Gallery/Museum Shows – Page 56 – Vandalog

August 12, 2011

Weekend link-o-rama

6035570108_816a9c2948_z — "A Study In Fecundity" by Elbowtoe

I’m baking alive here in Atlanta for Living Walls, but damn things are coming along nicely. Nanook and Gaia have finished a couple of walls, including this one. But Living Walls is a busy event, so I’ve been missing out on a lot this week, including some big news from Banksy. Check all that out here…

The schedule for Living Walls is up and finalized. Festivities start tonight. If you’re in Atlanta, I hope to see you there.
El Mac’s painting of a cockroach is pretty crazy.
Channel4 in the UK has two films of note being shown this weekend: Banksy’s tv special Antics Roadshow (it’s about people behaving badly in public) and Graffiti Wars, which is that Robbo (get well soon man) documentary that people have been talking about for a while.
Art in the Streets had over 200,000 visitors.
Fine Art Views has an interview with Blek le Rat.
Retna, Kenny Scharf and Shepard Fairey painted the outside of a parking garage in West Hollywood.
New work from Phil Frost.
Nelio is quite cool.
Did you know that Futura made a rap with The Clash?
To coincide with Living Walls, the All City street art and graffiti mapping app is available for free all weekend.

Photo by Elbowtoe

August 11, 2011

SOFLES – “Fragments of Consciouness” at RTIST Gallery Prahran

Sofles, originally from Brisbane, has his first Melbourne solo show at RTIST Gallery in Prahran (Melbourne). Traditionally known for his graff skills, Sofles is a multi talented artist with works showcasing his illustration, aerosol and more traditional painting styles.

Another great show by RTIST. When I arrived, Sofles was painting the wall outside the gallery, later in the evening he painted a mocked up train at the rear of the gallery.. Enjoy.

August 9, 2011August 8, 2011

Lazarides back at The Old Vic Tunnels for The Minotaur

5084155333_c2ce7327be_z — Conor Harrington at Hell's Half Acre

Lazarides are headed back to The Old Vic Tunnels off of Leake Street in London, the site of last year’s Hell’s Half Acre show and Banksy’s launch for Exit Through the Gift Shop. If you thought Hell’s Half Acre was a bit of a posh haunted house, you ain’t seen nothing yet. From October 10th through November 4th, Lazarides are turning the tunnels into an art exhibition space, but also a Michelin Star pop-up restaurant. The show is called The Minotaur, after the Greek legend. The absurdity of the whole thing leaves me speechless. As for the art, there will be a labyrinth-esque installation with new work from a number of artists including Conor Harrington, Stanley Donwood, 3D and Lucy McLauchlan. Unfortunately, it will cost £5 to get in if you aren’t under 18. Entry is free to some, but by some I mean it’s free if you’re eating at the restaurant for £65 a head, haha. On the plus side, there’s a bar, so you’ll be able to drink away the pain of having spent £65 to eat in a dilapidated storage room.

I dunno. Maybe this will be fun and full of amazing artwork and food. It probably will be enjoyable for the select few who get to experience it, but The Minotaur still strikes me as absurd and way over-the-top. Kind of like a real minotaur.

Photo by IanVisits

August 8, 2011August 8, 2011

Joe Iurato

Art Whino, probably best known in the street art sphere for their annual group show in Miami each December, are hosting the latest solo show from stencil artist Joe Iurato at their DC gallery. Fall and Rise opens August 20th and runs through September 12th. The work for Fall and Rise will include some pieces in a new style for Joe where stencils are photographs are combine.

August 7, 2011

Swoon at the ICA Boston

Next month, Swoon has an installation opening at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Anthropocene Extinction, the name of the show which is the phrase coined to denote the extinction of a species due to humans, opens on September 3rd and runs through December 30th. It will consist of a 40-foot tall papercut piece and sculptural elements (including a 200-pound bamboo sculpture). This comes on the heels of Swoon’s recent installation at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Photo by Jake Dobkin

August 4, 2011

BSA presents Street Art Saved My Life

5984186238_84022f12e3_z — Anthony Lister at Venice Beach

Brooklyn Street Art and Thinkspace Art Gallery have put together a huge group show called Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories. It opens next Friday, August 12th at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, CA (not Thinkspace). The 40+ artists (39 names, but some are duos) come from around the world, but mainly New York. There’s a great range of artists from up-and-coming guys like Radical! to legends like Futura.

Photo by Anthony Lister

August 4, 2011August 3, 2011

Christiaan Nagel’s mushrooms head indoors

Christiaan Nagel is the artist who has been putting up strange mushroom sculptures in London for a little while. They can be really fun to come across when you’re not expecting it. If you’ve seen them before, you’re kind of in the know, at least to an extent. Still they are a bit of a mystery. How are they made and what are they made of? Is there a message? And if you’ve never seen one before, well the first time you see one is kind of like the first time you see an Invader. But like Invader, Christiaan is probably better suited for the outdoors than a gallery setting. Nonetheless, he has a solo show at Rich Mix in London opening next Thursday, and it’s been put together by Street Art London. So we’ll see how this goes. But I’m apprehensive. There’s a lot of street artists whose stuff really only works outdoors, and Christiaan’s mushrooms seem to fall squarely within that category. That’s not a slight against him or points for him. Some artworks work well indoors. Some work well outdoors. Some work well anywhere. I’m curious to see if Christiaan can bring his work indoors successfully. More info about the show here.

August 4, 2011August 22, 2011

Faile in Oslo and the T&J Art Walk

Faile have been painting this week in Oslo in preparation for the T&J Art Walk taking place this month for the benefit of Human Rights Watch. Faile are the first artists to get to Olso and start painting for the event, but Shepard Fairey, Logan Hicks, D*face, The London Police, Seen, Fenx, Galo and others will be taking part as well. In addition to 10 murals in central Oslo celebrating the work of Human Rights Watch and memorializing the victims of last month’s terror attack, there will be an exhibition from August 18th through September 4th at the Norwegian auction house Blomqvist for the benefit of Human Rights Watch.

Check out some of what Faile has been up to in Oslo after the jump, and expect to see more T&J Art Walk murals on Vandalog soon… Continue reading “Faile in Oslo and the T&J Art Walk”

August 3, 2011

Pure Evil goes really pop

Pure Evil has a solo show opening this Thursday night at XOYO, which is just around the corner from his galley in East London. The Last Good Time is a series of very pop art portraits of artists’ muses. It runs through September 8th.

Photo by Pure Evil

August 3, 2011

Chicago, meet Skewville

As far as I can tell, Pawn Works have brought Skewville to Chicago for the first time. Not My Type opened last week and looks to be just what we’ve come to expect from Skewville: A colorful celebration of fun. Most of the work is in the gallery, but Skewville also customized a full-sized school bus, painted this mural and tossed some kicks. And it looks like Skewville is trying to take back “Your Ad Here” from Shepard Fairey. Of course it’s not a term that Skewville coined, but there’s this little feud between the two concerning on the phrase.

Check out some photos from inside Not My Type after the jump… Continue reading “Chicago, meet Skewville”