David Bray Show 2011

This show is one not to miss! One love to the Bray....

'Great Disasters of the 20th Century'
By David Bray
04.02.11 - 27.02.11
Bray creates delicate and time-consuming drawings which explore emotion, utopia and a world of fantasy through his subject matter of the beautiful and erotic, but the unnatainable female form.

In his upcoming new solo show Bray is inspired by the record ‘Great Disasters of the Twentieth Century’ by Georg Lubitzer, on which there is a track called 70 days. “This track inspired me to do a drawing a day for 70 days, whatever style or content of that particular drawing dictated the style or content of the larger drawings - which evolved over the same period of time. Each drawing has a variety of mark making styles within it. The record details the occult, Egyptology, loss, magic and the supernatural - and i have tried to reflect that in the work”

Stolenspace Gallery
Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
E1 6QL

Heavy Artillery Update

See more work from the British HA crew...

David Bray Update

Ummm..wow! Looks like David Bray's show in a couple week's time at Stolen Space Gallery is set to be another set of quality fantastical/sexy illustrations!! Can't wait! (More Info coming soon)

New Elmo at Liverpool Street

It's been ages since any action took place on this wall...Elmo, ATG makes his mark for 2011 (the Mast & C'Boy rollers are still one of my fave things in East london)

Click on image for close-up.
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On My Way To Work London Graffiti 15

Upmost Tagzine Issue 5

London's premier vandal mag, UPMOST, dedicated to purely tags is now in its fourth issue! Download it or read all other 4 issues HERE.

Art Events Thursday 02nd December Onwards

For this exhibition 'Never Judge?' we will be exhibiting these artworks and fill the gallery with original book covers from our favourite artists from around the world. As well as originals we will be producing limited edition prints of a selection of the artwork. The show promises to be a visual feast and working in conjunction with Penguin and their upcoming Penguin Essentials project the show will be a guaranteed block buster.

Featured Artists:

Alex Fakso, Alexander Korzer Robinson, Alex Trochut, All City Media, Anders Nilsen, Andrew Council, Angela Lizon, Anthony Lister, Arth Daniels, Blek Le Rat, Brad Downey, Brian Cairns, Buff Monster, C215, Chris Stain, Chistopher Silas Neal, CUM, Curtis Kulig, Cyclops, DEM, D*FACE, David Bray, David Gentleman, Dave Kinsey, David Walker, Dominique Holmes, Eelus, EINE, Elsa Mora, EMA, Evan Hecox, Faris Badwan, Filthy Luker, Gabriel Dubois, Gary Taxali, Gerald Laing, Graham Dolphin, gray318, Hanna Melin, Hellovon, Ian Stevenson, James Alexander Burbidge, James Mylne, Jaybo, Jeff Antebi, Jeff Fisher, Jim Houser, Jonathan Darby, Jon Burgerman, John Pound, John Slade, Julie Verhoeven, Kai & Sunny, Kate Gibb, Kathryn Macnaughton, Kid Acne, Kristian Hammerstad, KRSN, Mark Dean Veca, Mark Herald, Marta Cerda, Matt Eco, Matt Small, Methane Studios, Michael De Feo, Mike Stilkey, Mr Jago, Mysterious Al, Mudwig, Parra, Pete Fowler, Rico, Ripo, ROA, Ronzo, Roxanne Jackson, Rul/Vomitorium, Russell Maurice, Russ Mills, Ryan Bubnis, Sam Flores, SAN, Shepard Fairey, Sickboy, Skull Phone, Steff Plaetz, TAB, Tara McPherson, The London Police, Tim Bessell, Tom J Newell, Toshikazu Nozaka, Tristan Eaton, Usugrow, Viktor Vauthier, Vinnie Nylon, Will Barras, WK Interact, Word To Mother & Zosen.

Stolenspace Gallery
Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
E1 6QL

THE WOODEN TOY QUARTERLY MUSIC EDITION MAGAZINE LAUNCH & POP-UP BOOKSHOP.
Wooden Toy Quarterly is possibly the most design-heavy lowbrow art and creative culture publication ever printed. Appealing to art and design fiends alike, the award winning Wooden Toy Quarterly presents creative culture as a lifestyle that cannot be separated from a love of brilliant photography, art, illustration and some of the tightest graphic design you’ve ever seen printed on uncoated paper before.
From 2 December 2010 – January 2011
Private View opening: Thursday 2 December 6pm – 9pm
At Concrete Hermit, 5A Club Row, London, E16JX

Solo show featuring the work of Peter Santi who is fast gaining major recognition on both sides of the Atlantic. The work, described as "Nourished on wistful humor and piercing intelligence" by the arts editor of the Los Angeles Huffington Post. This is an exhibition packed with some wonderfully skilled and challenging works that makes for an extremely thought provoking and entertaining show. A rare opportunity to see these original works here in London and a show definitely not to be missed.

Private View 7.00pm 2nd December The Liminal Gallery, Hayes Lane, London SE19 3AN

Contact: Sharon Kaye
info@antennastudios.co.uk

3 London opens this thursday at 6pm - 10pm Each artist brings 3 pieces for each show. Theres no curation , theres no wordy intellectual press release theres just 3. Address: Londonewcastle Project Space at 28 Redchurch Street, City of London E2 7DP… Its going to open on the 2nd of December and run until December 31st.

Those who have visited Goodhood over the past month, will have seen we have had the builders in. Well after a pretty hectic month we are pleased to announce that Goodhood Store will be opening a new lower level dedicated to menswear collections.

The upper level will now be a dedicated womanswear, better for everybody we think you'll agree!

Its with great pleasure we invite you to the opening of the new space, next Thursday 2nd December. Come have a look there's some great additions to the store, which we will save for the night. We will be offering a beverage for those in attendance. Look forward to seeing you there!
Goodhood
41 Coronet Street
London
N1 6HD

If...

"...I was as talented as the people I know, I'd be riding high - not looking up from below."

The winter has set in here in London and it is really hard to leave the house to do anything productive. Plus I'm broke and it's that month where I add another year onto my life and reflecting on what has been going on since the last time I did it. This time around (since I've not really done much to speak of at all) I have noticed that many of the people I know in the big smoke have really done some great things in the last 12 months. For this reason I am dedicating this post to the achievements of my compadres that are moving past the realms of 'alright' and into the realms of 'really quite fucking amazing'. Some of them you will recognise, some I feel deserve the recognition (so go to their links!!!)

Well done chums, may your success continue long into the future!

Early morning skate in Brixton from Martyn Thomas on Vimeo.

Adam Johns & Martin Thomas




Earth Pain





Wordtomother

Juxtapoz interview





Fybe One Illustration

Fybe One Audio





Tizer One ID

Malcom McLaren's coffin R.I.P.

Art Events Thursday 18th November Onwards

Ronzo’s second solo exhibition features a new series of paintings, collages, prints and sculptures showing
life in the ‘Ronzo Borough of Crackney’. It is a dark but funny place inspired by the experience of living in London’s East End borough of Hackney. Ronzo’s vision of Crackney is crawling with surreal characters including crack smoking squirrels and a pizza delivering giant cock roach. Some of the works show the place as a whole, others offer a close up view inside a tower block. The parallel world created here may at times seem a little absurd but many similarities can be drawn to real life.
Stolenspace Gallery
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London

Signal are very pleased to invite you to a two in one event - the Private View for the fantastic Byroglyphics solo show 'Subsidiary' and the launch of our fabulous new space at 32 Paul Street. Please come along and see the all new artwork by Byroglyphics and join us in a drink to celebrate our relocation.

Byroglyphics second solo show with Signal will be his biggest new body of work to date. In it he will be combining his stunningly confident digital collage work with more traditional techniques. If his last sell-out show is anything to go by, then this exhibition should be a fitting way to open our new space and round off a very busy and exciting year for the gallery.
Signal Gallery,
32 Paul Street,
London
EC2A 4LB

In what will be his first solo show Mantis asks with this
exciting new body of work that we enter into a new way of thinking
and that without fear or favor we play the game of life with heart,
pushing forward collectively in a positive and constructive new direction.

Showing in the Lord Napier Pub for one week end only Mantis will
transform this infamous building in Hackney Wick into a must see show
with painting, sculpture, work on paper and a working fruit machine
modified by the artist. This will be no white wall show!

Thursday 18th November: RSVP preview 4-6PM, public view from 6-9PM

The Lord Napier Pub
25 White Post Lane
Hackney Wick, E9
RSVP to alteredstate@themantisproject.co.uk

Towns RT

Met TOWNS (RT) last week for the first time....he's got some big plans for next year and hopefully we'll be able to help him out! Watch this space....

Art Events Thursday 11th November Onwards

Thursday BIGNESS today! 6 decent shows! See you at one or all of them...

Some Anatomies of Melancholy is Best Ever’s first full solo show, and will be held at London's prestigious Blackall Studios.
Featuring all new works on wall, canvas and in 3D, this special exhibition will demonstrate the duo’s exquisite
mastery of both photorealism and abstraction, beautifully executed in aerosol spray paint. Some Anatomies of Melancholy
sees the pair branch out into three dimensions as their unique style is explored in installation pieces, provoking
thought not only through their presentation of difficult and sometimes disturbing subject matter, but raising the bar
when it comes to defining the boundaries of street and fine art.

Blackall Studios
73 Leonard Street
Shoreditch
London EC2A 4QS
United Kingdom
Private Veiw Thursday November 11th 2010. 6PM - Late. RSVP rsvpbestever@live.co.uk

Concrete Hermit is excited to present Kid Acne’s first London solo show of 2010: ‘When The Smoke Clears’ will be a presentation of new works by Acne, as well as a new line of products, including T-Shirts, a sweatshirt, and an excpetional-quality screen prints.
When The Smoke Clears will be at our Shoreditch Gallery space and will run from the 12th until the 27th November.
During this time, Acne will also be re-designing the window display at our Kingly Court shop space, where all his products will be available, including his awesome Stabby Women zine.
Concrete Hermit Gallery, 5A Club Row, Shoreditch, London, E1 6JX

London Blackbook Launch...not to be missed! Rag Factory, Heneage Street (off Brick Lane), London


In 2005 he began working on character based, illustrative work which
carries a very unique abstract style, rooted in methods picked up from
years of painting in the streets.The first characters on walls started to
appear in the camden area alongside Mighty Monkey and the London Frontline
collective which instantly lit up the area and inspired it’s inhabitants.

Panik has painted all over the world from NYC to Thailand to Cuba to all
over Europe and exhibited his work in Amsterdam.

His work to date is a vibrant,mixed media, abstract reflection of everyday
emotions as well as the inner-workings of a dedicated Graffiti
practicioner.
Pure Evil Gallery, Leonard St

Bonzai has a great looking show over at the Upper Playground Gallery on Kingley St, (off Carnaby St), London

Tonight at Parasol unit:
Gallery tour by Gilane Tawadros

Thursday 11 November, 7 pm
Gallery tour by Gilane Tawadros, tonight at 7pm

A guest author in the Adel Abdessemed exhibition catalogue, Gilane Tawadros is Chief Executive of DACS, the Design and Artists Copyright Society, and was the founding Director of Iniva. She will discuss the work of Adel Abdessemed.

This is the last in a series of events to accompany the exhibition Adel Abdessemed: Silent Warriors, the first solo exhibition by this artist in London.

£5/£3 concessions
Parasol unit
foundation for contemporary art
14 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
T 44 (0)20 7490 7373
info@parasol-unit.org
www.parasol-unit.org

OneDotZero Adventures In Motion 2010

Pioneering festival onedotzero_adventures in motion returns this year to London’s BFI Southbank from 10 – 14 November 2010, presenting the most exciting international moving image work, from the offbeat to the radical, aiming to push the boundaries of creativity, innovation and technological wonder.



This year the festival features a variety of sensory experiences including a multi screen installation by Quayola, 2001-inspired intimate cinema Pods from Ovei, AntiVJ's latest incarnation of their audiovisual volcano mapping project "Eyjafjallajokull", Hellicar & Lewis and Feedback.

Music also features prominently, with very special live events by DJ Yoda at the BFI IMAX, a 20th anniversary screening and bar event for Ninja Tune as part of BUG and a special edition of the BFI's regular AV extravaganza, Dark Fibre, working with Musion's 3D holographic projection technology with a confirmed line-up including, Holotronica [Stuart Warren-Hill, Hexstatic], AV artists D-Fuse, av artists d-fuse with audio from Swayzak's Brun, VJ/illustrator Shantell Martin and electronic DJ/Producer 10SUI.

Art Events Thursday 4th November Onwards

Black Rat Projects is delighted to invite you to "Small Acts of Resistance" a group show with Peter Kennard, Dot Masters, Matt Small, Know Hope, Armsrock and a site specific installation by Swoon.
When : Thursday 4th November 2010 from 6pm - 9pm
Where : Black Rat Projects, Through Cargo Garden, Arch 461, 83 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3AY

Secret Den at Pure Evil Gallery, Thursday 4th Nov at 6pm to 9pm.

A group show of recent work by up and coming artists and designers will take place at Pure Evil Gallery from 4th to 10th November.
This eclectic group show inspired by the natural world will encompass disciplines from across the world of art and design, from photography to fashion and textiles to painting. The transformation of the space into an urban wilderness encourages exploration and discovery amongst the work, and creates an enticing atmosphere which immerses the viewer, transporting them back into the wild.

Showcasing work by Alex Moore, Ben Lees, Caitlin Smail, Georgia Bosson, Maria Roslova and Naa Teki Lebar.

Leonard St, London


Opening night
Thursday 4th November 2010, 7pm-10pm RSVP info@eastgallery.co.uk
Exhibition open to the public
Friday 5th November 2010 – Wednesday 10th November 2010

It’s a thin line between Heaven and here is a survey of the talent that emerged from the Sir John Cass MA Photography department over the last year. The work that teeters on the edge of uncomfortable and intriguing seems to reflect the very sense that we have when watching over Jeff’s courtyard in Rear Window, the oh-so-naughty yet unavoidable intrigue with other people’s lives. The group of photographers exhibited share more than having just studied together. Each panders to our desires and offers the viewer up a keyhole into their working practice and their lives.

“We have all become a race of Peeping-Toms” Stella, Rear Window (1954), Alfred Hitchcock

Brick Lane, London

The New Era XC exhibition will be held in five cities across Europe showcasing customised caps from 90 Design School graduates, from some of the most prestigious Design Schools across Europe (including Central St Martins), with the mostly “uniquely creative” design being awarded £10,000 to launch their careers.

The London exhibition will take place from 4th – 6th of November at Dray Walk Gallery, E1 6QL.