Tim Gagnon shows you how to paint a simple cloud with acrylics Continue reading Tutorial: simple cloud with acrylics (video)
Spray cans sculptures
We instantly fell in love when we first saw these little wonders of sculpture. Kresimir Buden 2Fast is the sculptor behind these creations which obviously are graffiti inspired.
The artist is based in Zagreb (Croatia) and use various brands of spray cans from Montana to Ironlak. You will have noticed the Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans version amongst others.
I do not know for you but we particularly like the green one. What about you?
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Usugrow at Stolen Space: meet hasadu
Inside Stolen Space and looking around Usugrow’s artwork and it is obvious to me: if you are into black and white with punk rock visuals such as skulls and roses, you may well forget the price tags and get the gallery staff to immediately stick up one of those red stickers next to your favorite piece. Continue reading Usugrow at Stolen Space: meet hasadu
Graffiti and street art history infographics
Graffiti and Street Art, a diagram by Daniel Feral from the recent Pantheon art show in NYC.
Ella Mundt and Etam street art
Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Artists featured are Ella Mindt, Etam and ?? (can you help?).
Ella Mundt
Etam
Unknown artist Can you help?
Related links
Ella mundt – http://www.ella-mundt.de/
Etam – http://www.etamcru.com/
Halloween zombie takeover event in Camden by Backyard Cinema
You do not know what to do for Halloween. How about some zombie actions along with some pop corn and a good old classic horror movie?
Backyard Cinema Presents APOCALYPSE- a 3 day immersive iconic Zombie cinema takeover of Camden Lock Indoor Market. You should expect some live action zombies & swat teams. The courtyard will be stacked with zombies faces.
6 iconic zombie films are on the menu – ZOMBIELAND // EVIL DEAD // THE CABIN IN THE WOODS // 28 DAYS LATER // WORLD WAR Z // I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
BACKYARD CINEMA APOCALYPSE EVENT LISTINGS:
WHAT: Backyard Cinema Presents: Apocalypse – an iconic Zombie film takeover
WHERE: Camden Lock Indoor Market
WHEN: 31st October – 2nd November
PRICE: Early Bird Tickets – £12
Full information here: http://www.backyardcinema.co.uk
The Problems of Language
Sarah Hervey has a note in her sketchbook, it reads, “Wittgenstein maintained every statement rested on unproven assumptions and illogical associations”.
With regard to language there are four problems outlined by Bertrand Russell in his 1922 introduction to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus:[1]
First is a problem of what actually occurs in our minds when we intend to mean something.
Second is the relationship between thoughts, words and sentences and what they refer to.
Third is a problem of constructing sentences to convey truth rather than falsehood – in a logical sense rather than in a factual sense of true and false.
Fourth, what relation must a fact have to another in order to be capable of being a symbol for it.
According to Russell’s essay, the fourth problem is what concerned Wittgenstein and it is at the heart of Sarah’s note to herself, which is positioned in relation to this image in her journal:
“In the language of everyday life it very often happens that the same word signifies in two different ways – and therefore belongs to two different symbols – or that two words, which signify in different ways, are apparently applied in the same way in a proposition [a statement]…[t]hus there easily arise the most fundamental confusions.”[2]
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The problem of clear communication is further complicated by psychology, the first of Russell’s four problems with language, and identity, the second. What does it mean to be vulnerable? We all know what it feels like and so we feel we can describe and understand it. But can we? David Minton a fellow exhibiting This ‘Me’ of Mine artist, asks Sarah if she thinks his male vulnerability is an attribute of feminine vulnerability, wondering “if the view of ‘masculine’ is dependent on the view of vulnerable as ‘feminine’?” It’s a compelling question.
Jane Boyer: Much of the vulnerability you are interested in and you explore is based in gender issues and ageing. Can you tell us what it is particularly about vulnerability, experienced through gender and age, which interests you?
Sarah Hervey: I think there has been a lot of research into why women live longer on the whole and have a resilience somehow, yet the way we are supposed to attract men is to be vulnerable, the weaker sex, so there’s all that dynamic which is interesting. Because I have this idea about skin and how your history shows on your face, so if you’ve had a life where you’ve felt vulnerable it will begin to show. As your body gets older you just appear more vulnerable because your skin gets thinner, your bones aren’t as strong, you find it more difficult to hold your head up straight and keep your back straight and so your body starts to cow. The different way men and women deal with that interests me; how we feel about that is the internal part of skin, then the way society looks at you is the external part. I mean, the essence of being female or male is different and I feel it is important to struggle to understand more precisely the positions of men and women within these boundaries. My point of view is as a woman. I can’t understand my own vulnerability and the vulnerability of women without understanding the vulnerability of men.
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We recently announced our project venues; find out more about APT Gallery, Strange Cargo/Georges House Gallery and Colchester/Ipswich Museum on the blogsite.
Keep a weather-eye, an exciting announcement is coming soon regarding our sweet Art Pie…!
Banksy’s Police SWAT Van Is About To be Sold At Auction
Banksy fans will remember this SWAT (police units used in specialised operations such as dealing with gunmen) van which the artist painted back in 2006 as form of provocation towards the police force.
Well, it is time to empty your pockets if you want it parked on your drive way, indeed the street artist’s van is included in the auction house’s Post-War and Contemporary Art auction on June 29.
The formal estimate is at between £200,000 to £300,000. The present owner bought the van directly off the artist and vanished from the public eye until today but rest assured, it comes with a certificate of verification from the Pest Control Office, Banksy’s authorisation service which confirms pieces as genuine.
Here is what Bonhams‘ Ralph Taylor,senior director in its Post-War and Contemporary Art department –
The van shows Banksy’s bravado, imagination and technical skill
About the work itself
Both sides are painted.
One one side, a little boy is depicted and is about to prank a SWAT team -gun-toting officers in riot gear, who are about to be surprised from behind by a young boy clutching a blown-up paper bag,
On the other side you will have recognised Dorothy (played byJudy Garland) from The Wizard of Oz standing among heavy tagging and graffiti on the other.
But what people may describe as the main message in this work is the sign saying “How’s my bombing?” rather than “How’s my driving?”
Part of Banksy’s “Barely Legal” show
The vehicle, restyled with household gloss and spray paint in 2006, was displayed that same year in a Los Angeles warehouse for Banksy’s “Barely Legal” show — his US debut.
Despite little advance notice and its location near Skid Row, the event received considerable publicity and was attended by stars such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
We included a couple of pics below of the show. the top one giving you an overview while the other shows a truck that was used outside the show venue – click any pictures to enlarge
Neon Lit Acrylic Collection from www.pimpartworks.com
PimpArtworks cutting edge Acrylic artworks come complete with backlit neon Lighting.
The customised LED lighting has 8 changeable neon lighting effects via a RGB controller, including a rainbow effect which gradually cycles through all the electrifying colours.
Set it to your preference or let it cycle. Whatever option it will back light your artwork & wall in style.
These are limited. Once they are gone, they are gone…
Related link
See the whole Neon Lit Acrylic Collection – www.pimpartworks.com/artists_neon
Sofles solo exhibition video: awesome
Just watch it until the end. If you like graffiti and street art, you will watch it again.