No one wants to get caught so learn how to silence your spray paint can
Tutorial: how to silence your spray can (video)
CODEFC trip to Thailand
CODEFC just came back from Thailand where he sprayed a few walls. He kindly sent through some pics.
Video painting: showing the world in real time
What an exciting concept and so twenty-first century! Any web 2.0 person with a strong interest in art has to embrace this concept.
Not surprising that the idea blossomed in a philosopher mind – Hilary Lawson who is also a documentary film maker.
What is all about then?
‘escape the limitations of the traditional video narrative’
‘escape our cultural and perceptual closures, freeing the viewer to play in the openness of the image’
Wow, well said folks from the Open Gallery which now represents the Artscape project – the collective of artists founded by Mr Lawson in 2003
Immerse yourself into the piece you are looking at, just experience it, get out of it a simple feeling. Ditch the attempts to understand why, just enjoy the what is in front of your eyes.
Yes, video painting will set you free so check out that piece from Mr Lawson entitled Play in Three Acts
Check the open gallery website for more videos – www.opengallery.co.uk
For the techies, computer scientists developed in 2003 a technology (known as Laluna) which enabled video paintings to be stored and played in such a manner that their order did not repeat (but was also not random) getting thus rid of the constraint that limit the potential of video art.
I do not know for you guys but ART-PIE is now very impatient to go and check it out at the Open Gallery so watch this space!
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Spray cans sculptures
We instantly fell in love when we first saw these little wonders of sculpture. Kresimir Buden 2Fast is the sculptor behind these creations which obviously are graffiti inspired.
The artist is based in Zagreb (Croatia) and use various brands of spray cans from Montana to Ironlak. You will have noticed the Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans version amongst others.
I do not know for you but we particularly like the green one. What about you?
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Masterpieces revisited by FatCat
Revisited famous paintings by Fat Cat who thinks that these iconic paintings would be better off with the appearance of a big ginger cat. Well some are defo better. See by yourself.
Venus by Velazquez
Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hosukai
Musical Angel by Rosso Fiorentino
Danae by Rembrandt
Mona Lisa by Leonardo De Vinci
New York Kings at Pure Evil
Although street art is inviting itself in auction rooms and household lounges these days, it is still regarded by a large majority of us as vandalism. It is hard to understand anything when you do not try to understand where it comes from but only look at the surface and leave your ignorance driven your judgement which is bound to be false.
New York Kings at Pure Evil and curator Christophe Demoulin would definitely like to put this point across to any visitor and underline the importance of the US graffiti movement that started along with the hip hop one in the 70’s and 80’s. The purpose of this writing is not to tell about the social or politic importance aspect of the movement but about looking at the creativity that came out of it which is on display in this show.
All the graffiti and street art pieces have been drawn on actual New York subway maps which is the new medium the “old kings” have found to pursue the tradition of “subway art”. This was a necessity more than anything since the authorities have actually banned any artistic intervention in the subway. The most prolific and subversive won the right among peers to use a crown symbol next to their work, meaning graffiti king.
The show spreads onto the two floors at Pure Evil and has got pieces from all the big names that made the graffiti genres used widely by other artists all over the world from BLADE for the 3D lettering to COPE2 for the bubble lettering. Other names includes FUZZ ONE, BOM5, SEN2, INDIE 184, STAY HIGH 149, POEM, RD 357, DECK, EASY & JOZ.
The show runs until the 18th november 2012.
Clerkenwell design week – Sarah Wiestner's installation
The Clerkenwell design week is back again from tomorrow, the 24th May, and will result in an exciting buzz where art meets design and vice versa. Not less than 60 showrooms and a pile of events (over 150 events) such pop up exhibitions, installations, talks, performances, music and workshops, the area is where to be for the next couple of days.
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Sarah Wiestner
One of the exhibitions that got me excited at this year’s Clerkenwell design week, is Sarah Wiestner’s axcrylics mirrors, MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) and LEDs lights installation or make over of the infamous House of Detention known to be haunted. The prison was demolished in 1890, but an entire underground section survived and lay undisturbed until the bombs of the Blitz saw it reopened as an air-raid shelter. After World War II it was again largely forgotten until, in 1993, it became a museum.
How Sarah plays with mirrors and make the space transparent is often deceived or shaken by the encounter of a dead end paths. Many openings were sealed off last century. The LEDs lights give back the light to this place once in a the complete dark. I have not been yet but can already sense a very interesting and exciting mix of elements and feelings.
Read more
> The website and blog of Sarah Wiestner (some awesome stuff) – http://maisdsarahwiestner.blogspot.com
> Cklerkenwell design week – http://www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com
> The House of Detention – http://www.london-ghost-tour.com/houseofdetention.htm
A busy summer for Dave White
Good and warm weather are good things but how about good art shows? Yes that adds to the flavour.
Dave White is a contemporary British Artist who dedicates his work to celebrating popular culture and interpreting emotive issues.
White graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Liverpool John Moores University. He has enjoyed success from the inception of his career with selection for the Northern Graduates exhibition at the Royal College of Art in 1994, then exhibiting his initial animals series. A highlight of this period was exhibiting at Sotheby’s London to celebrate the Blue Cross centenary and international art fairs.
White has continued to reflect popular culture and in 2002 he pioneered the ‘Sneaker Art’ movement with the execution of pop art inspired sneaker portraits. This has led to a long term collaborations with Nike and Brand Jordan.
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We went to a few shows of this artist over the years such as the “Sold out” show at Lock Studios back in 2013. This was actually the last time we saw the artist’s works in the flesh so we are looking forward to the few London shows he is having during this summer and included all the details below
1. ‘Summer exhibition’ at LOUGHRAN GALLERY
> Summer exhibition – now open with works from Chris Levine, Nick Jeffrey, Douglas Kirkland and many more. Original oil paintings and watercolours by Dave White will be available to view in this exhibition.
2. ‘Mix’ at LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY
> Lawrence Alkin Gallery will hold their Summer Exhibition ‘Mix’ from 9th July to 5th September featuring an array of original work and editions by names such as Damien Hirst, Ben Eine, Warhol, Blek le rat and Banksy.
Dave White will be unveiling two exclusive new oil paintings for this exhibitions
3. ‘Dog Days’ at HANG UP GALLERY
> Hang-Up Gallery are proud to present Dog Days : this season’s most engaging group exhibition showcasing a unique blend of freshly created artworks from 16 of Hang-Up’s leading body of contemporary and urban artists.
State of the art limited edition prints and original releases in various mediums have been created exclusively for the highly anticipated show that will open 24 July 2015.Dave White will unveil a rare Gold Leaf Stag Edition (of 10), a 24 colour silkscreen with a 24 carat gold leaf background.
Anamorphic art
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
The end result
5 awesome Star Wars themed prints by RYCA & Trafford Parsons
With the release of yet another episode of the Star Wars saga – Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, later on this year we looked at how much artists get inspired by it and selected 10 pieces we felt were worth sharing.
May the (art) force be with you. Enjoy these 5 awesome Star Wars themed prints by RYCA & Trafford Parsons
“Han Echoes Red” by RYCA
“Choose your droid” by RYCA
“R2 Tag2” by RYCA
“Rebel Rebel” by RYCA
“R2D2 by” Trafford Parsons
