SHITDISCO ARE OK

Great new video for Shitdisco's new single OK!

http://www.myspace.com/shitdisco

DON'T DO THAT !

A new mixed exhibition of new work by six contemporary urban and street
artists, opens to the public on Friday 4th May 2007 at Elms Leiscter painting Rooms.

Featuring new constructivist pieces, and collages by Dutch artist Boris Tellegen, aka DELTA; an extraordinary selection of original oil paintings, the like of which have never been exhibited before in London, by US pop surrealist RON ENGLISH; brand new uptempo paintings by London based supremo ANDREW McATTEE; immaculately painted, playful, yet startlingly dark paintings by DALEK; classic iconographic paintings by New York legend STASH; and exquisite, erotic 'Toile de Jouy' style paintings by Brooklyn based MARK DEAN VECA.

Friday 4th - Saturday 26th 2007
Opening hours Tuesday - Saturday 12.00 - 6.00 pm
Late nights Thursdays until 9.00 pm
nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road
Admission FREE

STYLE WARS REVISITED

FRESH STYLES Film Festival presents, in association with Second Movement Productions & Sadlers Wells….

STYLE WARS REVISITED, a new cut of the ground breaking Graffiti documentary Style Wars plus an exclusive live Q&A with New York old school legend BLADE, talking you through the original Graffiti scene to today’s global culture. Painting since 1972, Blade has seen it all…..and bombed it!

Thursday 3rd May 2007 – 7.45pm
Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadlers Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1
Angel Tube
Tickets £9 on the door

Also Saturday 5th May, 3.30 – 5.30pm, live graffiti showcase with Blade and UK graffiti artists. The graffiti showcase is free.

NON-FORMAT BOOK

One of my favourite design studios Non-Format are releasing a book on Die-gestalten, titled "Love Song" the book is set to drop on the 16th May.

Non-Format is a London-based design studio comprised of the Norwegian Kjell Ekhorn and the Brit Jon Forss. This creative team has built a formidable international reputation with exceptional graphic design and illustrations that are strikingly innovative and fresh yet have a timelessness that goes beyond fleeting style trends.

The monograph Non-Format presents the full spectrum of their work, which ranges from delicate drawings for album covers to riveting advertisements for Coke and Nike as well as pristine graphic design for publications such as Varoom or the UK music magazine The Wire.


In addition to their best project work for clients from the music, fashion and advertising industries as well as for culture and the arts, Non-Format also contains original work that was created exclusively for the book.

Head over to the Non-Formats website here to view some more of their work.

STATIC SCREEN PRINTS

Opus Underground announced the release of two brand new exclusive screen prints from art and design collective Static.

'Cookoo Clock' and 'Bi-Plane' from Static are due for release 2nd May for just £75. As a special pre-release offer the prints are available to purchase online now for the just £65, and they we'll also throw in free shipping direct to your door on the day of release.

CARPET BURNS @ JAGBAGS

Two exhibitions by Andrew James Jones

Private View & Book Launch Thursday 26 April at the Old Shoreditch Station on 1 Kingsland Road. And then on the same night, across the street at Dreambags a launch Party for a Exhibition of his Past and Present work. 8pm - 1am

DreamBagsJaguarShoes | 32 Kingsland Road, E2

UTTER TOSH PLUSH TOYS

Our good friends over at Uttertosh have just dropped some wicked new plush toys over on their website. These super cool rabbit plush toys are all completely hand-sewn and entirely unique and we think they rock. They have also added some new sock monkeys which make fantastic gifts for girlfriends / boyfriends, sisters / brothers, new babies. I bought a bunch of the sock monkeys and brought them with me as gifts to New York last week. Go get yours here.

The Softlightes In London

We blogged these guys back in february, and this week sees Californian songsters Softlightes hit London, playing two gigs. One tonight at The Spitz -109 COMMERCIAL ST. OLD SPITALFIELDS MARKET as part of the Modular Takes On Scruffy Bird Night. Three bands will be playing on the night Foals, The Softlightes and Bonde do Role. Doors are at 8pm sharp, with SoftLightes on at 8:30pm. It's their first ever UK show.... There is a £4 entry fee on the door.

The Softlightes will also be playing live this Friday upstairs at the Old Blue Last as part of the Adventures Close To Home night. Doors 8.30 - 2am. Free entry all night.

If you haven't heard of the The Softlightes check some of their songs over on their myspace here

LMF 06

Back on the the London tip and first up is LMF06, PMH's monthly clubnite at Jagbags. Back again this Friday 27th the night is also doubling up as PMH's birthday drinkdown and everyones invited! If PMH's previous birthdays are anything to go by you can expect a rawsome night!! See ye all at the bar. The party kicks off at 9pm and runs until about 1am and there is no admission charge.

dreambagsjaguarshoes, 34 - 36 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London

WE'RE BACK

After a week of chillin in Brooklyn, we are back in sunny London. While New York was a blast, the wheather was really shit. I think we had like one or two nice days. It was so cold i had to buy a few extra layers while there, plus we had torrential rain last Sunday. It rained for like 27+ hours without stopping once, insane stuff! We only ventured out once for brunch- eggs, bacon, fried green tomatoes, biscuits with white gravy and sausage ( sooo good) and an insanse amount of coffee. All good.

I checked out a bunch of good shows including new works from Dalek at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. The work was super tight, really hard to believe that the work has been painted its so perfectly flat and flawless. As there was a very strict no photos policy at the gallery I dont have any pictures from the show but here is an image from the gallery website of one of the canvases.



More images from the show can be seen over on there website here.

I also checked out a great design show at the Riviera Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn, titled True Belivers and curated by Matt Owen of Volume One. True Believers featured a group of designers who created original artwork for the Riviera with their Influences and inspirations ranging from skateboarding, punk/postpunk, and early hip hop to 70s educational graphics, 60's countercultures, and the Swiss style all resulting in some fresh work. To view some of the work that was on show check this website here.

Shouts of to Sal, Katie and Billie, Kate, Rich and Charlotte, the Overspray Team, Skewville and all who made it a memorable trip. Back tothe London stuff.

NEW YORK PICTURES

We have added a bunch of street art pictures we have taken in New York, mostly in the Williamsburg and Dumbo areas in Brooklyn to our flickr pages. Go check the rest of the picture over here. More to follow soon.

NO SLEEP TIL.......

Appoligies for the lack of updates, we are chillin in Brooklyn on a short holiday. Normal sevice will commence next week. Pictured above is an OS Geomes piece photographed in Williamsburg after its been hit up by the so called splasher, who has been chucking buckets of paint over most of the street stuff I've seen so far here.

Insa ARTWORK

Here is one of six Insa cavases from his recent LA show that are currently available for purchase over on his blog here.All six are spraypaint + markesr on canvas
and are 36″ x 48″ in size. You can also check out some flicks from the show.

Suspended Calamities Exhibition

The Brick Lane Gallery
196 Brick Lane | E1 6SA | London

Mark Jenkins In London

Washington DC-based installation artist Mark Jenkins has over the past four years experimented with clear packing tape (sellotape) to create cast-based sculpture that he installs in cities as a form of non-permission based street art, a sort of “off-wall” graffiti. The works’ humour and surreal nature has helped generate huge interest amongst the public and re-engaged them with their built environment. Jenkins is now bringing his art to the UK, and for his first solo show at the Lazarides gallery he will present an assemblage of sculptures and documentary street installation photographs.

Exhibition Dates: Fri 13th of April - Sat 12th of May
LAZARIDES
No 8, Greek Street
Soho, London
W1D 4DG

PURE EVIL LONELY B*STARDS PRINTS

PURE EVIL is releasing his SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS B*STARDS print pictured above, this THURSDAY at 1PM on his website. There will be two editions of the print available:

1. signed edition of 300 . ( 55 by 75 cm ) fingerprint authenticated

2. signed edition of 6 . ( 110 by 110 cm) fingerprint authenticated
With all the names of the B*stards hand drawn in invisible UV ink on the print by PURE EVIL . Each of the 666 U.V. edition comes with its own UV light .

The prints will be available to purcahse on fancy 308 gsm art paper at www.pureevilclothing.com/art

DAN WITZ Exhibition At STOLEN SPACE Gallery

Stolen Space Gallery present Dan Witz first UK solo Show 6th April- 6th May.

As a street artist, Dan Witz lends wit, color, and grace to New York City.
As an oil painter, he seduces outsiders into warm homes and lit
storefronts. Though different from the hoodies and skaters he paints onto
public space, these paintings are a gentle reminder that, once in a while,
everyone needs to come inside. In the 1980s, Witz was also a musician
involved in the downtown art-punk scene. He currently lives in Brooklyn
and splits his time between making gallery paintings and street art.


STOLENSPACE GALLERY
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL

CLARE E. ROJAS PICTURES

Went and checked out the Clare E. Rojas show at Modern Art Gallery over the weekend. Here are some pictures from the exhibition titled "Sympathetic Magic" which will run for a month until 22nd April.

MODERN ART | 10 Vyner St | E2 9DG
Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green
Opening Times: Thursday - Sunday 11am-6pm

THIS WAS ENGLAND EXHIBITION

To coincide with the release of the film "This is England" by Shane Meadows, PYMCA presents an exhibition of skinhead culture from the early 1980's upon which the film is based. Containing the unique collection of Gavin Watson from the book ‘Skins’, this exhibition offers a unique insight into the lives of young members of this subculture in this turbulent era.

PYMCA Gallery
41 Clerkenwell Road | London

10th April 04 - 20th April