Hookedblog Top 50 for 2009

Inspired by our friend Luna Park's Top 30 {blogged here}, we have put together our Top 50 favorite shots of the year from our Invisiblemadevisible Flickr stream (not an easy task!). All the shots were taken on the Streets Of East London throughout the year. They are in no particular order, some are favorite pieces other we like the photos and the rest were picked for various reasons; content, colour, placement, texture!

Let's hope 2010 is as good a year as 2009 was. We would like to wish you our readers a very Happy New year from us here at Hookedblog. We will see ye on the flipside.

Art Street Journal January Issue

The newest issue of the The Art Street Journal has just been published. This free monthly Journal is an international art publication focused on the most exciting voices in the art world. You can sign up for a free annual subscription over on the website here.

The January issue features cover pages by Mark Jenkins and Aakash Nihalani. Other features include interviews with Martha Cooper about The Wynwood Walls and Primary Flight during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009; Mark Jenkins, Stephan Doitschinoff and Zezao.

Reviews of "Grifters" at Lazarides, "Mixed Signals" at Signal Gallery and "Fiesta Resistance" at POW {blogged here} The new Basquiat documentary "Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Radiant Child" is reviewed as well as a number of new art books and magazine in the magazines new bookshelf page. Sebastian over at Unurth continues his monthly feature curating the Street Art photo pages.

Looks like another fantastic edition of this monthly publication, be sure and sign up for your copy now!!

Luna Park's Top 30 Favorites

New York based blogger, photographer and friend of Hookedblog, Luna Park has posted her Top 30 favorites of the year. Some fantastic shots in the slide show including works from Elbow-Toe, Blu, Os Gemeos and Banksy to name a few. Have a look and enjoy.

Ghostvillage Project Video

IMG_4468 © WK Copy, by Wallkandy.net

Right, one last post before Christmas. We got an email about this project awhile back and a short trailer was released as well as some fantastic photos taken by Ian from Wallkandy here. Below is the full clip for The Ghostvillage Project.

The Ghostvillage Project from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

The Ghostvillage Project was created over 3 days on the west coast of Scotland. 6 artists - Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126, Derm - were given free reign to paint in an abandoned 1970s village. Working together on huge collaborative walls and individually in hidden nooks and crannies all over the site the artists realised long held dreams and were inspired by the bleakness and remoteness of the site. Drawing on the history of the village the artists' stated intent on completion of the project was to populate the ghostvillage with the art and characters that it deserved.

Enjoy and we hope all our readers have a very Happy Christmas.

Banksy In Camden - Video

The guys over at Art Of The State have put together this clip of all four new Banksy pieces on the Regents Canal from December 2009; graffiti wallpaper going over a pretty trashed but legendary Robbo piece, I don't believe in global warming on the waterline of a block of flats, fishing boy under Oval Road and aristorat on the river bank all viewed in a 1 min and 20 second walkthrough.

Grems Book Launch

Grems, by unusualimage

Tonight 22nd at the Brick Lane Gallery sees the launch of a new book just in time for Christmas featuring the work of Grems. The book has been published by French publishers Edition Populaire who have also released books featuring BomK, Gutter and Dran.

There will be a selection of works on show from Grems at the gallery for the launch and Grems will be there in person signing books and painting live from 6pm.

It looks like it's gonna be a cool book and evening at the gallery judging by the promo the publishers have released for the book:

GREMS - EDITION POPULAIRE from EditionPopulaire on Vimeo.

Brick Lane Gallery | 196 Brick Lane| London

The Date Farmers @ POW

Tomorrow the 23rd is the last day of the The Date Farmers show at Pictures On Walls space in East London. The exhibition was part of their The Fiesta Resistance, a month long Central American themed street art showdown! {blogged here}.

As part of the Fiesta POW dropped a number of fantastic screenprints through out the month including new prints from Banksy, Insect, Lister, Space Invader, Sickboy and Alexone to name a few. With all the fantastic prints being released over the month of December the show was a little overshadowed I think. If you get the chance today or tomorrow go and see this show before it finishes, we can't recommend it enough.
Show runs until to December 23rd 2009
POW | 46-48 Commercial Street | London E1
Nearest Tube Aldgate East

Banksy In Camden

One of three new Banksy pieces spotted in Camden over the weekend. This great shot was taken by Artofthestate. Check his flickr for the other pictures.

Sickboy 'Logopop' Photos

Sickboy 'Logopop', by SMART_HYPE_

So we haven't had the chance to upload our photos yet that we took at Sickboy's Logopop show which opened on Wednesday night in East London {blogged here}. But Smart Hype has a great set from the opening that you should definitely check out as the show was only open for three hours!!

You can view his full set of photos over on his Flickr site.

If you missed the show, Sickboy has opened an online Logopop shop featuring most of the work that was on show at the Exhibition. The limited Edition Logopop book produced to tie in with the show has sold out already and a number of other pieces have sold! But go have a look here and check the super fresh work.

OBEY SAMPLE SALE December 2009

Obey Clothing are opening up the Christmas sample sale a day early and have organised a 3hr early bird special that will kick off today, Thursday 17th Dec at 5pm at the new Truman Brewery venue. Head down and get the first pick of the Obey goodness!!!!

The Obey Mens and Womens Christmas Sample Sale kicks off in a new spot on Dray Walk (next to the Big Chill Bar and Rough Trade East) within the The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, East London from Friday morning at 10.30am through to 5.30pm on Sunday 20th Dec. They will be stocked up with lots of new Mens and Womens pieces and everything will be half price or less!!!
In addition we have also got some sweet, sweet sticker packs for the first 10 people through the door who say ‘ Andre the Giant has a Christmas posse and I’m in it!!!!’.

Friday 18th DEC - 10.30am - 7.00pm
Saturday 19th DEC - 10.30am - 7.00pm
Sunday 20th DEC - 10.30 - 5pm

Corner Unit next to the Big Chill Bar | Dray Walk | East London

Sickboy's Logopop Exhibition

Tonight December 16th, 2009 sees the opening of Sickboy's ‘Logopop’, a special one-night-only solo exhibition of new limited edition work and site-specific installations in East London. Logopop, is a blink and you’ll miss it type exhibition that will run for a total of 3 hours only!
Open from 6pm until 9pm, the show is is stictly invite only. But you can try and RSVP to: rsvp@thesickboy.com they may still have room on the list.

For those that are not in London or are unable to make tonight, Sickboy has opened an online Logopop shop featuring most of the work that will be on show tonight. Ye are gonna have to be quick, the limited Edition Logopop book produced to tie in with the show has sold out already! Go have a look here and check the super fresh work. We are really looking forward to seeing the work and installions in person at the Rag Factory tonight. See ye down there!

The Rag Factory | 16-18 Heneage Street | London, E1 5LJ
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street.

Biteproof Zine Issue Two

BITEPROOF is an independent publication of visual mastication for the mind and eye. The running theme for each issue is in the title. By setting its own brief, Biteproof will bring you unseen, new and exclusive work.

Contributors are chosen for their individual and unique style which sets benchmarks at all levels within their genre.A6 in stature Biteproof will show over double page spreads, how a string of quirky words can be transformed into an exciting variety of stylistically original illustrations; giving us a glimpse into how these artists' minds process an initial idea.
The second issue of Biteproof "Cybernetics, Dianetics, and a hypodermic of Mutant genetics" is now available to buy from their online shop. More info here.

WIWP - New Originals

Darren Firth over at Wear It With Pride has been in touch with us about the relaunch of the website and the opening of their online shop.WIWP is an ongoing creative collaborative project, which works with some of the most talented and internationally renowned Illustrators, Designers and Photographers. To coincide with the relaunch they have asked some leading international artists to submit original pieces of work to be sold on their site; These are one offs and exclusive to the WIWP site (Excluding the Dan Baldwin vase).

For 'phase one' they invited Wilfrid Wood, Hellovon, Seb Lester, David Bray, Mr Bingo, Dan Baldwin, Pomme Chan and Kristian Hammerstad. These pieces range from sculptures to sketches and start as low as £100+PP. These new works will be added to the list of originals already gracing the WIWP site, including pieces from past exhibitions by the likes of Rankin, Mr Ian Wright, Dalek, Pure Evil and More.

Some beautiful posters and originals from some very talented people. Check the site and the works for sale here.

Ink Fetish - New Website

Ink Fetish, by invisiblemadevisible

London based Illustrator / Artist Tom Blackford aka Inkfetish, has just given his website a face lift. The new site incorporates his blog so expect frequent updates from the artist. The gallery section has also been given an overhaul to make it easier to navigate through his work. Visit the site here.

The piece above was painted by Tom last month in East London on one of the exterior walls as part of Vandalog's The Thousands Exhibition. {Blogged here}

MUTATE BRITAIN: Video 04

This timelaspe features the Best Ever and Dead Leg crews painting at Mutate Britain's One Foot in the Grove show, Directed by Charlie Inman and Produced by Jack Lomax.

This week is your last chance to see the show , they're open Fri-Sun as usual but also on Weds after 6pm...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 Mutate Clips here and here

Banksy "No Ball Games" Prints

Banksy, originally uploaded by Hookedblog.

Pictures On Walls is getting set to drop Banksy’s latest screenprint release “No Ball Games”. The image appeared on the streets of London in South Tottenham earlier this year pictured above.

The prints are being released as part of POW christmas show "Fiesta Resistance". The new editions will be released in two colourways, a green and a grey version both pictured. The green version of the "No Balls Game" print will be released online via the POW website and the grey version will be available from POW's Store only.

No details on the online release yet but the grey version will drop on the 12th December at 11am and it will be sold on a first come first served policy. We have heard that there are Banksy fans already queueing outside POW shop waiting for tomorrows release. With London temperatures set to drop to -7 tomorrow morning, they are gonna have a long cold wait for their prints!!

POW Store | 46-48 Commercial St | London | E1

Mysterious Al - New Screenprint

London artist/illustrator and friend of Hookedblog, Mysterious Al has dropped a new screenprint for the Christmas season. The "Salboan Warrior Mask #5" (250-900 AD) screenprint pictured.

The print is a three colour, hand-pulled screenprint on A2, 270GSM recycled paper and printed using environmentally friendly gloss / matt water-based inks! It's a signed and numbered edition of just 40!

The image according to Al is based on a Salboan Warrior Mask.

"This warrior mask is believed to relate back to Mesoamerican Civilizations (250-900AD), the Mayan Calendar, and more specifically the 2012 Doomsday predictions.

"The Mayan's were skilled craftsmen as well as one of the first civilizations to follow a hieroglyphic calendar. They were incredibly intelligent and their prophecies contain complex, interlocking facts and cycles. If their predictions are correct, the world is going to end in 2012. At least that means we'll miss the bloody olympics".

The print is available for £60 over on Mysterious Al's online shop. Mysterious Al also has some very cool paper collage pieces on show at the Flyling Eye Ball Pop Up Shop {blogged here} currently running at 27 CORK STREET until the 12th December.

ZERO Cool Don't Believe The Type Photos

We checked out Zero Cool's Don't Believe The Type show {blogged here} last night in the former Rarekind Gallery, now know as the Underground Gallery.The show featured work from Asbestos (Ireland) / ATG (UK) / Dan Baldwin (UK) / China Mike (UK) / Gemma Compton (UK) / Copyright (UK) / Eine (UK) / Ben Frost (Australia) / Hush (UK) / Hayden Kays (UK) / Krell (Germany) / Andrew McAttee (UK) / Meggs (Australia) / Numskull (Australia) / Pilpeled (Israel) / Pure Evil (UK) / T.WAT (UK) / Zoot (UK)Some of out favourite pieces at the show included some of the Meggs work, the Gemma Comptons canvas with the wolves (pictured below) and the Asbestos portrait piece (pictured above).More photos from the opening last night can be viewed over on our Hookedblog Flickr here
The show is open to the public today, we are not sure for how long the show is running for but we imagine it will be open over the weekend. Go check it!

Underground Gallery | Below Chrome&Black | 49 Bethnal Green Road

D*Face “RIOT” PAPER EDITION RELEASE

This paper version of the D*face Riot print is set to drop soon. The highly anticipated “Riot” edition on paper consists of 50 serigraph prints, and a very special edition of 10 Hand-Touched prints on the same paper, 24″ x 32″ in size. The 10 unique prints are hand-aged by the artist; sanded, burnished, airbrushed, and features a specially formulated heavy antique varnish…

THIS EDITION WILL BE RELEASED ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, AT 9AM LOS ANGELES, 12PM NEW YORK, 5PM LONDON TIME.
SPECIAL NOTE: ALL ORDERS WILL BE SHIPPED FROM THE ARTIST. NO CUSTOMS/IMPORT DUTIES FOR UK ORDERS.

Regular Edition: $500 (300GBP)
Hand-Aged Edition: $750 (450GBP) NOW SOLD OUTThe prints will go on sale on JetSetGraffiti's website here.

UPDATE: the print is now online!! Go go go all you D*Face fans

Dave The Chimp & EKTA

The Don Gallery in Milan have uploaded some photographs of the colorful large scale canvases and drawings that Dave The Chimp has made with Ekta for their current show at the Gallery. Here is what Dave The Chimp had to say about his collaboration with Etka

Every piece is a collaboration, with the idea being to experiment with new ways of working, and not to get stuck in our regular styles. No egos. Something that was maybe easier for me than for Ekta, which became apparent when people said "I can see Ekta's part, but what did you paint?" My answer was "I painted everything". Each piece is a total collaboration, so we both worked on the ideas, drawings, final paintings, etc. Unlike traditional collaborations we tried not to work on specific sections alone, but combine our work to create something new.

Head over to The Don Gallery website and check the other fantastic works. And don't forget Chimp is once again running his Xmas Lucky Dip where you can win some of his original works and zines. Read the details of the Lucky Dip here

Phil Ashcroft Yeti Print

New for Winter 2009 Phlash aka Phil Ashcroft has released the third edition of the Yeti Over Mount Fuji print.

This magenta screenprint is 420×594mm,a limited edition of 150 hand-printet on 270gsm heavyweight paper, signed and numbered by the artist. The print is available directly Phlash via his online shop here, or for those of you living in London you can pop down to Nelly Duff Gallery on Columbia Road who also have some in stock.

45RPM - New Owl Canvases

Just in time for the festive season Bristol artist 45RPM has dropped a bunch of his mini owl canvasses over on his Etsy shop. They are 6 by 4 mini hand painted canvasses and each come with with free sticker and a badge. There are over 16 different Owls to chose from. Above are some detail shots of some of the selection that are for sale. Go have a look here now! Awesome.

Zero Cool Gallery Don't Believe The Type Show

We mentioned the upcoming Zero Cool show Don't believe the Type back in early November and just wanted to remind our readers that the show will open tomorrow, the 10th December in the former Rarekind Gallery space in East London, now known as the Underground Gallery.

"Don't Believe The Type" is a loosely themed show which is set to explore the good, the bad and the ugly side of typography. The show will feature Asbestos (Ireland) / ATG (UK) / Dan Baldwin (UK) / China Mike (UK) / Gemma Compton (UK) / Copyright (UK) / Eine (UK) / Ben Frost (Australia) / Hush (UK) / Hayden Kays (UK) / Krell (Germany) / Andrew McAttee (UK) / Meggs (Australia) / Numskull (Australia) / Pilpeled (Israel) / Pure Evil (UK) / T.WAT (UK) / Zoot (UK)

Private View tomorrow 10th December from 6.30pm. To be added to the guestlist please email zerocool@zerocoolgallery.com

Underground Gallery | Below Chrome&Black | 49 Bethnal Green Rd

London Handstyles Video

We posted about the release of the the London Handstyles book back in July of this year (blogged here), a book celebrating London's unique Handstyle/tag styles. The above clip has just been posted online and is a walk around the gallery at the book and exhibition launch party which took place on the 14th August at the former Rarekind Gallery in East London. The book is available at Chrome and Black, HQ and online on The London Handstyles website here.

Beats are by King I Devine The Movement & The Love.

FLYING EYE BALL Photos

We ventured out West last night to check out the opening of the Flying Eye Ball pop-up exhibition and shop (blogged here) on Cork Street in Mayfair. The exhibition and shop is open to the public from today, 9th December. Last nights opening was packed to the rafters. Both floors of the gallery were at capacity and the queues of people outside were offered frozen Alcoholic Slushies from an ice cream van as they waited to get into the gallery. Some of our favorite pieces at the show includes some fresh new paper cut characters from Mysterious Al, Shok 1's VHS cassette paintings and the typographic pieces from Shoe were also great. We managed to take a few photos, the gallery was so packed it made it a little difficult to get an decent shots. The show is on until the 12th of December, check it out if you are in Central London.Open to the public from the 9th December until the 12th, 10am- 8pm
Flying Eye Ball | 27 CORK STREET | MAYFAIR | London

Gaia Lino Print Release

New York based street artist Gaia has released a new edition with London Gallery Nelly Duff.

The Black Rabbit print pictured above is a hand burnished linocut on mulberry paper, 53.5 x 79 cm in size. It's an edition of 75 numbered and signed by Gaia. It is available to buy here.

Photo ©Luna Park

New York photographer Luna Park has a great set photos of Gaia's street work in Brooklyn which is worth a look if you are not familiar with Gaia's stuff. Check her flickr set here.

Mike Ballard – The All of Everything

The final exhibition to take place at the Arts Gallery, before the building is demolished for Crossrail, is set to be fittingly epic. The gallery are to present the largest and most ambitious work yet by acclaimed artist Mike Ballard; from 10 December the Arts Gallery will become The All of Everything, a specially commissioned work which will turn the entire gallery space into an all-encompassing installation covering floors, walls and ceilings featuring the artist’s flamboyant vision of art history.

Here is what Mike had to say about the show:

“as it is the last show at the Arts Gallery, I wanted to go big, to give the gallery a good send off, by acknowledging all of its surfaces, preparing the space before it goes into the ‘other world’. With imagery from my own personal art history and music that has inspired my work, including flamboyant time travellers Sun Ra and RAMM:ELL:ZEE, I have selected guardians for the gallery as it goes to the other side of time.”

Howaboutno has been down to the gallery and had a sneak peak and judging from his photos above it's gonna be a fantastic and historic show.

Private view, 6 – 8pm, 9 December 2009, rsvp to a.castleton@arts.ac.uk
Open to the public, 10th December

The Arts Gallery | 65 Davies Street | W1K 5DA

Photos ©HowAboutNo

Pinky's New Papercut Collection

Some super fresh Christmas themed papercuts from Pinky have just been added to the Pinkyvision website, as well as soon new screenprints. All hand-made and signed these Papercuts are unique affordable collectors Items, the new collection can be viewed here. All purchases will be posted Special Delivery in time for Christmas, Yeah.

Pinky will be In East London this weekend at The Mangle Christmas Market which opens on Saturday 12th December. You can expect it will be a fun event with Zines, Lino Prints, Posters and some super tasty Skull Cookies...

The Mangle market will also feature the works of 35 other artists artists and designers including prints, jewellery and clothing, by Mark Pawson, Tatty Devine, Ryantown, Nervous Stephen, Peepshow and others.

12 December (11am-6pm)
Behind Shoreditch Tabernacle Baptist Church | 3 Godfrey Place | E2 7NT

OLIVE47's Screenprint Sale

London based toy designer/illustrator Olive47 has dropped us an email to let us know she is have a Christmas Sale and she is offering 30% OFF all her screenprints for the entire month of December.

Pop into her online shop and take a gander here. Some super cute screen prints at very affordable prices.

FLYING EYE BALL POP UP SHOP AND EXHIBITION

INKIE, the King Pin of the UK Graffiti scene for the past 25 years returns this Christmas to bring us a whole sack-full of original art works, canvases, prints, toys, sculptures, T-shirts and books from some of Europe’s finest artists. Flying Eye Ball urban pop up shop is one of it’s kind, and will be found popping-up in delightful Cork Street, Mayfair, the hub of London’s Art finery. This is the first of many Flying Eyeball Productions so watch this art space!

From the 9th-12th December the pop up shop will open its doors to the public just in time to snap up some one-of-a kind, quirky Christmas gifts, perfect for the man or woman who has everything. 24 carat gold leaf prints from INKIE and 28 colour screen prints from Drum and Bass legend Goldie, will be on offer to tickle your festive fancy. Other stocking filler goodies including unique sculptures and toys will be on offer from Shoe, Inkie, Eine, Mysterious Al, Sickboy, Insa, Zeus, Hush, Mau Mau, Kid Acne, Steff Plaetz, Chu, Shok 1, RYCA, David Walker, China Mike, Part2ism, Ben Allen, Andy Council, Pure Evil, Shazer, George Morton Clark, Milk, Dora and Don.

A private press and buyers viewing will also take place tonight Dec 8th from 6pm-9:30pm.
Open to the public from the 9th December until the 12th, 10am- 8pm
Flying Eye Ball | 27 CORK STREET | MAYFAIR | London

Word To Mother Video

Check this fantastic video clip featuring the work of London artists Word To Mother.

Audio + Visuals Produced by Andrew Telling
Via ESP

CRACKED GRAFFITI EXHIBITION

Almost forgot to post this last one for today promise, TopSafe is launching a groundbreaking online gallery to showcase authentic graffiti talent from across Europe. To mark the launch TopSafe is hosting an exhibition at Mews of Mayfair, a unique and intimate venue in the heart of London, featuring original works and exclusive prints.

TopSafe artists are unique in the contemporary art market, united but not defined by their graffiti backgrounds, they create artworks that are distinctly different from the ‘Street Art' that is largely associated with graffiti, while retaining the energy and freethinking that is the hallmark of their outlaw practice. These artists have mastered their talent while risking their liberty and their lives to push boundaries and pursue their passion.

More info on the show over on the Topsafe website here.

Private View : Thursday 3rd December 18.00 - 22.00

TopSafe | 10-11 Lancashire Court | New Bond Street | London W1S

VNA ISSUE10 LAUNCH PARTY

Busy night in London town tonight, art wise there are lots of great shows opening across the city. We blogged about Stolen Space's Christmas Winter Warmer's show (here) earlier in the week, which also opens tonight 3rd December. Alongside the show the gallery will also host the launch party of Issue 10 of VNA magazine.

There will be some super limited editions of the magazine with 100 available on the 3rd of December with a screen printed cover by D*Face plus a one off zine by London street artist A.CE, Stickers from D*face, Obey and more, marker pens and all sorts of other extras all inside a screenprinted tote bag. Plus 50 screen printed covers sent out in the general run to be hunted down in bookshops across the world.

VNA Issue 10 from Make Some Tea on Vimeo.

As well as all the limited stuff the new issue of the magazine itself sounds like it's gonna be super fresh. It will feature an interview with graffiti legend Shok-1, a feature on artist, illustrator Jess Douglas, our coverage of this year Fame Festival in Italy, including a bunch of photos taken by us here at Hookedblog, JR in Paris and the ARTotale festival, plus a piece on Thierry Noir and his paintings on the Berlin Wall in the 80’s and also a feature on the shoe customiser Nash Money. Gonna be an awesome evening you do not want to miss. See ye there!

StolenSpace | Dray Walk | 91 Brick Lane | London

Rolling With The Punches

Rolling With The Punches from Make Some Tea on Vimeo.

Rolling With The Punches, a show by artist/illustrator artist/illustrator Josh Sutterby aka Alfa is opening this evening at the Print House Gallery.

Private View 3rd December 2009, 6.30pm

The Print House Gallery | 18 Ashwin Street | Dalston | E8 3DL

Mixed Signals Group Show

To mark their two year anniversary Signal Gallery host their annual group show this evening 3rd December. The show will be their richest yet featuring a stunning line up of seventeen international artists, most of whom will be showcased in solo shows over the next eighteen months in the gallery.There will be paintings (though not all on canvas), drawings, 3d work and ceramics.The artists are: Dan Baldwin (UK), Armsrock (Denmark), Byroglyphics (UK), Dale Grimshaw (UK), Guy Denning (UK/France), Case (Germany), Jonathan Darby (UK), David Le Fleming (New Zealand), Ethos (Brazil), C215 (France), Alke Schmidt (Germany/UK), Holly Thoburn (UK), Jef Aerosol (France), Labrona (Canada), Christopher Ross (Canada), SPQR (UK) and Istvan Szanto (Hungary).

Private View: 3rd December 2009, 6 - 9pm
Open to the public: 4th - 19th December 2009

Signal Gallery | 96a Curtain Road | London EC2A 3AA

Black Dog Books At Black Rat Press

We braved the London rain last night and popped down to Black Rat to check out The Black Dog Books pop-up shop (blogged here) in their gallery space. Some cool books on sale in the shop including Vandalogs recent publication the Thousands, also spotted Limited Editions of the Subway art book and they had copies of the excellent Swoon book (blogged here) which is worth making the trip to get a copy.
Alongside the books for sale, the gallery released a new edition from Elbow Toe. Some of you may have seen the stunning 'Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?' image from earlier this year on the streets of East London. Now in print form the image was released as an edition of just 50. Hand-pulled silkscreen on 250 grams Stonehenge Natural White moulde-made paper and 21 x 31 5/8 inches in size. The detail on the print was fantastic and it such a great image it was no surprise they were selling fast last night. I believe there were some left last night so If you are intereted contact Black Rat Press.