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
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Sofles solo exhibition video: awesome
Just watch it until the end. If you like graffiti and street art, you will watch it again.
His name is #codefc
If you are keen on graffiti, you must have seen #codefc stuff on some walls, one of his latest and probably most seen is the Olympic runner with the message “Fuck 2012 – I am ready now ”
The man behind #codefc has been active as a graffiti artist for a long time, for about 22 yrs actually but he has been using #codefc for the last 12 years. #codefc references to a hexadecimal color code use in web technologies which coincidentally can be broken down into the word “code” and “fc”, the initials of our artist in question.
#codefc started to do graffiti in Rome where he got arrested doing a train carriage. Keen on using stencils, most of his stuff are location related, some of his projects are coDe-DAY in Normandy , stuDIED in Cambodia or viet-code in South Vietnam where fictive characters are invented and stencil on a surface.
Some of you will have notice the use of what looks like a filming camera. Talking to #codefc, we found out that he is also a keen film maker and that the camera depicted in his works is S8 cinecam which is also used as a logo.
#codefc paint as much as in London than abroad and some of of his works can be seen below.
2012Sprinter from #codefc on Vimeo.
Ralph Steadman does Breaking Bad
We all know ‘Breaking Bad’, the American TV show that captivated millions of people. But did you know that the limited edition Blu-ray, which is about to come out, will have illustrations by the brilliant Ralph Steadman?
Images from each of the six covers follow.
First seen on Dangerous Minds
Born in the streets – New York city legends
I do not go to Paris very often – fact. Quality not quantity they say, well it was definitely quality this time.
‘Born in the streets’exhibition was one of a those events not to miss if you like street art and especially graffiti. Continue reading Born in the streets – New York city legends
Kaws at Gallery Perrotin in Hong Kong
Too late to go this year, the Hong Kong International Art Fair, opening this Thursday 17th, is something I should definitely pencil in for next year as when its popularity ever increasing, the quality of the art on display is becoming something.
Take this event for example – KAWS, or Brian Donnelly at Galerie Perotin. First solo show in Asia for KAWS and debut event for the latter, you know it is going to be good, don’t you. This Hong Kong branch of Galerie Perrotin is the newest outpost of the Paris based gallery.
This show focuses on KAWS’ latest paintings and CHUM, the Michelin Man-inspired caricature is well represented again, as it has been in loads of his past shows but this time CHUM looks ominous almost threatening. About 50 vertical paintings, 7 feet tall and 1 feet wide, definitely give a sense of grandeur to the show
The Nature of Need by KAWS
Galerie Perrotin Hong Kong
50 Connaught Road Central |Floor 17| Hong Kong
Exhibition Dates: Now – June 30th, 2012 (Saturday)
Rippled, light painting and animation at their best
There are quite a few light-painting based videos/animations out there these days, some very well done, some others a bit less but what about this one – “RIPPLED“, another collaboration between Darcy Prendergast and the creative team at OH YEAH WOW.
Two words – truly amazing.
You do not get perfection or beauty without pain. 6 months is how long this work took to get wrapped up and frame by frame animation and long exposure technique were how they proceeded. The camera was the weapon and the creativity topped it all off.
Track – All India Radio- The Silent Surf
MEGGS “Inner Demons” Exhibition at Red Bull Studios
Australian artist MEGGS’s first show outside his native country is opening tomorrow, 23rd June 2010 at the Red Bull Studios and is called “Inner Demons.”
The show will have two main aspects: MEGGS’s exploration of “fears fears, desires, and obstacles each person faces within themselves” but also an insight into his process when making art through a series of photographs and references to what he does and use in that very process.
Expect screenprints, canvases, paintings and collages. Take a look below at one of his pieces as well as the documentary made as a preview for the show
When – 23 till 27/6/2011
Where – Red Bull Studios | 155-171 Tooley St | City of London | SE1 2JP
Conor Harrington and Maser collaboration
Off Brick Lane. Beauty. Picture by @bablu121
Transcend, a show by Tom French at Lawrence Alkin gallery
Following his 2014 sell out show, Tom French returns to Lawrence Alkin Gallery with his latest body of work, Transcend. Evolving from French’s Duality series, the exhibition continues to incorporate figurative elements and the artists’ signature use of illusion, while embracing abstraction more than previous works.
About the artist and this show
In the slant towards abstraction, French allows for his work to be interpreted on multiple levels. He commented: “Abstraction is less obvious, so the images are open to a wider range of meanings and interpretations. It’s intended to offer the viewer a more personal experience – different people will see different things and read the images in their own ways.”
French is fascinated with exploring the relationship between the conscious and subconscious and this is communicated through his paintings. The figurative elements of his work represent the conscious, with characters absorbed in their own actions. The abstracted portraits in which they sit representing the subconscious, the instinctual yet hidden human drives that shape and determine the blissfully unaware subjects and make up the bigger picture.
“These latest paintings are formed through a more abstract, improvised and free flowing approach. For this series I worked straight onto canvas with only a very loose idea of the outcome. This allowed the images to naturally evolve, while I intuitively worked out placement and composition as they progressed.”– Tom French 2016