POW opens it doors on the 3rd December with The Fiesta Resistance, a Central American street art showdown!! The event will feature a full set by the Date Farmers, Saner and Smithe live from Mexico City. There will be lots of new POW prints released, adult Pinatas, plam trees and mescal. The Fiesta will run until the 23rd december. 
To kick start the Fiesta and give us an idea of what to expect, POW have released a print from The Date Farmers. The Dont Fight Back print released today is a six colour screen print on archival paper and has been produced in conjunction with New Image Art. Three Colorways in Edition of 120 at just £145 each.
Check POW's website for Fiesta times and directions to their new space close to Aldgate East Tube Station.
POW | 46/48 Commercial Street | London | E1 6LT
Monday, November 30, 2009
Pictures On Walls
The Fiesta Resistance
K-GUY vs. The Prodigy Print
Tomorrow the 1st December sees the release of a new print over on LAB (Little Art Book). The release pictured above is K-Guy vs. The Prodigy. There will be 3 Editions of 25 in fluorescent yellow, pink and orange onto 300gsm, Black Somerset Satin. All with unique hand painted backgrounds so each print is slightly different, signed by all of the band members and the artist. The prints will be priced at £125 and will ship before Christmas.
Check LAB's website tomorrow.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
End Of The Line Photos
Popped down the the End Of The Line's Shades Of Things To Come exhibition on Red Church Street. (blogged here).
We have uploaded our photos from the show over on our flickr here.
MAVERIK SHOWROOM | 68-72 Redchurch Street | E2 7DP
Friday, November 27, 2009
TotalRewall Event At Leake Street
TOTALREWALL is bringing photography into the world of graffiti, by giving artists and creative types alike, for one week only, a rare chance to work their magic on otherwise forbidden territory.
The thirty-two TOTALREWALL photographers will be posting up giant photographs on the walls of the famous Leake St Tunnel in South London. Each image represents the individual photographer's concept of walls and surfaces capital that are out-of-bounds to street artists, graffiti writers and creative types of every calibre.
An open invitation is extended to everyone who feels they would like to contribute to the project by stenciling, spraying or drawing on the in a way that adds to or the changes the original image. Notwithstanding that, visitors are also welcome.
TotalRewall will open on the 4th December and run until the 10th of December.
Leake Street Tunnel | Leake Street | SE1 7NN
Less and More
The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Photograph by Luke Hayes.
Not really a street art related post but a good show none the less. The exhibition entitled "Less Is More - The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams" opened on the 18th of November at The Design Museum here in London.
Dieter Rams was head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, and emerged as one of the most influential industrial designers of the late 20th century by defining an elegant, legible, yet rigorous visual language for its products. The exhibition will showcase Rams’ landmark designs for Braun and furniture manufacturer Vitsœ, examine how Rams’ design ethos inspired Braun’s entire product range for over 40 years, and assess his lasting influence on today’s design landscape.
Top row: Dieter Rams and some of the products he designed for Braun in the 60's.
Bottom row: Johnathan Ive's work for Apple.
Dieter Rams Ten Principles of good design:
Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly
The exhibition runs until the 07th March 2010.
Design Museum | Shad Thames | London SE1 2YD
Thursday, November 26, 2009
London Street Artist - Stik
Squarity have release the first print from London based Street Artists Stik. His stick characters have been popping up over all London, and specifically East London this year. Now is your chance to have one of his characters in your own home.
The release is an edition of 50 prints, 3 colour hand pulled silkscreen print, oil based inks on 280gsm 'Newsprint' Somerset Paper. 
The print is over three foot tall and measeure 380x1120mm.
It is available now over in Squarity's shop here.
Amelia's Anthology of Illustration
Launch Party
Amelia's Anthology of Illustration doesn't fit neatly into a pigeonhole....oh no. Like Amelia's Magazine, it's an idiosyncratic endeavour that shies away from the norms of mainstream publishing.
Who else would dare to publish a book that marries an imaginary future free of fossil fuels with an anthology of the best new illustrators working today? Creativity in the Climate of Change? Yup, that's what Amelia tackles in her first book. It's an Anthology of Illustration, but not as we know it.
The book will offer inspiration on many different levels - to aspiring illustrators, to working illustrators, to art directors and to those interested in ways in which we can imagine an alternative and sustainable future for our planet. Amelia's Anthology of Illustration will be a limited edition hardback and eminently collectible. Each copy will be signed and numbered by Amelia herself.
Beautifully presented and entirely ethical in production, the book is printed in the UK using environmentally responsible vegetable inks on FSC approved paper.
On the 8th of December 2009, Concrete Hermit will be presenting the launch of book at their gallery space in East London. To celebrate this joyous occasion they will be letting some of Amelia’s hand-picked, masters of illustration, daub the walls of the gallery with their fanatical responses to the ever-present topic of climate change and making a sustainable future for our planet. A cause most worthy of your attendance!
Concrete Hermit | 5a Club Row | London | E1 6JX
Art Street Journal
The newest issue, of the fantastic 'The Art Street Journal' has just dropped. Published by the Carmichael Gallery in LA, the journal is an international monthly art publication focused on the most exciting new voices in contemporary art.
The December issue includes interviews with Kelsey Brookes and Ethos, features on OS Gemeos’ show at FAAP, Barry McGee and Phil Frost at Prism and lots more.
This great publication is free. So if you would like to recieve a free copy of the paper on your doorstep every month, head over to The Art Street Journal where you can sign up for free.
Glug vs Paintshop Video
Director Charlie Inman continues to drop some great video clips. This newest clip from the director features graffiti artists Dep, Tizer, Bonzai and Lovepusher painting in the Russian Club in East London for Glug. Music by Funky DL.
Alex Daw Solo Exhibition
Hang-Up and Wieden and Kennedy join forces for 'Cut Out and Keep' an exhibition featuring the work of the multi-talented contemporary artist Alex Daw at the agency’s new space ‘The Cole’ situated in The Old Truman Brewery in London’s Brick Lane area.
Alex Daw brings his warped view of the world of fashion, status and advertising via his ongoing series of compelling contemporary mementos of modern life. He utilises anything at his disposal - he cuts and paints on a number of surfaces. Culling fragments of pop culture, fashion and art history, Daws’ obsessive nature to critique and de-construct objects, results in cut up magazines, and paintings on canvas and glass pieces. 
The resulting work is a series of sexy, glossy objects, at once mocking, mimicking and worshipping the cult society they are idolising. He is also satirising the clinical, surgical lengths to which a growing number of celebrities take their obsessive compulsion to alter their physical self.
There will be four very limited edition prints available for purchase which will be released at the exhibition. The exhibition will run until Sunday 29th November.
The Cole Building | W+K | 16 Hanbury Street | London | E1 6QR
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
José Parlá - A Series Of Prints
Elms Lesters Gallery in London has announced that it will be publishing of a series of three exclusive limited edition prints by José Parlá.
The series is published by Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and printed at the renowned Mat Sant Studios in London, combining the highest quality giclee process with over-layering of Parla’s trademark, free-flowing calligraphic markings using multiple hand printed silk-screens, capturing the very essence of his original paintings.
The gallery will be open on Saturday 5th December between 12 - 6pm to mark the occasion. The prints will be on show and the majority of the editions will be available to purchase in the gallery during the exhibition. A number of prints will be reserved for International collectors. More info on the Editions over on their website.
Gallery opening hours:
Tuesday -Saturday 12.00 - 6.00pm, Thursday 'til 8.00pm
Elms Lesters | 1-3-5 Flitcroft St | London | WC2H 8DH
Conor Harrington Video Interview
Interesting video interview with Conor Harrington in his studio in East London where talks about being a graffiti artist in Ireland and how spray paint and oil paint can work together on the same canvas.
via Ektopia
Other's Berlin Art Sale
If you are regular readers of our blog, you will know that we are big fans of Canadian artist Other's work. As with previous fund raising releases from Other, the new batch of work he has for sale is to enable him continue with his stay in Berlin over the Winter months.
Nine new pieces were made available,some have already sold so you will need to act fast if you like any of the work. Photos of all the wonderful work can be seen on his flickr where you will also find his contact details and how to go about buying the work
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
End Of The Line's
Shades Of Things To Come Show
Opening later this week, End of the Line presents ‘'Shades of Things to Come'’, an exploration into the contemporary world of freehand graffiti. They have selected incredible artists from across Europe who they believe push the boundaries of freehand aerosol art. Each of the eight artists have a unique, individual style and represents a different discipline of dirty handstyles and technical dexterity. Artist's show include Tizer, Probs, Biser, Aryz, Nychos, Does, Rabodiga and Bom.K.
The Maverik Showroom on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch will play host to this not-to-be-missed event. The entire gallery will be completely transformed with full-scale artwork, canvases, installations, sculpture, productions in mixed-media and artists in residence painting live over the course of the exhibition.
Preview 24TH November 2009 - Doors open at 6PM.
RSVP@THEENDOFTHELINE.NET
The show will run until the 29th November 2009.
MAVERIK SHOWROOM | 68-72 Redchurch Street | E2 7DP
Dave The Chimp's Lucky Dip
Our friend Dave The Chimp has dropped us an email to let us know that after the success of last year's Lucky Dip, where many people became proud owners of "Human Bein" paintings (check the photo of all the mail he got!) he has decided to repeat this exciting event again this year.
So if you'd like to get your hands on an original Bein painting, plus a signed copy of his book "Part of Rebellion 2: Dave the Chimp", and some zines, all for just 35 euros (40 euros outside of Europe) then drop him an email and he'll send you the instructions of how to play the Lucky Dip. And remember - Everyone's a winner!
davethechimp@gmail.com
Monday, November 23, 2009
Head Exhibition - Brighton
Prescription Art opened with a new show at the weekend entitled "HEAD" a mind-expanding leap into the future: As we exit the noughties and leap into a new decade - 9 Artists come together to herald the future: Pete Fowler, Matt Sewell, Pinkyvision, Russell Maurice, Dan Mudwig, Neasden Control Centre, Milk, Paris and Eco.
Well established but distinctly avant-garde these Artists share a vision of the modern world that is abstract, colourful, esoteric, cartoonish, surreal and challenging. Each shares an ability to reflect the joy and celebrate the strange, to capture who we are and where we’re going and to keep moving forward.
Prescription Art has a collection of photos from the show which can be seen over on their flickr here.
Prescription Arts | 115-116 Church Street | Brighton | BN1 1UE
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Luzinterruptus
An Almost Ephimeral Autumn
We have been fans of Madrid based Luzinterruptus for some time and have been following their fantastic work on their blog. Luzinterruptus is an anonymous artistic group of three, who carry out urban interventions in public spaces using the light as a raw material and the dark as their canvas. 
We can't believe we haven't posted about their work prior to this. There latest intervention is entitled "An Almost ephimeral Autumn" and was created in the Moratalaz district of Madrid on the 3rd of November over a three hour period.
For the installation An Almost ephimeral Autumn they lit 200 dry leaves and lifted them from the ground until it seems as if a truly soft breeze of light had made the Autumn fallen leaves raise into the air. The fantastic work was documented by photographer Gustavo Sanabria.
Head over to their website and check out some of their other beautiful light interventions.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Burning Candy Crew
Freshness from London's Burning Candy Crew. Pictured is a detailed section of the massive mural they painted as part of Vandalog's 'The Thousand's' exhibition (blogged here). The mural is only up until Tuesday 24th so get down and check it. Should you not be in London there are some more pictures of the entire wall over on the Invisiblemadevisible flickr here.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
THE LOCK UP Exhibition
DEATH BY DAYLIGHT PRESENTS : THE LOCK UP
A selection of stunning works made available from the most prolific, cutting edge & controversial artists of our generation including:
NICK WALKER | GOLDIE | JEF AEROSOL| EELUS | MAU MAU | INKIE | BEEJOIR| JAMIE REID | K-GUY DAVID WHITTAKER | BEN MOORE | PAM GLEW | RYCA | STEDHEAD | PROLE | FIN DAC | SPANNA.
Exhibition opens 20th November and runs until the 10th December.
The Lock Up | 27-28 Eastcastle Street | London, W1W 8DH
Hunto At Rarekind Gallery
RareKind presents the first London solo show by Italian Graffiti artist, Hunto. Best known for his cubist influenced canvases and delicate line drawings, Hunto introduces a unique quality to the graffiti art scene, marrying non-conformist 20th century art characteristics to the equally non-conformist medium of graffiti art.
The London show, hosted by RareKind opens tonight 19th at the Rag Factory, is a culmination of his canvas, sketch, screen print and sculptural work, with a strong theme based around the human figure and that most beguiling of subjects, sex.
Born in Brindisi, South Italy in 1982, Hunto started his career as a graffiti artist in 1996 and explored many themes and painting genres. Massively inspired by the work of Picasso and Braque, he honed his style to give a retro twist to graffiti art and thus, his characters and designs became well known and loved on the streets of Italy.
Private view Thursday 19th November – RSVP bex@rarekind.co.uk
The artist will be painting live at the Rag Factory on Sunday 22nd November.
Rarekind | Rag Factory | 16-18 Heneage Street | London | E1 5LJ
UPDATE: NolionsinEngland has a great set of photos from the show over on his flickr here.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Yoko D'Holbachie UK Exhibition
Prints and original art will be available for purchase at the Opening reception of Living in Your Dreams, or you can pre-order prints or receive the online preview of the complete exhibition by emailing Sales@Londonmiles.
The show opens tonight November 18th with an opening reception,5pm to 9pm. Please R.S.V.P to attend the opening reception to Sales@Londonmiles.com . The show will then run from November 19th to December 5th, 2009
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW GALLERY LOCATION!
LONDON MILES | 242 Acklam Road | Westbourne Studios | W10 5JJ
The Thousands Exhibition
We have been so busy recently we almost missed posting about the Thousands show which is opening tomorrow night and not Thursday as we originally thought.
The Thousands will see a RJ from Vandalog curating his first exhibition in the vast space that is The Village Underground in Shoreditch. The exhibition is set to feature a collection of original work by some of the top names in street art including Barry McGee, Faile, Banksy, KAWS, Shepard Fairey and Swoon.
“The Thousands” is an attempt to show the art world and the public that there are great works of art within the sphere of “street” and that these artists deserve a place in art history."RJ has been working flat out on the show all summer,liaising with private collectors to aquire works on loan for the show and he has also invited a number of artists to create new works specifically for the show. If all that wasn't enough to manage, RJ has partnered with Dragolab the Italian publishing company and put together an accompanying book “The Thousands: Painting Outside, Breaking In” which will be released at the show opening tomorrow. This is going to be a fantastic show, with a collection of works that you don't get to see everyday and certainly won't want to miss.
The exhibition opens it doors tomorrow with a private view, Wednesday November 18th: 6-10pm. After the preview the show will run until Sunday 22nd November.
The Village Underground | 54 Hoywell Lane | London
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
KIdrobot Opens in London
Kidrobot, the world’s premier creator of limited edition art toys and apparel, is finally venturing across to our side of the pond!
This week, they are opening the doors to their London store, and to mark this historic occasion, they are having a Grand Opening celebration with UK artist duo TADO on Thursday, November 19 from 6-8pm.
Founded in 2002 by designer Paul Budnitz, Kidrobot produces exclusive designer toys, apparel, accessories, and other products in collaboration with many of the world’s most talented artists and designers.
Kidrobot London | 19 Earlham Street | London | WC2H 9LL
Monday, November 16, 2009
Fresh Paste Ups from Specter
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Burning Candy And Blek Le Rat
Three Minute Wonder Videos
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Gallery Nosco Show
Opening this evening in West London, Gallery Nosco present "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" a group show featuring the work of Naomi Doran, Dran and Alexandros Vasmoulakis.
Private View: Friday 13th November from 6 to 8pm.
EXHIBITION OPEN: Saturday 14th November – 25th November 2009,
From 10am – 6pm.
Gallery Nosco | 133-137 Westbourne Grove | W11 2RS | London
Thursday, November 12, 2009
HUSH Innocence Show
Hush hits London tonight with all new work for his solo show “Innocence”, at the Urban Angel Art Lounge on Red Church Street.
Using seemingly pure and innocent manga and anime characters, the alluring images of the female form in Hush’s work suggest otherwise. Japanese text on many pieces reveal a far darker undertone to the initially playful representations, which is lost in translation to the majority of us. In addition to demonstrating the use of the female form in contemporary art, these images show us how tagging and graf can place the work in a relevant time, and be a beautiful and accepted art form in different contexts.
Expect 4 Installation pieces, new paintings, works on paper, wood cubes & some limited edition prints. There is a buyers preview this evening but it's Strictly guest list only!
Gallery Opening Hours - Thursday – Saturday 11am to 4.30pm
The show runs until Saturday 28th November.
Urban Angel Art Lounge | 41-43 Redchurch Street | London, E2 7DJ
OUR ENDS at Chapter One Gallery
'OUR ENDS' features a celebration of creative talents living and working in London. From the diverse photographs of James Pearson Howes to the psychedelic illustrations of Colin Henderson, with fine art, graphics and graffiti all in the mix, the show is all about the best that London has to offer. The show will run from 5th November till 27th November at the newly opened Chapter One Gallery (blogged here)
The is a private view (all invited) this evening 12th November 2009, 6pm to 8pm
Featuring artworks by Marcus Oakley, Colin Henderson, Dan Has Potential, Daniel David Freeman, Michael Willis, Lindsey Gooden, James Pearson Howes, Jiro Bevis, Petro and Russell Maurice.
C H A P T E R O N E | 33 Marshall Street | London | W1F 7ET
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
ADAM NEATE
A NEW UNDERSTANDING - Guided Tour
Tomorrow, Thursday 12th November at 7.00pm there is another opportunity to have a guided tour of Adam Neate's solo show 'A NEW UNDERSTANDING'(blogged here). By popular demand, Elms Lesters' curator Paul Jones will be conducting four more guided tours of the exhibition.
Dates as follows:
Thursday 12th Nov. 7pm
Saturday 14th Nov. 2pm
Thursday 19th Nov. 7pm
Saturday 21st Nov. 2pm
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
D*face does LA LA LAND
Stop motion video of D*Face creating a piece in downtown LA. Corner of 7th st and Matteo. Part of the LA freewall project, a collaboration between Lahoda fine arts and Jet-Set Graffiti.
Fefe Talavera - Mama Quilla Print
The BLDG will be releasing their first print with phenom Brazilian street artist turned fine artist, Fefe Talavera. This piece is largely inspired by Incan culture. Fefe describes the piece as follows:
"The Incas had a myth concerning lunar eclipses that is fairly common among ancient peoples. In these stories the Moon is always attacked by some force or creature that manages to swallow it, only to be defeated in the end by some big-shot hero. For the Incas, this creature was the snake or puma, and the Moon itself was a goddess known as Mama Quilla. Analogous to her solar husband Inti, Mama Quilla was portrayed as a silver disk with a human face. She ruled over calendars and the measurement of time, and kept protective watch over married women."Fefe's work has been displayed worldwide: Moscow, Buenos Aires, New York, Seville, Berlin, Los Angeles, Mexico DF, Vienna, Amsterdam; including the standout Propeace Exhibit in Lille, France and a blow-up solo show in Madrid at Subaquatica. Exhbiting along side of the world's finest artists: Invader, Doze Green, Labrona, Imminent Disaster and more.
This print is entitled, "Mama Quilla" It is a 22"x30", 4 color hand pulled screen print with Metallic Silver. It's an edition of 75 on 100% Cotton Rag Stonehenge paper with two deckled edges. It goes on sale on the BLDGrefuge website at 11a.m. (US EST) on Thursday, Nov. 12th for $100.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
November Art Openings
First Thursday
We are away for a few days and not sure what our internet connection will be like so it might be a little quiet here for a few days. It's typical that will will be away later today Thursday 05th on what looks set to one of the busiest nights in London for show openings. Here is a quick round up of what's opening tonight 5th November.
Our friend and super talented lady Chloe Early opens at StolenSpace (blogged here) with her new show entitled Clouded Apollo.
Again another super talented lady, this time Illustrator Geneviéve Gauckler who is opening at Kemistry Gallery. (blogged Here)
Illustrator Mcbess opens at Concrete Hermit Gallery (blogged here)
Represent, a fund raising Exhibition with an amazing line up of portrait artists including some of our favs like Swoon, Elbow Toe and Mat Small opens at Blackall Studios (blogged here)
David Le Fleming solo show at the Signal Gallery (blogged here)
Joy Of Toy exhibition opens and will be the first UK vinyl toy expo at the East Gallery on Brick Lane (blogged here)
Also opening at the Blackall Studios is the SquRITY.COM SHOW more info here
And if you managed not to get your fill of Art, culture and free booze then head over to The Brick Lane Gallery who will open on Friday 6th November with a show in association with BLink and will feature a site specific installation by the artists Sweet Toof, Tek 33, Rowdy and Cept. More info over on their website here.
Nick Walker’s Morning After series
New Print from Nick Walker set to drop soon, this from Black Rat Press:
Black Rat Press is delighted to be publishing the latest edition from Nick Walker’s Morning After Series. TMA Moscow is a 16 colour hand pulled screenprint and is our favourite TMA print to date. From past releases we know that the demand for this series of prints is extremely high and that whichever way we release it some people will be disappointed. Nick has decided, and we agree, that the fairest way to do this release is via a lottery style system. This allows for people in different parts of the world and those not available to queue or be near a computer at a specific time to have an equal chance. Winners will be picked at random and receive an email offering them the opportunity to buy a print. If anyone decides not to take the print or does not reply within 24 hours of us sending the email offer we will draw another name at random.TMA Moscow will be a 16 colour screenprint, signed and numbered from the edition of 150. The price will be £550. To enter the lottery please email in with the subject TMA Moscow Lottery and your name and address to info@blackratpress.com The draw will take place on November 11th and winners will be notified the same day.Good luck!
Chloe Early
Clouded Apollo At StolenSpace
In her paintings Chloe Early creates a fantastical landscape, an urban utopia where strange and wonderful things happen. For this exhibition 'Clouded Apollo', she has referenced a variety of images and contexts; a female figure twists and turns through time, suspended in an interior world of opulence and beauty, echos of patterns and pillars, glass roofs, chandeliers and roses. Outside we see far away skylines, buildings rising and falling, destruction and the prescient image of destruction; a tank.
The actions of the aerial performer strike a balance between performance and introspection as the figures defy gravity in an obvious act of showmanship but ultimately remain self contained and unaware of the viewer. Darker and more sombre these paintings are a development away from her recent carnival theme to a dark yet beautiful world.
Early's works are typically oil paintings on metal or canvas, and for this show there are also pieces in oil on perspex. The use of oil on a these surfaces means the light plays across the surface in an almost etheral way, which together with the layering of landscapes, objects and figures creates a mutli -dimensional world; the viewer has the sense of catching glimpses of this other world as we are passing by.
Private View 5 November - The show runs until 29 November
StolenSpace | Dray Walk | 91 Brick Lane | London
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Geneviève Gauckler
Digitally Isolated Show
For Digitally Isolated, Parisian illustrator and designer Geneviéve Gauckler has disconnected herself from the daily stream of images, words and information that flood our daily lives in an effort to return to more traditional techniques of drawing, painting and hand-screenprinting. Gauckler presents the character-based composition style for which she is best known, but reduces the result to one or two characters, a few words and basic colours.
“It’s like a challenge to create new artworks by following these rules, these constraints. It’s like children playing and trying to come up with a new story, a new game by always using the same toys. In a way, I’m trying to become more and more simple, but I wouldn’t dare to use the word ‘minimalist’, because it’s related to art and I’m not really connected to the art world – my work is closer to illustration and decoration."
The exhibition featurse limited-edition silkscreened prints and acrylic paintings on canvas, exclusively to Kemistry Gallery, and available in the gallery or at our online shop from 6 November.Kemistry Gallery | 43 Charlotte Road | London | EC2A 3PD
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Represent Exhibition
Portraiture goes to the heart of how we relate to other people. When we look into someone’s eyes, we try to see what they really think, what we think we have in common and how we can understand them...
Represent brings together a group of contemporary artists whose work deals with exactly these issues. Each artist has strived to develop their own unique approach to portraiture, a field of art once reserved for those who were important or rich enough to afford it, but now treated as a means for contemporary artists to explore the diverse issues that affect today’s fragmented society. Each artist paints portraits as a kind of social activity, to try to understand that other person and in the process to make their own mark in the social network.
A fund raising exhibition in aid of the S.H.P art projects, helping to promote social inclusion in London through the creative arts. The show has a fantastic line up of artists including: GAVIN NOLAN / SWOON / GUY DENNING / MATT SMALL / YUKO NASU / ELBOWTOE / ROB SAMPLE / BEST EVER / ZACH WALSH / PETER MICHEAL / LABRONA / DAVID WALKER / DALE GRIMSHAW / JOHNATHAN DARBY / GEORGE M CLARK / CHRISTOPHER ROSS / CASE / LEON BILLING
Private view November 5th 6pm - 9pm
Blackall Studios | 73 Leonard Street | London | EC2
Best Ever UKadapta Interview
The November issue of online magazine UKADAPTA has just dropped. The new issue features a great interview with street/graffiti artists Best Ever.
Best Ever have an anatomical and surgical way of looking at human figures. Their concepts cover death and disease and how fragile the human body is and how weak we all are as forms. The duo come from graffiti backgrounds with both being equally proficient in the style of photorealism. This allows their collaborative efforts to seem effortless, as they seem to be able to work on one canvas, sharing one mind between them.
Read the full interview here.
