Category: Gallery/Museum Shows

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Blam at the Trekstock pop-up shop

Blam has painted this piece in London for Trekstock’s pop-up store just off of Carnaby Street. Looks even better in person.

Trekstock is a UK charity supporting young people with cancer, so I’d venture to say it’s a pretty good cause. Usually, Trekstock teams with major figures in music and fashion to spread it’s message and raise money, but for this pop-up store, they have also brought in some artists. Blam and David Walker have painted the walls, and artists including Eine and Mysterious Al have donated screenprints. The shop is open from now through July 15th and also features new t-shirts from bands like Local Natives, Bloc Party and Foals for just £10 each. So you can help raise money for charity and get band t-shirts at half the price of what you might have to pay at a concert.

Trekstock’s shop is located at 65-67 Broadwick Street, W1, London

Photo by blam2002

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Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape

I know I mentioned this show in the Invasion of San Diego post, but I figured I would go into a little more depth with it, since it is opening July 18th to the public.

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will be hosting one of the first street art museum exhibits in the middle of July.  Citing the cultural influence of art in cities, “Viva La Revolucion” brings together some of the most high profile street artists today that have made an impact on city spaces with their socio-political works.  Not only will the exhibit be one of the broadest street art museum displays ever curated, but the city of San Diego will also pay host to several public works created in currently unknown locations by some of the featured artists.  Invader’s pieces are just one of the public works, with more pieces surly to follow by the likes of Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, and Blu and David Ellis, and possibly Banksy.  I cannot wait to see what comes of this.

Os Gemeos. Photo by apwbATTACK

Here is a complete list of the artists participating:

Akay
Banksy
Blu
Mark Bradford
William Cordova
Date Farmers
Stephan Doitschinoff
Dr. Lakra
Dzine
David Ellis
FAILE
Shepard Fairey
Invader
JR
Barry McGee
Ryan McGinness
Moris
Os Gemeos
Swoon
Vhils

For more information check out MCASD’s website

Photo by apwbATTACK

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The Monster Within – customized Buff Monster toys

Looks like Giant Robot’s GR2 store in LA will be a Buff Monster fan’s paradise on Saturday. Buff Monster has brought together almost 50 artists to customize blank Buff Monster toys. And the list of artists is impressive. I can’t wait to see what Flying Fortress, Skinner, Tristan Eaton, The London Police, Travis Louie and so many other talented people have come up with.

Speaking of Buff Monster, he’s been putting up some posters in LA recently:

Photo by Reserve Result

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Invasion of San Diego

These past few weeks Invader has been quite busy plastering San Diego with his signature tile creatures. Preparing for the “Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The show, while taking place inside and on the streets of San Diego, is set to open July 17th and is sure to be one of the most talked about street art shows this summer. As one of the featured artists, Invader will not only have pieces within the museum walls and all around San Diego, but created an interactive movie map of his Invasion of San Diego. Here is the trailer for the film thus far:

Check out more photos on Invader’s website

All photos courtesy of Invader

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Anthony Lister – The Beauty of Failure

Toronto’s Show & Tell Gallery has something big planned for next week: Anthony Lister’s latest solo show, The Beauty of Failure. A lot of artists paint superheroes. Most of the time, I don’t care for those artists. Lister is one of my exceptions. He doesn’t just paint, he actually knows how to paint, something which is surprisingly rare.

The gallery says:

The Beauty of Failure is a unique look at the reward and punishment systems, and more specifically when the two overlap.The paintings and sculptures in this show demonstrate a tounge in cheek look at contemporary pop culture through Anthony‘s signature artistic style.

Lister has been doing sculptures for a couple of years now. I think the first one was made for his 2008 show at Elms Lesters in London. These new sculptures are completely different though, and you probably won’t immediately recognize them as being made by Lister. Here’s one:

The Beauty of Failure opens July 9th at the Show & Tell Gallery in Toronto, and the show runs through August 8th.

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Brush Strokes – Lydia Fong and Todd James at V1 Gallery

Next Friday in Copenhagen, V1 Gallery will be opening a two-person show with Lydia Fong (aka Twist/Barry Mcgee) and Todd James (aka Reas). Brush Strokes – An Artistic Exchange Between Todd James and Lydia Fong will be the first collaboration between Lydia Fong and Todd James since the Beautiful Losers show (although McGee and James are currently both in a group show right now at The Hole in NYC). These two artists are probably two of the best-respected and most-successful artists to come out of the graffiti movement since Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, so I can’t wait to see what they are going to do for this show. This is definitely going to be something special. Additionally, Brusk Strokes takes place at V1 Gallery, which has a history of amazing shows, which just makes me even more interested in the possibilities.

Brush Strokes opens July 9th (from 5-10pm, come hungry because there will be a grill outside) and runs through August 4th.

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Gallery 1988 Presents “Crazy 4 Cult: The Case of the Redundant Number”

For the fourth year in a row, Los Angeles based Gallery 1988 will host “Crazy 4 Cult,” an exhibition of 100 artists displaying their interpretations of notorious films and their characters.  A favorite show in the film capital of the world, some of the artists include Allison Sommers, Rich Pellegrino, and Glen Brogan putting their own creative aesthetic onto Hollywood movie magic.  Film art is steadily showing to be a popular asset made evident by the sale of Ron English’s Large Marilyn Red Peach at Phillips de Pury’s artful film auction, which sold for double the estimate at over $30,000.

“Crazy 4 Cult” runs from July 9-30.  The opening reception takes place July 9 from 7-10pm featuring hosts Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, New Jersey’s own cult filmmakers who directed some of my favorite indie comedies including Clerks, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob.  Fun Fact: I actually live a few minutes from The Quick Stop. Shout out to Leonardo.

Glen Brogan
Allsion Sommers
Rich Pellegrino

Photos courtesy of Gallery 1988

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Pure Evil “Strange Girls” Exhibit Opens Tomorrow

I always get excited when Pure Evil decides to display new work his Shoreditch Gallery.  One of my favorite street artists, Pure Evil takes a new direction with his latest series of works entitled “Strange Girls.”  Reflecting a fascination with the female facial structure, the artist painted several emulsions of interesting ladies of the past and present including Daisy Lowe, Bridget Bardot, and Sylvette David (a muse for Picasso).

Sylvette David
Daisy Lowe

The opening reception is July 1 from 6-9pm at The Pure Evil Gallery in London.

The entire show catalogue can be seen on the Pure Evil site.

All photos courtesy of Pure Evil

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Ericailcane’s Rovina – The start of POP UP!

Rovina (Italian for ‘ruin’), an installation from Ericailcane, has just opened at the POP UP! Festival in Ancona, Italy. Rovina takes place in an abandoned building, certainly reminiscent of Ericailcane’s work inside FAME Festival‘s abandoned monastery. In addition to painting the walls, this show also includes sculpture. For years, Ericailcane has been making beautiful stop-motion animations with sculptures and there were some simple ceramic pieces at FAME Festival last year, but I think this may be the first time that Ericailcane has put such complex sculptures into a show (but I’m not expert on Ericailcane, so I could be mistaken on this). As nice as the wallpaintings are, the sculptures are definitely my favorite part of this show. Just wish I could see it in person and walk around, it’s hard to get a real feel for the space from a few photos. Nonetheless, here are a few more photos:

This show is part of the 3rd edition of the POP UP! Festival. The festival has just opened with Rovina and will run through September 5th with a number of other events. There are three highlights: On July 30th, Blu will be previewing his latest animation; throughout August, a number of streets artists will be painting fishing boat hulls; on September 5th, the painted fishing boats will head back into the water. And it sounds like at least Blu will also be painting some a wall or two in Ancona.

Photo courtesy of the POP UP! Festival