Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Torn: A Decade Of Faile - Retrospective
We mentioned the show back in January {blogged here} and since then the above preview image has been released. It's been a very long time since Faile and Bast exhibited together. We could be wrong but we think the last time they worked on a joint show here in London was way back in 2002 at the former "This Way Up" Gallery on the second floor of The Dragon Bar on Leonard Street where the entire space was covered floor to ceiling in their signature paste-ups.
Bast and Faile have both come along way in the last eight years and as excited as we are about seeing new works from both these Artists it will also be fantastic to see works from the Faile 10-year retrospective that is also planned to run alongside the group show. The 'Torn: A Decade Of Faile' retrospective opens Friday 12th February at Lazarides Rathbone Place venue. The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade also opens on the 12th February at Lazarides Greek Street space.
Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade at
Lazarides | 8 Greek Street | Soho | London W1D 4DG
Torn: A Decade Of Faile at
Lazarides | 11 Rathbone Place | London W1T 1HR
For directions, opening times and dates for the show visit the Lazarides website.
Monday, February 08, 2010
PINKY'S Valentines LOVE
Ugbot Screenprints
Gavin prints are all hand screenprinted and the newest release pictured is a 3 colour print, 760mm x 560mm, an edition of 29, printed on archival paper and is available now for £30.
Details about ordering this and his other prints can be found on the Ugbot website
And as animated videos of screenprints seem to be all the rage {SAM3 Amination}, head over to Ugbots blog and check out the showreel featuring the above print animated!
Tox Graffiti Special - Video
A Sky travel report from about 2003/2004 featuring TOX.Video appears to have been uploaded last year but we have just stumbled on it. Clip is about 10 minutes long.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
SAM3 Valentine's Day Prints
With Valentines just around the corner, SAM3 and Studio Cromie release "Uno", a set of three prints limited to an edition of just 50. The stop motion amination above was created to accompany the release of the prints pictured below.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Hookedblog Half Price Zine Sale!!
Zine SALE!! As well as finding some disks which included photos from 2005 which we put together in this clip, when we did a Spring clean last week, we also found a box with the last batch of the zines we produced last year and from 2008.
As we are running out of space, we have decided to have a Half Price Spring Zine Sale on the remaining zines in efforts to make some room for some new zines we are working on. 
The zines can be purchased over on our Etsy online shop. You need to register to use Etsy but it's really quick, you just need an email to sign in.Prices shown on the site are the SALE price and have already been discounted. This is your last chance to get these zines as we will not be reprinting this batch as hopefully we will have some new zines online soon.
Prefab77 - Living For Kicks
New print release from Prefab77. This is the third print release from their "Shot at from both Sides" american show last year. Titled "Lving for Kicks" the print is an edition of 30, 2 colour gloss screenprint with the usual Prefab77 hand painted layers! 56x76cm in size on Arches 88 with deckled edge. The print is available on pre-order at this email address info@prefab77.co.uk for £70.
Droplet - Series 2 Launch
For those of you in Bristol over the weekend this is not to be missed!! It's the launch of the second series of the Droplet vinyl toys designed by Gavin Strange ( Jam Factory).
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Original Cultures at StolenSpace
In collaboration with Original Cultures, a new international non-profit cultural and arts initiative, StolenSpace presents an exclusive exhibition of new works from famed European artists Ericailcane (Italy), DEM (Italy) and Will Barras (UK)
The three artists have been commissioned to produce works for the exhibition, which will form part of the Original Cultures London 2010 event and run from February 11th until March 7th. This exhibition is the trio’s second collaborative project following their work during Original Cultures’ first event last year in Bologna, Italy. {Video blogged here}
Ericailcane x DEM x Will Barras
Video of visual artists Ericailcane, DEM and Will Barras painting the Bartleby building in Bologna, June 2009.
This session took part on the last day of the Original Cultures Bologna 09 event, which saw the three artists collaborate with musicians Om Unit, Tatsuki and Tayone for a unique showcase combining music and visual arts.
Original Cultures have a London event with the above artist planned for later this month at Stolen Space, more info soon.
Steve Powers - A Love Letter for You
"A Love Letter For You - Brick Valentines On The Philly Skyline" documents the art and the neighborhood that inspired this ambitious public art project.
In 1984 Steve Powers started climbing rooftops in his neighborhood and painting his alias ESPO as a dues paying member of the ICY graffiti club. 25 years later he returned home to Philadelphia in the summer of 2009 to write a love letter across the same rooftops facing the Market-Frankford line. The letter, meant for one, with meaning for all, encompasses 50 walls on a 20 block stretch of market street. Drawing input, inspiration, and work from the community Powers created a letter to and from west Philly. This unprecedented public art project was a collaboration of Powers, The Mural Arts Program, and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. It required 1200 cans of spray paint, 800 gallons of bucket paint, and the skilled hands of 20 of the finest spray painters in America, who Powers put into the legendary ICY club.
The books is now available online at Free News Project for $19.95.
Olive47's Poster Cause Print
Alongside their Haiti Relief effort posters {blogged here} The Poster Cause Project continue their monthly releases with a february release from street artist/toy designer olive47.
The "CHERRY BLOSSOM COMPOSITION III" print pictured is a11 × 17 Poster printed in full color on high quality 100# stock. Limited to a DOZEN prints with 100% OF PROFITS to benefit SaveTheManatee.org. Each print Includes 1 blindboxed Dreamland Toyworks "Little Miss Cupcake" Figure also designed by olive47. Print + toy + charity = $30. Don't miss out.
The print and toy are available to buy via the The Poster Cause Project website.
See more of olive47's work over on her website.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Streetart - Dalston Bus Depot 2005
Back in June 2005 a group of street / graffiti artists took over the walls of an abandoned East London bus depot/ crack den in Dalston. We were there and took a bunch of photographs.
Having just recently found the pictures again on a disk after a spring clean last week, we have put some of them together in this clip. This is out first upload to Youtube and we haven't worked out the best size, format to ensure it looks its best so watch the video in HD if you have a fast web connection. But is is good to be able to share them online, as we had believed they were forever lost via a stolen computer of ours. Photos feature the works of some talented artists and friends including What Collective (Richt, Gumbo, Oath and 45RPM) , Dave The Chimp, PMH, Busk, Blam, Showchicken, mjar, Sri, Thought Police, Skire, Adam Neate, Jerm, Herse, Fybe, Probs, Pheks and Ink Fetish to name a few. Enjoy.
Ronzo - Credit Crunch Monster
Vandal Extraordinaire RONZO has celebrated the end of the recession in the UK, by installing these awesome limited edition credit crunch monster sculptures in London's financial district. We spotted one yesterday afternoon in Aldgate and another on Bishopsgate, although the illegal sculpture in the Bishopgate location has now been removed by the council or else stolen by a streetart collector!!
The guys over at Graffoto have a bunch of photos and the full story on these Crunchy Monsters.Read it here.
Friend-And-Co £25 Prints
Bristol artist 45RPM dropped me an email to let us know about this collection of prints available now at Friend-and-Co in Bristol. The prints are being sold for only £25 each and includes works from French, Russell Maurice, Egs, Pinky and Russell Maurice, Eco, Mike Maxwell, Petro and Andy Council to name a few. Go have a look over on the Friend-and-Co website here. Low editions of 50 and 30 on most of the prints.
And don't forget to check out the upcoming Sickboy LogoPop Bristol show opening this Friday 5th 2010 at Friend-And-Co's gallery space. Details on the show and location here.
Matt Stuart - Look Both Ways Show
Matt Stuart’s work features opportune street scenes which reflect the absurd and fleeting nature of life. How many times have you seen something, wished you had your camera only for the moment to instantly pass? Armed with a small Leica camera, patience and lots of optimism, Stuart captures those moments where others fail.
Stuart’s photographs are a series of happy accidents taking place in crowds, on the tube, in the park and in cars. Stuart obsessively shoots everyday, everywhere he goes.
The result of this passion and his fascination with people and the way they live their lives will be shown as a collection at KK Outlet for the first time. Some images are so absurd they almost look staged, but these are totally genuine and original, all caught by the masterful eye of Stuart.
Private View: Thursday 4 Feb, 7-9pm
Exhibition Runs: 5-26 Feb
KK Outlet | 42 Hoxton Square | London | N1 6PB
Monday, February 01, 2010
High Rollers Society Gallery
Friday night saw a packed out crowd in attendance at the opening of East London's newest gallery space, High Roller Society.
This artist-led space featured works from fourteen hand-selected artists including 2 SICK BASTARDS, AIDA, BASE 23, DAVE THE CHIMP, HEAD HOODS, GOUCH, JAMES UNSWORTH, JULIE BENNETT, MARCIN DUDEK, LUDVIG, NEEQUAYE DREPH, ORBIE, ROBIN MASON, and SEMOR & CO all of whom unveiled a variety of new works.
The show runs from the 30 January until the 27 February 2010 and is located close to Bethnal Green/Mile End tube stations.
Gallery hours: Thursday – Saturday 11-7pm or by appointment.
High Roller Society Gallery | 10 Palmers Road | London E2 0SY
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We are loving the colours on the piece above and can't wait to see the piece in it's entirety. Head over to Ian's flickr to see some of the other teaser images. We expect he will have some more images from the show over the next few days so we advise you keep checking his flickr if you are interested.