Know Hope PRINT RELEASE

what we did to get by, by this is limbo

Tomorrow the 10th July at 12pm will see the release of 'What we did to get by" a new print being released by Know Hope a street artist from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Paperworks Lab who are releasing the print via their website, worked with Know Hope in their Downtown Los Angeles studio creating the hand drawn separations and adding customization to every print.

This edition has hand touched background washes with customized star stencils and hand painted dashes. This makes every print a one of a kind piece of art. This fresh looking 6 colour print with Black, gold, red, white, green and brown will be printed on heavy stock chipboard in a very small edition of just 20 all for just $200.

We are not sure if the 12pm release is LA time as the site does not specify, so we advise you to keep checking the site tomorrow if you are interested in bagging one of the lovely prints.

UPDATE: I have had an email back from Paperworks Lab to say they will be releasing the print at 12pm PST which is 8pm for those of us here in London.

SECRET BLISTERS PRINTS NOW ONLINE

If you missed the Secret Blisters on My Fingers exhibition organised by the Print Club two weeks ago, then fear not as the have just posted the remaining prints from the show over on the Print Club webshop.

On the street art tip there were prints from Cept, Agent Provocateur, Rugman, Pure Evil, Eine and Sweet Toof. The latter three, Pure Evil, Eine and the Sweet Toof have all sold out but there are copies still available from the other 3 artists.

All the 53 artists involved in the Blisters project each produced an edition of 35 prints all which are/were for sale at the very affordable price of £35 each. Some of the other non streetart prints that we liked included Alexander Pointing 'Bear' print pictured and a print from Masa also pictured.

Some other artists / illustrator involved included Ian Stevenson, Kate Moross, Jody Barton and Si Scott to name a few. Check the full collection of prints here.

Gustavo Ortiz @ Pure Evil gallery

Influenced by colonial art as well as native indigenous artistic practices, Gustavo Ortiz’s paintings are distinctly Latin American in their hybrid blend of both European and South American heritage. Using collage as his primary medium, Ortiz combines the whimsical elements of Naïve art with the unexpected juxtapositions of Surrealism – creating a wonderful atmosphere of surprise, charm, and simplicity.

Metamorphosis is the artist’s fist solo-show outside Argentina. He explains the show as "A careful description of the world, when our human prototypes went through a complete change of physical form and substance..."

The viewer will be taken on a journey through Ortiz’s bold universe populated by disproportionate human figures, animals, and objects, that tightly occupy reduced imaginary landscapes. While Ortiz’s paintings draw on the native myths and legends of Latin America, they also posses a decorative quality and tactile texture of the compositions that resonate with traces of indigenous art and craft.

“The strong use of colour and the patterns of clearly defined shapes afforded by the medium of collage give an air of childlike naivety and understated humour to my paintings which offer narratives of the wonder and enchantment of human experience.” states Gustavo Ortiz.

Private view: Thursday July 9th 2009 from 6-9pm
Show runs until August 2nd 2009
Pure Evil Gallery | 108 Leonard Street | London | ec2a 4xs

Sickboy's Graffiti Gravestones

Hot on the heels of his recent Giclee prints release (blogged here), Sickboy is back with more subversive street art. This latest project "Graffiti Gravestones" sees the new works installed on the streets of East London in the form of memorial shrines at sites where his graffiti has been whitewashed or torn down.
The artist ―who has spent most of his career painting his iconic temple logo onto walls and wheelie bins ― has revisited his old graffiti spots in London and placed ‘temple wreaths’, mourning ribbon and Sickboy shrine paraphernalia where his works once appeared.

Elate Launches a Blog

We bumped into London graffiti artist ‘Elate’ aka Jon Hammer at Black Rat Press for the Subway Art 25th Anniversary book launch last week. He dropped us an email this week to let us know he has recently launched a new blog called ‘Across the Tracks and Through the Looking Glass’, which promises to grow into a unique resource for intuitive art.

Known as ‘Elate’ during the graffiti heyday of the eighties Jon taught himself to paint classically in oil, producing an array of paintings with archetypal themes using realist and abstract technique. Jon's Graffiti work has been poping up around the Brick Lane area over the last few months and we can expect to see more in the future as Jon will shortly be opening a new gallery in a delightful period building at the top of Brick Lane.You can follow Jon on his blog here.

Second Photo: ©Romanywg

ANDY SIZE - SIZE MATTERS EXHIBITION

PIXAR AND DISNEY FAVOURITES TAKE ON MARVEL COMIC BOOK LEGENDS IN NEW EXHIBITION OF GIANT MURAL ART

Some of the most famous cartoon and comic book characters of the past 70 years feature in a brand new exhibition of outsize paintings by East London artist Andy Seize.

The exhibition is the culmination of two years work by the 39 year old graffiti and mural artist, and features giant painted canvas mash-ups of everyone from Mickey Mouse and Buzz Lightyear to Howard the Duck, The Incredible Hulk, Luke Cage and The Black Panther.

‘This is my first major solo show in a fantastic warehouse space in the heart of Shoreditch. I hope my paintings will inspire, engage and excite people, especially anyone who loves cartoon characters and comic books and who is a big kid at heart.’

Bash Studios | 65-71 Scrutton Street | Shoreditch | EC2A 4PJ
Friday 10th - Monday 13th July OPEN 12PM - 4PM

PRIVATE VIEW THURSDAY 9TH JULY 6-9PM, EMAIL Andy TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE GUEST LIST info@andyseize.co.uk

Tokyoplastic X Terratag Tshirts

London based tshirt company, Terratag drop two new releases this week, both of which are classic graphix from the tokyoplastic archive. They have been screen printed in their London factory, on crisp white, Organic cotton T-shirts.

Geisha and Big Boy were featured in tokyoplastic animations going way back to the early years and now join the family of TP tees at Terratag. Both are available now from the Terratag website here.

Elbow Toe Hits The Streets Of London

Elbow Toe, by invisiblemadevisible

Elbow Toe was in town for the Ways of Seeing exhibition (blogged here) over the week and managed to find some time to hit up the streets of East London with some very beautiful paste ups.

Unfortunately the council and their Graffiti Removal squad have be very busy this week as well and have already managed to remove 4 or 5 pieces. They haven't removed them all yet and there is some great work still on the street if you look. We have posted some of them over on our Invisiblemadevisible flickr here.

Ways Of Seeing @ Black Rat Press Gallery

Last blog post of the day and this looks set to be a good one. Black Rat Press present "Ways Of Seeing" a show features works by Swoon, Matt Small and Brian Adam Douglas aka Elbow Toe. It will explore the different approaches of these three contemporaries to figurative mark making.

Here is what Black Rat Press have said about these 3 fantastic artists:

Brian Adam Douglas is a Brooklyn based artist who for the past five years has been pasting up his distinctive woodcuts in cities all over the world under the name Elbow-Toe. His work is often grounded in myth, symbolism and poetry and his distinctive style has gained him an avid following of enthusiasts both within street art and the wider art world. Douglas is one of a group of classically trained New York based artists who have chosen the street as the primary place to exhibit their work, finding the immediacy of doing so more liberating than the confines of the traditional gallery system. For ‘Ways of Seeing’ Douglas has created a series of collages portraits. These intricate collages at first glance might be mistaken for paintings given that they have a fluidity rarely seen in collages. Whilst his work has a very definitely unique style it draws on a rich history of figurative painting and has qualities reminiscent of Freud and Bacon.

Swoon is a Brooklyn based artist whose life sized woodcuts can be found on walls in various states of beautiful decay in cities around the world. The scope, variety and ambition of Swoons projects in hugely impressive. Recent projects have involved ‘Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea’, her second solo show with Deitch Projects in New York and her ongoing work with the Braddock Active Arts Project. The Swimming Cities project included seven boats designed and built by Swoon and her crew from discarded materials found in New York dumpsters and then sailed down the Hudson river for 3 weeks stopping along the way to give performances at various locations. The Braddock project is an experiment in inclusive living in the town of Braddock where through creativity and community projects a group of artists led by Swoon hope to revitalize a town struggling with the issues left by the failure of local industry. Swoons gallery installations in which she creates imaginary cityscapes from discarded materials which are inhabited by her life sized figurative wood block prints have gained critical acclaim.

Matt Small is an artist whose painting is best understood as an extension of his beliefs and world view. Matt is a passionate believer in social inclusion and that, given the opportunities to be heard and respected, all individuals have something of value to contribute to society. The subject matter of Matts portraits tends to be the marginalized and voiceless in society, those who are socially excluded and often viewed as statistics or pawns in a wider political game as opposed to individuals with the latent potential to contribute and enrich society if only given the opportunity to be heard. By painting portraits of individuals on the outskirts of society, often young black men, Matt encourages us to spend time with people who we may chose to overlook in our daily lives and in doing so forces us to challenge our prejudices and recognize our shared humanity Not content with dealing with such issues only on a conceptual level through his painting, Matt is actively involved in working with the socially excluded. His most recent project ‘Hope in Life’ involved running a series of workshops where mentally ill, homeless and educationally excluded young people came together on a weekly basis alongside established artists to express themselves through painting and music. The project was a huge success culminating in an exhibition at Black Rat Press. The money raised at the show will help make ‘Hope in Life’ an annual project.

The show opens this evening, Thursday 2nd July
Invite is required.
Black Rat Press | 83 Rivington Street | London | EC2A 3AY

StolenSpace Summer Show

Tonight sees the launch of Stolen Space's annual Summer group show. This year looks set to be the best yet with the gallery literally filled to the brim with new works from over 20 of their represented artists. The show will also include a few new faces as a small taster of what is to come in the rest of 2009 & next year in 2010.

Artist showing include: PAUL ALEXANDER THORNTON / SYLVIA JI / MIKE LEAVITT / MR JAGO / PETE FOWLER / RONZO / KRIS KUKSI / KAI & SUNNY / SHEPARD FAIREY / KIRSTY WHITEN / WILL BARRAS / CHLOE EARLY / BRAD DOWNEY / CHARLES KRAFFT / JAYBO / D*FACE / DAN WITZ / DAVID BRAY / WORD TO MOTHER / MISS VAN / DOZE GREEN / JACOB KNILL / MUDWIG / MYSTERIOUS AL / JOSHUA PETKER / HELLOVON/ RUSSELL MAURICE

The show will featuring all new works on canvas, wood & paper as well as 3D work and exclusive new screen print releases from Word To Mother and Cloe Early. The Arrested Motion website managed to get previews of both these great looking prints earlier in the week. Word to Mother here and Cloe Early here.

StolenSpace | Dray Walk | The Old Truman Brewery | 91 Brick Lane | London E1 6QL

VHILS - Scratching The Surface Exhibition

Vhils Studio Visit - IMG_1424 WK Copy, by Wallkandy.net

Vhils' first solo show in the UK, ‘Scratching the Surface’, features a series of new works inspired by his native city of Lisbon at a time of revolution, a time when walls turn into instruments of communication and hope for the masses, the remnants of which become a decaying playground for this young artist as he searches for his place.

By contextualising the urban setting he explores and questions its many dimensions in a series of playful works. Focusing on the people that inhabit his multicultural environment he draws attention to the layers that underlie it. Vhils has created a set of portraits of unknown faces using unconventional techniques and materials; acid and bleach eat into surfaces to expose layers beneath, and the act of destruction becomes an act of creation. Posters that exemplify a consumer society are subtly converted into objects, poignantly celebrating humankind.

In his street work he discards posters, metal and paper and comes face to face with the rawness of the naked wall. He continues his celebration of the humanity underlying theurban canvas, this time by scratching beautiful portraits directly onto its walls.

Lazarides | 11 Rathbone Place | London | W1T 1HR
Show runs from 3rd July to 1st August

The exhibition will coincide with the launch of his new book: Scratching the Surface, which will be released shortly after the show opening.

Troy Lovegates Fundraiser Print Sale

Super talented artist Other aka Troy-Lovegates is once again trying to raise funds, this time for a book project he is working on. He has created 3 beautiful Lino prints in efforts to raise the money for the project.

Each print is a 12"x13" hand printed, two colored, linoleum cut. Printed on 100% cotton somerset velvet paper and signed and numbered, only one hundred are up for sale for $100.00 USD shipping included anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in buying some prints, send an email to this email address with the prints you want and you will be sent a paypal request: troy.lovegates [at] gmail.com

The are three colour variations of the prints two of which are pictured above. To see all three prints available check his flickr site here.

Get Involved Poster Show

It’s a rare joyous thing when a clubnight’s promotional material is worth celebrating, which is why Concrete Hermit have announced a retrospective show of posters created for London night, Get Involved. The posters, created during Get Involved’s three year tenure at central London venue The Social, collected and exhibited for the first time, were created by some of the most in-demand illustrators and designers working today.

Concrete Hermit will be exhibiting reprints of each poster, created especially for the exhibition.

Artists: Accept & Proceed, Ali Graham, Anthony Burrill, Build, Crispin Finn, Dan Huglife, Dave Oscroft, Dave The Chimp, Design Friendship, Eskimopush, Ian Stevenson, Intercity, James Joyce, Jeremyville, John Slade, Jon Burgerman, Kate Moross, Kavel Rafferty, Kerry Roper, Laura Southcott, Lazy Oaf, Lucy Vigrass, Matthew Hodson, Nat Shah & Rob Jones, Nils Leonard, Paul Pensom, Peskimo, Richard Hogg, Roo Walton, Rose Stallard, Sam Muir and TwoPoints.Net.

Concrete Hermit | 5a Club Row | E1 6JX | London

Show will run from 2nd July - 1st August

James Palumbo's Tomas

We are rather liking the illustrations in this Champagne Fuelled Jungle promo clip for James Palumbo's first novel titled Tomas.

Palumbo co-founded the iconic South London nightclub, Ministry Of Sound and now presides over a global muti media business renowned for its vision and daring ideas. It's his strong opinions and refusal to be daunted by controversy that have allowed him to create in Tomas, a unique image of the world, which aggressively challenges the moral corruption at the centre of the present financial turmoil.

Reader, beware this book. It’s short and small. It fits into your pocket and you can read it at leisure in any public place or alone at night. It looks like so many other books. You may think that, if the author’s any good, the story will help you escape the world around you: you can drift into another place, better or worse, according to your mood. This is precisely the danger. Do not trust appearances: below these black printed words, spread page over page, lies a vision of the world that’ll alarm the majority, revolt the sensitive and obliterate the prudish.

Tomas is due for release in July.

UPDATE 7th JULY
The second clip to promote the new book has been released. See it below.

NEW SICKBOY WORK

We somehow missed this email Sickboy sent us last week about some new works released through his website. Some of the originals have sold out already but this pictured print "Valencias Favourite Doll Print" is still available as are a number of hand finished versions of the same print.

These new Giclee prints are massive, both versions are A1 in size. Sickboy tells us he has hooked up with one of the best printers in the country to bring us these prints. They have been printed using the highest quality inks on 300gsm Somerset archival paper stock with silk screen UV highlights.

An Edition of 60, all are signed, numbered and embossed with temple logo by the artist. The hand-finished print is an edition of 15 with added gold leaf and watercolour finishes.

Bag yourself one of these over on his webshop here.

Invisiblemadevisible Flickr Update

Aryz, by invisiblemadevisible

Check out some new pictures from the streets of East London over on Invisiblemadevisible flickr

A.CE, by invisiblemadevisible

Tales From The Seaside : Brighton Exhibition

Brighton will be the location for Prescription Arts next exhibtion "Tales From The Seaside. This forthcoming exhibition will feature a selection of International Street Artists exhibiting in what has been described as beautiful 6500 square foot space in the centre of Brighton. Set to open on the 11th July with a preview evening, the show will run for three weeks.

Some of the Artists include Zeus, Skewville, Askashi Nihalani, Pinky, Dscreet, Chu, Bortusk Leer Bert, and Remed to name a few.

Tales From The Seaside | 115-116 Church Street | Brighton

VNA ISSUE09 LAUNCH PARTY

Zero Cool Gallery has teamed up with Very Nearly Almost to celebrate the launch of their new issue. The magazines cover feature is Zero Cool artist Meggs and also features Ronzo, Word to Mother, Sickboy, Ron English and Jeff Soto as well as the usual round up of the latest Graffiti, Stencils and Paste Up’s from both the UK and around the World.

The fun starts at 6pm at Zero Cool London tonight, Thursday the 25th of June and will run until 9pm or until the beer runs out – there will also be a very limited VNA/Meggs T-Shirt which will be given out to the first few through the doors.

Zero Cool | 33 Marshall Street | London | W1F 7ET

UPDATE 29th June
The VNA shop is now open and you can buy your copies of the newest issue directly from the webshop here or in most Borders Bookshops.

WTF Summer Tour with Bwana Spoons

US based painter and designer Bwana Spoons is taking to the road this summer with his first monograph- Welcome To Forest Island, published by Top Shelf.

Rendered in swaths of psychedelic fluorescents in a flurry of wild yet delicate brushwork, the explosive pages of Welcome to Forest Island establish Bwana Spoons as the cuddliest art-monster around, whose furious imagination is matched only by the intimacy of his handskills.

The thoughtful and provocative design, by Tokyo wunderkind Ian Lynam, elevates Spoons’ opus beyond a “mere” collection of jaw-dropping artwork to a true coffee table gem. Cloth-spined and case-bound, this full-color compendium heralds not only the birth of a wild and woolly nation, but also the arrival of a major new force in the art world.

Along with the book bwana will be bringing- Custom toys, and some sold out goodies. Original art, prints, tees, and more goodies for everybodies eyeballs. And lastly Bwana will come ready to rumble. Prepare to battle at Concrete Hermits Pencil Fighting Championship.
Catch the launch tomorrow night 25th June at Concrete Hermit from 6pm.

Concrete Hermit | 5a Club Row | London | E1 6JX

The Hornets Nest - Graffiti Book

SFAUSTINA the american based artist/designer and founder of the online graffiti/streetart magazine Bloodwars has just dropped a new Limited Edition book/zine.

"The Hornets Nest" is a book about Graffiti Bombing, Street Art, Design, photography and Illustration. Pictured above are some spread from the publication. This limited edition has been designed and published by Sfaustina and is available for only $7 on his site here.

C215 AT SIGNAL GALLERY, LONDON

Tonight sees the opening of French stencil artist C215's first solo London show at the Signal Gallery. The 'Shoeshiners' show opens with a private view this evening from 6pm.

Signal Gallery | 96a Curtain Road | London | EC2A 3AA

Conor Harrington @ Fame Festival

Irish artist Conor Harrington is just back from his 9 day stay in Southern Italy, the location for this years Fame Festival.

The Fame Festival is organized by Italian based print house Studio Chromie and is beginning to look like a fantastic show not to be missed. Pictured above is one of the pieces Conor painted outside for the event. I think you will all agree with us that this awesome piece has set the bar very high already for the work we can expect to see in September. The line up of artists taking part this year is very impressive and also include the following:

Erica il Cane (Ita) / Judith Supine (Usa) / David Ellis (Usa) / Word to Mother (Uk) / Sam3 (Spain) / Blu (Italy) / Jr (France) / Vhils (Portugal) / Conor Harrington (Ireland) / Lucy Mclauchlan (Uk) / Mark Jenkins (Usa) / Dolk (Norway) / Clio (Italy) / Slinkachu (Uk) / Dem (Italy) / Will Barras (Uk) / Tuono Pettinato (Italy) / Paper Resistance (Italy)

Between June and September Studio Chromie plans to host the artists for variable length of time (from 1 to 4 weeks) in a small Italian centre, Grottaglie. While there they will be offered the cooperation of the local artisans for the production of pottery works and limited edition prints. The invited artists will also have several walls/building located around the city at the disposal for painting and at the end of their stay, everything created, including new original artworks, screenprints and ceramic pieces made with the collaboration of local artisans will be showcased in a final group show.

The final show will take place in one of the most ancient ceramics workshop of the area. The opening is set to be on the 19th of September with a preview party on the 18th.

More info on the show and directions on how to get there are over on the Fame Festival website.

BANKSY SUMMER SHOW

Well it's looks like all the rumours on Twitter were true, Banksy's summer exhibition is set to open tomorrow in Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery. The show is set to feature over 100 works - 78 of which have never before been seen in the UK. Many believe that this will be Banksy’s biggest ever British exhibition.
Some pictures from the show have began to appear on the web already. BBC Bristol has the best set of pictures we have seen so far. View them here.

Russell Maurice 'Given Up The Ghost'

Tomorrow evening, also sees the opening of 'Given Up The Ghost' a collection of new works from Bristish artist Russell Maurice.

Since the mid 90’s, Maurice has produced paintings, prints, collages, sculptures and installations that reflect the spontaneous and informal nature of graffiti writing and have explored the recurring themes of energy, growth patterns and cycles in nature.

This collection of new paintings, small-scale sculptures and installations, take these themes forward into new realms – to consider theories regarding the spirit world, the physical and metaphysical, consciousness and death.

Using a mix of abstraction and cartoon elements, many of Maurice’s paintings appear on old silkscreens and transparent silkscreen mesh, echoing their transient, ethereal subject matter. His works collectively attempt to create a layered narrative, each is a fragment that forms building blocks for a larger universe, holding theoretical ‘spirits’ that inhabit each work.

Influenced by wide ranging sources, from Blake and Alchemic theory, to the nostalgia of 1930’s cartoons, Maurice’s works are unsettling and humorous depictions of a world inhabited by roaming spirits.

StolenSpace | Dray Walk | Off Brick Lane | London

SUPREME BROSHIP Exhibition

London Miles Gallery and NerdCore present a two man show with Comic book artists Jim Mahfood aka Food One and Scott Campbell aka Scott C. "SUPREME BROSHIP" is the first collaborative showcase of original paintings, drawings and new collaborative artworks by Jim Mahfood and Scott C. Both Jim and Scott will be in attendance for the opening reception, and were at a special comic book signing at Forbidden Planet today, Wednesday June 10th 2009 to promote their new comic book releases from NerdCore.

OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 11TH 2009 (7:00PM TO 10:O0PM)
RSVP: TINA@LONDONMILES.COM
Both Jim and Scott will be in attendance, and will sign your comic books and prints.

Exhibition on display until July 5th, 2009
London Miles Gallery | 212 Kensington Park Road | Notting Hill | London

SEASON OF THE WITCH EXHIBITION

London based illustrator and designer Danny Sangra has a new show opening tomorrow in London.The 'Season Of The Witch" exhibition opens with a private view tomorrow evening June 11th from 6pm with a collection of all new works from Danny. The preview night will see a special artvisual performance by DAve.i.d.

CUBE PR | 47 Lambs Conduit Street| WC1 3NG

RSVP: MAIL@DANNYSANGRA.COM

Meeting of Styles 2009

Tomorrow sees the start of this years London 'Meeting of Styles'. A two day live painting event of epic proportions on running over two days, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June 2009. 60 of the best aerosol artists from across the UK and Europe have been handpicked to represent the diversity and immense talent that graffiti art has to offer.

Taking over East London's Bacon, Cygnet and Sclater street in the heart of Brick lane this groundbreaking event gives passersby the rare and exciting opportunity to take a glimpse at this skilled underground art scene live in action.

ARTISTS taking part in the event: NASH, DOES, BISER, WANY, ARYZ, HEAT, NYCHOS, PROBS, ZOMBY, TIZER, ZADOK, BLEACH, BONZAI, INSA, SOLO, BUSK, TWESH, ODISIE, ROID, SNUG, SKORE, AZTEK, EKTO, SUNE, XENZ, IZER, ARE, STIKA, TECK,
RABODIGA, VIBES, TOWN, CHROME, INTRO, REPLETE, CHEO, SOKER, CASM, WISHER, JIVE, KEEN, SORN, NOIR, URGE,
PRYME, MAC1, KRAH, SICK IR, SARES, COSH, JASIK, ALFA, RELAY, PREF, MAU MAU, SHOK, SKIRE, EBZKE, A

Sclater Street Car Park | E1 6HR | Off Brick Lane | London
TIME: 10AM-06.30PM

This free London street festival is bought to you by 'EndOfTheLine' in partnership with Nizim and supported by Red Bull, G-shock, Montana, Carhartt, Last fm and Graphotism.

FIRST THURSDAY SHOWS

First Thursday of the month in London can only mean one thing, some awesome art , good company and some free beers. Tonight ye are spoilt for choice with no less than 6 great shows all opening within a stones throw of each other in East London.

First up is a Pure Evil Gallery show, organised in conjunction with Gallery Nosco titled " Je T'aime". The show promises to be an exciting exhibition of important new works from five emerging French artists; Dran, Bom.K, Remy Uno, Jaw and Heng.

Private View: Thursday 4th June 2009 from 6pm
The show runs from 5th - 6th July 2009
Pure Evil Gallery| 108 Leonard Street | EC2A 4RH

Just across the street from the Pure Evil gallery sees the opening of the Damien Poulain, Totem 49 at the Kemistry Gallery. We blogged about the show last week here.

Private View: Thursday 4th June 2009 from 6pm
Kemistry Gallery | 43 Charlotte Road | London EC2A 3PD

Next on the art trail is Stella Dore Gallery's annual Summer Group show:
They have invited four brand new artists to exhibit their work at the Gallery. New artists include A.CE, Hin, Anil Mistry aka Star Child and E C Woodard.

Private View: Thursday 4th June 2009
The show runs until the 16th June.
Stella Dore Gallery | 47 Rivington Street | London

For the next three shows we need to head over to Red Church Street / Brick Lane direction.
Wagner Pinto at Concrete Hermit Gallery. Wagner Pinto presents his own pictorial world for the first time outside of his home country, Brazil.

Pinto will present drawings, paintings and silk-screen prints inspired by acts of belief and faith in different religious and folklore. Taking influence from the mix of religions and influences across South America such as candomble – a religion which melds Catholicism and African traditions Pintos paintings materialize “forces of nature, mythology and religious icons, imaginary situations, mental impulses and fine energies”.

Private View: Thursday 4th June 2009
The show runs until the 4th July 2009
Concrete Hermit | 5a Club Row | London | E1 6JX

Charming Baker’s “The Meaning of Everything” . The show will feature new paintings, new prints and limited edition cakes!!!

Private View 4th June from 6pm
The show will run until the 14th June
50 Redchurch Street | London | E2 7DJ

Last but not least our mate Blam has a solo show opening at Benny's bar. Details are here.

Benny's Bar | 119a Bethnal Green Road | London | E2 7DG

So there you have six great shows to keep ye all busy tonight and outta the house long enough to miss the launch of another Big Brother show!!!. Enjoy

UPDATE: We forgot to mention the opening of the "Six Degrees of Separation" show at The Brick Lane Gallery. The show will include limited edition prints and original works for sale by: Banksy, Faile , Jamie Hewlett, Paul Insect, Gee Vaucher, Mode 2, B-Toy, RUN, Antonio Cabrera and many more.

Private view Thursday 4 June, 6-9 pm - RSVP essential
The show runs until the 15th June.
The Brick Lane Gallery | 196, Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
For more information – tony@thebricklanegallery.com

MOMO's MONOGRAPH

New York based artist and friend of Hooked, MOMO has just dropped us an email to share with us the release of his limited edition Monographic book for Rojo.

MOMO is known for tagging his name the width of Manhattan, and inventing oversize abstract collage for the street, faking a New Yorker magazine cover, and building a totem pole in the East River, a computer script which makes his art for him, a mural project with Melissa Brown that destroys their art for them. Tide powered sculpture with Eltono, and prints, paintings, and videos that rely on chance for fun and substance. MOMO's first monograph gathers the best of his visually rewarding colorful works, related games and inspirations, for 160 raw pages.
The Monograph titled " Momo 3am-6am" will be limited to just 500 copies worldwide and will be priced at 30 euros.

The book is available on pre-order from Rojo here. Also worth checking is the Mark Jenkins "Glazed Paradise" from Rojo which is also on pre-order. Both books are set for a July 1st release.