We recently had the chance to get ourselves to Oslo and were eager to discover the street art scene the city could offer and came across the wonderful pieces below.
Spotting street art in Oslo
Evoca1, CaseMaClain & A.Signl x Dabtar street art
Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Evoca1, CaseMaClain & A.Signl x Dabtar.
Evoca1 – located in Lima (Peru)
CaseMaClaim – New York (USA)
A.Signl x Dabtar – Chemnitz (Germany)
Birds of Paradise show by James Star at Coningsby gallery
I now work around the lively Fitzvoria neighbourhood in Central London and managed to pay a visit to the Coningsby gallery and found out about one of their upcoming shows and in particular about James Starr
Jim Starr will be exhibiting his exquisite sketches, paintings and prints of birds, and avian-influenced portraits at the Coningsby Gallery opening Monday 12 October.
Inspired by his expeditions worldwide and wildlife on the Thames, twenty works by Starr will be shown, displaying field sketches of Spoonbills, Herons and Eagles, alongside their final incarnations as large-scale canvases.
Starr began painting birds when he was just 13 years old. He has worked as an expedition artist throughout his career, recording through sketches and photography the wildlife he saw on trips to Svalbard, Iceland, the Himalayas and the Rockies.
Through illustration Starr experimented with screen-printing methods, which he now combines with painting to create his own mixed-media hybrid.
Starr’s latest works are developed through the layering of screen-prints and paint repeatedly onto canvas; a method that Starr likens to a ‘remix’. The species are depicted in great detail as a result, surrounded by abstract landscapes of Pop-like colours and subtle textures.
WHAT – ‘Birds of Paradise’ by James Starr
WHEN – 12 October 2015–24 October 2015
WHERE – Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ
PENTAX & NANOBLOCK or the funkier camera out there
My eyes got wide opened when I saw this new design for digital camcorder – creativity at its best.
Pentax and Nanoblock (Japanese brand which can be compared to Lego) have excelled here.
They have given us something to play with, and it also takes pictures! Continue reading PENTAX & NANOBLOCK or the funkier camera out there
Smug, Cheo and more
I was glad to find out about this exciting project pushed by Bruce McClure – showcasing some of the best in UK street art / graffiti talent with a distinctive inspired theme – ape.
Beyond the very well put together time-lapse videos, the concept is as motivating and is looking at encouraging a bit of friendly rivalry between cities like Bristol, London or Manchester.
Featured artists : Aroe (Brighton) | Smug (Glasgow) | Cheo (Bristol) | Eject (Manchester) | End of the Line (London)
Go to the Ape Street Art YouTube channel to view the videos and enjoy below our favorite – Choe from Bristol.
Below are also a the pics of the artists’ pieces.
Jumping on the bandwagon – The Foundry
The Foundry has really been doing the rounds on the street art/graffiti blogs and websites over the last month or so. Some people are loving it and others are getting sick of hearing about it.
As we are huge fans of many of the artists that have been adorning the walls, we decided to jump on the band wagon and do a write up about it, yet to be slightly different we wanted to drop a little history to give you a understanding of this locations significance to the local community and art scene.
The Building operated as a bank originally and was decommissioned in the 90’s when Tracey and Jonathan Moberly took out a lease on the space and turned it into a gallery for local and emerging artists. To cover costs, they opened the Foundry bar in the front section of the building, but wanted people to know that it was predominantly a art space. The bar however became a hang out for many current and future celebrities, Pete Doherty was known for hosting his poetry nights there.
The walls of the basement are heavily covered in early work by many big name graffiti and street artists such and Banksy and Faile. The walls have also been heavily tagged by regulars and visitors alike.
The Foundry came into the spotlight for a different reason in early 2010 when Hackney council approved the plans to build an 18-storey hotel and retail complex on the space, of course this successfully outraged the local community. Its not the first time that underground venues have had to make way for big business, but in this case the anger was directed at the blatant attempt to cash in on emerging trends.
The back of the building has a 6 meter high Banksy on the rear wall that is to be preserved and made a focal point of the commissioned ” Art’otel” and a large wooden hording has been placed over the artwork to preserved for future placement as a feature in the hotel (the murals by Zezao & Mr.Sperm currently cover the front of the hording).
Of course this profiteering by the corporate world on a mainstream encroaching subculture angered the art community and resulted in heavy protesting. But as always this was a valiant but futile effort and the building is in the process of being shut down and ready for demolition.
So how this links into the current surge in artwork? Through the right channels and with permission of the current lease holders, local and travelling artists have been given the green light to go to town on the space.
Check out all the shots we have ever taken of the foundry here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chasingghosts/sets/72157626097759963/
Featured artists: Milo Tchais, Run, Zezao, Mr.Sperm, Elmo, ATG, Stik and of course ROA.
Pimpartworks.com – new prints section
You must check out PIMPARTWORKS if what you are after is awesome and truly unique urban and street art and much more. Read below a few words from Steve at Pimpartworks and check out some of the art included in their new Limited Edition, Signed and Numbered prints section. Continue reading Pimpartworks.com – new prints section
“Future Masters” at Underdog gallery
Underdog Art and Incandescent Artists invite you to join us in celebrating a group of fine art & photo-realism artists making some noise on the art scene with their technical skills, these artists have a certain edge about their work, they’re FUTURE MASTERS, come down to The Underdog Gallery.
We’ve picked these artists because we believe they have a certain “je nais se quoi” about their work and their thought process, sometimes provoking, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous but mostly just amazing!
Not only we will be supplying you with a visual feast of technically skilled art but we’ll also have legendary DJ Steve Darmont playing 70’s funk, RnB and club classics from 6pm – 11pm, we’ll have a drinks reception and we’ve got a fully loaded and licensed bar so there’s no excuse not to come down and have an amazing night of art and music in one of London’s most trendy venues!
Featuring Matt Small, Mason Storm, Will Teather, Robert Sample, Zachary Walsh, Nicolas Ruston, Victoria Coster, Gianluca Pisano, Luca Indraccolo, Sally Jones Fuerst
DJ Steve Darmont playing 70’s funk, RnB and club classics from 6pm – 11pm on opening night
Drinks reception and Licensed Bar 6pm-11pm
Tutorial: spacing techniques by MWNYC (video)
Spacing techniques by the guys at www.mileswickham.comwww.mileswickham.com
Shintaro Ohata – the sculptor painter
Shintaro Ohata is one of these artists who will show you something new, who will inspire you, either through a raw and obvious talent or/and because something gets taken to the next level, high, so high it is not reachable by the common creative soul.
Painting meets sculpture or is it rather sculpture redefines painting, I am actually not sure. I am looking at Shintaro Ohata’s works with interest. I then learn that the sculpture elements in his work are actually made of polystyrene and the actual painting is mainly made of acrylic.
This series of works depicts every day scenes of people going about their business but these become much more than that under the artist’s direction. The 3D effect that is created by the sculpted elements, mainly humans or animals, is disconcerting and confuse you as to what you are looking at – a sculpture with a painted background or a painting which includes a sculpture element.
The fusion of the two mediums is pretty remarkable here. Kneel down and look straight and you might not realise that there is a sculpture element, so much so that painting and sculpture elements are binding each other but take a few steps back and the 3D angle is now clear and the artwork has got a completely different feel to it.
We cannot wait for Shintaro Ohata to have a show in London
First seen on Arrested Motion