Michiel Folkers (1982) - Bear 097-1
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Michiel Folkers (born 1982) presents Bear 097-1, a unique cobalt blue acrylic on museum paper, 78 × 55 cm, signed on the front, created in 2025, in excellent condition with certificate of authenticity.
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For this artwork, only second-hand teddy bears have been used, sourced from flea markets or rescued from the trash and immortalized in this way. The piece is sold worldwide to art collectors and galleries, but the bear also frequently appears in various forms on the street. (See photos).
The original teddy bear is dipped in cobalt blue ink and then pressed entirely onto museum paper.
Technique: Cobalt blue acrylic, 240 gram acid-free pressed paper
Including: Artist Certificate of Authenticity
Delivery: Worldwide shipping within 48 hours, rolled in a tube
Edition: UNIQUE (number 097-1 signed on the front)
Numbering refers to: which teddy bear it concerns (in this case, bear 97) plus which unique print of that bear has been made: 1.
Michiel Folkers, better known as Gieler (1982), started as a graffiti artist in Amsterdam in the late 1990s. He now works in his studio, but the rawness of the street remains visible in his art. His work travels around the world and is displayed in galleries from Zurich to New York. Especially in the United States, his work has become incredibly popular in recent years, and it hangs on the walls of several celebrities.
Seller's Story
Michiel Folkers is a mixed media artist living and working in Amsterdam. Selling his work all over the world and exposing in galleries from Zurich to New York. He is best known for his layered artworks, large canvasses, in which he blend colorful streetposters together with spray paint and acrylics. He is pulling and collecting these streetposters himself for every individual artwork and is using this as base for all his pieces. On top of these layered backgrounds he paints, screenprint or paste recognizable themes for example comics or celebs (from now or the past) but also large abstract paintings. Always important the background doesn't get lost but entangles with the subject. Every piece is unique and looks like a brick of wall that you want to hang in your home. Every piece is finished with a strong and shiny lacquer layer.
All artworks are ready to hang, will be shipped fast, in high secure wooden crates, together with a Certificate of Authencity.
Translated by Google TranslateFor this artwork, only second-hand teddy bears have been used, sourced from flea markets or rescued from the trash and immortalized in this way. The piece is sold worldwide to art collectors and galleries, but the bear also frequently appears in various forms on the street. (See photos).
The original teddy bear is dipped in cobalt blue ink and then pressed entirely onto museum paper.
Technique: Cobalt blue acrylic, 240 gram acid-free pressed paper
Including: Artist Certificate of Authenticity
Delivery: Worldwide shipping within 48 hours, rolled in a tube
Edition: UNIQUE (number 097-1 signed on the front)
Numbering refers to: which teddy bear it concerns (in this case, bear 97) plus which unique print of that bear has been made: 1.
Michiel Folkers, better known as Gieler (1982), started as a graffiti artist in Amsterdam in the late 1990s. He now works in his studio, but the rawness of the street remains visible in his art. His work travels around the world and is displayed in galleries from Zurich to New York. Especially in the United States, his work has become incredibly popular in recent years, and it hangs on the walls of several celebrities.
Seller's Story
Michiel Folkers is a mixed media artist living and working in Amsterdam. Selling his work all over the world and exposing in galleries from Zurich to New York. He is best known for his layered artworks, large canvasses, in which he blend colorful streetposters together with spray paint and acrylics. He is pulling and collecting these streetposters himself for every individual artwork and is using this as base for all his pieces. On top of these layered backgrounds he paints, screenprint or paste recognizable themes for example comics or celebs (from now or the past) but also large abstract paintings. Always important the background doesn't get lost but entangles with the subject. Every piece is unique and looks like a brick of wall that you want to hang in your home. Every piece is finished with a strong and shiny lacquer layer.
All artworks are ready to hang, will be shipped fast, in high secure wooden crates, together with a Certificate of Authencity.
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Artist
Michiel Folkers (1982)
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Bear 097-1
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Netherlands
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Blue
Height
78 cm
Width
55 cm
Weight
0.1 kg
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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