HERA & AKUT – two artists who cannot be more different in their work. I met both of them almost the same time many years ago and kept an attentive eye on each since then – and recognized from the very beginning, that they could have great potential in developing their styles – their unique styles, far away from a typical graffiti artist. Both were using spray cans for their work, but this was the only commonness somebody could notice. I always loved HERAs rough “fuck you style”-illustrations, and I constantly admired AKUTs development in technique. The two were both encircled by the right people, a bunch of graffiti friends, and improved their skills very fast and straight. HERA together with her 24ers, and AKUT with his crew MA ' CLAIM. It would be hard for me back then me to decide what party I would like to paint my backyard, everybody had its very own handwriting, nothing to compare. Today, a couple of years after their ways crossed and styles melted together into something new and individual, my decision would be quite clear. It seems they had sought and found each other, just in the right time. A match made in heaven »Herakut« the perfect merge!
Markus Christl Aschaffenburg, December 2009
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