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David Cameron trades Obama an Eine for a Ruscha

British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama swapped paintings during Cameron’s official visit to the USA. Obama gave Camera a print by Ed Ruscha, and Obama received a canvas by Ben Eine! Don’t get me wrong, Obama’s new painting (pictured above) looks great, but I just think it’s hilarious that Cameron decided to give Obama artwork by a former vandal who is probably technically still wanted by the police. Then again, this isn’t the only artwork by a street artist that’s going to be hanging in the White House, David Choe’s portrait of Obama is already there.

The Telegraph has the full story.

Photo courtesy of Eine

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Booked – Group Exhibition and Book Day at Carmichael Gallery

It’s been a long time since Seth and I have had a group show this big at Carmichael Gallery – there will be over 35 artists represented on the walls when we open “Booked” on Saturday, June 5th! Some of the artists we’ve worked with for several years and others we’ll be showing for the first time. We’re also going to have lots of great art books and magazines from publishers like Drago, Gingko, Studiocromie (I really enjoyed opening up the box of Blu and Sam3 books!) and VNA. Books and art are two of the best things in the world, in my opinion, so it should be a fun event! We will be open from 12-8pm on Saturday for Culver City Art Walk (make sure to visit all the other galleries on the block if you come by; there will be lots of cool things to see) and the reception itself is from 6-8pm.

Here are some of the pieces in the show.

Martha Cooper

Escif

SpY

Anthony Lister

Lucas Price (aka Cyclops)

Bumblebee

Brad Downey

Here’s the full line up of artists and publishers:

Aiko, Banksy, Beejoir, Blek le Rat, Boxi, Bumblebee, C215, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper, D*Face, Brad Downey, Eine, Ericailcane, Escif, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Stelios Faitakis, Gaia, Hush, Mark Jenkins, Dave Kinsey, Know Hope, Labrona, Anthony Lister, Lucy McLauchlan, Aakash Nihalani, Walter Nomura (a.k.a. Tinho), Other, Steve Powers (a.k.a. ESPO), Lucas Price (a.k.a. Cyclops), Retna, Saber, Sam3, Sixeart, Slinkachu, SpY, Judith Supine, Titi Freak, Nick Walker, Dan Witz and WK Interact

Drago, Gingko Press, Murphy Design, Prestel, Rojo, SCB Distributors, Studiocromie, Very Nearly Almost, Zupi

The show runs from June 5 – July 3. Drop in to say hi if you’re in LA!

– Elisa

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Magnificent Minds

Why hasn’t this new piece by Eine been making it around the blogosphere already? It was painted in WEST London and not EAST London. Anyway, that’s a discussion for another day. This is a cool piece and it’s good to see Eine painting outside.

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Photo courtesy of Eine

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Eine and Zeus at Ink_d in Brighton

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This show looks pretty interesting. Eine and Zeus together at Ink_d Gallery in Brighton. November 27 through December 24th (I feel really bad whoever is dismantling this show on Christmas).

Ink_d says:

For our next show at Ink_d Gallery we bring together two urban art heavyweights; Eine & Zeus.

Both are prolific street artists and innovators in typography and both have pushed the boundaries in a way that has redefined how we see graffiti as an art form.

Eine is best known for his alphabets and letters on shutters and Zeus for his three dimensional images and sculptures based around his writing style.
They come together at Ink_d for ‘Crimes and Punishments’ where their collaboration has produced a heavy hitting alphabet in Pen & Ink.

The show will feature beautifully framed original work on paper combining illustrations of crimes and punishments with Eine’s inimitable fonts and drawings of Eine’s hands by Zeus.
There will also be our usual affordable screen printed show poster and an exclusive low edition print release available during the show.

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Eine in Los Angeles

Eine has been out and about in LA over the past few nights painting his classic letters on store shutters around West Hollywood. Here are some examples of his work on La Brea and Melrose Avenues. It’s been great to see the response of people unfamiliar with what he does – it has all been overwhelmingly positive so far.

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Eine’s show opens on Thursday evening, July 9th. Here’s a peek at what he’s been working on in the gallery, just the beginning of what is going to be quite an elaborate installation.

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One Night Show – Eine at Nelly Duff

Am I the last person in street art to hear about this, or has it just been kept very quiet? This is a last minute post, but this is something I only heard about an hour ago.

Eine is doing a one night show THIS THURSDAY NIGHT at Nelly Duff Gallery. It’s going to be all about that insanely complex new print he attempted. Here’s the PR stuff:

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Iranian Street Artist A1one

Beautiful Crime brought Iranian artist A1one to my attention the other day, and I’ve been spending a good deal of time looking through his flickr. Adam at BC likes him “because it’s raw, effective comment.” As for me, I just think his work is extremely varied, and that that’s something that isn’t always true of street artists. Also, I was surprised that street artists could be so prolific in Iran.

A1one Rainbow Guys

A1one Caligraphy

My friend K recently wrote a paper for his art history class comparing Iranian calligraphy and Eine‘s work. I wish I’d found A1one a month ago, because A1one’s work would have been perfect for K’s paper. A1one’s lettering is beautiful on the street, and it’s an interesting twist on classic graffiti.

A1one Eyes

A1one Girl

A1one Hate Canvas

Now, this last one is sure to strike some people as very similar to work by José Parlá, and I love Parlá’s work, but what’s nice about A1one is that his pieces can actually be read by people other than the artist. For example, the above piece says “Nefrat” or “Hate”. A1one also notes that while Parlá works on expensive materials, A1one uses found materials as a canvas.

Check out more at A1one’s flickr.