Shea & Ziegler are proud to announce Herakut’s much anticipated return to London, the duo’s first since 2008. Alongside an collection of all new artworks the German pair will be unveiling and signing copies of their new book ‘After The Laughter’, which offers an intimate insight into the individuals behind their emotionally-charged artwork and dynamic partnership.
Designed as a revealing scrapbook ‘After The Laughter’ is hand-crafted by both Hera and Akut, and features all new murals, works on canvas, and sketches. The book is collaged with images in different mediums and includes revealing photographs of the duo, both at work and at play. All elements are woven into a multi-layered, poetic reflection on art and its role in the world, with a range of freeform ideas penned artfully on the book pages in Herakut’s signature lettering. Masking-tape edges and crossed out pencil confessions complete the personal, forthright style — an open invitation into the frenzied minds and rapid-fire hands of a unique artistic team.
Private view: Thursday 31st May / 6pm -9pm
On display: May 31st – June 10th 2012
The Gallery, 99 Mount Street, Mayfair, W1K 2TF London.
Curated by Shea & Ziegler in collaboration with Moniker Projects.
Kindly Sponsored by Montana Cans and Becks Beer.
Image via -EKO-
Herakut - After The Laughter Book Signing
ROID - MORE THAN EVER - LONDON MAY 31ST
Presented by Topsafe the More Than Ever exhibition opens with a private view on 31st May and we can't think of a better way to kick start the Jubilee Weekend.
If you plan on attending you need to RSVP: fff@topsafelondon.com
Also check out this recent video we posted of Roid painting in London with Parisian graffiti writer, Horfe.
French Invasion at Playhouse Hollywood
In honor of their group exhibition FRENCH INVASION, French street artists JonOne, Speedy Graphito & Tilt take on the back wall of Playhouse Nightclub in Hollywood, May 11, 2012.
FRENCH INVASION is on show at Fabien Castanier Gallery May 12- June 24, 2012.
If you are not in LA a complete catalog of all the works for FRENCH INVASION can be found here: FRENCH INVASION Catalog
Nelly Duff presents Banger Art
Now in its 10th year, this years Lovebox festival in East London will be celebrating with some impressive headliners including Grace Jones, Chaka Khan, Lana Del Rey, Kelis, Hot Chip & Friendly Fires. Alongside all the live acts and DJ's Lovebox have invited Columbia Road based galley Nelly Duff to celebrate a 'Decade Of Love' with a banger of an art show!
Nelly Duff will be curating an installation of 10 old bangers. Unloved and destined for the scrapheap, they will be recycling these bangers with some painterly pimping by some of the world’s best urban artists. Street Art royalty Ben EINE should cause a big old traffic jam with his original artwork on steel. The awesome impasto imagery of Matt Small offset on a taxi bonnet is set to be a sight to behold, and East London favorite Sweetoof’s roadworthy play on classical based imagery will prove an experience. Dan Hillier’s abstract splicing of Victoriana imagery from a distinctly British time gone by will also feature, along with Dr D’s playfully direct mode of social and political commentary, and the dream-like painting of Will Barras. These are artists of the highest caliber, with characteristically unpredictable processes.
Together they will create 10 distinctly individual artworks set to steal the show. The banger artworks along side additional smaller works will be on display at Lovebox throughout the three day extravaganza, running from 15th - 17th June 2012. More details and the full artist line up over on the Nelly Duff website
Dabs, Myla and Kems - Tiger Truck Video
Dabs, Myla and Kems join streetforces to create the Tiger Truck in this short film. Watch out for this beast menacing the LA freeways. "Tiger Truck " is part of the new DOTS+ series of short graffiti art films shot and directed by East London artist and filmmaker Dscreet
'Crown and Country' - Prefab77
SUPERPOPMAGICSHOW - Zero Cool Gallery
However it doesn’t stop at the opening night as Zero Cool have teamed up with Red Bull Curates to spread a little ‘SUPERPOPMAGIC!’ around London by bringing artists from the exhibition into venues across the capital. Red Bull Curates collaborates with artists and venues giving them a platform to showcase their work and turning traditional venues into a creative environment. Artists have been teamed with a venue and given two days to create a bespoke piece in each space which will be a permanent feature.
The exhibitionat Red Bull Studios will feature new original works from Copyright (UK), Ben Frost (AUS), INSA (UK), Andrew McAttee (UK), BeiBadgirl (AUS), Numskull (AUS), Cranio (BRA), Bridge Stehli (AUS), Gemma Compton (UK), Jon Drypnz (NZ) and Hayden Kays (UK)
To RSVP email zerocool@zerocoolgallery.com
Red Bull Studios London, Tooley Street
Reed Projects Gallery Launches Soon
The show will also feature exclusive very low edition Dolk prints, for details on these and available work please contact sales@reedprojects.no
If you happen to be in Norwary drop by and check the show and space out.
Opening Reception: Thursday 24 May. 1900-2200
Gallery opening hours Wed-Sat 1200-1700 and by appointment
Reed Projects Gallery, Salvågergata 10, Stavanger 4006, Norway
JR One Year Turning The World Inside Out
French street artist / photographer JR made a wish in 2011:
"Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face."
Now, a year after his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out.
You can join in by submitting your own image at insideoutproject.net
CYRCLE. x Daydreaming With... James Lavelle
The story of how LA based street artists CYRCLE. came to meet James Lavelle while in London and got involved in Daydreaming with... The Hong Kong Edition.
Roid & Horfe in London. 2012
The Parisian graffiti writer, Horfe, visited London recently to sign his new prints with Topsafe.
While in town he visited Roid at his studio, while he was preparing for his upcoming show- and they painted a secret location in town together.
Film by Jayga Rayn & Mollie Mills.
Music by Stills
Roids show opens in London at the end of the month, more on that soon.
Pandamonium at Signal Gallery
The fabulous group of artists who are taking part in the show so far include: C215, Dale Grimshaw, Jef Aerosol, Elinor Evans, Byroglyphics (Russ Mills), SPQR, TRXTR, David Le Fleming, Gaye Black, Frank Rannou, Joram Roukes and newcomers to Signal; Lora Zombie, Chris Bell and Jane Price.
The gallery have gained the support of the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and we will be donating some of the huge profits made from the show to help protect our furry friends.
The show runs from 1st Jun - 16th Jun 12 2012.
Private View 31st May 6 - 9pm. To be included on the guest list please email the gallery at info@signalgallery.com.
Montana X Streetfest Video
A little gutted that I wasn't able to make to over to StreetFest this year, which took place over the Bank Holiday weekend. If like us you missed it you might not want to watch this video as it looks like it was another cracking year for all those attending the event. Talented film maker João Retorta has put together this great clip featuring all the art happening of the day, work from Toasters, Inkfetish, Malarky, Lucasss, Billy, Bromley and loads more..
These Streets - Baltimore Street Art Film
In a rapidly vacating city, street art makes Baltimore beautiful.
"We will establish street art as a sub culture and focus on two characters in the Baltimore wheat pasting scene with additional footage of supporting voices. Many street artists in Baltimore are interested in the various effects of street art, ranging from beautification/gentrification of an area to simple public egotism. By analyzing the different types of street art through the eyes of wheat pasters, we will look at how street art has changed Baltimore neighborhoods, as well as legal versus illegal postings and what effects they have on a community. "
Credits: Clary Estes, Gabe Dinsmoor, and Alice Richard filmed, directed and produced. Clary Estes edited the video. Street artists Nether, Jerome, and Gaia participated in the making of this documentary. The music was composed by 6th Sense.
Image above ©GAIA
Penny's 'Economy of Scale' Exhibition at Rook & Raven Gallery
Rook & Raven proudly present ‘Economy of Scale’, the very first solo exhibition from the rapidly rising, multi-disciplinary artist Penny, which will showcase an entirely new body of work featuring signature paintings on currency, taxidermy and phenomenally intricate stencils, together with never before seen techniques from the London-based artificer.
Penny’s first major display of work will make wry reference to everything from religion, the Renaissance and the Victorian era, featuring a pick and mix Penny Shop, where a selection of smaller-scale works will be on sale alongside the main body of artwork; and of course, no show would be complete without a new selection of Penny’s highly sought-after single notecurrency and his now signature works on uncut sheets of dollars, sourced directly from the Federal Reserve. Economy of Scale is itself a paradigm, showcasing small stencils, big ideas and the notion that currency itself can become a work of art, which in turn becomes more valuable when altered. After all, the devil is in the detail.
Economy of Scale opens to the public on the 18th of May through to June 21st 2012. Private View takes place on 17th May from 6.30pm until 9.30pm.
Rook & Raven Gallery - 7-8 Rathbone Place - London - W1T 1HN
Please RSVP to rsvp@rookandraven.co.uk
Felt Mistress Show At Nobrow
Nobrow presents - an exhibition by Felt Mistress "Hey! Who's This Guy?"
The first show dedicated entirely to the work of Felt Mistress comes to the Nobrow Gallery in London this May. "Hey! Who's This Guy?" features all new work from Felt Mistress including framed pieces (new specimens from the FM Beetle Boutique) and a selection of new characters all sporting eyewear from Kirk Originals' collections. The character pieces will be displayed in the gallery more like visitors than exhibits. Visitors to the gallery can peruse the exhibits while the characters can peruse the visitors.
The exhibition run May 18th until June 23rd with a private view on May 17th. RSVP here.
Nobrow - 62 Great Eastern Street - London - EC2A 3QR
Pete Fowler X Post Living Tables
"I’ve always been interested in furniture and ways of introducing functionality to artwork and vice versa, so this project with Post Living caught my attention.
This series of images are drawn from my most recent work using the ipad to paint with. It’s such an immediate tool to use, like a sketchbook but with full colour at your fingertips. To anyone who is familiar with my work, owls started cropping up as I started to become comfortable using the ipad.
A group of almost half owl-half human characters appeared over a few days painting and they seemed to be alive and could do with a home, it seemed perfect to set them free in people’s living rooms. Are they a family or related? I’ll leave that up to whoever lives with them but I’ve just called them the Owlers after a group of beloved friends."
For more info visit the Post Living website to see more images of these Pete Fowler editions, plus some of the other artists and illustrators they have collaborated with. You can also purchase the tables directly from their website.
Andreco and Ericailcane in Morocco
Nice little timelapse video featuring Andreco and Ericailcane painting in Smira - Sahara Desert - Morocco.
French - Let Us Pray
There's 20xA4 and 9xA3 original drawings, all pen and ink originals. French has decided to sell them at a very special and affordable recession proof price! All original artworks are £66.60 for A4's and £77.70 for A3. Which is a one off "SLASHED" price for all brand new works made just for this exhibition (but you do have to sign your soul over to our Lord Satan if you buy one).
Private View 10th May from 6pm
Beach London - Cheshire Street - London - E2 6EH
Red5Standingby - Cvlt Critters
A lover of all things METAL our friend Red5Standingby has just produced this limited run of his Cvlt Critters poster.
If you like animals and corpse paint? Then you'll love animals in corpse paint!
Lovingly designed in MS Paint and printed in full colour on 130gsm silk stock the A4poster is available now from here.
PURE EVIL Exhibition at Webethree Gallery
In 1990 Pure Evil left the ruins of Thatcher’s Britain for a new life on the West Coast , California USA and became a designer for influential streetwear clothing label ANARCHIC ADJUSTMENT, producing clothes and screenprinting t-shirt graphics and becoming involved in the electronic music scene in San Francisco, eventually ending up a recording artist for ambient record label FAX based in Frankfurt, Germany.
After 10 years in California , influenced heavily by West Coast Graffiti artists like TWIST and REMINISCE he returned to London , picked up a spray can and started painting weird fanged PURE EVIL bunny rabbits everywhere. Pure Evil fell in with the people behind Banksy’s SANTAS GHETTO and started producing prints for PICTURES ON WALLS. He was refused entry back into the USA, and subsequently started plotting and producing dark new prints and artwork in a tiny shed in the Black Mountains of Wales. He moved back to London, debuted his first PURE EVIL SOLO SHOW and from the success of that, opened up his eponymous PURE EVIL GALLERY in a Dickensian old shop and basement in Shoreditch in the East End of London in 2007.
As an artist in the past 5 years PURE EVIL has exhibited worldwide in China, Russia, Mongolia, Brazil, USA and all over Europe, and as an ‘Accidental Gallerist’ He has produced over 50 different exhibitions with emerging and established artists at the Gallery and Inernationally. He produces a monthly radio show and regularly gives workshops and participates in lectures about street art.
Thursday May 10th from 6pm
Webthree Gallery - 84 North End Road - London - W14 9ES
Opposite West Kensington Tube Station
Alter Ego Exhibition
With work from Cottonmouth, Guy McKinley, Klingatron, Robert Ball, Smug, Waste and WJC exploring the idea of having a second identity, as modern society becomes more virtual, individuals are able to project an image of themselves that allows separation from reality bringing with it a perceived identity of fearless power and confidence.
Alter Ego is a group exhibition bringing together a variety of styles from graffiti to illustration with each artist studying the theme of a second personality through a mutual influence of popular culture comic books.
With an opening on 10th May, Alter Ego exhibits until Wednesday 16th May.
Red Bull Studios, 155-171 Tooley Street, London Bridge, London SE1 2JP.
More info over at the Alter Ego Facebook events page and Twitter page.
Dave The Chimp - Rolling Is Religion
You can find a sneak peek of the boards at: DudeFactory's Facebook Page
And you can check out the complete range of shirts and goodies over the Dude-Factory website
Faile 104 North 7th Project Video
VICE and 42Below recently collaborated with Brooklyn-based artists FAILE on their permanent installation, The 104 North 7th Project. The piece consists of thousands of handmade tiles designed by the artists, each individually pressed and painted, and then fired in a wood-burning kiln and shipped to the installation site. The tiles were then applied to the surface of the building by the artists and a team of helpers over several days.
Well known for their explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collage, as well as their use of unique materials, FAILE have created a beautiful tapestry of color, giving life and personality to a very plain structure.
Will Robson-Scott’s new documentary Graeme
Graeme is a passionate skateboarder who has been a staple of the London skate community for 25 years. A regular fixture at every skating event, his eccentricities and enthusiasm for the sport are accentuated through his condition, Asperger’s syndrome.
Everyone has something in their life that puts a smile on their face; for Graeme this is skating.
Anthony Lister - Los Angeles Video
Arrested Motion filmmaker Carlos Gonzalez brings you a stunning new video in which he interviews Australian-born artist Anthony Lister. Documenting the artist's multiple visits to the city of Los Angeles during the last 9 months, this video sheds light on not only the artwork created by Lister, but it also brings to the surface his views on topics such as street art, technique and the themes pushing his artwork forward. It's an exclusive inside look at Lister's experiences in Los Angeles and one which perhaps shows a side of him that's rarely seen.
"Pigs Might Fly" Mau Mau Solo Exhibition
With Mau Mau’s reputation for producing art which is issue led and darkly humorous, "Pigs Might Fly" promises to be a show with a difference. Featuring over 30 new works on canvas and a special edition of piggy banks, this show will offer many surprises. Canvasses on show include shipwrecking mermaids, protesting grannies, flying pigs and new works featuring satirical cartoon characters like Whack Ronald and Mau Fox.
Show Running Times:
Open to the public: 11am-7pm every day (except Mondays) from Friday 4th May until Sunday 13th May.
Private View: 6:30-10pm on Thursday 3d May. By invitation only.
Please apply for guestlist by emailing names to guestlist@londonwestbank.com.
London West Bank Gallery - 133-137 Westbourne Grove - Notting Hill - LONDON W11 2RS
Herakut x Loving the Exiled Video
Nice little time-lapse put together by photographer Colin M Day featuring Herakut working on a pretty huge canvas for "Loving the Exiled", at 941 Geary Gallery.
"Herakut’s earth tones are layered upon each other, creating images that blend in with the environment around them. Though it’s not just in palette through which the work presents an interest in nature. The people and animals that stand at the center of Herakut’s pieces are created as a commentary on human nature, on the ups and downs of all the small wars we fight within ourselves."
Galleries Goldstein present Mark Mulroney
Galleries Goldstein at Goodhood are proud to present an exhibition of new works by American artist Mark Mulroney. The exhibition of Comic Abstraction’s will comprise of small paintings on board (actually on old hardback book covers). You can read an interview with the artist over on the Gallery website here.
Opening May 3rd, 6.30 – 9.30pm, Runs until May 26th
Goldsteins at Goodhood - 20 Coronet Street - London - N1 6HD
Hemingway Design for Hush Puppies
I recently got to have a look at the upcoming AW12 collection from Hush Puppies. This coming season sees the release of their first premium British footwear collection with the introduction of ‘Hemingway Design for Hush Puppies’ a standalone men’s footwear collection ‘Inspired by British Club Culture and Hush Puppies Iconic Heritage’.
The new collection was recently launched at one of our local East End boozer Jaguar Shoes on Kingsland Road. The excellent event was hosted by Coffin on Cake PR and saw them completely transform the venue for the launch of the new collection. I have posted some photos of our favorite shoes from the collection and below is a great video from the Jaguar Shoes launch party.
94 Elements — Global Filmmaking Project
There are 94 naturally occurring elements, from Hydrogen to Plutonium. Together, they make up everything in the entire world. Affecting each of our lives in countless ways, they are commodities crucial to the way that we live. They are the untold stories of our physical existence.
Motivated by the speed at which we're using up our mineral resources, documentary producer and director Mike Paterson today launches 94 Elements, a new web-based filmmaking project bringing together award-winning filmmakers and the best emerging filmmaking talent to create original films about the endless ways each element affects our daily lives.
With support from Wellcome Trust, Paterson has already commissioned Sundance-winner Nino Kirtadze and BAFTA-winner Marc Isaacs for the first two films. In order to reach the total of 94 films, each telling its own story, 94 Elements needs help from you. There are three ways you can get involved:
Become part of the project on the 94 Elements Indiegogo campaign by donating. You'll get to help decide which films are made over the lifetime of the project, and in return team you will receive some fantastic rewards that the team have created for you.
If you're a filmmaker, there are 2 opportunities (click on 'Pitch your films') to win $8000 to make a new film for the project. You have 4 weeks to pitch your ideas!
Watch the first films by Sundance-winner Nino Kirtadze, BAFTA-winner Marc Isaacs, and Paterson now on the project website and share across your social networks!
