Rather Shady Parts of Litchenberg, 2015

EVOL

Rather Shady Parts of Litchenberg, 2015

Spray paint and stencil on cardboard
19.7″ x 27.55″
Edition 1/1 original
Signed by the artist
Framed
Provenance: Acquired from Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal
Includes delivery and installation within the Toronto area

In Rather Shady Parts of Lichtenberg, EVOL transforms an ordinary slab of cardboard into a detailed fragment of Berlin’s urban architecture. Using layered stencils and spray paint, he captures the monotony and beauty of post-war residential blocks—windows, shadows, and balconies rendered with unsettling realism. The work is part of his ongoing exploration of how cities shape and frame human experience, elevating discarded material into miniature monuments of modern life. Quiet, precise, and subtly subversive, it’s classic EVOL: architecture as both subject and surface.

About The Artist

EVOL (b. 1972) transforms the overlooked into the unforgettable. Based in Berlin, the artist is known for turning ordinary urban surfaces—electrical boxes, planters, cardboard scraps—into meticulously stenciled apartment blocks and brutalist facades. His architectural miniatures echo the uniformity of postwar housing and the anonymity of city life, rendered with uncanny precision and subtle wit. Whether installed on the street or exhibited in a gallery, EVOL’s work invites viewers to rethink their surroundings—to find narrative in concrete, and poetry in the forgotten. At Mania, we see EVOL as a master of illusion and scale, quietly reshaping how we experience urban space.