Sorry for the short notice, on this, but Kid Acne has a solo show opening tonight at Inoperable Gallery in Vienna, Austria. Damn Straight features his Stabby Women characters that we’ve come to know and love, and runs through November 24th.
Photos courtesy of Inoperable Gallery
Next month Amsterdam’s Unruly Gallery has a solo show with Egs from Finland. I’m really enjoying what I’ve seen of the work. Reminds me a lot of Futura, SheOne, or Shoe. Definitely the sort of thing that fans of Graffuturism will be interested in. Plus, Unruly is Niels “Shoe” Meulman‘s space, so you know there’s someone with a good eye curating it. Egs’ show opens November 2nd from 5-8pm.
Photos courtesy of Unruly Gallery
It seems that the world never slows down. I’m supposed to be on vacation and it’s been one of my busiest weeks all year, so here’s what’s been going on elsewhere across the web:
Photo by El Curiot
I will be the first to admit, that I am terrible with my e-mail. I actually open e-mails and if I don’t see an image right away or worse – SPELLING MISTAKES, than your correspondence goes right into trash. This morning, however, an e-mail from an artist caught my eye that I thought would be worth posting about. Benjamin Murphy is a British artist who uses electrical tape to create ephemeral works on the streets. The idea isn’t novel in the slightest, but his bio made me chuckle so I had to open the image attachments and was pleasantly surprised to see some tantalizing images of women and one in an oven. Anyone who sends the following to a blog is alright in my book:
Benjamin Murphy a manchild from Yorkshire who likes to frequent the ladies section of Primark. He likes to draw on other peoples property with electrical tape, creating something he likes to call ‘art’. This method of creating something people can point and gawp at, is more ecologically sound than putting a cow in formaldehyde and chopping it in half.
While I heard the name from his work for Anti-Slavery International in which he created a 16 story piece on Great Eastern Street to promote the event, I never had the chance to really look into his work. Here are a few images that I thought I would share with everyone. And I look forward to seeing more when he opens his first solo show at Hoxton Gallery on November 1.
Images courtesy of Benjamin Murphy
TrustoCorp have a show on now at Lazarides’/The Outsiders Newcastle, UK location. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from the International Bank of TrustoCorp show, which runs through November 10th. You can see the full show on TrustoCorp’s flickr.
Photos courtesy of TrustoCorp
Produced by YOUNITY, an international collective of urban female artists, and curated by Alice Mizrachi and Diana McClure, Purple opens tomorrow from 6-9pm at Causey Contemporary Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Featuring an eclectic range of artworks by female artists from across the globe, the exhibit will remain on view through November 19, 2012. Here’ are two more images from the exhibit:
Images courtesy Causey Contemporary
Melbourne’s Meggs (Everfresh) is back home and has a solo show opening this Friday at Backwoods Gallery.
From the press release:
After a successful residency and solo exhibition with Whitewalls Gallery in San Francisco, Meggs returns to his hometown of Melbourne for ‘Truth in Myth II’ at Backwoods Gallery in Collingwood.
Fusing elements of contemporary superheroes to ancient mythological beings, ‘Truth in Myth II’ is a collection of new artworks that expressively reference classic renaissance composition and contemporary pop culture. A continuation of Meggs’ search for balance and the understanding of physical and ideological duality in self.
“We live in the stories we tell ourselves. In a secular, scientific rational culture lacking in any convincing spiritual leadership, superhero stories speak loudly and boldly to our greatest fears, deepest longings and highest aspirations… the best superhero stories deal directly with mythic elements of the human condition… they help us confront and resolve even the deepest existential crisis. We should listen to what they have to tell us.” – Grant Morrison, ‘Supergods’, Spiegal & Grau, New York USA, 2011.
Photos courtesy of Backwoods Gallery
The city is pretty much in a tizzy with the arrival of Shepard Fairey in the flesh. Getting ready for his new solo Sound & Vision at StolenSpace to open Friday (if you haven’t heard about this yet you are living under a gigantic rock), the American artist has been hanging around East London with his team painting up a storm and freezing their California asses off in the British Autumn.
Once the fanboys began to leave, I had the chance to stop by and take some pictures of his latest mural on progress (a version of which will be in the show) and two other finished works. I also stopped by the OBEY pop-up shop as it is being created on Brick Lane for the big night. If you aren’t going to pony up the cash for a Shepard Fairey original, than make sure to stop across the street to the shop to pick some more affordable Shepard Fairey goods including books and OBEY clothing, as well as the majority of the OBEY x Keith Haring collaboration line which I am still head over heels for.
Images by Stephanie Keller
Mexico City’s Saner has a solo show coming up this month in LA at New Image Art Gallery. Catharsis, curated by Medvin Sobio, opens October 27th from 6-9pm. Saner is one of Mexico’s most interesting contemporary muralists, but he has also brought his work indoors in a much more creative and beautiful way than the average street artist/muralist. There will be a performance aspect to the opening, so it’s definitely one to try to check out on opening night rather than waiting until the crowds have dispersed. For some idea of why Saner’s openings are special, he had a show at Medvin’s gallery in the summer of 2011 where all the work was given away for free and Saner acted as though he was being held hostage in the gallery.
Catharsis runs through November 24th.
MEXICO CITY’S SANER – CATHARSIS – ART EXHIBIT TRAILER – OPENING SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, 2012 – NEW IMAGE ART from THE CINEMA on Vimeo.
Photo courtesy of New Image Art Gallery
Spending a few days in NYC, so this is a bit late, but here it is…
Photo by Labrona
