Chris Stain sent me over a sneak peek earlier today of the fantastic piece he will be showing in Old Skoolin For The Children, an art show x fundraiser x concert opening November 7th in Washington, DC. Lots of other great artists (plus DMC of Run-DMC!) involved in this event, too – check out the list on the flyer below.
Roa has spent the last week or so in London, and he’s been doing quite a bit of painting. He’s maybe the most prolific street artist I can think of. I went out this afternoon to take photos of the pieces I knew about and discovered 3 new ones walking around Brick Lane. These are most, but not all, of the pieces Roa has painted while in town.
Expect a time lapse of Roa painting plus video interview with him coming soon…
MuTate Britain: One Foot in the Grove is now open. It might not match last year‘s event, but it’s still a great party with cool art and something for everybody.
Put simply: MuTate has sculptures shooting fire into the air. ‘Nuf said.
In all seriousness though, the sculptures and paintings are very cool. Best Ever, Busk, Mode2, Sickboy and many many many others have contributed to make something special and unique.
I could say that I liked this painting or that painting, but half the time I didn’t know who painted my favorite pieces, they were just good, regardless of the name behind them.
But is it the absolute best art in the world? Not always. It’s just fun to see. Even a poorly painted stencil contributes to the atmosphere and makes MuTate a nice place to grab a beer or two.
This is the art show you can bring your friends to who would rather just go to the pub (see: my comment about fire).
MuTate Britain is located underneath Westway in London near Ladbroke Grove station. Who knows how long this party is going to continue (even the artists I spoke with said anywhere from a few weeks to indefinitely), so go check it out now.
I’m a huge fan of Doze Green. He might just be my favorite of the old school graffiti scene. That’s why I’m so excited about the latest video from WalrusTV. If you like Doze, you have to check this out:
I think this might be the catalyst for a post sometime in the next week. A while back, I posted about recession-inspired street art, but there has been so much more recently that maybe another post is due.
At first glance I didn’t particularly care for this latest paste-up by Elbow-toe, but I can see how it fits into everything he’s been doing and I’ve begun to rather like it.
Photos by guy_on_the_streets
Campbarbossa says:
Metropolis: Peter Michael & Holly Thoburn
22 October – 19 November 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday 22 October 6-8pmCampbarbossa in association with the Sesame Gallery is pleased to announce Metropolis, an exhibition exploring London in the Facebook era – a time of virtual relationships and neglected physical environments – portrayed through the work of two artists: Peter Michael and Holly Thoburn.
Holly Thoburn’s paintings focus on the walls and surfaces that make up the spaces the virtual world has left behind. Focusing exclusively on the walls of N1 for this show, her works depict the worn and neglected physical environment left to rack and ruin, bearing silent witness to the million-and-one stories that have passed their way in the past. One of her paintings, “The Earl and the Duke”, focuses on one Islington street
where a fashionable organic gastro-pub, The Duke of Cambridge, exists cheek-by-jowl with an old-school Islington boozer, the Earl of Essex. The marks, scratches, grit and erosion of the surfaces exude the myriad of stories that have taken place in both places, and the tension between their different clientele. Holly’s paintings treat the city’s walls like a storybook into its past, and a poetic metaphor for its present.In contrast, Peter Michael paints portraits of online acquaintances – the anonymous people we walk past daily in the street, and yet only interact with over the internet. His portraits remove the characters from any trace of visual context, setting them in a vacuum that emphasizes only their own physical qualities in an almost sculptural way – isolated and cut off from any other reference points, his characters stand defiant, poignantly full of personality, and carnally human. His central subject, Mhya, has an almost piercingly crystalline gaze that shows both resilience and vulnerability that characterizes the experience of disconnected communities of 21st century London.
Bringing these two painters together, Metropolis tells the story of how our fascination with virtual life has an inevitable impact of our physical world and relationships, and of the strange, alienating, and yet somehow character-building effects this has on its people.
Metropolis opens on Thursday 22 October and runs until Thursday 19 November.
A really solid line up for Represent which opens November 5th at Blackall Studios in London. The show highlights portraiture and includes some of my favorite artists like Matt Small and Swoon. Should be good.
Last night Herakut painted live in Berlin, and unless I’m getting my Herakut news stories crossed, the work was painted to decorate a local hospital. Good stuff.
Photos from campbarbossa
Just wanted to share these shots of case’s newly finished window installation.
His show, “The L.A. case”, runs from October 8th-29th. More pics of him getting ready for it here.
This is the artwork of Liesbeth Bussche, and I’m just going to let the pictures explain it. Very cool though.
Via urbanartcore
