorful archival pigment print on 300gsm Moab Entrada fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 25.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist in pencil bottom right.
Hand-numbered by the artist in pencil bottom left.
Includes Signari Gallery x Post Modern Vandal COA.
ARTIST BIO
Michel «CREN» Pietsch, born in April 1970, grew up as the son of a Frenchwoman and a German in Lehrte near Hannover. In his childhood and youth, he visited the French part of his family with his parents on a regular basis. So not only his family’s roots are in the French Departement du Nord and in Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, but also his artistic beginnings.
On the train rides to France in the early eighties CREN encountered the hip-hop culture for the first time when he discovered the emerging graffitis along the railway track. Fascinated by the graffitis, he began to design his own letterings shortly afterwards – in the beginning with pens on paper. In 1989, he used a spray can for the first time. Since then, he has painted walls with his letterings in more than 14 countries and on three continents. In his 32-year career, he incorporates the impressions from his various journeys and from the exchange with numerous artists in the development of his calligraphic compositions on various image carriers.
Today, CREN lives in Berlin-Neukölln and currently works in a studio in Berlin-Oberschöneweide.