{"id":21094,"date":"2020-05-14T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?p=21094"},"modified":"2023-01-05T18:23:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:23:36","slug":"momo-fresh-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/en\/2020\/05\/momo-fresh-paint\/","title":{"rendered":"MOMO: Fresh paint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the evening. 7 pm. Geldernstrasse. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

It\u2019s Thursday, a mild spring evening. The last rays of sunshine sparkle over the bridge of the Geldernstra\u00dfe and bathe the pieces of the local hall of fame in a particularly colourful light. For a day like this, it is remarkably quiet. Only two artists are painting: MOMO and his girlfriend SKLA. Around them, the through traffic is raging: cars, squeaking trams, bicyclists, pedestrians \u2013 but even in this corner of Cologne you can feel the Corona pandemic related calm. Somehow pleasant. The two artists seem concentrated, but still turned towards the passing passers-by. \u201cWell, I think I must have been addressed sixty times today\u201d, MOMO says. The artist is in the process of finishing a snake that winds filigreely around his lettering. Step by step. Scale by scale. Already at this point, his meticulousness and technical expertise becomes apparent. \u201cI basically paint out of my head. With regard to the snake, I had a look at two or three pictures, especially regarding the colours and the scales. I then put the rest together myself and adapt it from my head\u201d, the artist explains.<\/p>\n\n

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