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Launched at the start of 2022, MadC’s 'Color Rhythms' is a collection of 1,000 unique NFTs innovatively produced by a generative algorithm, machine learning and hand curation that allowed the hand of the artist to be captured and replicated digitally, from the instinctual choice of color and chance splashes of paint to the sharp pull of a paintbrush on canvas. The variations between each artwork image have been quantified and labelled by a number of rarities such as form, density, color, number of colors and monochrome. Each of these categories is then assigned different parameters for each work to make up the expressive forms and evocative color palettes that characterize this collection. The complete collection of 1,000 works will be published by HENI in a substantial, compact, small-format hardback book. Complete with a visual index, the book is designed in close collaboration and with an introduction by the artist herself and printed in a limited run of 1,000 copies, each numbered and signed.

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Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, rarely design complete alphabets. Claudia Walde has spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from 30 countries with a view to showing the many different styles and approaches to lettering within the graffiti and street art cultures. All of the artists have roots in graffiti. Some are world renowned such as 123 Klan (Canada), Faith47 (South Africa) and Hera (Germany); others are lesser known or only now starting to emerge. Each artist received the same brief: to design all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet within the limits of a single page of the book. How they approached this task and selected the media with which to express their ideas was entirely up to them. The results are a fascinating insight into the creative process.

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MadC: Street to Canvas is the first monograph on the world-renowned contemporary artist and muralist MadC (Claudia Walde), whose practice moves dynamically between the street and the studio to capture the energy of painting and test the heights of its possibility. For more than two decades – from her beginnings in the 1990s as a graffiti artist in the local scene of Bautzen in east Germany to largescale public murals on an international level – MadC has captivated global audiences with her distinctive style, characterised by abstract compositions of bold, sweeping lines and transparent layers of vivid colours. Writer and curator Luisa Heese charts the artist’s career, exploring MadC’s immense body of work in locations across more than 35 countries. Over 200 artworks and personal photographs illustrate the book, showcasing her unique use of colour and the spontaneous movement of lines produced by spray cans and brushstrokes. From street to canvas, MadC adorns each surface with a vivacity that surpasses cultural barriers. Traversing private and public spaces, her work constantly blurs the lines between street art and fine art. What is revealed is the potential for art to be an inclusive and universal language to connect and inspire people and communities around the world.

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