Under the Milky Way

Abstraction, Autonomy and Post-Vandalist Tendencies in Contemporary Art / (Abstraktion, Autonomie und post-vandalistische Tendenzen in der Kunst der Gegenwart)

“The outdoors is now a school, the urban underworld a studio, and unchained anti-authority supersedes the influence of the academy and the market. This is where art movements come to life. Hidden Masters emerge who have recently also been taking the institutional stage. Some have a background in graffiti, others have studied painting; some used to be urban trespassers painting in places where they had to be vigilant, eluding the all-seeing eye of the authorities. The resulting art is best described by three terms: abstraction, autonomy, and – depending on one’s perspective – post-vandalism.” 

The exhibiton Under the Milky Way was curated by Larissa Kikol and Christoph Platz-Gallus and took place at the Kunstverein Hannover in summer 2026. Now the accompanying exhibition catalogue is available. On 232 pages you find in-depth essays by both curators on their respective perspectives on post-vandalism. The main part shows the artists with their works, additional positions and interviews with all participants, each beginning with the same opening question, and then diving deeper into the artists’ individual working methods and ways of thinking.

Featuring: Amos Angeles, Alexandre Bavard, Cäcilia Brown, Stephen Burke, BUS126, Brad Downey and AKIM, Antwan Horfée, Florentina Holzinger, Hams Klemens, KLUB7, Daniel Laufer, Mischa Leinkauf, Martina Morger, MOSES & TAPS™, Christoph and Sebastian Mügge, Patrick Niemann, Rocco and his Brothers, Veli Silver, Mathias Weinfurter, and Angst Yok.

232 pages, 22,5 x 29,6 cm, softcover with debossed letters
Language: German/English
Editiors: Larissa Kikol, Christoph Platz-Gallus
Release date: August 2026
ISBN: 978-3-96912-276-1
Publisher: DCV