The Fiesta Resistance: mixed medias at its best

December 21, 2009 Pierrick Senelaer 2 Comments

I may have never heard about this exhibition if Twitter did not exist so let me thank you Twitter first, some do not get you little Twitter tool, ART-PIE heart you little Twitter tool.

A swift click on that link from that tweet I got and am now onto the Picture On Walls website or POW. ‘I Like the left menu navigation items’ I instantly thought. ‘I like the sketchy look of them’ my second thought was. A quick scroll down to the bottom of the website and I got it right away: loads and loads of creativity, imagination, art wonders on here and ART-PIE was right, The Fiesta resistance exhibition did not disappoint.

Unique, fresh, rich, interesting, exciting, different, colorful, busy … the list could go on and on and be made of thousands of words here as what I was seeing was actually made of thousands of things on top of each other but all smiling at me as I was stepping into POW. As always, ART-PIE did not know where to start and unless more ‘classic’ galleries (like the Whitechapel Gallery which ART-PIE had just been to earlier that day) that room I had just stepped into did not help to lead you that way or the other so I went straight ahead, I went for what looked like a shed with tall stools in front. Yes, that place looks like a theater or a movie set! Continue reading The Fiesta Resistance: mixed medias at its best →

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INSA collaboration with Pepsi Max

May 4, 2016 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

We tend not to plug any commercial stuff on this site but we are happy to do this time since the end result is pretty kick-ass.

About

Pepsi MAX asked people to tell them about the Pepsi Max Cherry and then got artist INSA involved in order to bring to life their words and opinions – we will focus here on the animated GIF outcome and not on the taste of that drink 🙂

British musician Charli XCX made the soundtrack for this animation

How they produced the video below?

A 360 degree camera rig was built around the installation using 90 cameras, allowing every angle of the art to be captured simultaneously.

Each artwork was painted twenty four times over, layer upon layer, so they would animate when put together using stop motion.

Millions of people have watched the video now. That is part of what speaks to youths about such collaborations, INSA tells Marketing: “The young people that are Pepsi’s audience are so used to engaging with things so flippantly and getting instantaneously satisfaction, but knowing that that instant took a whole load of time and effort to make gives that human element within the digital stuff.”

This form or art is called “Gif-iti”, Gif- what sorry?

In this other video below, INSA tells us about how what it’s called GIF graffiti (“Gif-iti”) came about and shows us the “behind the scenes” of another project he was involved with involving a satellite from space.

If you cannot be bothered to watch the video, here is how “Gif-iti” is created – GIF-ITI is made via a laborious physical process involving numerous layers of painting and meticulous planning.

Starting where most artwork ends, GIF-ITI entails photographing each layer the artist paints by hand. These images are then uploaded and overlaid to create the final piece, a looping GIF file which comes to live when released to global audiences online.

Pixel pancho – robotic streetart

July 27, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

We will today look at Italian native Pixel Pancho street art who is currently in Poland to take part in the street art Doping festival held in Warsaw.

Pixel Pancho street art style stands out of the crowd and often includes robotic like characters. It was difficult to choose which pieces to show so anything Pixel Pancho sprays turns into wonders. We have included below a few examples of his works.

IN THE NEWS

Summer party at Black Rat Press

July 7, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

Black Rat Projects would like to invite you to our Summer Party. On Saturday July 16th during the day we are teaming up with Cargo club next door whose expert chefs will cook up a bbq for BRP’s guests. This is a day for all the family: Matt Small will be doing one of his legendary workshops for the younger audience (if there’s space grown-ups can join in too…). To book for your kids email becca@blackrat.com with an optional £10 donation to ZAMCOG charity.

The day will mark the release of Lucas Price’s new print “Telepathic Heights”. The new edition (each one is uniquely hand coloured) will be hung among works by BRP friends, new and old, including: Swoon, Matt Small, Giles Walker, Candice Tripp, ROA and Brian Dettmer. Best Ever and Barcelona based artist Ruben Sanchez will be painting live on walls nearby.

The show will be a review of this year’s projects, and an ode to the artists who have made the space what it is, as well as a look forward to future projects as we welcome ROA, Candice Tripp and Brian Dettmer into the fold.

Join BRP as we celebrate summer on Saturday July 16th from 2-5pm! Invites will be sent out this week

Words by Black Rat Press

Find below the link of ROA show review at BRP earlier this year plus a couple of pictures that go with it – can’t wait for the next one!

ROA at BRP

CONTEMPORARY ART

This ‘ME’ Of Mine opens tonight!

March 14, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

After many months of preparation and efforts, Jane Boyer, the curator for the “This Me Of Mine” show, is about to welcome visitor to the first leg of the 4 that makes up this project. Tonight, it will happen at APT Gallery in Deptford – full details at the bottom of this post as well as for the other 3 other legs of the show.

Jane Boyer says – “The financial support and professional recognition by ACE signals their belief in the project message, the mission and goals of Associated Artists Curators & Writers (AACW) – an organisation created to help independent arts practitioners succeed, and in me as curator and project manager. The significance of this grant by ACE in this financial climate gives hope to a future for independent practice in the UK.”

This ‘Me’ of Mine presents a model project for art as social enterprise in the mainstream arts through AACW and seeks to inspire others in the arts community to new approaches in arts presentation, engagement and development.

This ‘Me’ of Mine showcases work by: Aly Helyer, Edd Pearman, Jane Boyer, Darren Nixon, Hayley THarrison, Melanie Titmuss, Annabel Dover, Kate Murdoch, David Minton, Anthony Boswell, David Riley, Sandra Crisp, Sarah Hervey, Shireen Qureshi, and Cathy Lomax.

Where -APT Gallery | Harold Wharf, 6 Creekside, Deptford, London SE8 4SA
When – 14 – 31 March 2013 | PV 14 March, 6-9pm | Wed to Sun, 12 to 5pm

www.aptstudios.org

Contact: Jane Boyer
Email: Jane@janeboyer.com
Website: www.thismeofmine.wordpress.com
UK Mobile: 07561333028

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Elissa Franceschi EP Launch at Nothing Hill Arts Club

June 25, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

Introducing Elissa Franceschi, a prolific songwriter with a distinctive powerhouse vocal who has built a reputation based on organic, grass roots promotion and haunting live performances. Having previously performed in some of the UK’s most famous venues (Brixton Academy, The Roundhouse, Astoria and Wembley Arena – supporting Paramore and You Me At Six), Elissa spent the majority of 2012 performing all over the UK with her live band, and being teamed up with the country’s top songwriting production houses (of Jessie J & Ellie Goulding fame) to co-write for other artists.

The release of ‘Devoid of Rue’ on 24th June 2013, the follow-up EP to Elissa’s three independent album releases ‘Touch’, ‘I Hold My Breath’, and ‘Into The Light’. Recorded and mixed by Matt O’Grady (You Me At Six, Don Broco, Deaf Havana), ‘Devoid Of Rue’ was funded without label support but instead through a successful fan-funded Pledge Music campaign, where Elissa gave fans exclusive access to bonus tracks and videos, opportunities for one-of-a-kind experiences, along with live updates which gave fans a unique interactive look at the process of making the EP. The embedded stream can be found here;

The record is an evolution of songwriting for Elissa, giving new listeners a taste of previous albums in the beautiful piano-and-vocal-only track ‘Oceans’, and existing fans something new in the form of the rockier ‘Outside My Body’. With additions of atmospheric ‘Chasing Something’, epic ‘Dust’, and the anthemic brand new single ‘All These Days’ – this EP really showcases the exciting and emerging talent Elissa Franceschi has become.

Elissa saw even greater success in 2012 as the first artist hand-picked to perform at the London 2012 Olympics as part of the Emerging Icons search for the UK’s best unsigned talent, and saw her track ‘Rainbow On Fire’climb Number 14 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart through word of mouth alone. Now, 2013 has seen Elissa scale new heights with recent single ‘Salt’ being voted as ‘Track Of The Week’ on the Radio 1 Review Show with Edith Bowman, beating global superstar artists Beyoncé, will.i.am, Justin Bieber and 30 Seconds To Mars; while also hitting Number 1 on the National Student Radio Charts.

What – Elissa Franceschi EP Launch
Where – Nothing Hill Arts club
When – 25/06/13 from 7pm

REVIEWS

Guy Denning at Signal gallery – Paradiso

November 2, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

Bristol born artist, Guy Denning final part of his trilogy of exhibitions (It’s the final part of his trilogy of exhibitions interpreting Dante’s The Divine Comedy; PARADISO. Inferno and Purgatorio, which were shown in Bologna and New York) interpreting Dante’s The Divine Comedy: PARADISO has just happened at Signal gallery and has delighted us by his intensity and display of technical art skills.

Each piece in this show is boiling with emotions and dynamism and mirror the ecstatic route to a place of resolution and rest for Dante, the route to heaven that is for Dante.

A quite large part of the show present a series of female portraits appearing soft and fragile but transposed in some sort of tragedy thanks to the sketchy technique used by the artist, although achieved mostly with oil which is remarkable. The artist inspiration comes from Beatrice, Dante’s long dead love, who is the central figure in the poem and who symbolises feminine purity and vulnerability.

Denning’s characters are floating, dancing, tangling with each other and give you a sense of dizziness. The color palette is dark and deep like the multitude faces expressions disseminated all over the canvases. The perspective used for some of his pieces is also remarkable and is an invitation to dive into his vision.

Guy Denning will definitely arouse the viewer’s curiosity about Dante’s life and has given us an unique and modern representation of Dante’s 14th century world.

The show is now over.

CONTEMPORARY ART

The 5 best Guggenheim publications

January 12, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

Guggenheim, modern and contemporary international art museum located in Manhattan, New York has recently made available online the publications they have been producing for the numerous shows and exhibitions that have been happening there.

Browse through the collection going as far back as 1937 and let you be transport through times. Here below are our top 5 most visually appealing with a direct link to the actual publication. Do you agree with out choice?

1. SIX PAINTERS AND THE OBJECT

Lawrence Alloway
Published in 1963
28 pages, fully illustrated
Softcover

Read more on the Guggenheim website

2. ALEXANDER CALDER: A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION

Thomas M. Messer
Published in 1964
92 pages, fully illustrated
Softcover

Read more on the Guggenheim website

3. PAUL KLEE 1879-1940: A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION

Contributions by Will Grohmann, Felix Klee, and Thomas M. Messer
Published in 1967
148 pages, fully illustrated
Softcover

Read more on the Guggenheim website

4. ART OF THE AVANT-GARDE IN RUSSIA: SELECTIONS FROM THE GEORGE COSTAKIS COLLECTION

Contributions by Margit Rowell and Angelica Zander Rudenstine
Published in 1981
320 pages, fully illustrated
Softcover

Read more on the Guggenheim website

5. ART OF TOMORROW : FIFTH CATALOGUE OF THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION OF NON-OBJECTIVE PAINTINGS (1939)

Hilla Rebay
Published in 1939
184 pages, fully illustrated
Softcover

Read more on the Guggenheim website

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The Art-Pie Short List of Must-See London Art Fairs

October 16, 2014 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

Not sure about you, but right now is a very exciting period for me. Yes, it is that time of the year when London gets very busy with a multitude of art fairs.

On one hand, you have the well established or ever growing in popularity ones such as Frieze, which has 160 of the worlds leading contemporary art galleries exhibiting. On the other hand, there are several smaller ones, yet just as exciting. They are often run by independent artists in incongruous venues but with a common factor: a great atmosphere, and creativity all around.

We have listed below what is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully a useful one…. so enjoy, and see you around!

We have listed below what is a non exhaustive list but hopefully a rather useful one so enjoy and see you around!

Frieze Art Fair

WHEN – > 15th PV | > 16-18 Oct Public opening
WHERE – South of The Regent’s Park with the entrance off Park Square West. The postcode is NW1 4NR
FREE? NO

160 of the worlds leading contemporary art galleries are at that fair so needless to say that it is a biggie and that you should find something that excites your creative mind.

> Visit the Frieze website
> See the galleries list

Sunday Art Fair

Gallery led art fair created as a platform for an intimate group of like minded emerging commercial galleries to present work by a diverse range of artists within a relaxed environment.

WHEN – 16-18 Oct 2014
WHERE – Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5LS
FREE? YES

> Visit the Sunday Art fair website

The Other Art Fair

Artist led fair is situated in the heart of London’s cultural East End.

WHEN – 16 – 19 Oct 2014
WHERE – Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
FREE? NO

> Visit the The Other Art fair website

Moniker

Artist project spaces combined with a commercial element. Each space is individually curated presenting a twist to the traditional art fair format.

WHEN – 16 – 19 Oct 2014
WHERE – Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
FREE? NO

> Visit the Moniker Art fair website

Multiplied

UK’s only art fair dedicated to contemporary prints and editions. The fair is in its The fifth instalment; returning to Christie’s, South Kensington this autumn.

WHEN – 17 – 20 Oct 2014
WHERE – Christie’s South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3LD
FREE? YES

> Visit the Multiplied Art fair website

Kinetica

Fair based on the thriving field of kinetic, electronic and new media art.

WHEN – 16 – 19 Oct 2014
WHERE – Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
FREE? NO

> Visit the Kinetica Art fair website

STREET ART

Dale Grimshaw new mural in Blackpool

June 17, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer Leave a comment

This is a beauty we think. The expression the artist managed to get out of those eyes is something special. We also like the fact that the face seems to jump pout of the billboard. Winner.

First seen on Streetartnews