Anthony Lister can be one of my favorite painters. He was once described to me as “an extremely talented painter, who happens to use a spray can,” and I completely agree with that assessment.
Terms of Engagement by Anthony Lister
Lister’s next solo show is at Lyons Wier Gallery in New York City, and it opens on March 19th. Should be pretty awesome.
Also, Lister recently painted a mural at the Pulse art fair in NYC for the Lyons Wier Gallery.
Matt Small and Zac Walsh have a two-man show, This Is Us, opening on Thursday at Signal Gallery. Matt is one of my favorite painters in the UK, so I’m really looking forward to seeing his new work.
Agents of Change have a group show on right now in London at Mews42 Gallery. I haven’t been down yet myself, but here are a few photos from Remi/Rough’s flickr:
Last year, I had the amazing opportunity to visit the FAME Festival in Italy. This year, the festival looks like it will be bigger and better than ever. It opens on September 25th, which is a long way off of course, but they’ve just announced a tentative line up:
Admittedly, East Meets East might be a bit out of the way for some people, but their line-up is a solid one. I’m not really familiar with Nasimo’s work, but it looks interesting. The rest of the artists are some of London’s best. Blam and Busk are top-notch writers, Run is London’s answer to Blu or San, and kennardphillipps (Kennard in particular) have been making excellent propaganda since before Shepard Fairey had ever heard of Andre the Giant. I’m really looking forward to checking this out.
I think that the Swimming Cities project is one of the most inspiring things to happen in the art world in recent years: a bunch of artists get together to built barely float-able rafts and travel rivers around the world. The 2010 project takes the Swimming Cities crew to the Ganges in India. To raise funds for the trip, there will be a silent auction in New York City on March 5th. Participating artists in the auction include Swoon, Imminent Disaster, Spy and Ben Wolfe.
This piece by Imminent Disaster is one of the artworks in the auction:
Last week was the opening of Jonathan LeVine’s 5th anniversary group show. The full list of artists in the show is pretty staggering, but here are a few of my favorite pieces. These photos are from Arrested Motion, where you can find plenty more about the show.
WK Interact, awesome as always
Some of the best Rubik's Cube pieces I've seen from Space Invader
This could be the best piece of street or public art ever to grace the streets of New York City. I guess we’ll see…
March 2-8 2010, during the Armory Arts Week and in addition to a booth at SCOPE Art Show, Anonymous Gallery collaborates with the Times Square Alliance to present a public installation from artists David Ellis and Roberto Lange. The kinetic sound sculpture, conceptualized by Ellis and composed by Lange, will be carefully positioned in the Duffy Square area of Times Square near 46th and Broadway.
The sculptures are made from scavenged refuse found on the street: buckets, bottles, trash cans, paper shreds, cardboard boxes that are syncopated using programming and player piano actuators to create percussive, rhythmic beats and tones. The installation, as only a collection of debris, plays on the public’s perception of trash. The placement, and more importantly the activation in the public arena, creates dialog with unassuming crowds that amass.
Although the public installation is meant for undiscerning spectators, similar works by David Ellis and Roberto Lange can be found in permanent collections including The Margulies Collection and most recently, through Anonymous Gallery, The Saatchi Collection.
Eelus‘ solo show, The Colour Out of Space, opened on Thursday night at Blackall Studios in London. It’s a really interesting show. While the images could be hit and miss, what you can’t argue with is Eelu’s technical ability. He’s not one of those lazy “artists” who figure that anybody who can afford a can of spray paint and an exacto-knife should try to cut crappy stencils and sell the resulting canvases for £1000. Eelus’ stencils are flawlessly cut and painted.
There were plenty of prints and originals, but Eelus also painted two large walls in the gallery.
While some of the work was classic Eelus, the best pieces showed a new direction for him. He’s using more color and geometric shapes.
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