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2021, Friendly Capitalism Lounge, NEUROTITAN, Berlin, Germany

2021, donation initiative ÄGGF/BZgA/DeutscheAidshilfe x BeateUhseBag


PlasticBag
Once upon a time there was a used plastic bag...

This plastic bag has been designed by the artist and printmaker Günter Fruhtrunk (1923 - 1982) in the 70s. Since then, the abstract, blue iconic design shapes one of the most popular bags in Germany.
The newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” also refers to the “most well known-unknown artwork in the country”, since only a few people know the relationship between the shopping bag and modern art.
For the following screenprint edition, I decomposed the major elements of the bag in order to examine the traces of usage.








Tobias Molitor
AldiBag (Homage to Günter Fruhtrunk)
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 35 + 5 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
Duty Free Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 35 + 5 AP
Signed and numbered
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Duty Free Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 35 + 5 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
American Apparel Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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American Apparel Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
Tate Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tate Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
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TobiaS Molitor
Thank You Bag (1)
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Thank You Bag (1)
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
Paris Souvenirs Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Paris Souvenirs Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
Supreme Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Supreme Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
SeekWisdom Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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SeekWisdom Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
EditionPeters Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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EditionPeters Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
BeateUhse Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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BeateUhse Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
TropicalSun Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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TropicalSun Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Tobias Molitor
Lee’s Art Shop Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Lee’s Art Shop Bag
Multi color screenprint on Hahnemühle 300g
A3 (27,9 x 42 cm)
Edition of 15 + 3 AP
Signed and numbered
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Skateboard
The following project is about used skateboards and the story behind the traces.
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Over a period of 8 month, a pre-sticked skateboard has been used by different riders to skate in their usual environment. Everybody with the same skateboard.






The tricks have been documented, likewise the traces on the surface of the deck, which become more and more visible over the period of time.
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Simoultanously the traces have become the foundation for the screenprint edition.
Three moments have been selected, beginning, mid and end in order to create a tryptich in the original size of the skateboard.
Over the period of time more marks and scratches become visible and the colourful deck transforms into a monochrome grey colored subject. Working on the final design of the screenprint this process of transformation has been turned into the contrast:
the scratches and stickers become more and more colorful, giving an allusion to the fact that through the active usage, the deck starts telling a story and becomes alive.







