Christian Rothenhagen
Skateboarding, graphic design, illustration – these forms of expression are linked in an almost classical way with today’s street –culture.
For more than two decades, skateboarding has been part of the life of Christian Rothenhagen and directed his interest towards illustration and design – and spawned the small, label / output „deerBLN“.
This moniker corresponds to himself, his friends and a circle of interested people – and to the city, never absent in the artwork of Christian Rothenhagen.
It’s also the vision of a native Berliner referring to urban changes in the old walled city. The works of Christian Rothenhagen confront his urban surroundings – the decay, conurbation and agglomeration.
The style in which he presents his works is a crossover of design and art. He lets his viewers enter the street life of Berlin. The drawings are a map of Berlin, the way it is and what it's changing into. You experience the inside, feel the edges and learn to really see the dark corners known as the desolate and unfriendly urban areas. Christian relates to his city and shows the changes and fragments. To watch the demolition of a building, which was part of his youth and see a new one, arising at the same spot shows the development the city is experiencing.
