Category: Gallery/Museum Shows

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Bushwick’s Low Brow Artique Opens with “Welcome to the Neighborhood”

Bushwick’s new Low Brow Boutique is a street artist’s and street art lover’s dream. Offering a first-rate selection of aerosol art supplies, it also houses a gallery and store that features a range of artwork in different media by artists whose primary canvas is the streets.  The brainchild of Bishop 203 – who’s left his mark for years on everything from freight trains to stickers – Low Brow Boutique officially opens tomorrow Saturday evening at 7 pm at 143 Central Avenue in Bushwick.  When we stopped by this afternoon, the Yok, Sheryo and See One were busy gracing its exterior and Rhiannon Platt, who curated the opening exhibit “Welcome to the Neighborhood.” shared some of the artwork with us. Here are a few images:

The Yok and Sheryo at work
See One at work
A small sampling of supplies
Willow artwork on exhibit
Cern artwork on exhibit
Elle artwork on exhibit

Other artists in Low Brow Artique’s opening exhibit include: Clown Soldier, Enx, Sheryo, the Yok and See One. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky

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Skullphone show coming up at Ivory & Black

Photo by Ian Campbell

Skullphone has a solo show opening later this month at Pedro Matos’ gallery Ivory & Black. London, XX12 will, I believe, be Skullphone’s first solo show in the UK. It opens on July 20th (6-9pm) and will run through August 24th. Whether you’re in town for the Olympics, or you want to run away from the Olympic madness for a few moments, Ivory & Black should be high on your list of galleries to run to.

Here are a few of Skullphone’s Digital Media Paintings similar to what can be expected at London, XX12…

Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black
Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black

And here’s an in-progress shot of a sculpture that will be in the show…

Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black

Photos by Ian Campbell and courtesy of Ivory & Black

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When Lush went to London…

Lush‘s London warehouse show, You Become What You Hate, took place last week. Unfortunately, the show had a quick run and closed on Sunday. Luckily, The London Vandal, who recently launched their UK graffiti supplies store, took plenty of photos. Here are a few of my favorites, but you can see much more over at The London Vandal. Oh and yes, there are a few Mad Magazine-inspired but Roa-esque moveable paintings in the show.

Photos by The London Vandal

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Good Times Roll: A Review

Let the good times roll. Sculpture by Kevin Harrison. Photo by Jake Lewis.

Last Friday I headed to the opening of Good Times Roll at High Roller Society. The gallery played host to a group show comprising of 39 artists, all with differing styles, using different mediums, and with varied influences and backgrounds. In fact it was rather refreshing and a highly interesting creative mix of people presenting their ultimate passion.

Photo by Jake Lewis.

Continue reading “Good Times Roll: A Review”

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Letters From America at Black Rat Projects

Ron English (and part of a TrustoCorp on the far right)

Letters From America opened last night at Black Rat Projects in London. The show, organized by Corey Helford Gallery, includes work by Ron English, TrustoCorp, Risk and Saber. I wasn’t sure how work from all of these artists would look when put together in one room, but it looks good. As usual, it looks like Ron and TrustoCorp brought some solid work, but the real treat is that the show is a rare opportunity for Londoners to see pieces by LA’s Risk and Saber. Risk and Saber’s work can certainly be a bit over the top, but so is graffiti. In particular, I am really enjoying Saber’s tribute to the UK’s National Health Service.

NoLionsInEngland was kind enough to pop by the show and take some pictures for us. See more of them after the jump… Continue reading “Letters From America at Black Rat Projects”

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Williamsburg’s Pandemic Gallery Features Moody’s “America Runs on Graff”

Visually and conceptually engaging, Moody’s current exhibit at Pandemic Gallery is a trip into an alternative universe reflecting Moody’s dual graffiti and street art sensibilities. His witty and exquisitely executed “street art” pieces seem to mock not only the corporate world, but the sanitization of graffiti as it evolves into “street art.” Here are some images from the exhibit that continues through July 15th at Pandemic:

Photos by Tara Murray & Lois Stavsky

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Weekend link-o-rama

Ria Cruz
Rai Cruz

It’s time to read about the news I missed this week, if you missed it too.

Photo by Rai Cruz

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Good Times Roll at High Roller Society

Tonight (29th June) sees the opening of Good Times Roll at High Roller Society. The show presents “an eclectic selection of 39 international artists for a salon style Summer Show that finally heats things up a bit this season. Ranging from the street to the studio, painters, sculptors, photographers and printmakers hailing from Australia, Brazil, Portugal, USA and UK join forces to showcase their wares through their passion for different creative practices.”

Following the opening, the t-shirt and letterpress printing workshops with artwork by Rowdy, Sweet Toof & others will keep you going back for more. So check out the opening party tonight, add these following dates to your diary and let the good times roll.

Workshops (minimum donation of £3 per workshop):

  • T-Shirt Printing: with COPYEM12 –– 30th June and 1st July 1.00–5.00pm (both days)
  • Letterpress Printing : with Alex Booker –– 29th July 1.00–5.00pm

Photos courtesy of High Roller Society

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A Dscreet solo show

Dscreet has a solo show opening in London in a few weeks, and he’s just put out a teaser video for the show. Normally I tolerate teaser videos but don’t particularly enjoy them. Luckily, Dscreet is actually a filmmaker in addition to being a painter so the teaser actually looks pretty cool even as a standalone video. Check it out:

Dscreet’s show, The Other Sideshow, opens on July 12th at the Roktik Gallery at 214 Brick Lane in East London.

Photo courtesy of Dscreet