Dalek & Delta at The Elms Lesters Gallery

Tonight at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, sees the opening preview of an exhibition of new works from James Marshall, aka DALEK, and Boris Tellegen, aka DELTA. This exhibition brings together two artists whose majestic use of colour, geometrical and architectural references have written a new chapter in street art’s history.We have long been fans of both of these artist but especially Daleks work. From his early London exhibitions in the Best gallery with his painting of the infamous Space Monkey character on beautiful old bits of cardboard, to the fantastic mural on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, NY which I first stumbled upon in 2003, we loved the strong bold colours and crazy characters featured in his work and have been fans since.

In April 2007 we got to see Dalek's solo show at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. This show saw Dalek's work move in a new direction, less of the Space Monkey character and more focus on vibrant layered patterns of colour. We were blown away by the work and quality of the lines at that show and are really looking forward to seeing where Dalek's work is it at two years on. It will also be interesting to see the contrast between the two very different colour pallets each of the artist use in their work.

The show runs from 28 August - 26 September, with a Private View tonight, 27 August, 6 – 9pm

Elms Lesters Gallery | 1-5 Flitcroft Street | London | WC2H 8DH

TOX09 Box Set

For all you TOX fans who missed out on his last screenprint, Souledoutstudios have realeased some more screenprints from one of London’s best known taggers. The TOX09 boxset features a set of 10 TOX prints. TOXIC and TOX01 right upto TOX09. The set is signed and limited to just 10 sets.
If you are a fan and have a spare £750 they are available to buy here!

Dragon 76 At London Miles Gallery

LONDON MILES GALLERY is teaming up with DUTCH UNCLE to bring The Covent Garden some extremely fresh talent from Japan, DRAGON 76, a contemporary painter living in Yokohama, Japan. Dragon 76 will paint live on a huge canvas installation for a colourful and complex four hour session.

His work is truly something special, with a stunning combination of colors, a complex subject matter often revolving around music, politics or the African culture, Dragon creates large scale masterpieces. Layeres apon layers, and spashes of paint, this will be a true preformace to watch in person.

Thursday August 27th, 2009 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm.

London Miles Gallery | 42, The Market Place | Covent Garden
(In the center of the Piazza) Tube- Covent Garden.

Decked Project @Stolen Space

While we are on the subject of Stolen Space Gallery, they are hosting a new show which opens today 25th August titled 'Decked' and features skate decks which have been customised by over 50 illustrators, designers, tattoo artists and street artists.

The exhibition will feature custom decks from Gemma Compton, Mr Penfold, Eyesaw, SUZI KEMP, Finbar DAC, Jimi Crayon and Oliver Winconek to name a few.More info and pictures can be seen over on the Decked blog.

Private view on the 27th!! 7pm-9pm
The show will run for just five days from 25th – 29th August

StolenSpace | Brick Lane | 91 Brick Lane | E1 6QL

Stolen Space's SAN Video

We blogged (here) about San's solo exhibition 'Pygmalion' at Stolen Space earlier in the month. The guys over at Stolen Space Gallery have posted this short clip of San painting outside the gallery on their recently launched blog.

SAN, by unusualimage

San also found some time to hit up some walls over at Cargo, including this one pictured above. You can view some photos from his show at the gallery as well as photos of the other street pieces he painted over on Unusual_Images flickr here.

Word To Mother At Fame Festival

New work for Word To Mother at this years Fame Festival.

The quality of work this year continues to blow us away and we are seriously considering going to Italy in September for the festival opening exhibition. Check out more work from the other invited artists over on the Fame website.

Invisiblemadevisible Flickr Update August 2009

Tizer, by invisiblemadevisible

Some new pictures just added to the Invisiblemadevisible flickr, including some Invader street pieces, this awesome Tizer piece pictured above and some flying cock stencils which seem to have popped up over night all over Shoreditch!!

Dave Kinsey New Print Release

Dave Kinsey has just released a new set of prints through BLK/MRKT Gallery. The Recycle I, II, III set are 2-colour screenprint on 100% cotton rag, 12 x 9 inches each in size all signed and numbered. Looks like the prints will be sold separately or as a set of three.

These characters are very like Kinsey's very early street/print work from back in early 2001. And we have just spotted the letter spell out LSD!

The prints are available now are are priced at $75 for the set, a bargain.

UPDATE 22-08
As to be expected these prints have now sold out.

Pinky Website Update

Brighton based artist Pinky has updated the shop section of his website with a bunch of new colourful posters. The 'Pinkyvision Pop-Posters' are available to buy here.
We blogged (here) about Pinkys show which opened at the Artist Residence Hotel in Brighton last week. The show runs for another week, stop by if you are in Brighton.

Artist Residence | 33 Regency Square | Brighton | BN1 2GG

Parra's POW Cherries Print

East London print house Pictures on Walls have just released a new screenprint from Amsterdam based Parra.

Parra is known for his strange birdface characters and paranoid sense of humour. Cat nipples, tits and typography is what gets this Dutchman out of bed in the morning – and of course a refreshing can of the Dam’s finest. Parra is represented by the London based agency Big Active and is co owner of the new wave clothing label Rockwell.

The new print 'Cherries' is a seven colour print and has been released as an edition of 150. Available now from the POW website for £115.
According to POW "This print absolutely rocks in real life"

Artival One Day Art Festival

If you are around the East End this weekend this free event looks like something you might want to check out. The homeless charity SHP will be hosting a festival vibe arts based event called 'Artival' to celebrate not just the use of the arts' to develop confidence and enable expression but also to celebrate the importance of 'inclusivity'.

Artival brings together leading musicians, painters, mosaicists, performance poets, comics, dancers and a host of other artists, all of whom recognise that art is a vital tool for empowering and including marginalised people in our communities. The event will be held at a beautiful venue in EC2, 'the queen of hoxton'.

Line-up on the day will include:
Artists: Matt Small, Carrie Reichardt, Mark Wydler
DJs: Gael la Gosse, DJ Slasher
Animation and film: Unballanced, Jemal mahamed
Comedians: Barnaby Thompson, Anthony Miller, Daniel James, Kenny Campbell... and more. See the full line up
Story Teller: Craig Jenkins

Along side the events at the Queen of Hoxton, Artival will showcase an art show at the Signal Gallery with work made from SHP's art workshops and lead by top Mosaic artists, Carrie Reichardt and Mark Wydler and supported by many other leading urban artists.The Artival art show will be hosted at the Signal gallery and open to all on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th of August. The Signal Gallery address is 96a Curtain Road London EC2A 3AA.

Street Art International Photo Contest

The independent street, design, urban art & photography blog Urbanartcore was recently launched online. It's the successor of the german street art blog Berlinpiraten.To mark the relaunch they have announced details of an international photographic contest with lots of great prizes to be won. including some great books and magazines.

With the new site having an urban focus they are looking for you to add your best shots of Graffiti, street or urban art, architecture, street design or anything else with an urban feel to it, to the flickr-group they have set up.

Each person is allowed to upload 3 images a day to the flickr pool. Should you not have a flickr account you can email some image directly to them at this email: photos@urbanartcore.eu
The contest is live now and will run til August 21st, 8pm.

After the competition closes they have invited two photographers who will pick ten winning photos. Luna Park from Brooklyn, New York, who is one of the most active urban art documentors and secondly, Peter Nitsch from Munich, who has been working for years as an independent designer and photographer.

For more info and to check out all the prizes you can win over on the Urbanartcore website here

Graffiti Lessons with Andy Seize in London

Calling all you wanna be graffiti artists out there. Ever wanted to learn how to paint? Well now you can with a little help from graffiti artist Andy Seize.

Andy plans to hold a number of classes, working in small groups with either adults or children and wants to teach those interested how to use aerosol paint. You will learn the skills and techniques of graffiti painting and get the chance to practise before you finally write your name on a wall.The classes will be held in Hackney, East London in an outdoor public space. They will work with children from 7 years old and provide safety equipment and all paint. Parents are welcome to watch.

Each lesson will run for one hour and are very well priced

Lessons are planned on the following dates;
Sunday 23 August 2009 - 11am Children, 1pm Adults
Sunday 6th September 2009 - 11am Children, 1pm Adults

All lessons are weather permitting - if it is raining they will reschedule your lesson for a later date.
For more info or to book a date contact Andy on: seize@andyseize.co.uk

The Krah New Screenprint Release

East London based artist The Krah has just released a new limited edition screen print, produced in association with LAB. The print is limited to an edition of 75, signed and numbered by the artist, size 70cm X 50 cm. 5 colours hand pulled screen print on 300gsm archival paper produced and stamped by LAB. The new print is available now for £75 over on LAB's website here.

As well as a new print release, The Krah recently opened a solo show in Berlin at the ATM galley. Photos from the show can be viewed here. The show runs until 4 September, check it out if you are in Berlin.

ATM Gallery | brunnestr.24 | 10119 Berlin

Invader on the streets of London

Invader, by invisiblemadevisible

Looks like Invader managed to find some time to hit up the streets of London. Here is one of the large pieces we spotted in East London. We know that there are 3 in East London that have been sighted and a new one has also been spotted on Rathbone Place, close to the Lazarides Gallery where Invaders show is taking place.

Here is another Invader piece out East captured by Mermaid99.

Invader, by mermaid99

And one last photo captured by our good friend over at Solaris100 who bumped into the man himself on the street out East while he was installing the piece pictured up top.

Always interesting to see how works like these are installed. This photo also gives you an idea of the size of the piece.
Keep yours eyes open and look up!

The exhibition at Lazarides Rathbone will run through to the 17 September.
Lazarides | 11 Rathbone Place | London | W1T 1HR

Invader's Low Fidelity Exhibition at Lazarides

After having hit 40 cities around the world, from the Cote D'Azur to Katmandu, from Manchester to Mombassa in the past decade with his infamous street mosaics, the artist Invader, is bringing his unique vision to Lazarides' Rathbone Gallery in London.
Low Fidelity will feature all new works from the series ‘Rubikcubism’. Using the famous 80’s puzzle game’s cubes as pixels, the artist has recreated album covers by rock bands such as the Velvet Underground, The Cure, Roxy Music, David Bowie and Michael Jackson. In addition to these classic images as well as a selection of sculptures and original works on paper, Invader has taken the pixelated image one-step further crafting his very own ‘barcodes’. These abstract works are only discernable with the aid of a mobile phone digital camera, the image from which is then ‘decoded’ into a text message.

The exhibition at Lazarides Rathbone will run from the 14th August through the 17th September.

Lazarides | 11 Rathbone Place | London | W1T 1HR

Thanks to Ian Cox for the great pictures, go check out more of his pictures over on his flickr here.

PYGMALION’ by San at Stolenspace

StolenSpace present San’s premier U.K solo exhibition ‘Pygmalion’. Showcasing new work from the renowned Spanish street artist on canvas and paper as well as out door mural work. The show will also see the release of a limited edition hand pulled screen print by San.

Born Daniel Munoz Rodriquez, San is an internationally recognized and commissioned illustrator, painter, and street artist. Born in a small Spanish village near the Portuguese border, San currently works and resides in Madrid. His artwork is influenced by magical realism, graffiti, and the culinary arts. In a recent interview in Juxtapoz Magazine, he remarked, “I think today my work is a mixture of classical drawing and contemporary art languages. Nowadays, nature is the basis of my work.” San has shown his fine art internationally, as well as his street art in cities across Europe.

Private View 13 August - The show runs until 23 August
StolenSpace | Dray Walk | 91 Brick Lane | London

Best Ever

MWS Best Ever, by Romanywg

We are loving this piece by Best Ever painted in some derelict building and captured beautifully by Romanywg.

Best Ever 2, by Romanywg

See more work from Best Ever on their site here and view some more great shots from the building over on Romanywg's Flickr.

Cept Interview

Cept, by invisiblemadevisible

The august issue of UK Adapta has just gone online and features a great interview from Selph with London Graffiti writer Cept.

Here's what Selph had to say : Cept's pieces have consistently been appearing on the streets of East London for as long as I can remember. With a long history steeped in graffiti, it was only natural that he started dabbling in fine art and prints as well. His colour choices and letter techniques are second to none and more often than not, his work is accompanied by a playful message. His style has always been one step ahead of the rest and for that reason, it has been one of my goals to track him down and interview him.

You can read Selph's interview in it's entirety here.

Vice Magazine LDN Photo Exhibition 09

The Print Space on Kingsland Road is the venue for this years Vice Photo Exhibition in association with G-Shock.

The launch event will be held tonight, 12 August at The Printspace. The exhibition will showcase highlights from the lastest Vice Photo Issue and include photographic works from Maggie Lee (image shown), Tim Barber, Jamie Taete, Dana Goldstein and Ben Rayner to name a few. The show will remain there for two weeks before touring to Spain, Italy, and France.

The exhibition runs from 13 August - 26 August.
Hours are Monday to Friday 9am-7pm.

The Print Space | 74 Kingland Road | London | E2

PURE EVIL@ PureEvil Gallery LDN

This Thursday, 13th August PURE EVIL presents his first London solo show in two years at his Pure Evil Gallery in Leonard Street.The exhibition will feature a new series of 5 American Landscape Paintings and a series of Lost Innocence paintings.

For those who choose to descend into the basement of the Pure Evil Gallery the show steps up a notch. Take a trip inside the dark mind of Pure Evil . A kaleidoscopic journey through his psyche-delic headspace where images collide to create an eclectic world of original artworks with a dark gallows humour . The show also incudes a live soundtrack of experimental music amplified on an unique hand crafted valve sound system. 6 months ago a fully equipped music studio was set up in the basement and this will be the first performance of music created by Pure Evil in collaboration with Prehistoric Man.

Below is a short clip Pure Evil filmed and it gives you an idea of the scale of the American Landscapes series which will be on display.


The exhibition opens 13 August with a Private View. Expect lots of fresh new art in the upstairs space, trippy art in the basement, very loud music played on a big wooden soundsystem and beers and jolly japes what more could you want!! See ye there.

Pure Evil Gallery| 108 Leonard Street | London

New Street Work: Dain

Dain, by invisiblemadevisible

We snapped this this morning, one of a number of new pieces from Dain on the streets.

Dalek Releases New Prints

Dalek has a bunch of tasty new screenprints for sale up on his recently updated website. Prices start at a very reasonable $75 upwards.

Later this month Dalek will feature in a new two man show with Delta here in London at the Elms Lesters Painting rooms. We are really looking forward to seeing these two artists in the same gallery. The show is set to open on the 28 August. More on that soon.

If you haven't already seen this great timelapse video of Dalek at work at Hurley HQ, check it here.Awesome stuff.

Untitled 2 The Beautiful Renaissance Book

Untitled. II The Beautiful Renaissance is now available and carries on where the first Untitled book left off.

Includes features:
NOLA: Banksy, Swoon and Michael De Feo rally to the call of `Paint the Change You Want to see'.

Fame Festival: Grottaglie, Italy. Blu, Erica Il Caine, JR and a galaxy of stars beautify the home of Italian ceramics.

Lofoten, Norway: Dolk and Pobel go wild in the country.

Comes with Exclusive FREE DVD: Storytelling featuring Living Decay.

Untitled 2: The Beautiful Renaissance can be oredered directly from the Untitled website or from FUSShop.

Of The Wall - Richard Hogg

Opening tonight the 6th August at the Concrete Hermit Gallery ‘Of The Wall’ features new drawings and screen-prints by Richard Hogg.
Of the wall is a simple story about happiness, freedom, rebellion and its consequences, told across three pictures. Like a kind of triptych or a very simple comic. It forms the centerpiece of this show, Richards first since leaving Airside in 2007.
Also on show will be a selection of other screen-prints, some recent drawings and a preview of the forthcoming book ‘Car Boot Sale’.

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

A Mirror Distorted at the Carmichael Gallery

Btoy, by invisiblemadevisible

We snapped this Btoy piece on the streets of London last week and see that Andrea Michaelsson of Btoy is one of four artists taking part in an all-female international group show, opening at the Carmichael Gallery in LA this week.

"A Mirror Distorted" will feature work from one half of Btoy - Andrea Michaelsson, Canadice Tripp, Cherri Wood and Pam Glew and will open on the 6th August with new works on canvas, paper and mixed media fabric.

by cherri wood

Also opening on the 6th August in the font gallery space of the Carmichael Galley is a solo exhibition of new works by Guy Denning entitled " Celebrity Will Eat Itself". (More Info here.)

Both of these shows will also mark the second Anniversary of the Carmichael Gallery, a testament to the fantastic gallery space Elisa and Seth are running, well done guys!!

A preview of 'A Mirror Distorted' is now on line for those of us in the UK not able to make the show. Have a look at the work here.

Carmichael Gallery | 1257 N. La Brea Ave | West Hollywood CA 90038

Hang-Up Pictures Print Release

Hang-Up Pictures have hooked up with Simon Riley and have produced a very low run of exceptionally high quality prints examining the emotional intensity of chemical therapy that Simon has experienced in his battle against Myeloma (cancer of the blood).

This stunning print on heavy stock paper will be released sometime on Friday 7th August 2009 so keep an eye on the Hang-Up Picture's website for a chance of getting one and helping a good cause in the process, as all profits from this release will be donated to the International Myeloma Foundation to help fund research.

The print titled "Dexamethasone" will be released as an edition of just 10 with one artists proof. Signed in pencil by the artist, Image size 45 x 58 cms and paper size 55 cms x 69 cms

Tits, Arse and Type at the Electrick Sheep Gallery

For those of you lucky enought to be in Newcastle this Thurday, 6th August be sure and head over to the Electrik Sheep Gallery, who are hosting an exhibition of beautiful typographic work from Seb Lester.
Seb was trained at the renowned Central Saint Martins here in London and is internationally known for his typeface designs and illustrations which have been used by many of the world’s biggest companies and publications including Intel, The New York Times, The Sunday Times, Penguin, Faber & Faber and GQ Magazine. His first solo show at Electrik Sheep will include a full body of work, including a number of new limited editions and original which will be exclusivly available at the gallery. These will complement a selection of his well known back catalogue of work which documents his recent foray into the world of art.

The show opens on Thursday August 6th at 6pm with one of Electrik Sheep's infamous street parties and an after party atthe Forth Hotel. All pieces will also be released online at the same time for those of you unable to make the trip to Newcastle with prices from £25 - £200 for prints.

Electrik Sheep | 22 Pink Lane | Newcastle upon Tyne

Beautiful Losers Screening at The ICA London

We blogged about the Beautiful Losers film which was screened last October here in London at the BFI and the ICA, both sold out very quickly and if like us you missed it first time around now is your chance to see the film again at the ICA.

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation

In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.

Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.

Beautiful Losers will run from on 6 - 18, 20, 22 - 24 August. £8 / £7 concessions / £6 ICA members. Opening night: Thursday 6 August, 7.30pm - SCREENING + Q&A +DJs SLAM CITY SKATES | CRYSTAL VISION

ICA | The Mall | LONDON

R.I.P. Cordy House

R.I.P. Cordy House, by unusualimage

With Cordy House set to close, it is very likely the fantastic space will get turned into Luxury Flats (do we really need more flats for twats!). The current tenants have taken to opportunity to use the outside of the building to advertise the return of Mutate Britain in a secret WEST London venue yet to be announced sometime in September. More info when we have it.

Graffiti Planet 2 - Book Release

Good start to the week, this little gem just arrived. It's the follow up to Graffiti Planet and this second volume follows on where the first finished - showcasing more of the best Graffiti from around the globe. Really liking the size format of this graffiti book, slightly bigger the the London Street Art books which felt a like postcard books, this despite the small format feels more like a proper book.

The book has been compiled and introduced by KET. For those of you out there not familiar with New York based KET, he is a world-renowned graff artist, writer, lecturer and graffiti historian. He founded and published the urban lifestyle magazine, Stress, and launched the world's first hip-hop journal. The book is jam packed with some fantastic pictures KET has selected. On a UK tip there are pieces from Aroe, London's Skore & Merc, Essex based Frame, Crack 15 and Seize and Newcastle's Funk and Kron. Our good friend Elph, representing Scotland is also featured. Overall a well presented book with some fantastic pictures and all for just under a tenner, I would definatly recommend getting a copy. Only one small thing that bugged me about the book was the inclusion of some Street Art pieces. To me , this is a graffiti book, not sure if it was the publisher that pushed them to make the book appeal to a wider market or if KET selected them. I just felt they were not needed and didn't really fit in with the rest of the work. The two pieces you will see when you get a copy are the Banksy Flowers Stencil piece in East London and a wall of pasteups by Sephard Fairey in Miami both which I felt were outta place. But like I said only a small issue I had and I wouldn't let it stop you buying this great book.Graffiti Planet 2 is published by Michael O'Mara Books and is out later this month. The book is also available from Amazon.