The London Street Art Issue!

Thie newest issue of Time Out magazinge currently on sale is the The London Street Art Issue. It features articles on How graffiti became art, The future of London's street art and Artist's Profiles including D*Face, Eine, ID, The artist known as Caliper Boy, CutUp and Adam Neate. According to the magazine "Banksy no longer rules the streets when it comes to spectacular urban art. A new generation of artists are pushing the boundaries of the form – and seeing their works taken seriously by established galleries and auction houses. Time Out presents the inside track on this exciting scene, and showcases the best of the upcoming talent."

Grab yourself a copy in your local newsagents or if you are outside the UK or don't fancy spending any money, you can read the articles online here

ANDREW McATTEE EXHIBITION

New exhibition opening this evening titled "Anti-Gravity" and featuring new works from ANDREW McATTEE.
Private View 31 January, 6-9 pm

Foster Gallery | 1 Chapel Place | Rivington Street | EC2

1 February – 15 March 2008

CRYSTAL VISION EXHIBITION

DreamBagsJaguarShoes announces a new exhibition featuring the work of Crystal Vision. A group formed of seven artists that share an interest in mysticism, fantasy and general weirdness. Working under one name, they mostly create work individually, however, the personal influences and ideals that link them as a collective also lead the group to work on collaborative projects, which have included events at the ICA, Zines and exhibitions.

The exhibition at DreamBagsJaguarShoes, which will be their first major show, is a mixed media explosion of colour and form that explores other realms and alternative realities. Showcasing the individual and shared talents of:

Catherine Osterberg : Dan Freeman : James Tanner
Olly Jennings: Patrick Cole : Rory Gleeson : Will Rigby

PV: CRYSTAL VISION: THURSDAY 31ST JAN
DreamBagsJaguarShoes : Kingland Road

THE KRAH SCREENPRINT

New Limited edition Krah screen prints now on sale at:
Little Art Book. Limited edition of 75.

Also on the the site you will find art prints from big names such as:
Shepard Fairey, Paul Insect, Lucy McLauchlan, Frank Kozik, Ink Fetish and many more.

LISTER HITS THE STREETS

Australian Anothony Lister hits the streets of London today, down Brick Lane way.


This Sunday at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms Anthony will release his FIRST EVER limited edition hand silkscreen print and will be on sale, alongside a selection of his original works. The screen printed diptych, entitled SPIDER STANCE left & right, is a pair of beautiful art prints which have perfectly captured the raw vibrancy and quizzical, sensitive composition of Anthony's original paintings.More info and images of the prints can be seen over on the Elms Lesters website.

BAST SHOW IMAGES

Some pictures from the Bast Show at Leonard Street Gallery.

Conor Harrington's Weekend Warriors

All quiet for a month and them bam two fantastic shows set to open the same week and even the same night!! We have already mentioned the Bast opening this thursday and also opening in central London is Weekend Warrior.

Weekend Warrior at Lazarides Gallery will showcase new works by Conor Harrington. The show will feature paintings made from oil and aerosol paint alongside a series of new charcoal drawings.

Central to his oil canvasses is the male figure, representing the masculinity that is a commonplace of urban culture. WEEKEND WARRIORS explores the world of historic re-enactment as illustrated above (Horsepower, 2007), where men dress up at the weekends as warriors, generals and emperors to live out their escapistfantasies as heroes and supermen. The Napoleonic era was a time of great upheaval when men went into battle in uniforms dripping with gold as symbols of power and wealth, almost turning the battlefield into a 19th century catwalk. Similarly, in today’s bling culture, the urban male has the same preoccupation with gold as a symbol of their power, wealth and glory. However, Harrington does not aim to remake historic paintings – his work focuses on the 21st century western world, and masculinity and artifice are the driving forces in his work. Rather than emphasizing wealth and valour, he looks to highlight the pretense and allusion tot hese qualities within contemporary society.

Lazarides Gallery 25 January – 23 February 2008
8 Greek Street
Soho, London
W1D 4DG

Another show definatly not to missed.

ROBERT RYAN

With Chritmas behind us and Valentine's just around the corner, London based Robert Ryan has created this hand screenprint especially for Valentines Day. Working mainly by the the means of paper cutting, from that original starting point he applies his emotive and moving art to a variety of applications: Screenprints, textiles, ceramics and lazercutting.

"CAN WE SHALL WE " (Pictured Above) screenprint produced for Valentines Day 2008. Paper size 380mm height, 280mm width. Edition of 95 available from Roberts Online Etsy Shop.

Be sure and also take some time to visit Robert's website and check out some of the beautiful papercuts and other works on the site.

100proofTRUTH 4

The newest issue of 100proofTRUTH a free PDF magazine dedicated to urban creativity is now online and available to download. 100proofTRUTH is created and edited by writer and ex-filmmaker King Adz and this the fouth issue of the magazine features street art from Dr.D. Brad Downey, D*FACE, and Jerome G. Demouth, graphic agitation from OKAT, an interview with the legendary Danny Rampling, writing from Alexis Manning, and Harlan Levey, and Male Prostitute Phone Box Cards from Paul Hartnett, and a two photo essays from King Adz.

Download a copy here.

KUILDOOSH ONLINE SHOP

ECO and MUDWIG of the Wet Shame Crew update their website with the addition of a shop section. Hand drawn orignals from ECO and a number of limited edition Giclee prints from Mudwig are available now from their shop. Check them here.

www.kuildoosh.com
www.dasmudwig.com

Blogging Trouble

We are having problems uploading to Blogger today. Appoligies to anybody who has dropped by - as soon as they sort it we will update.

BAST AGAIN

With the solo London show at Leonard Street Gallery only days away, Bast updates his website and drops some new prints including the one pictured. A truly eye dazzling print. Hand pulled. Multi-color neon spray paint embellishments. Neon pink and black silkscreen ink. Signed "BAST 08" & Numbered. According to BAST it's his best print yet. This an other prints available to buy here.

BOOBY TRAP

We are getting excited about this show already, we mentioned it at the start of the month and we have now been sent the details for the forthcoming "BAST show.

Leonard Street Gallery present their first show of 2008 titled "Booby Trap". The new exhibition will feature installations by Brooklyn-based "BAST along with fellow New York artist Judith Supine featured in the Project Room, opening 25 January.

"BAST combines the varied yet complimentary elements of pop-culture, political sarcasm, and a pinch of the Anarchist Punk movement with mixed media collage and silkscreen techniques to create boldly stylised and somewhat gritty images.
His work appropriates this medley to convey his own interpretations of American life. Guns, grenades and Molotov cocktails are often waiting to be unleashed by a host of Disney and Warner Brothers' characters that use their weapons as carelessly as kids use water balloons, often asking the question, "What if cartoon characters ruled the world?"

In a slightly similar vein, Judith Supine arranges magazine cut outs and photographic images into colourful and strikingly cohesive large-scale assemblages. Supine's arresting street art is obsessed with garish, neon - coloured characters that live among us - collages of big lips and staring eyes-on industrial doors and abandoned walls throughout lower Manhattan and London.

The exhibition will feature installations by both artists and works that vary from small to large scale. The resulting worlds and portraits developed by both artists are at once intimate and, with an enormous, looming presence, monumental in their impact.

Show opens to the public 25th January and runs untill the 16th February.
Preview 24th January 6:00 – 9:00PM
Leonard Street Gallery | 73 A LEONARD STREET | LONDON
Nearest Tube : Old Street

You do not want to miss this show, gonna be awesome. See some of ye there.

RIK CATLOW ORIGINALS

American illustrator/web designer Rik Catlow updates his website. A planned exhibition of his was canceled and the work that was created for the exhibition has been posted on his site and is available to purchase. The original paintings and tshirts can be seen here.

SAVE THE LIGHT

I have to be honest, I'm not a massive fan of The Light bar itself but you have to agree that the building the bar is housed in is fantastic. Built in 1893, this former power station is an historic landmark. It is the first building that you see in Hackney when you approach from the City and as such it separates two very different areas. Now yet another 53 storey tower of steel wrapped in glass is proposed on the site – threatening 233 Shoreditch High Street with demolition. Developments of this scale will not only destroy the setting of Shoreditch's historic streetscape, they will also cast many commercial and residential buildings into shade. The fate of The Light, is going to be decided on the 23 January 2008, please act quickly by letting Hackney council know your views on the Bishop Place proposal. You can help by taking a moment to sign the online petition here.

More info can be found on the Open Shoreditch Blog

NEW SHOWCHICKEN PRINTS

Super talented illustrator and friend of Hooked, Showchicken has just released some rather tasty looking Giclee prints over on his online Etsy Shop. The Stalker Print pictured above is one of two new prints, both of which are A3 Archival quality Giclee Print and look awesome. Check the prints here and also check out some of his other work on his website.

CHARITY STREET-ART AUCTION

Currently running on Ebay is a Charity Street Art Auction organised by some of the members of the Banksy Forum. A number of the regular forum members donated some pieces from their treasured collections to be auctioned and the artists on the forum made and sent original pieces. The current Auction features work from Jeff Aerosol, Cherri Woods, Hush, Mute Id ( pictures above) and Ripper1331 to name a few.

The charity that will benefit from these auctions is Bluebell Wood childrens hospice in south yorkshire. Bluebell wood offers care both for the child and emotional support for the families. It is a charity and it receives absolutely no government funding at all, they rely on the generosity of others to continue giving this wonderful service. Please take some time to check the work that is on Auction over on Ebay here. If you like any items then you can bid knowing that 100% of the money will be going to help to this Charity.

Naive New Beaters

Cool clip from french band Naive New Beaters for their new single.

NEW YORK IN THE 70'S

Jaguarshoes presents NEW YORK IN THE 70'S AT DREAMBAGSJAGUARSHOES, A Photographic Exhibition by ALLAN TANNENBAUM.

Back by popular demand, they have re-installed this exhibition into DreamBagsJaguarShoes for a three week period. This is your last chance to catch it...so don't miss out.


Having worked for New York City weekly, SoHo News throughout the 70s and the early 80s, Allans photos of that era perfectly capture the spirit of New York at that time. Tannenbaum made a name for himself with his shots of New York nightlife, celebrities, and political events. He earned the respect of prominent New Yorkers and eventually landed an exclusive photo session with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, one week before the Beatle was killed. This is the first time Allan's work has been shown in the UK and the exhibition will showcase some of Allan's best shots from 70s New York Nightlife, capturing the sheer electric buzz of the Studio 54 and Paradise Garage era.

JONATHAN HARRIS

For seven straight days, Jonathan Harris took at least one photograph every five minutes while on an Alaskan whale hunt. Accompanying the Inupiat Eskimos on thousand-year-old tradition, the Inupiat whale hunt provides the community’s annual food supply, currently limited by international law to 22 whales a year.



Documenting his entire experience with a sequence of 3,214 photographs, starting with his taxi ride to Newark airport, and ending with the butchering of a second whale, seven days later. Photographs were taken at five-minute intervals, even while he slept (using a chronometer), established a constant “photographic heartbeat”. In moments of high adrenaline, this photographic heartbeat would quicken (to a maximum rate of 37 pictures in five minutes while the first whale was being cut up), mimicking the changing pace of his own heartbeat.

Interesting idea with some great photos and nice navigation.

Check the site here.

link via Anamorphosis

ADFUNTURE NEW TOYS

Adfunture drop some new vinyl designed Sichi tonight at the Bodhi Gallery/ Cafe on Brick Lane . The new S.L.M. toy is 9″ tall glove of a certain famous mouse giving us the finger. The release party will also feature 4 variations including designs by Sichi, Devilock, Crazy Pig and Slam X Hype. Also on display will be Teddy Troop customs that were done over the New Year by a selection of artists including one from ourselves.

AIKO PRINTS

One of the original members of Faile, Aiko Nakagawa (Aiko) was born in Tokyo and currently resides in NYC. Now working on her own projects, Aiko has released a number of handpainted screenprints over on her Lady Aiko website. A version of these 'Bunny' prints was released through POW last month at their Santa's Ghetto exhibition. If you missed the POW prints which sold out instantly, you now have another chance to get a copy of this print. Check it here.

STELLA DORE UPDATE

Stella Dore gallery / printhouse kicks off the New Year with the a new addition to it's family of artists, which include Pure Evil, Word To Mother, Eine, D*face and Chu to name a few . Stencil artist Rugman has created a number of Stencil spray painted edition and originals, including the Clown Couple pictured which are now available for viewing and purchase on the Stella Dore website.

BRISTOL STREET ART

Bristols street art set to Bristols Massive Attack from Eddiedangerous. Once you've checked the clip head over to his flickr and check his pictures which include a fantastic set of pictures from this years Santa's Ghetto. He has also put together a Santas Ghetto video which you can view here.

NEW SWOON PRINT

First release of the new year comes from Just Seeds based in the USA with a bunch of new screenprints released including this new Swoon print titled Huahuapan de Leon (pictured above).

Here's what Swoon has to say about this new print:

"This is a portrait of a woman sewing a soccer ball. Every soccer ball sold anywhere in the world takes at least a day's labor to piece together. The threads inside of each ball are grey with the oils from the hands of the person who sewed it. I was introduced to the women of Huahuapan de Leon because alongside their craft sewing balls, they have organized a worker's cooperative and are beginning to fight for the rights of indigenous people and women in the south of Mexico. With this portrait I honor the labor that goes into each object that they create, as well as the work that they are doing to bring about social change.

All profits from anything I sell through the Just Seeds site is donated directly to projects, the likes of which I would like to see more of in the world."

Each print is unique: the paper is hand stained and varies greatly.
2 color silkscreen print with hand staining
8.5"x11" signed/edition of 250

STREET SKETCHBOOK FILM

45RPM of the What collective has just uploaded this Street Sketchbook short film of book launch in London 2007.

KMR ONLINE ZINE

Right first post of the New Year and we are gonna kick off with this new online photographic zine from Graffiti / Street artist and Photographer KMR.

KMR featured in the second issue of the Hooked Zine 2 we published and he has just dropped his own online zine which according to the man himself is "primarily an exercise in getting to grips with the basics of flash". The first issue features an assorted selection of photographs he has taken recently all using film.!! Expect more later this year. Check the first issue here.

WERE BACK

Right were back in London, after a short trip to the wet and wild West of Ireland. Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. 2007 was a great year and 2008 is looking set to be just as good with two fantastic shows from Bast and fellow Irishman Conor Harrington are both set to open later this month, more info on these when we have it.