BEN OAKLEY GALLERY (aka the B.O.G)

January 12, 2012 Christopher Digby

Having been a fan of Ben Oakley’s art work for the last few years I was really excited to see the Ben Oakley Gallery open in Greenwich last year. Having spoken to Ben this week he has given me details of the upcoming show in January which looks to be another good mix of contemporary street art. Ben works with a range of artists involved in the emerging and established contemporary and street art culture as well as creating his own work and being involved in various art projects and curatorial events. As a lover of series my favourite work of Ben’s are his trademark fairies, bears and yeti’s.

Show Details:
In January 2012, Otto Schade brings his extraordinary artwork to the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich. He will be exhibiting original unseen artwork and ltd edition prints from 21st January – 5th February.

Originally from Concepcion in Nothern Chile, Schade now lives in London, where he works as a University Lecturer in the field of Architecture. He balances his career with a passion for creating beautiful and detailed artworks, both in the studio and at street level.

Schade uses his ribbons to compose beautifully intricate images, often referencing popular culture. However, he also creates more thought-provoking works, that resonate with deep and symbolic meaning.

Schade has forged a reputation as one of London’s foremost street artists, with his instantly recognisable ribbon motif adorning many walls throughout London and beyond gaining admiration from Private collectors and Artists alike.

Otto Schade will be in attendance.

BEN OAKLEY GALLERY PRESENTS: ‘URBAN SCHADE’
PREVIEW EVENING: Friday 20th January 2012 7.00 – 9.30 pm
EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday 21st January – Sunday 5th February 2012

VISITOR INFORMATION.
BEN OAKLEY GALLERY
9 Turnpin Lane Greenwich London SE10 9JA
(top end of the indoor market.)
Opening Times: Thursdays –Sundays 11-6pm
Monday –Wednesday by appointment.

All media enquiries /invitations: please email Ben Oakley.
Telephone. 07976 692 751 www.benoakleygallery.com

DLR: Cutty Sark Greenwich ( 2 minutes walk )
Overground Train:Greenwich Station ( 5 minutes walk )

DIGITAL ART

Post War Years by Tobias Stretch

January 13, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer

We were very impressed about 2 years ago when we stumbled upon the stop motion video from Tobias Stretch called Lucia a mesmerizing work, creepy at times but beautifully crafted throughout. Have a look at the video.

Tobias has produced another wonderfully surreal in his latest video where we follow a girl and her encounters with all around strange big face character. Sit back and watch and let you immerse.

CONTEMPORARY ART

Sean Avery's sculptures of broken CDs

February 17, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer

When having CDs is becoming so nineties, everything getsstored online in the cloud as they call it, Meet Sean Avery, a talented artist, thought twice about discarding his CDs and have found a way of turning them into amazing and crafted animal sculptures.

Sean Avery has created a series of sculptures—from bears to peregrine falcons and even the Loch Ness monster thanks to a clever use of the reflective splinters of his CDs. There is no much more to say to appreciate the time, effort and above all talent in his artwork.

Nick Gentry is another artist who recycles once very useful objects. His thing are floppy disks used to make up portraits.

The humming bird and the rat are just superb. Have a look below.

STREET ART SPOTTER

Alice Pasquini, Beastman & Sabek street art

September 16, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today: Alice Pasquini, Beastman & Sabek.

Alice Pasquini – located in Brest (France)

Beastman x Phibs – located in Sydney (Australia)

Sabek

STREET ART SPOTTER

Benjamin Lozniger, El Mac street art

July 20, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Artists featured are Benjamin Lozniger, El Mac and ?? (can you help?)

Benjamin Lozniger

El Mac

?? – can you help

REVIEWS

Now is ‘really’ time for Street Art at Black Rat

April 27, 2010 Pierrick Senelaer

This is what of those shows that when you hear about them, the automatic and systematic next thing you do is to pencil that in your diary in a big font.

Now’s The Time exhibition at Black Rat gallery is an impressive group show, a sort of retrospective of what Street Art has been in the past few years and what it will be for years to come: getting more and people liking it. Continue reading Now is ‘really’ time for Street Art at Black Rat →

STREET ART

Boxart from Melbourne

July 29, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

We could resist to share these as some are really good we think. All utility boxes should come with some artwork.

First seen on Land of sunshine

DIGITAL ART

Self-Portrait Animation made with face paint by Emma Allen

November 20, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

This is simply amazing.

London-based artist Emma Allen uses face paint to show herself aging, dying, and being reborn. It took her five days of face painting to make all the frames for the animation.

The stop motion animation is called “Ruby”

CONTEMPORARY ART

Body painting by Choo San

October 23, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

I am sure that some of you will think that these pictures below have been retouched or altered with some software such as Photoshop and I would not blame you for believeing this since these acrylic body paint looks rather real and… creepy some might say.

Meet the artist, Chooo-San, who is a big fan of body painting

From the artist:
“But I guess I was a little sick of everyone making pictures with their computers and wanted to see how far I can go without those technologies such as Photoshop. My works are all done with acrylic paints. They are all painted on skin directly and I don’t use computers or anything to change the picture afterwards.”

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