Aske_aka_Sicksystems

Moscow based artist Dmitri Aske aka Sicksystems was painting a big mural in the city of Mannheim last week. The 28-year-old artist was invited by MONTANA-CANS in cooperation with the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim and the GBG, as well as the project Mannheim2020 initiative. Well known for his excellent graphic artworks the Russian graffiti artist started to paint some huge mural productions in Russia a while ago. See more images after jump.

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The Modern Thinker by Dmitri Aske
This work is an interpretation of a famous sculpture ‘The Thinker’ by a great French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Human civilization is based on people’s thoughts and ideas, and for Aske ‘The Thinker’ symbolizes a search for them. The main character is dressed as a typical office employee and, tough he works a lot to earn a living, he should find the time to think and fill with meaning his internal world. Today, in the age of informational oversaturation it’s so easy to drift with the stream. However in order to find your real goal in life you should avoid falling prey to other people’s influence, stop and think for yourself and analyze everything that is going on around you.

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You can visit the artist’s website at: http://sicksystems.ru/
Aske aka Sicksystems: “The Modern Thinker”

Photos taken by MontanaCans / Alexander Krziwanie & Frank Bässler