Last week saw pop icon, Prince, died at his Minnesota home on Thursday, and, as expected, tribute around the world have been pouring and will probably do so for a long time to come. He died suddenly aged 57, leaving behind a back catalogue spanning rock, pop, funk and jazz and millions of devoted admirers. We … Continue reading 7 Prince street art, graffiti & urban tributes to Prince
We are over the moon to be involved once again in the Pancakes & Booze pop up art show. We actually will be running from now on the London event so watch this space. The second edition is taking place again at Studio Spaces E1 in East London on Thursday, 7th of April 2016. This second edition promises to … Continue reading Pancakes & Booze London second edition almost on!
Keith Haring was a street artist at the heart of the urban art movement in 1980s New York. He was also a gay man diagnosed with AIDS. Partly as a result of living with these stigmas, his work often bears a strong element of political and social critique. He was one third of a trio … Continue reading “Silence = Death”: The Political Art of Keith Haring
Richard Hambleton has been called the godfather of street art. He began producing what he called ‘public art’ in New York City in the 1970s. He’s known for the black figures he first painted on the buildings of New York’s Lower East Side, which he called Shadowmen. The Shadowmen arrived in the early 1980s, and … Continue reading Something Lurking: The Shadowmen of Richard Hambleton
About Exhibition Martha Cooper is a legendary photographer who has shot around the globe, beginning with USA to Asia. She worked both for papers and magazines like New York Post and National Geographic and independently, making contributions into her personal archive. Stories and captures that appeared in her lens were different and timely: travels, people … Continue reading ‘Life Work’ by Martha Cooper at Stolen Space
