Taking advantage of the Fashion Week, Vermibus recently stopped by the Rosenthaler Platz subway station in Berlin, Germany where he installed a series of three new pieces for the local commuters to enjoy.
Berlin-based street artist Vermibus regularly collects advertising posters from the streets, using them in his studio as the base material for his work. There, a process of transformation begins. Using solvent, he brushes away the faces and flesh of the models appearing in the posters as well as the brand logos. Once this evolution is complete, he then reintroduces the adverts back into their original context, hijacking the publicity, and its purpose.
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