MATT SEWELL @ TOYLIFE

One for the diaries, illustrator Matt Sewell has a new show opening at Toylife in Brighton, later next month. The show titled 'floatsom & jetsam' will open on the 23rd of August and above is the fantastic flyer for the show. I will repost this closer to the show.

Toylife | Tidy Street | North Laines | Brighton

RED5STANDINGBY TSHIRT SALE

Red5standingby is having a summer clearout over at Red5 Towers and has a whole bunch of great T-shirts on sale. The T-shirts are only £10 each and include postage in the UK. Check the full set over here on his flickr.

UNDERSPRAY UPDATE

The Underspray website gets an update with five new artists featured and interviewed including East London artist's Dave The Chimp and Owen Philips. The others interviewed include Brosmind Studios(see image above), Dan May and Sean Herman. Go check the interviews and their work here.

ADAM NEATE SOLO EXHIBITION

PAINTINGS, POTS and PRINTS - A one man show by ADAM NEATE

Featuring original paintings, an exclusive collection of original handthrown stoneware and porcelain ceramics made in collaboration with critically acclaimed British studio-potter DAN KELLY and new limited edition prints.

A multi-disciplinary one man show of new work by ADAM NEATE. This exhibition is eagerly awaited by collectors from around the world and it will demonstrate Adam's adeptness at mastering different materials. It will include an impressive collection of new paintings on cardboard, each painting pushing Adam's own boundaries.

ELMS LESTERS PAINTING ROOMS | 1-3-5 FLITCROFT STREET
August 3rd - 25th 2007

OTHER LINO PRINTS

Super talented Canadian based artist Other is at the moment trying to raise funds to get to Barcelona for the Festival de Arte Contemporáneo en Barcelona, where he has been invited to paint a mural with two other Canadian artists Juan Carlos Noria and Patrick Thompson.

In efforts to raise funds he has created 170 Lino prints...6 different editions. All linoleum prints have been hand printed by Other without a press, all hand printed with a wooden spoon!!

THESE EDITIONS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO REPRINT!!!! because after each layer is printed it must be cut away to make way for the next layer..making them extremely rare prints and small editions ...all prints are numbered titled and signed and not very expensive.

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

To see the other 5 prints check his flickr here.

50 YEARS OF HELVETICA

Blanka and Candy in association with Veer present '50' celebrating 50 years of Helvetica.

2007 sees the fiftieth anniversary of Helvetica. Created in 1957 by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas type foundry in Switzerland, the typeface was originally christened Neue Haas Grotesk. Its name changed to Helvetica in 1960 in an attempt to take the typeface to a wider international audience.Over the years the typeface has been celebrated widely and used in many renowned applications, implanting its own indelible place in design history. From the beautifully implemented New York Subway signage system by Vignelli to its usage on the lowly generic EXIT sign, the flexibility of the typeface seems to have no boundaries.

Each artist was allocated a random year [1957 - 2006] from Helvetica's lifetime. From this they were asked to create an image based on an event of creative or cultural significance which occured during their allocated year. The artist were asked to consider the relevance of Helvetica when creating their final piece, there were no other rules applied other than if they used a typeface it must be Helvetica.

The '50' exhibition runs at the Design Museum in 2 installments before travelling around the UK and the world.
1957 - 1981: 19 July - 9 August.
1982 - 2006: 10 August - 31 August

Contributors incluce: The Designers Republic, Farrow, Antoine et Manuel, Experimental Jetset, Parra, Build, James Jarvis, Rinzen, Genevieve Gauckler, Adrian Shaughnessy and Phunkstudio to name a few.

Design Museum | Shad Thames | London SE1 2YD

FUTURA & JOSE PARLA

If you haven't already checked the PIRATE UTOPIAS exhibition featuring new work by FUTURA and JOSE PARLA, then get yourselves down to Elms Lesters Painting Rooms before the exhibition closes this Saturday, 28th July.

As well as showcasing the breadth of work of both artists, visitors also have an opportunity to watch a compilation of films, some of which date back to the early eighties, where the artists discuss their working processes.

Gallery opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6pm
Thursdays 'til 9pm

Location
ELMS LESTERS PAINTING ROOMS | 1-3-5 FLITCROFT STREET

KUILDOOSH WEBSITE UPDATES

The Wet Shame crew update their website with a new look and some new work. They also have a exhibition opening in Bristol this week, titled ' {P}ORGINS OF POMMERY' at The Church of St. Thomas The Martyr. Private View from 7pm this Friday 27th July. Check their website for the show info.

KIRSTY WHITEN @ STOLENSPACE

This thursday StolenSpace present a new exhibition titled 'Trophy', featuring works by Kirsty Whiten.

These trophies are talismans, votive icons, pervy trinkets and fancy goods. They are objects to focus yearning, wishes and prayers for a justified fingering.……A collection of anthropological relics describing sacred sexual practices has been discovered…. A group of socially inept individuals eager to lose their inhibitions try to enact the rituals of a carnal tradition long disappeared….

There’s always been an element of reverence in Kirsty Whiten’s distinctive drawings, in the attention to detail and careful, time-consuming rendering of her peculiar subjects. With this series of ‘Votive Icons’ she takes her sharpened, reverent pencil and puts it to more literal use; creating objects to celebrate intimate touches; masturbation and fisting, in beautifully detailed drawings and sculptures with a twist.

Location:
StolenSpace Gallery | Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery | London
opens 6.30pm - 9.30pm 26th July closes 19th August

EINE GOES LIVE

East London's very own Alphabet King, Eine has now got a website. This may be old news to some of you in the know but I've just spotted it so check it out as it features all his shutter work on the streets of East London as well as his canvas works.

Richt UV Xynthetic Board Timelapse

Bristol based illustrator Richt does his thing and paints a custom board, complete with UV touches for skate copmany XyntheticCheck this timelapse video they made.

HOLIDAYS

Appoligies for the lack of updates this week, I am on holiday in the West of Ireland and have had limited access to the internet. Normal service will resume next week.


If you are in London don't forget the Found show opens this evening at Leonard Street Gallery. Found is an exhibition of original artworks made on found objects, discovered materials and other rarities by artists Matt Small, Nick Walker, Beejoir, AMP, Arofish, Mantis, Asbestos, Luc Price, Sweet Toof and New Yorkers Chris Stain, Skewville, Judith Supine, Elbow-toe and Rene Gagnon. The exhibition will open to the public on Friday the 20th July and will run until a currently undisclosed date.
Check their website for more info.

LISTER ON FECAL FACE

The ever excellent Fecalface blog has just dropped an interview with Anthony Lister and features some of his fantastic new work. Read and see here.

ESP BLOG

Keeping it on the blog tip today, East London street art crew, ESPvisuals have recently started a blog and what with four team members Selph, Irieman, Tai and Dkoda all blogging on their different interests it makes for interesting reading. Toys, Graffiti, street art, music, science and technology are some of the subjects blogged. Check it here and also check out ESPvisuals website here.

MISSINGTOOF

One of our favourite music blogs of the moment Missingtoof, have just uploaded some fresh DJ mixes just in time for the weekend. The excellent Pose It Up mix 2 has been mixed by Kimarr,a DJ from Helsinki, Finland. Check the mix here and also check out some of the other downloads including some fresh tracks from The Teenagers an M.I.A.. Go download now!

NEOGEO BOOK RELEASE

If one can identify any trend in today’s diverse design, it would be the new flirtation with geometrical forms and solid colours. Die Gestalten are to release a new book in September that documents this development and is accordingly called NeoGeo: A New Edge to Abstraction.

Basic forms such as circles, squares and triangles are being increasingly used in creative work. One sees crystalline structures, diamonds, rhombi, patterns and grid-like frames. Elements influenced by the psychedelic and OpArt of the 1960s and 70s are being combined with the acid colours of the late 80s.

NeoGeo makes clear that this current abstract work is not a nostalgic phenomenon; rather, it borrows from illustration, collage, typography and computer art to create a whole new visual language.

NeoGeo: A New Edge to Abstraction
Release: September 2007 | ISBN: 978-3-89955-194-5

PRODUCT HK @ FUSSHOP

Two new prints from FUSShop by Product HK. Based on the famous Disney character's Cinderella & Snow White, , printed in Black with Gold or Silver. Quantity limited to 50 pieces each. All of the artwork is Hand Printed on 100% recycled 200gsm Natural Paper. Check them out now. CLICK HERE

AUDIO VISION

AudioVision is an exhibition of work by a collective group of St.Martins and other UK Art colleges. The exhibition explores the physical and emotional sensations that are simultaneously experienced while responding to musical and sonic stimulation.

Considering the transcendental and inexhaustible power of music, AudioVision promises to be a dynamic exploration of cross sensory experience. An eclectic mix of responses and materials have been used by each contributor, ranging from textile design, video, photography and even a goldfish.

Opening night this Thursday 12th July
Dazed Gallery | 112-116 Old St. | London

Drinks provided by Tiger beer.
Normal opening hours are 10am to 6pm on weekdays.

INVISBLE ARTS CLUB

Workshop in Bristol open with a new exhibitions this Friday the 13th!! The new exhibtion will feature Limited Edition prints from the Invisible Art Club. The Invisible Arts Club combines the 2 influences currently contributing to the democratisation of art we are now witnessing: Graffiti/street art and TinterWeb.

“We believe that art is for and should be available to, everyone. We do not agree that there should be any “arbiters” of taste who decide what is or is not art, what is fashionable, “in style” or “acceptable”.

Artists on show will include: cy one, DScreet, Eko, Marcin Dud, Russell Maurice, Seks, Snoe, Sweet Toof.
If you are in Bristol the private view is Friday 13th, 6pm till 9pm. All prints are signed, numbered and for sale.

Workshop | 1-2 Perry Road | Bristol.

MR WIN @ NELLY DUFF

East London based gallery Nelly Duff proudly present as their first ever solo showcase extravaganza,The Wonderful World of Mr Wim. Opening to the public this Thursday 12th July with a private view on the Wednesday 11th July from 6pm-9pm. Private view is by invitation only - please RSVP to jessie@nellyduff.com

nelly duff | 156 columbia road | london e2 7rg

CUT UP COLLECTIVE

A new show from the Cutupcollective will open later next week and will centre predominantly around the local area of Hackney Wick- its streets, abandoned buildings, wastelands and scrap-yards. This, now largely fenced off, area is in a huge state of flux with the onset of the upcoming 2012 London Olympics displacing and destroying its current desolate existence as a place of creativity, play and freedom with control, surveillance, leisure and eventual homogenisation and gentrification. The work installed around the area intends to celebrate the area as it is, and was, and to act as a "sending off" or marker for the erasure of its history.

The exhibition centres around a fixed indoor base, that acts as a venue for the private view and to show film works, installations and maps listing the locations for the outdoor works.

More details about the opening night on 19th July will be available on the website the day before:

www.cutupcollective.com

FRIDAY 20TH JUL - SATURDAY 21ST JUL 2007
PRIVATE VIEW - Thursday 19th Jul 7pm - 11 pm

ART OF ASBESTOS

Dublin based street artist Asbestos passed through London last weekend and put up some of these fantastic paintings around Brick Lane and Shoreditch. If you haven't already seen them in the street, then I'm afraid you are probably too late as a number of them have already been stolen despite most of them being well outta reach. To see the entire series check out Asbestos recently updated website which includes these and the Lost sticker collection.

You will also be able to view some of Asbestos work in the Leonard Street Gallery next week from the 19th July, which will be part of the "Found" exhibition.

EVOLVING STYLES

Evolving Styles is a live street art auction, inviting the finest street artists from around the world to paint live and auction their art off, all in the name of charity. In association with street wear label Boxfresh, Cargo’s outside space will be turned into a live art studio / sealed auction house, but unlike Christie’s or Sotheby’s, this auction house has a BBQ, the best DJs playing out and world-famous artists creating original work to auction off on the same night.

Evolving Styles sees acclaimed artists such as the legendary Lady Pink (New York), Mr Kern (France), Herakut (art duo, Germany), Nick Walker (Bristol), Stormie (Australia), Part 2 (UK) to name a few, paint on 6 canvases each. At 8p.m. a sealed auction begins where anyone can bid as little or as much as they want for their preferred canvas. At 9p.m., the winning bidders will get to take home their exclusive one-off pieces of art with them that night.

The event kicks off tonight Friday July 6 at 6pm with the notorious German artist TASSO and British freestyle artist Xenz creating art live at the auction. Free admission.

Cargo | 83 Rivington Street | Shoreditch | London

TERRATAG @ HOOKY

Urban streetwear shop Hooky on Brick Lane will be hosting an exhibition titled ' Neo Genesis' featuring new work from Terratag. The show opens tomorrow evening 7th July.

Hooky | 188 Brick Lane | London

PAUL INSECT

Here one for the diaries, artist and image manipulator Paul Insect will have a solo show at Lazinc later this month on the 20th July. The show titled 'Billion' will feature new paintings and graphic screen prints. More info when we have it.

BEST OF BRITISH?

Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones gives his view on Banksy in an article featured in today's Guardian newspaper. You can read the full article online over on The Guardian's website here.

If YOU COULD DO ANYTHING...........

If you could' is an annual publication set up by designers Will Hudson and Alex Bec. Aiming to showcase the best in design and illustration, their second issue has just dropped today the 5th July. The work within is the result of an open call for entries in response to the established question, 'If you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be?'. After an overwhelming response, 112 artists' submissions were selected and are included in a full colour, perfect bound publication (160 pages) and available to purchase on the website.

The second issue features a fantastic line up including : Gary Baseman, Luke Best, Mr Bingo, Crush, Paul Davis, Experimental Jetset, Darren Firth, Genevieve Gauckler, Jasper Goodall, Oliver Jeffers, Jeremyville, Ron Jonzo, James Joyce, The Little Friends of Printmaking, Michael C. Place, Andrew Rae, Matt Sewell, Supermundane to name a few of the 112 features artists.

To tie in with the launch there will be an exhibition of all the submitted work, including the 112 chosen for the book at exposure Gallery on Little Portland St. The show opens tomorrow until July 27th

LE DILLY 03

PMH drops issue 3 of his Le DIlly zine. The latest issue features the work of James Pearson Howes a London based photographer, who has shot for Vice, RWD Magazine and i-d magazine to name just a few of his many clients. He shoots anything from Jay-Z, Dizzee, Klaxons and Bonde De Role to subjects such as teenage refugees,his father and soccer teams of disadvantaged youths.


'The King is dead, long live the King' zine is available now from Le DIlly Website

BEAUHEMIA

The Brick Lane gallery relocates out east to a new space and a name change for the new space. ' Nettie Horn' will open on the 6th July with ' BEAUHEMIA', the inaugral exhibition at their new premises on Vyner Street, and will feature work by the gallery's artists.

Nettie Horn | 25b Vyner Street | London E2
6th July - 12th August
Private View Thursday 5th July with a special performance by Mark McGowan.