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Hollyweed not Hollywood, the prankster who hijacked the hills of California

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Chen Wenling’s farting bull

Prince tribute on the Belfast Cathedral | Art-Pie

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7 Prince street art, graffiti & urban tributes to Prince

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Spray cans sculptures

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An Old Spanish Church Transformed by Street Artist Okuda

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Tongue-In-Cheek at Brick Lane Gallery

December 23, 2010 Pierrick Senelaer

A mix of art comedy, street art and illustration. Featuring everyone’s favourite fried friend Dick Chicken; beautifully detailed and illustrated pieces by Showchicken and the neon craziness of Bortusk Leer.

Expect paintings by James Rueben Stephens exploring the darker side of humour; Playboy Jigsaw puzzles by Shuby; satirical prints designed by street art duo Static and a collaborative venture addressing the banality of gun usage by Holly-Anne Buck (Mink Engine) vs Metals vs Box Wars.

BORTUSK-tongue-in-cheek

A Xmas Show @ The Brick Lane Gallery
Opening 22/12/2010 from 6pm
Open on selected days 23/12/2010-03/01/2011

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TEASER project – Paris

August 13, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer

TEASER project is an enthusiastic collective effort which document the Paris street art scene. You will come across artists like Atlas, FKDL, Da Cruz or C215.

We like the interactive map telling about where you can find street art work. We like even more the video tout together to showcase the project – good work indeed.

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Abstract painter Sandra Blow’s new show at Fine Art Society

December 27, 2016 Pierrick Senelaer

Abstract painter Sandra Blow’s new show at Fine Art Society is entitled “Eleven Works” and is opening on the 9th January 2017.

"Stripes" by Sandra Blow | Art-Pie — “Stripes” by Sandra Blow | detail

The Fine Art Society will present eleven large- scale canvases by the English abstract painter Sandra Blow RA (1925-2006). Spanning a period of almost 30 years, the show will include a number of works which have never been exhibited before.

A pioneer of the abstract art movement in the 1950s, Sandra Blow is best known for her monumental canvases experimenting with abstract form, rhythm, light, space, and texture. Blow introduced a new expressive informality into British art, combining cheap, discarded materials such as sawdust and plaster with the more conventional medium of paint. Her unique manner of abstraction was strongly influenced by the Italian artist Alberto Burri, who she met in Italy in 1946.

Arriving on the London art scene in 1950, Blow quickly received international recognition and went on to exhibit throughout Europe and America alongside the most important artists of the day. Her canvases became increasingly graphic, colourful and exuberant as her career developed, as did her ambition of scale.
Blow moved from London to St Ives in 1994, but continued to participate in every Summer Exhibition at Burlington House, fulfilling her role as a Royal Academician, which she was elected for in 1971. St Ives and the sea inspired the strong but subtle use of colour that characterises a number of canvases featured in this exhibition.

“The Swimmer” by Sandra Blow, Acrylic On Canvas | Click to enlarge

The artist John Mclean described Sandra Blow as “the most amazing colourist and the most original composer of a painting we have had in recent years”, comparing her to the likes of Matisse and Mirò. Indeed, the grand statements presented in this exhibition suggest that her importance is yet to be fully recognised.
Sandra Blow’s work is included in a number of major international private and public collections including the Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. An exhibition to celebrate Blow’s 80th birthday was held at Tate Britain in 2005.

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Team Robbo’s wonders on Holloway Road

September 29, 2010 Pierrick Senelaer 4 Comments

I cannot believe I had forgotten about this huge wall on Holloway Road. I went past it a few weeks ago but could not stop to take pictures. I have done so today. Enjoy the pictures below.

At the time where I am writing this, I hear some people on Twitter expressing their surprise about Robbo doing stencils ( I myself spotted a few weeks ago a stencil signed Robbo). Some people seem to find inconceivable that idea?

Woo, woo, woo, let’s all calm down here. Robbo will still be king should he starts stenciling our streets and if he stencils as good as he drops graffiti, I cannot wait to see more of it around London. Stenciling is not Evil, stenciling is not cheating, stenciling is just a different form of street art.

Related links
> See more graffiti spotted around London

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El-Seed paints the Jara mosque

August 21, 2012 Pierrick Senelaer

Tunisia has been the stage lately of a surge of intolerability towards creativity and especially towards anything to do with a spray can. As a result, the French-born Tunisian graffiti artist El-Seed took action.

The result is Tunisia’s largest mural but what matters above all is the the location; he painted on the country’s tallest minaret, at the Jara Mosque, located in the industrial city of Gabes. Pictures after the fold.

Here is what El-seed says about the project “I decided to do the mural because it was close to my heart. It had been a while I had wanted to paint a wall in Gabes,” the artist told Ahram Online.

“The primary purpose was, and is, to inspire people to get together and build community around positive action,” El-Seed told Ahram Online via email. “

The mural, which has been embraced with open arms by the mosque’s Imam, was painted on the 57-metre high minaret, and is meant as a message of tolerance and mutual respect.

El-Seed got interestd in the art of graffiti back in 1998 in Paris, where he spent his childhood. Later, when he moved to North America, he started combining graffiti with his passion for Arabic calligraphy (usually associated with the Quran and religious scripture). The artist likes to mix traditional script and contemporary pop-culture, giving birth to a distinctive urban graffiti.

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animated gifs better than 3D

May 28, 2014 Pierrick Senelaer

There seems to be a trend amongst many other on the web right now – animated GIFs. I must admit, I love some of them.

Some are hilarious and other rather cleverest than funny. How about this one below (You’ll all have recognised a famous street art work from Banksy)?

Now, to all things, they are better things? To creativity, there is always more creativity. To animated GIFs, there are Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg’s animated GIFs or rather photos. Next level? Yes, defintely.

Take Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg and “cinemagraphs” as they are called, are here for us to enjoy, are here to mesmerised us. Subtle and soft are the feelings that come to mind when I look at these.

How did these come about? The pair was inspired to create these cinemagraphs while preparing to cover Fashion Week this past February: “We wanted to tell more of a story than a single still frame photograph but didn’t want the high maintenance aspect of a video,”

Enough said. Look at these examples below.

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Erik Sommer or painting with cement

April 7, 2011 Pierrick Senelaer 2 Comments

Mediums you can use to paint are countless, it is only down to the artist to use them or not. Meet Erik Sommer and his very original and unique way of painting with cement. We talked to Erik to find out a bit more about him and his work.

ART-PIE: How did you come to use cement in your work?

Erik Sommer: I’ve been using cement in my work for several years. I like its urban grittiness, especially as I live in NYC and am surrounded by buildings and cement. My work is about the passing of time, and beauty and chance and control. It is about capturing the passing of time, and the beauty found within its accidental natural effects.

A-P: Most of the work I can see from your website are using mixed medias? What are they?

Erik Sommer: Most of my work is mixed medium on canvas. I use cement and plasters, acrylic pastes, gessos, some acrylic and oil pants. Most of the materials are home modeling materials which happen to be white, which make the most recent pieces white, although I do use colors as well. The various layers of material act as different stages of time. The work is very three-dimensional and comes off of the canvas. It is very industrial and physical.

A-P: What are your inspirations?

Erik Sommer: I like everyone from Rudolf Stingel, to Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Andy Goldsworthy, Basquiat, etc.

Any upcoming shows?: I am represented in NYC by Rooster Gallery, and am beginning to work with Arch 402 in London as well. I have a piece in a group show/ auction with Arch 402 in April, and then hopefully will be doing more with them later this summer. My next solo show with Rooster in NYC will be next year.

Related link
Erik Sommer’s website – www.erikjsommer.com

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This is how elephants are treated in Mathura during winter

January 31, 2017 Pierrick Senelaer

We all know that Winter can be a cold one.

Some of you may also know that there are nice people out there, so nice that after having been notified about a possible freeze overnight, a few good people in Mathura (India) made jumbo jackets and woollen jumpers for elephants in the region.

This is how elephants are treated in Mathura during winter.

The Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center helps

The Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center is actually supporting this and has committed itself to help the women in surrounding villages make these jackets and jumpers to counter attack the freezing winter and its possible damages to the elephants.

Here is what Kartick Satyanarayan, CEO of theThe Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center says about the project –

It is important to keep our elephants protected from the bitter cold during this extreme winter, as they are weak and vulnerable having suffered so much abuse, making them susceptible to ailments such as pneumonia. The cold also aggravates their arthritis which is a common issue that our rescued elephants have to deal with.

We included below some of the colourful garments. We think they are awesome!

First seen on The Independent

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ROA is spraying the capital

April 20, 2010 Pierrick Senelaer

As mentioned in my previous post about the ROA’s first solo exhibition in London, ROA is in London right now and has been dropping new pieces of his so recognizable black and white wildlife. Continue reading ROA is spraying the capital →

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3D street art by Francois Abelanet

July 12, 2013 Pierrick Senelaer

When you know that this 3D piece covers an area of over 400 square meters, you have to appreciate the effort. And when it looks as striking as this you just bow to the artist’s talent – Francois Abelanet. This piece is located in Lyon and has been commissioned to showcase the latest range of Renault trucks.

The Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center helps

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