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Pancakes & Booze London second edition almost on!

Pancakes & Booze, April 16 | Art-Pie
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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 be even better than the first one with more and more talented artists eager to show their beautiful creations.

In short…

ART . PANCAKES . BOOZE . DJ . LIVE ART . EAST LONDON .

Live art & free pancakes

Pancakes & Booze | Art-PieWhile talented DJs will be throwing tunes, we also have a few live art happenings on the night. We particularly look forward to see Mark Petty in action. Mark will produce screenprints on the night which will be up for sale.

And as always, there will be pancakes getting flipped over all night. Just queue and get your free pancakes.

Submit your application

There is still time to apply, we take artists submissions until the last day before the show so do not wait and fill out this form. We hope to have you with us for this edition

About

Pancake batter is sizzling, beer froth is flowing, and bare flesh is slathered in paint.  Indie musicians and DJs break sound waves off the canvas-lined, graffiti-strewn walls, while revelers stuff their faces with endless amounts of free pancakes.

The Pancakes & Booze Art Show is an LA based artist movement that started in 2009 and has quickly spread to over 20+ cities throughout North America.

They currently organise some of the largest pop-up underground art showcases in the country, with the best local emerging artists, musicians, and performers each city has to offer.

You can read more about the Pancakes & Booze show

Pancakes & booze New York | Art-Pie

WHAT – The Pancakes & Booze Pop Up Art Show
WHERE – Studio Spaces E1
WHEN – 7th April 2016

DIGITAL ART

A 97 year old, nearly blind man who works wonders with MS Paint

His name is Hal Lasko, his nickname Grandpa. What he did for living is something we will probably never see again – he was a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. He then had to retired and his caring family had the genius idea to introduce him to the computer and especially to Microsoft Paint.

Since then Grandpa spends ten hours a day moving pixels around his computer paintings. Some would call his work pointillism, others 8-Bit art but it might be a bit of both.

Anyway, another inspiration that is Hal Lasko, The Pixel Painter. We have included below a video interview of the artist plus a few examples of his works.

Hal Lasko | Art-Pie

Hal Lasko | Art-Pie

Hal Lasko | Art-Pie

CONTEMPORARY ART, REVIEWS

Summer group show at Stolen space: various artists

One more time, Stolen space has put together a remarkable show. Group shows are so rich in diversity by definition and therefore always please a large number of people.

Mixed media on cotton paper, oil on linen canvas, screen print, acrylics, spray paint, cut book 3D collages,… the choice of medias and mediums is immense. How not to find a piece you like? Impossible. Continue reading Summer group show at Stolen space: various artists →

GRAFFITI

Street fonts – graffiti alphabets from around the World by MadABC

German artist MadABC has opened her show at Pure Evil gallery tonight in London. This coincides with the launch of her book – “Street Fonts – graffiti alphabets from around the world”. You can buy this book here on Amazon.

The work on display will feature a series of different alphabets on canvas and wall, MadABC is mad about letters. In preparation of the show, she painted a huge alphabet wall of about 5m x 25m Wenlock Road in Hackney which you can see photos (by Marco Prosch) and video of below.

MadABC show runs until the 1st May 2011 at Pure Evil gallery | 108 Leonard street, EC2A 4S, London

MadABC

REVIEWS

Will Barras ‘Bad Reception’ at Stolen Space

I have always found that acrylic paint used in conjunction with spray paint is a definite winner and give you astonishing results. However, it is difficult to master both mediums for most of us unless you are Will Barras.

Bad Reception, his latest show at Stolen Space, brought to us a series of works never exhibited before which, for most of them, have been painted using acrylics and spray paint (oil and ink have also been used for some of the works).

I was walking towards the entrance of the gallery and could see some of Will Barras’ works and my first thought was ‘wow, it looks amazing from here’. I was eager to go in and check the show out.

The fact that most of the works are large scales pieces gives you the tone of the show – bold. A quick look around the gallery and it became obvious to me that the composition in his works is heavy and busy which, coupled with the large scale aspect make the whole experience very overwhelming. Add to this a varied and strong colour palette and often you get some sort of dramatic or epic feel to the painting, it is almost exhausting to look at his works as you need to look and look again to get the whole picture, to get the story behind it.

Indeed Will Barras intend to tell us a story, the story of Mr Benn – read more about iton the Stolen Space website

Will Barras’s technique is really remarkable, he manages to combine urban/graffiti techniques with more traditional mediums such as acrylics or oil and the result is breathtaking and definitely achieve to blur the line between abstract and reality – what is really going on these paintings?

“I want to maintain the natural flow and energy, the tension between abstract and figurative, while developing and elaborating on a narrative. To generate a multiple choice of possibilities of what could be happening Ideas usually develop from the everyday mundane, broken phone converations and awkward situations …” Will Barras

The show ran until the 14th November 2010.

NB: if you wonder whether the motorbike was part of the show, well not really. Will Barras decided to leave it there after the opening night. Random but it did fit well with the show!

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CONTEMPORARY ART, PREVIEW

TRXTR new show "Lucked Up" at Get Up gallery

TRXTR | Art-PieUK based artist TRXTR has a new show but this time in the United States and precisely in Las Vegas. The artist’s work touches on social and moral issues. TRXTR is true ti his style where photography is cleverly mixed with painting through a bunch of techniques

It is difficult not to feel anything when looking at the artist’s work –  his work is often disturbing or disconcerting which makes atmospheres transpire to which the viewers ultimately react to it.

From the gallery “Concerns about exploitation, globalization and corruption appear over and over again, but the tone is ambivalent. He is not preaching to us, but reproducing some of the sickly sweet images of commercialism in a way that it is genuinely hard to tell if he is celebrating them or railing against them.”

From the artist “The luck of being born pretty, rich, handsome, gifted and in the majority is real luck in this world. For the rest there is Vegas and its clones where in the nano second before you’re screwed you can imagine what it’s like to be in the one percent.”

There is a twist at the opening  night, TRXTR tells us about it – all purchases made inside of Get Up Gallery will be eligible for the “Fifty Buck Chuck” promotion. Each purchaser will get a chance to roll a dice. The number that is rolled will be multiplied by $50, and the discount will be applied to the piece purchased. This opportunity to save up to $300 will only be available on the evening of the opening.

TRXTR | Art-Pie

‘LUCKED UP’  the exceptional Trxtr solo show at Get Up Gallery in Vagas opening on 7th September 2012 from 7:00pm-11:00pm

When: 7th – 29th September.

Where: Get Up Gallery, 520 Fremont Street , Las Vegas , NV 89101 .

www.getupgallery.com

TRXTR Official Website
www.trxtr.com

BLOG, BOOK

Stickerbomb 3 out today, grab your copy!

Stickers fans out there have been waiting for this one – yes Stickers Bomb 3 is out today!

We published a similar post last time round when Stickers Bomb Skulls came out and gave you the opportunity to grab a free copy.

We are reiterating this again and have 2 copies of latest Sticker Bomb 3 up for grabs! Look to your right to find out how you can win a copy –>

We were delighted to receive again in the post this collection of over 240 peelable stickers from our favourite publisher Laurence King.

This book is part of the ever growing Stickerbomb series which includes other similar books such as  Stickerbomb, Stickerbomb 2, Stickerbomb XL, Stickerbomb Letters and Stickerbomb Monsters.

D*Face foreword

As D*FACE warns us in his foreword for this edition of Sticker Bomb, “Stickers are seriously addictive, self indulgent, egotistical, and can be life altering – and thank fuck they are. They rescued me from a life of punching hours in the 9-to-5 grind, working for the man”

Artists in this edition includes –

  • Bisser (Belgium)
  • BareOne (UK)
  • Dres13 (US)
  • FatGomez (Italy)
  • Killer Acid (US)
  • Luis Pinto (Mexico)
  • Mr Four Fingers (UK)
  • Space MCK (Australia)
  • Train Of Thoughts (Switzerland)

About Studio Rarekwai, the studio behind the StickerBomb book series –

Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan of Studio Rarekind (SRK) specialise in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. Their documentary film on Japanese Hip-Hop culture – “Scratching the surface: Japan” – has been broadcast Europe. This was followed by successful screenings at the 12th Raindance Film Festival in London and Vancouver International Hip-Hop Film Festival.

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“Layers, Letters and Forms” by Corin Kennington at Stories

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Recent LCC graduate Corin Kennington’s first solo show, Layers, Letters and Forms is a visual exploration into the aesthetics and processes of typography.

Focusing on the physicality and hand-made elements of traditional methods, Corin’s work is created using a range of techniques such as letterpress, screen printing, risograph and hand painted letterforms.

His recent body of work explores the journey of creating an image through the combination of old and new processes, and developing ways of unifying digital aesthetics and systems with traditional methods of print and execution.

Throughout Layers, Letters and Forms, Corin uses typography as a visual form as opposed to a language or tool of communication.

Corin Kennington at Stories | Art-Pie

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