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Shawn Huckins | American Revolution Revolution
Published on 2012-02-26 14:52:00
GW's Comment: Rolling On The Floor Laughing, 2011 Take an obsession with American History and portaiture, combine it with the latest lexicons of the digital age, Facebook and twitter updates, add some Ed Ruscha influence and there you have the latest series of Shawn Huckins: American Revolution Revolution. The series consist of large realistic acrylic paintings of 18th century key figures in American history superimposed with social network updates. The artist raises questions about various [..] > read more
Olek | Crochet Madness at Tony's gallery
Published on 2012-02-19 17:51:00
Installation detail at Tony's gallery "I do not expect to be a mother, but I do expect to die alone" This is the first and very much anticipated UK solo show of Polish artist Olek at Tony's gallery in London, running until 23rd March 2012. The title is a direct quote from Tracy Emin's "I do not expect" 2002 blanket, and for this show she has actually transformed the gallery space into a 'crocheted' room with crocheted walls, furniture and appliances. The New York based artists has chosen cro [..] > read more
Yayoi Kusama | The Queen of Polka Dots at TATE
Published on 2012-02-08 08:46:00
TATE Modern opens its doors tomorrow Thursday 9 February and welcomes the extravagant Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Tagging herself as 'environmental' artists, she's well known for her massive installations, abstract patterns and polca dots, her soft sculptures know as 'Accumulations' and the mind tripping transformations of whole environments which play with the visitor's perception of space, realm and illusion. The spectacular retrospective exhibition runs until 5th June and is the first of t [..] > read more
ABC No Rio Dinero | The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery
Published on 2012-02-02 16:36:00
Poster for the ABC No Rio Dinero Book, 1985. Designed by Keith Christensen, Marc Miller, and Alan Moore ABC No Rio has been a fixture in the underground art and music scene of lower Manhattan since 1980. It is a collectively-run center for art and activism ; a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. For over 30 years now ABC No Rio has showcased an array of projects, art exhibitions and gigs, never losing its punk aesthetic and DIY ethic. Their [..] > read more
Ravi Zupa | Nothing Teaches Needs
Published on 2012-01-21 09:20:00
Time's Anatomy, mixed media on wood, 122 x 122 cm 'Nothing Teaches Needs' is the first European solo show of Denver based artist Ravi Zupa. It runs at the Outsiders gallery in London until 3rd March 2012 and showcases drawings and paintings using a layering method that showcases Japanese, German, and Indian styles of printmaking. He combines visual elements of Eastern and Western cultures, dark medieval symbols, samurais, anatomy, anthropomorphic creatures, spiritual references and rappers. [..] > read more
Gesamtkunstwerk | New Art From Germany
Published on 2012-01-08 11:10:00
Saatchi's new exhibition Gesamtkunstwerk runs until 30th April 2012. It is a mixture of painting, installation and sculpture by contemporary German artists. I wouldn't say this is an extraordinary show but it showcases a variety of artistic practices and styles and there're definitely some eye catching pieces. Here's my top 5: Georg Herold His stretching, elongated sculptures (2010), made out of roof battens, canvas, lacquer thread and screws, suggest an ambiguous, self aware state of te [..] > read more
Theo Jansen | Beach Beasts
Published on 2011-12-11 16:15:00
The physicist and artist Theo Jansen creates strange "beach beasts" which he makes walk on the wide expanse of the beach in Scheveningen. With the self-ironic generosity of a creator who is mighty enough to set in motion the evolution of a new life form. Theo Jansen sees himself as the "Great Pretender" who has spent the last 20 years processing the yellow plastic tubes which are commonly used as cable conduits in the Netherlands. Using simple technical means and methods, he created his moving i [..] > read more
Poino | Dead Rider cross-interview
Published on 2011-12-07 07:04:00
Poino and Dead Rider on the same bill... makes me worry that somebody has installed a spy device inside my brain. Poino have progressively evolved into a 3-headed Learnean Hydra, a monstrous sonic powerhouse that seems to live and breath for/on the stage - the London trio has over 40 gigs under its belt in UK & Europe throughout this year promoting their début lp "Moan Loose". And although there's no doubt that is (ex-Giddy Motors) Gaverick De Vis who's the "star" of this underground explosion, [..] > read more
Village Underground | The Wall project
Published on 2011-12-01 15:40:00
Village Underground is a non-profit space for creativity and culture in Shoreditch, the heart of East London.During the almost five years of its existence, Village Underground is not only well known for the parties, exhibitions and other kind of cultural events but for the creative community of artists, wtiters, musicians and filmmakers that accommodates and its ecological awareness. The Wall project is an attempt to built London's most public gallery. Watch the short video and read the intervie [..] > read more
Leif Podhajsky | Psychedelic Symmetry
Published on 2011-11-29 11:54:00
RENEW repeat, iterate, return New artwork for Shabazz Palaces, Sub Pop Records. Design for brand 55 Diesel. Part of the 10.55 Limited Edition Artist Series Artwork for Gypsy & the Cat - 'Running Romeo' single. Artwork for TAME IMPALA, Tour Merchandise, 2011 This is some of the work of artist, designer and creative director Leif Podhajsky. He explores connectedness, the relevance of nature and the psychedelic [..] > read more
Look What I Found
Published on 2011-11-24 07:24:00
A week ago I found myself at a fanzine's launch party in Camden. It was a rather small booklet with pictures in it. No words or stories or one more super cool zine with obscure cultural reviews and we-kick-ass attitude. Then I read the introduction. This guy Booby has a kinda weird hobby. He pics up stuff from the street, like torn pictures, drawings, letters..whatever his eye catches. He recently decided to make a fanzine with his discoveries. I find the concept very fascinating. Someone's rubb [..] > read more
OBEY | New HOPE
Published on 2011-11-18 18:11:00
OBAY, or Shepard Fairey as his real name is, is basically a street artist. He became widely famous with his Hope poster supporting Obama in the 2008 presidential election in America. This poster in the style of a woodcut print became so iconic that he even got in trouble for it. In 2009, the Associated Press accused Fairey of copyright infringement- a typical problem for appropriation artists- saying the poster was based on a 2006 image of one of their photographers. Three years later however se [..] > read more
Ger Doornink | Shortcuts
Published on 2011-07-03 09:09:00
France, 120 x 140 There's something metaphysical in Doornink's mixed media portraits of women. He perfectly combines graphic design, fashion and painting. He's lived in Tokyo and Italy before he move back in his native, Netherlands. Shortcuts > read more
Miss Bugs | Parlour
Published on 2011-06-22 11:55:00
Too Much Soup Burns the Original Beauty Miss Bugs is a British collage- street art- appropriation obsessed couple who created a buzz in London a few years ago with their Cut out and Fade out project. Inspired by Vera Lehndorff “Veruschka”, the 60 > read more
Art 21 | Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines
Published on 2011-06-16 10:43:00
New York Close Up is a new documentary series by Art 21 which launched a few days ago. The aim of this project is to explore and present in short films the creative process, ideas and work of NY based emerging artists. In this film Shana Moulton ta > read more
Linder at Stuart Shave | Modern Art
Published on 2011-06-12 13:57:00
This show at Modern Art presents an expansive body of new collages by Linder: image making that is both critical and seductive. Linder exhibits manual collage and concrete manipulation of found images as intimately scaled physical works and lavishly > read more
Matthew Stone | Forever Rules (Part I)
Published on 2011-06-07 09:54:00
Forever Rules, 2011 After walking around under the hot Sunday sun looking for Union gallery, somewhere between Hackney Rd. and Old Bethnal Green, I finally found it. It's a tiny space like a white box and until the 25th of June presents the first pa > read more
The Shape of Things to Come | New Sculpture at Saatchi
Published on 2011-06-02 16:01:00
Following my visit to Saatchi gallery a few days ago, this is a post of what in my humble opinion seem to be the exhibition's highlights. Dust, earth, Papier-mâché, fur, plaster, rock, wood, Styrofoam and other industrial and found materials (as w > read more
Cop inspiring art
Published on 2011-05-27 16:52:00
NONEISAFE, 2008 Today I stumbled upon this image of a smashed NYPD car, a piece by Turkish born artist Vahap Avsar who's having his first solo show at the Charles Bank Gallery in New York until the 19th of June. The work is called NONEISAFE an > read more
ELIK | Snake Bite
Published on 2011-05-18 07:08:00
Billy X2, 2011 ELIK originally a NY street artist who actually vanished from the art scene since 2005 is back with a solo show at Brooklynite gallery. This time he has transformed the space inside and outside of the gallery with installations and e > read more
Giuseppe Mastromatteo | Indepensense
Published on 2011-05-14 11:26:00
The "Indepensense" portrait series is the latest work of Italian artist and designer Giuseppe Mastromatteo. Having worked successfully in advertisement, Mastromatteo uses photography and his design skills to create sharp digital collag > read more
KURTZ
Published on 2011-05-06 08:53:00
I still remember clearly the first time I’ve been to a KURTZ gig. It was at Queen of Hoxton, and they were not even on the bill and to cut a long story short I left the place with a big smile on my face. Read the interview they gave to Cock A Snook > read more
Village Voice,1982 | New Wave Graffiti
Published on 2011-05-02 17:00:00
This article of New York's Village Voice from the early eighties describes exactly this time in art history when classic graffiti transformed into urban art. From the filthy subways and train cars, the colourful tags evolved to minimal for > read more
Jesse Draxler | Sketchbooks
Published on 2011-04-30 18:10:00
American Illustrator Jesse Draxler uses a variety of mediums and techniques to make his hand made collages. Grungy, minimal, sharp or vibrant his style, he finds inspiration in old prints, newspapers,simple abstract forms and dada aesthetics. “One > read more
Louise Despont | Esoteric Geometry
Published on 2011-04-22 06:04:00
Amphoras, 2010 Brooklyn-based artist Louise Despont draws highly complex patterns and symmetrical forms rendered largely in graphite on antique ledger paper and yellowed Indian parchment. Influenced by the vibrant sights and sounds of South Asia, De > read more
Rossina Bossio | The Holy Beauty Project
Published on 2011-04-19 18:15:00
Video Credits: Direction/Performance/Paintings/Editing: Rossina Bossio. Clothes: Jonna Bergelin. Camera: Nicolás Díaz Durana. Music: Nicolás Díaz Durana and Leonardo de Neymet.Special thanks to La Maison Bleue. > read more
Dale Chihuly | Through The Looking Glass
Published on 2011-04-18 17:42:00
Over the course of his career, Dale Chihuly has revolutionized the art of blown glass, moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture and establishing the use of glass—inherently a fragile but also magical material—as a vehicle for installatio > read more
Kevin Bourgeois | Technology vs Human Nature
Published on 2011-04-15 18:24:00
Inventions of love (Face value), 2003 Kevin Bourgeois takes the challenging medium of graphite and expands its boundaries in ways that invite inspection, contemplation, and interrogation. Through an almost painterly application of pencil on paper, B > read more
Linder | Forgetful Green
Published on 2011-04-12 19:21:00
Linder was one of the four artists who were commissioned by Frieze Foundation to produce work for Frieze Film 2010. She shot the short film in Rose Field of Cants in Colchester after a 13 hour improvisational performance at the Ch > read more
Raul Ronald Moreno Cardenas | Burda collages
Published on 2011-04-11 12:00:00
This is what happens when fashion meets art. More and more often I come across fashion designers,photographers and illustrators who experiment with more classic visual art forms, mostly collage. Art is creativity and it's very restrictive using tags > read more
Kenneth Anger | Magick Lantern Cycle
Published on 2011-04-08 20:42:00
The mythology that has grown around Kenneth Anger has many sources, from his involvement with the occult, astrology and the pop world of Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull and Jimmy Page, to the announcement of his own death in the pages of the Village > read more
Seth Armstrong | Stripes On the Beach
Published on 2011-04-05 12:09:00
Stripes On the Beach, 2010 Los Angeles born Seth Armstrong said in an interview he wanted to be a Turtle Ninja when he was a child but he became a hyperrealist painter instead. He paints from memory, models, old photographs and from imagination usin > read more
Elena Dorfman | Still Lovers
Published on 2011-04-01 16:58:00
"In Southern California, there is a factory where workers craft hyper-realistic women that may be purchased exclusively on the Internet for $6,000. Customers can choose from among nine faces and body types, ranging from petite to voluptuous. They can > read more
Christina Christoforou | Whose Hair?
Published on 2011-03-30 13:01:00
"Whose Hair" is the first book by London based Illustrator Christina Christoforou. It contains over 200 hand made illustrations of famous people's hairstyles and just that. The reader has to guess the identities and can find the answers at the b > read more
Olafur Eliasson | Din blinde passager
Published on 2011-03-29 14:26:00
Olafur Eliasson is an established Danish astist known for his impressive massive installations. His work is represented worldwide in public and private collections including the biggest art museums and institutions. I happened to visit Arken Museum o > read more
Terrence Payne
Published on 2011-03-21 13:43:00
If my charms don't work than my hat ought toMinneapolis based artist and founder of Rosalux Gallery art collective, Terrence Payne combines narrative elements, refined organic forms, along with delicate and bold lines to suggest movement and evolutio > read more
Matthew Lyons | Futuristic Retro
Published on 2011-03-18 16:31:00
Push it backwards, page 5British Illustrator Matthew Lyons creates images with a retro graphic approach similar to the old adverts. He uses classic design techniques and specific hues which compose this old fashioned aesthetic.I particular > read more
Decasia | The State of Decay
Published on 2011-03-16 14:02:00
Decasia is Bill Morrison's moving avant-garde visual symphony, which sets decaying archival film footage to an original symphonic score by Bang On A Can co-founder Michael Gordon. It was edited entirely from found film footage left in archives t > read more
Dietrich Wegner | Logo babies
Published on 2011-03-14 12:36:00
Cumulous Brand, BilDietrich Wegner's aim is to situate opposites together and create artworks full of contradiction. He started the Cumulous Brand series by making silicon and foam sculptures of babies covered with colo > read more
Godfried Donkor | Dirty Madonnas
Published on 2011-03-11 08:01:00
Financial Madonnas,2003Godfried Donkor is an internationally renowned artist, who, since 1995, has had solo exhibitions throughout the world. He works primarily with paint, mixed-media collages, and printmaking, and has recently started using vi > read more
Uli Westphal | the Mutatoes Project
Published on 2011-03-09 10:49:00
Uli Westphal has apparently concerns regarding environmental issues and more specifically natural and agricultural, something which is obvious in his artistic projects. His latest, the Mutatoes Project is a documentation of non looking so normal frui > read more
Andrew McAttee: Power Pop Art
Published on 2011-03-07 12:20:00
RealmAndrew McAttee's work incorporates graffiti style, a dose of abstract expressionism and a touch of glossy pop (maybe more than a touch). That makes sense since he used to be a graffiti artist and then studied fine art in Saint Martins college. W > read more
Abigail Stern
Published on 2011-03-04 11:46:00
Abigail Stern's collages seem to me like a childhood nightmare. Soft pinky colours, dolls, butterflies, sweet patterns, toy parts,insects, sculls, pop symbols and icons combined in a bold kind of scary way sometimes. The freedom and apparent ease of > read more
Stik @ the Subway
Published on 2011-03-02 17:36:00
We love Stik in this blog and this is not new. Today was the private view of his new show at the Subway gallery which featured live graffiti, an installation of four large Stik light boxes and the launch of his new limited edition print "Single > read more
Escif | street elegance
Published on 2011-02-28 14:28:00
Escif begun graffiti in 1996 in his hometown Valencia. Since then, his style has evolved and left behind any characteristics and effects which remind classic graffiti techniques. He now uses simple forms and flat colour to achieve a minimal elegance > read more
Margarida Girão
Published on 2011-02-24 12:50:00
Here, Portuguese illustrator Margarida Girão mixes feminine sexuality and wild atmosphere and creates strong visually collages while below she uses friend's portraits and animal pictures and experiments with form and composition. View her onlin > read more
Sylvia Ji | Distorted Beauty
Published on 2011-02-22 07:33:00
In her art, Sylvia Ji explores themes of beauty, sexual provocation, and social notions of femininity juxtaposed against the dystopian reality of modern cities to create highly charged paintings of women. Some of her paintings are symbolic reflection > read more
Blind | John Stezaker
Published on 2011-02-18 13:43:00
Love XI, 2006Stezaker draws attention to faces and eyes in many of his work, thus reinforcing, through optical imagery, their analysis of looking and seeing. While blindness is a recurrent theme within his art-the excision or occlusion of sight > read more
Mixed Media Girls by Nikki Farquharson
Published on 2011-02-16 12:54:00
London based Illustrator Nikki Farquharson experiments with found imagery and coloured pens and creates striking stylish psychedelic pieces. Basic elements in this body of work is the abstract posing figures, the cut out fashion pics and the heavily > read more
Alexandfelix
Published on 2011-02-14 09:00:00
Alexandfelix is a dynamic Swiss duo whose eye catching images combine perfectly fiction, style and bold colours. 13 Queens is their latest completed series. These photographic pieces of porcelain androgynous women in extraordinary vibrant backgrounds > read more
Rik Lee | Let's Drive to Alaska
Published on 2011-02-11 18:28:00
To Alaska, 2010Cool stuff by Australian Illustrator and tattoo designer Rik Lee. He's worked for major publications and is a founding member of And Collective. He's into skateboarding culture and his designs showcase strong retro elements with a kind > read more