We are loving Specter's large scale hand painted works currently up on the streets of New York. Photographer Sabeth718 has some great photos of the artist's work over on his flickr here.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Conor Harrington 'Headless Heroes'
Lazarides is proud to present 'Headless Heroes' by Conor Harrington. Conor's last solo show in 2008 was a bold and beautiful visual feast and 'Headless Heroes' promises much more.
Continuing his exploration into masculinity and power, Conor's new paintings and drawings combine historical re-enactment, F1 pit-stops, text and glamour models. Conor's aim is to have the visual aesthetic of his paintings reflect the visual culture we live in.
Since he was a teenager painting on the streets of Cork, Conor has always tread a fine line between 'street art' and 'fine art', never aligning himself with a particular movement or aesthetic but instead pushing forward with his own unique representations of the world around him, creating works that are striking yet accessible.
30th October 2009 - 26th November 2009
The show is open Monday-Friday 11-7pm and Saturday 12-5pm.
Lazarides Gallery | 11 Rathbone Place | London W1T 1HR
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
JOY OF TOY EXHIBITION
EASTGALLERYon Brick Lane will be hosting the first UK vinyl toy expo from 6th November.
THE JOY OF TOY exhibition is a retrospective of some of the landmark pieces by sub-culture artists and designers who work in the contemporary pop art medium of character and toy design.
The sub-culture of the vinyl toy, sometimes referred to as designer vinyl or art toys, has been steadily growing over the past decade. With companies such as Kidrobot exhibiting in Selfridges and adFunture Workshop exhibiting in the V&A, its unabated growth in popularity is both a niche consumer market and an art movement in itself.
Iconic pieces by artists such as Kaws, Michael Lau, Eric So, Bounty Hunter and James Jarvis will be displayed alongside a collection of prints, drawings and paintings.
Alongside the exhibition there will be a gallery pop-up shop and special artist signings of products. This inaugural UK vinyl toy expo event will take place from 6th November until the 15th November. Launch event is the evening of 6th November from 6PM until 9PM.
East Gallery | 214 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
Richt - GOOF TROOP DRAWINGS
Some fresh new drawing from Bristol based artist Richt, are now for sale in his online shop. The above drawings are all A4 Original Ink drawings on 160gsm Cartridge paper and all for £40 each.
Head over to his online shop to bag yourself one of these. There are also some larger versions of the images where you can view all the details here.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
D*Face - OFF THE WALL Video
Keeping it on a video tip, Friends we love who recently uploaded a clip with Marc and Sarah Schiller of Wostercollective here have just uploaded a new clip featuring London street artist artist D*Face.
Within the clip D*Face recounts the influence of American & NYC culture, the significance of having his first solo NY show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery and explains how this body of work is an assemblage of the visual imagery during his lifetime journey.
MUTATE BRITAIN: Video 03
Another great clip, this time featuring the master of cans, Mode 2 working in the dead of night at Mutate Britain: One Foot in the Grove. Directed again by Charlie Inman and Max Rennie on the camera.
The Mutate event is open Fri-Sun, 12-10pm and they plan to close the show towards the end of the month...the venue is located underneath the Westway in West London close to Ladbroke Grove station.
Check their Mutate Britain blog here for all their latest news
You can also check out the other two Mutate Clips here and here
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sewage Neptune - New Copyright Print
New screenprint from Copyright dropping at some point today 26th October. The image pictured above is a 3 colour screen print and will be sold through Zero Cool Gallery
Copyright has said that Surfers against Sewage really liked the ‘Sewage Neptune’ image i did recently at my solo show in London. (blogged here).
He has turned the image into this screen-print and plans to give a percentage from the sales to the SAS.
The Print is 50×70 cm and is limited to an edition of just 100 and will be available later at the very reasonable price of £50.
Shockin' Behaviour
Un-plugged Exhibition
For those of you in London and into street art you are sure to have seen Un-plugged's plug socket stickers and paste ups across the city in the most unlikely of locations.
Tomorrow the 27th October sees the opening of a solo exhibition from un-plugged entitled "SHOCKIN' BEHAVIOUR" the loss of power that humanity may one day face.
The exhibition runs from the 27th October until the 8th November.
The Foundry | 86 Great Eastern Street | London | EC2A 3JL
Old Street tube (exit3)
More over on his flickr here.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friend and Co with Eine, Mr Jago
MÜdwig, Will Barras, Xenz
Bristol based independent gallery Friend and Co opened with a new exhibition last night 23rd October. After a number of exhibitions in possibly the worlds smallest gallery space they have now moved to a new larger space and last nights group show marked the opening of their new venue. The show featured works from EINE - MR JAGO - MUDWIG - WILL BARRAS - XENZ with all new original works and prints on show.
We haven't seen any pictures of the space or the show yet but we have seen on Xenz's blog he has released some working progress images of the print he was working for for the show. (See pictured)
The show runs until the 18th November
Friend & Co Gallery | 24 Park Row | Bristol
UPDATE: The guys over on Bristol Graffiti Blog have some photos from the show up on their blog here.
Sanderson Bob - Pic + Mix
Pic + Mix are a new series of art exhibitions curated by Intercity for 55dsl. Each show will see a renowned artist selecting and working with a collaborator of their choice; this could be a like-minded contemporary, a fresh new talent, or an artist from a completely different discipline - photography, sculpture, moving image, furniture design, music and more – all are up for grabs.
The collaborative nature of this series of shows will offer diverse ways of working, and the results will be a creative mix of both talents and techniques.
The first show launches on Thursday 29th, where one our favourite graphic designer'sSanderson Bob will work with blacksmith Sam Sherbone. Sanderson Bob wanted to work with Sam to capture the craft, quality, personality and story that one-off handmade objects possess. As well a sculpture, there will be a number of prints created for the show inspired by the time Sanderson Bob has spent with Sam in his worshop in Sheffield. The collaboration has given both artists an opportunity to really embrace the project and it promises to produce an uninhibited selection of work.
The show will run from the 30th October until the 20th November.
Opening hours: 11am - 6pm
STUDIO55 - 55DSL | Newburgh Quarter | W1F 7RN
Friday, October 23, 2009
Sickboy New Prints
Not one for resting, Sickboy has been busy in the print studio working alongside the highly energetic and gifted printer, Aida to bring us his newest incarnation in the form of ‘ZAPATISM’ - it’s got nothing to do with Mexican revolutionaries and more to do with getting blasted in the mind by electricity from the gods.
Each print is hand-treated with spray and inks before and after the printing process, resulting in 15 original one-off works on super heavy weight card, followed by a super duper low run of 5 on silver card.
The prints are now available here in Sickboy's online shop
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Insa Print Release
For The Haters Exhibition
Pictured is a new screeenprint from Insa set to be released tonight at the opening of Perscription Art's Haters exhibition opening in Brighton later this evening.
The print will be a 3 colour quality screen print, signed and numbered- available tonight at the show and then tomorrow online. There will 3 colourways of this print: Black background (seen above), Pink background and Mint background .
The "Haters show" opens tonight in Prescription Arts temporary home in The Old Music Library in Brighton. The show will features new works from Insa, Nylon and the Heavy Artillery Crew. The gallery is undertaking a huge transformation.... we are told that you'll be blown away by the results!
Please email haters@prescriptionart.com to confirm attendance at the Private View tonight.
Prescription Art | 115 - 116 Church Street | Brighton | BN1 1UE
The Art Of Rock
Curated By Logan Hicks
In November 2008 the seed for the Green Day Art Project was planted. The concept was to choose eighteen international artists to informally collaborate with GreenDay. Each artist would receive lyrics to one of the songs from the soon to be released 21st Century Breakdown.Then they would produce a piece of art that was influenced, or inspired by the lyrics of the song. Although the artists had the lyrics, they did not have the music that accompanied the words.The results from that collaboration are presented in this show.
Featured Artists: M-CITY // MARIUSZ WARAS, MEGGS, PEAT WOLLAEGER, PISA73, RON ENGLISH, SADHU, SIXTEN, THE LONDON POLICE, WILL BARRAS, ADAM (5100) FEIBELMAN , BROKEN CROW, C215 // CHRISTIAN GUÉMY, CHRIS STAIN, COMPONENT, DABS // MYLA , EELUS, JEREMIAH GARCIA, LOGAN HICKS, LUCAMALEONTE
October 23th 2009 - November 1st 2009
Private View Event 22nd October. The preview is a strict invite only event, rsvp: bee@stolenspace.com
Stolenspace Gallery | Dray Walk | 91 Brick Lane | London E1 6QL
ADAM NEATE
A NEW UNDERSTANDING - Guided Tour
Tonight, Thursday 20th October at 7.00pm there is an opportunity to have a guided tour of Adam Neate's solo show 'A NEW UNDERSTANDING'(blogged here) by gallery curator Paul Jones. We were fortunate to have a guided tour of the show from Paul the night after the opening and can highly recommend it. If you are in London you don't want to miss this if you are an Adam Neate fan. The talk will last approximately 45 minutes.
Elms Lesters | 1-3-5 Flitcroft St | London | WC2H 8DH
Mike Egan Print Release
The BLDG Gallery will be releasing their first print tomorrow with Pittsburgh artist, Mike Egan. Mike's work is straightforward and conveys so much emotion and meaning to its viewer. His work deals with humanity, life, death and religion. This is the first print in a series of three that The BLDG will be releasing with Mike.
This first print pictured is called "7 Prayers" and is a 12"x12″, 5 color hand pulled screen print on 150lbs Cream Heavy Cover. It goes on sale at a random time on Thursday, Oct. 22nd and is will only be $40.
As well as tomorrows release the BLDG gallery are planning a show of Newcastle based Prefab77. The show titled "Shot at from Both Sides" opens at the gallery on November 13th and will be their first show outside of the UK. More info on the upcoming show over on the gallery website.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
ROA in London and Brighton
Anyone out East London way recently can't have missed the large scale animals that have appeared on various walls, all in the space of a week. The works are by Belgium artist Roa who was in town as part of the Zoo exhibition at the Brick Lane Gallery which finished this week. The Gallery have some photos from the show up on their site which you can check here. Plus there are also lots of other great images of Roa's London work on flickr.
While in the country Roa also made a trip to Brighton. We headed down to the coast at the weekend and got to see the work Roa had created in Prescription Arts temporary home in The Old Music Library on Church street.The above piece was painted outside at the back of the space and was one of four large pieces painted in the Gallery. Roa also created some work for the gallery space which you can view here.
RJ from Vandalog has also put together this time lapse of Roa painting one of his East London walls
Expect to see more from Roa as a possible solo London show is in the works.
SAM3 SOMBRAS BOOK
Angelo at Studio Chromie have just dropped us an email to let us know that the SAM3 book " Sombras" is back from the printers and available to purchase from their website. 
We were fortunate to see a preview of this book while at this years Fame Festival (blogged here). Angelo and Sam3 have done a fantastic job on the book, it's packed full of outdoor mural work from Sam3 as well as a selection of sketches. The book is similar in format to the Blu Book (blogged here) also published by Studio Chromie. The hardcover book is 140 pages with 24 of those featuring the drawing work printed on recycled paper. Alongside the standard edition of the book, there are 200 copies in a special Edition, signed by Sam3 and includes a small one colour screenprint (pictured above) 16.5x24cm.
The standard edition is available here for 24Euros and the special edition is 45Euros from here.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
MUTATE BRITAIN: Video 02
Some more video work from the Mutate Britain Crew, this time directed by Chris Ullens.
The Mutate event is open Fri-Sun, 12-10pm and they plan to close the show towards the end of the month...the venue is located underneath the Westway in West London close to Ladbroke Grove station.
Check their Mutate Britain blog here for all their latest news
Elbow Toe's Mini Prints
You've seen the originals on the streets now you can own scalled down vesions of Elbow Toe's beautiful work. He participated in A.G.A.S.T (Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour) over the weekend and for the event he has created a limited edition set of small (Recession Sized) versions of ELBOW-TOE pieces at extremely friendly (Recession Priced) prices. The images are all silkscreened by hand by the artist from linocuts carved by hand by the ELBOW-TOE studio.
These works are single colour silk screens reduced to sizes ranging from 5x8 inches up to 12x10 inches and are being sold for approximately $30 a piece, shipping is extra. They will be limited to editions of 30 and have been selling very quickly this morning, so move fast on these.
The prints can be bought over in Elbow Toe's Etsy Shop here.
Monday, October 19, 2009
All City Writers - Graffiti Book
All City Writers
The whole project developed from the consideration that many of the stories that writers experience are just lost in time. Other than the pictures of their pieces, the adventures, and sensations a writer lives through often just disappear like so many other bits of oral culture. For that reason, All City Writers contains the largest contribution of texts ever published in this field. With 1.230 pictures, 620 articles and more than 250 writers involved who contributed their own stories to the project All City Writers is a heavy-weight of graffiti literature – and that not just in terms of the actual size and weight of the book.
The book, a massive volume of more than 400 pages, is available from Amazon.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Jamie Hewlett's Watercolours
Jamie Hewlett – the artist behind Tank Girl and Gorillaz – visited Bangladesh with Oxfam, to see for himself how climate change is already costing lives.
The experience inspired a series of watercolours, now showing as part of the Under Water Colours exhibition which opened last night, 15th October in East London. Limited edition prints of the watercolours are now available to buy here, in aid of Oxfam's work in Bangladesh and Nepal.
There is a video of Jamie's trip over on Oxfam's website, Watch it here.
The space is open from Saturday 17th and the show runs until 31 October 2009. Open every day 10.00 am – 6.00 pm. Free admission
Dray Walk Gallery | Dray Walk | London E1W 6QL
Agents Of Change : Ghostvillage
Ghostvillage from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.
Teaser trailer for the Agents of Change "Ghostvillage" project in Scotland. Looks awesome, not much info about on this just yet, more info about this project when we have it.Thursday, October 15, 2009
Mudwig PRINTS ON POW
More new prints released today, this time via Pictures On Walls. Four new prints released, two from our friend Mudwig Dans. Little Red Riding’s Hood (pictured above) and Vogue Face are both digital offsets overprinted with two colour screen print on 300gsm archival paper. Both are available now from POW's website here.
Mudwig Dans also has some very nice originals on show at recently opened Chapter One Gallery (blogged here) in central London. The show runs until the end of the month, check the gallery website for opening times here.
Also released today on POW are two new prints from DED (pronounced dead) Associates. An award winning graphics studio from Sheffield, England. Cindy and Snow pictured are both two colour screenprints are are selling out very quickly, so be quick should you want one. DED prints are here
K-Guy Coke Prints
K-guy dropped us an email to leet us know that he has released some screenprints based on his Coke Moss piece. The prints are available to buy in person at the Mutate Britain : One Foot in the Grove exhibition in West London (blogged here) or if you are not in London you can get them via Jo Dunne at jo@itsjo.co.uk
The Main Edition of 35, is a 3 colour print onto Somerset Satin, Size: 760 x 760mm - Price £125.00
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
MUTATE BRITAIN: Video 01
Last week saw us featuring a short clip of Dublin artist Asbestos and his Lost Stickers series (blogged here).
The clip was directed by London based director Charlie Inman, who today released another fantastic clip, this time covering the Mutate Britain: One Foot in the Grove event/exhibition currently taking place in West London.
Opening last week, the Mutate event is open Fri-Sun, 12-10pm and they plan to close the show towards the end of the month...the venue is located underneath the Westway in West London close to Ladbroke Grove station.
Check their Mutate Britain blog here for all their latest news
Monday, October 12, 2009
Luc Price aka Cyclops
at Black Rat Press Gallery
Black Rat Press has announced that their next show is a solo exhibition of works by Lucas Price aka Cyclops.
Heralded as a new star in the art world, the artist – whose familiar skeletal, giant toothed street art works with painting partner,
Sweet Toof, can be seen in high profile spots all over the capital, and the world – will be exploring the fringes of society in a show which tackles narratives of homelessness, dereliction, madness, drugs and redemption.
Featuring works on canvas and paper as well as a series of thought-provoking installations, this promises to be the most audacious debut show of the year. To underline the show’s narrative, Price has worked with Sweet Toof on a site-specific installation – a wake with a coffin bearing an effigy of one of his street art characters. Price says: “The way I see it, he’s dead and this is a new start.”
Jesus Help Me Find My Proper Place opens with a private view this Thursday 15 October.
Black Rat Press | Thru Cargo Garden | 83 Rivington St | London
Friday, October 09, 2009
D*FACE PRINT RELEASE
This Saturday, 10th October at 11 AM, exclusive release of 'More Punk Than You Punk' By D*Face in 2 colourways at StolenSpace gallery.
Fluorescent Orange & Pink colourways to coincide with the New York show Ludovico Aversion Therapy / All Your Dreams Belong To Us*
*To be released at 11am on 10/10/2009 for purchase at StolenSpace Gallery. Any remaining prints will be released to the public to purchase online or by phone on the 11th. Due to the limited quantity phone and web orders will not be accepted in advance of the release. Only one colourway per person.
Limited Edition Of 50 (45 available of each)
Hand Pulled 5 Colour Screen Print
410gsm Somerset Satin Paper
60 cm x 60 cm
£250
JOE LEDBETTER'S
'SHOCK AND AWE' SOLO SHOW
This Saturday 10 October, will see the the Launch event of Joe Ledbetter's Amalgamation Tour and his first U.K solo show at the London Miles Gallery.
Influenced by classic animation, graphic design, and daily life, Joe Ledbetter's art is... well... a lot of things. Light-hearted in its approach, he often combines cute and cuddly creatures with unfortunate - albeit humorous - situations. With a lean on the subversive and absurd, these scenarios are all too familiar, questioning our tendency of taking life (and ourselves) too seriously..gif)
While working as a graphic apparel artist for three years, Ledbetter got involved in the LA underground art scene, beginning with group shows like Cannibal Flower. By the summer of 2004, he had honed his trademark visual style of emblematic line-work, vibrant colors, and endearing characters to the point of quitting his day job. His incredible cast of creatures have since been emblazoned on over 100 designer vinyl toys, as well as apparel and lifestyle brands, the world over.
Shock and Awe Opens on Saturday October 10th, 2009 from 5pm to 8pm
Joe Ledbetter will be in attendance at the opening to sign your toys, prints and more. Please R.S.V.P to attend the opening event on October 10th to Sales@Londonmiles.com.
LONDON MILES GALLERY | 212 Kensington Park Road | Notting Hill | London | W11 1NR
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Asbestos Lost Stickers Video
A great little clip featuring Dublin Street Artist, Asbestos talking about his ongoing LOST stickers series. The clip has been filmed by Charlie Inman
Via Unurth
ADAM NEATE
A NEW UNDERSTANDING
Adam Neate's eagerly anticipated second solo show, following from his landmark exhibition, PAINTINGS, POTS and PRINTS (blogged here) in 2007 will open this Friday 09 October.
Best known for his use of cardboard and aerosol paint, this new series of paintings have taken on a 3D sculptural quality by further incorporating perspex, metal, collage and other sourced objects, demonstrating his innate understanding of composition, perspective and movement whilst still retaining his impeccable line.
Adam Neate will also be in the gallery on Saturday 10th October between 11.00am and 1.00pm signing copies of the a new book published to accompany the exhibition.
We spoke to Adam last week at the Waleska show in East London(blogged here) and from what he was telling us about his new work, it sounds like it's gonna be an exciting show and we are looking forward to seeing this new body of work.
Elms Lesters | 1-3-5 Flitcroft St | London | WC2H 8DH
The show will open to the public on Friday 09 October and will will run until the Saturday 21 November.
UPDATE: The guys over at Arresteed Motion have a great interview with Adam Neate about his work and his new exhibition. Read the interview here.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Kid Acne Hits Up East London
We bumped into Kid Acne on Saturday at StolenSpace Gallery while checking out the awesome Miss Vans Solo Exhibition (blogged here).
We were happy to see he has been busy hitting up the East London streets on this visit, with a new army of Warrior Women paste up's.
Head over to our Invisiblemadevisible flickr to check out some more of the Warriors
Thursday, October 01, 2009
WALESKA NOMURA Print Release
The guys over at Edgeart have released a new limited edition print by Waleska Nomura, titled Enough Is Enough. The Giclee has been released to accompany her first ever solo show Moving On (blogged here), currently running at The Brick Lane Gallery.
The Giclee is printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm and is an edition of just 15, 61 x 61 cm in size and is available from Edgeart's website for £100
We checked out the show opening on Tuesday night, below are a few pictures from the night. The show runs until the 04 October so make sure you check it out before it closes.
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