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Win ‘Dan Baldwin – 23 years’ book

'Dan Baldwin - 23 years' by Dan Baldwin | Art-Pie

We just finished a ‘spring cleaning’ in the office and stumbled upon a spare copy of Dan Baldwin’s latest book and guess what? We thought, we’ll give it away to you readers! What you only need to do is to fill out the form below. Easy!

A winner will be chosen at random in a week time and will be published on the site and communicated via our usual social medias channels so make sure to follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook or enjoy our pictures feed on Instagram

About the book

The book is a visual retrospective of the artist’s career from art school through the struggle to become a full-time artist, to his current international career. Featuring a foreword and quotes from Baldwin, an essay by Dr. Ben Cranfield, an exclusive interview with the artist and over one hundred carefully selected images- including original paintings, ceramics, sculptures and prints.

Baldwin has worked closely with CCA to create this overview of his career so far; carefully selecting pieces for inclusion that best show his artistic progression. The book will include images of early works and studio photographs, as well as new pieces that will be seen for the first time as part of his 2013 solo show Fragile.

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PRODUCT DESIGN

Art-o-mat – vending machines selling art

The concept is pretty simple – Art-o-mat machines sell small works of art from retired and converted cigarette vending machines. But each dispenser is also to my view a stunnig work of art.

The recurrent style of these machines is often retro and many artists have got involved a=ver the years and the span of art available would please any art enthusiasts. They are spread mainly across Americas so if you are not around, get yourself over on the website and won yours today and if you are an artist, submit your art for the Art-o-mat machines!

We have included below some of the best machines we came across (images from Art-O-Mat)

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CONTEMPORARY ART

Jester Jacques Fine Art: October 2013 – January 2014

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Jester Jacques Fine art collection | Art-PieAfter having spent almost a year building up a diverse, international and trendy collection of Contemporary and Investment Prints, Jester Jacques Art is now ready to present their Fine Art Collection.

Curated by the Directors of JJ Art,  the collection of paintings, sculptures, collages and photographs have been conscientiously selected to ensure quality, investment potential and one of a kind pieces from the finest artists from all over the world, already established in their careers.

With only 1 – 5 original pieces of artwork available by each artist, Jester Jacques provides an exclusive and limited range of beautiful, framed and ready to display pieces. The collection was created with the intention of supporting young and mid career artists and to develop a showcase for those artists beyond the galleries in which their work was usually seen.

Ready just in time for Christmas, the works on offer make excellent gifts, as original pieces by established artists allow for both unique, decorative pieces as well as serving as long term investments. Every single artist is profiled to show their selling history, achievements and exhibition lists.

Full Collection Available to purchase now until January 1st, 2014. Click to Shop.

Your stars by Cage One | Art-Pie
Your stars by Cage One

ABOUT JESTER JACQUES ART:
Jester Jacques Art is an all-encompassing website which boasts a Blog called ‘Trend Watch’, an Online Shop and a PR Service for Artists. With a strong online presence and a plethora of Press, JJ has had a Pop Up at Box Park, participated in the 2013 Other Art Fair in London and held a successful first exhibition in Shoreditch. 2014 will see more events and exhibitions.

Following the success of their Contemporary Art Print selection and Investment Street Art for sale online, Jester Jacques launches their Fine Art Collection in mid October 2013.

Jester Jacques Art has been described by Art Lyst as ”signal(ling) growth for Shoreditch art scene” and by Soapbox Press as “one step ahead of the rest.” Advertising Week  said ”JJ are always eager to get involved with the current trends, which allows them to deliver the best and most fresh work to the public.”

Here are the artists for this collection : Rob Bellman – Installation Artist | Sean Molloy – Painter | Mimi Norrgren – Sculptor | Kazuya Tsuji – Collage Artist | Dragomir Misina – Painter | Jack Sutherland – Painter | Simon Sarin – Photographer, Digital Artist and Painter | Jesse Treece – Collage Artist | Eric Carbrey – Painter |Cage One – Street Artist

CONTEMPORARY ART

Jason Williams (REVOK) caught because of Twitter!

Ha ha ha… That was bound to happen, wasn’t it? Caught out because of twittering too much or the wrong thing!

Jason Willians aka REVOK (US graffiti artist) got caught out in Australia (as he was leaving the country) after twittering where he would drop his next graffiti pieces as well as after posting actual pictures of his graffitis freshly sprayed on walls of Melbourne.

And if you wonder how the police knew when to apprehend him at the airport, he twittered it saying ‘he was on his way to the airport’

hmmmm… Just plain stupid on this one or PR stunt?

Anyway, ART-PIE eat his work, he is just a great graffiti artist!

>>> Watch the video

***VANDAL VACATION*** from WWW.REVOK1.COM on Vimeo.

CONTEMPORARY ART

London Art fair – in its 23rd year but still going strong, part2

Here is the second set of selected works from this year’s London Art fair which for the sixth year includes Art Projects, now a major part of London Art Fair.. 31 Galleries feature emerging artists and new work.

Established as one of the most exciting sections of the Fair, it features solo shows, curated group displays and large-scale installations with galleries from across the world. Pryle Behrman has worked on Art Projects as curator since its inauguration in 2005. Continue reading London Art fair – in its 23rd year but still going strong, part2 →

CONTEMPORARY ART, STREET ART

Anamorphic art

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We have all seen these street artists colouring our pavements without could not put the finger on what the piece actually represent. It is because you are not looking at it at the right angle. We are talking here about anamorphic art which has recently flourished all over the world.

But some artists take this form of art to the next level making it methodical and magical. Located in the factory hosted by Sub Urb Art based in Torino (Italy), Medusa, figure from the Greek mythology, has taken the patience, attention to detail and talent of two artists, Ninja1 and Mach505.

The number of surfaces used is phenomenal and make the task daunting. It took 35 hours to paint the whole lot. It was achievable by projecting the outlines of an existing Medusa drawing on those surfaces and paint over them.

“Also, tracing a projection might seem simple, but at a distance of 20 meters the pixels are the size of your head, and hardly visible at all because of other lights, so you do need to check what you’re doing from the viewpoint every once in a while. “

Read the full interview on Modernet

From certain angles

Medusa

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The end result

Medusa

IN THE NEWS

Summer party at Black Rat Press

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

ROA at BRPROA at BRP

STREET ART

The Welling Court Mural project

Now its in third edition, a bunch of international artists took on a few block in Astoria, Queens, New-York for Ad Hoc Art’s Welling Court Mural Project and have produced a series of varied and eye-catching graffiti/pieces of street art.

The project aims at mashing up art, music and community and celebrate talents wherever they come from. Read more about the project from the Ad Hoc Art website. We have included a few shots of the artworks that was produced for the occasion.

Pictures taken from artinfo.com

Some of the featured artists include : Olek | Score | High 149 | Chris Stain | Mode | Queen Andrea | Wane | M-City | 01 | Jaz | Sinned | Veng | Chris RWK | Gilf

Welling court mural project - Art-Pie

Welling court mural project - Art-Pie
A knitted piece by OLEK
Welling court mural project - Art-Pie
Queen Andrea (left) and Wane (right)

STREET ART ENCOUNTERS