Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Artists featured are Herakut, C215 and Pipsqueak.
Herakut

C215

Pipsqueak

Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Artists featured are Herakut, C215 and Pipsqueak.
Herakut

C215

Pipsqueak

Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Dan Kitchener, Lonac and Reka.
Dan Kitchener – part of the Urban Culture festival at Southbank centre (London)

Lonac – located in Croatia

RekaOne – located in East London

Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Artists featured are Ceon, Liliwen x Bom.K and ROA.
CEON

Liliwen x Bom K

ROA – Located in Malaga (Spain)

Animation by Namchild (based on ‘Duel’ by Lohenhart)
All effects (incl. motion blur/explosions/wind/wood etc.) are in shot and were happening as the picture is taken. No cgi is used. Photoshop is only used to remove support wires etc.
Lohenhart.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Lohenhart
Official music –
Camo & Krooked
http://camoandkrooked.com/
Hospital Records
http://www.hospitalrecords.com
A all female paste up and stencil show:
for a show that features several artists, the layout of the works in the space felt as though it was seven minds working as one, with each artist using different tools and techniques, we found that all the themes were interlinked.
However, there were definitely pieces that stood out from the rest, this included artists such as Kaffe-eine and Precious little. The space was welcoming and well curated and we will definitely be keeping an eye out for future shows.
Enjoy the pics below and make sure to check out the full photoset here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chasingghosts/sets/72157626821556534




Now in its summer break, the London art scene has slightly slowed down and galleries are either busy relaxing or putting altogether their next shows. One of these that has caught our eyes and attention is the “Hide and Seek” show by Malika Favre at Kemistry gallery.
This show is for the minimalistic art enthusiast and if you love prints, you should definitely come and see Malika Favre’s Hide and Seek show and become fascinated by the story of a furtive yet sophisticated woman very much looking like the elegant woman you would find strolling on the Champs Elysees in Paris. Malika Favre is from France and you can clearly feel a Parisian looking woman influence in her character.

The video that has been put together for the show – see below, is a real treat and is as funny in a way as intriguing. The woman keeps popping out of different patterns which are cleverly mixed together to lose viewers into them and thus increase the surprise effect when the woman appears.
From Kemistry gallery “Fascinated by patterns in everyday life, urban surroundings and architecture, French born Malika Favre has put together Hide and Seek, her first solo show in London. Malika’s work is bold and minimalistic, exploring the relationship between positive and negative space.”
From the artist “there is such beauty and intrigue in those repetitive concrete balconies, I felt like creating a series of abstract prints based on the architectural patterns that no one really notices.”
The 8 high end screenprints will be available for purchase at the gallery and online, each print is limited, signed and numbered by Malika Favre.
Malika Favre “Hide & Seek” | 6th Sept — 29th Sept 2012
Private View: Thursday 6th September 18:00 —21:00 | 43 Charlotte Road| London EC2A 3PD
Sugar Skull by Paul Alexander Thornton Continue reading Time lapse: Sugar Skull by Paul Alexander Thornton
Hollyweed not Hollywood, the prankster (and his wife) who hijacked the hills of California.
You most probably heard about this very recent prank – on the 1st January, the famous HOLLYWOOD sign got hijacked to read HOLLYWEED.

Zach Fernandes, the artist behind this prank, also goes by “JesusHands,” – at the time of writing this post, his Twitter account seems to have been suspended – https://twitter.com/account/suspended
We hear that Zach Fernandes’s motive behind this prank was just to make people laugh but pressure got too high and the artist cracked under it.
“If I did break the law in trespassing, I’m not going to run from the law,
Fernandez said.
The artist turned himself in on Monday.

Looking more closely at how the sign was transformed, you’ll notice that he wrapped letters with tarps to transform its message.
We literally were sewing stuff the day of. It was so fun and exhilarating.
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
Best known for his roles in high profile TV series and films including; Mr. Selfridge, Midsomer Murders and The Borgias, actor Edward Akrout has kept his talent as an artist hidden from the public eye.
This was until recently, when he presented his debut solo exhibition at Café Royal in March to an enthusiastic crowd of gallerists, collectors and VIPs.
Akrout admits that even though he is capable of handling the daily rejection and criticism he faces as an actor, the idea of showing his art to the world terrified him. This autumn Akrout will exhibit a suite of new drawings and paintings titled ‘First Impression’ at The Hoxton, Shoreditch, offering visitors an insight into the world of Edward Akrout.
There is an unmistakable connection between Akrout’s two chosen disciplines, for as an actor his job is to inhabit different emotional states, and as an artist he has an uncanny ability to capture in only a few strokes of the brush or pen, the fleeting emotions and personality traits of characters he comes across on his travels in London, Paris and New York.
Born to a Franco-British mother and Tunisian father, 32-year-old Akrout grew up in France, studying philosophy at The Sorbonne and theatre at Le Cours Florent in Paris, and then spending time at the National Institute in Bucharest. He left Paris for London when offered a place at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Akrout’s philosophical and theatrical training is evident in his expressive, psychological studies of the eclectic characters he encounters.

WHAT – ‘First Impression’ by Edward Akrout
WHERE – The Hoxton, 81 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU | United Kingdom
WHEN – 2 Oct 2015 — 1 Jan 2016
First seen on WSIMAG