Time lapse of Nick Walker’s Mona Lisa stencil
Joram Roukes at Signal gallery
Another show that was one not to miss so I pressed on to get there asap. Joram Roukes is a regular at Signal gallery, this is not his first show in the premises – Find out more
As soon as you step in, you cannot get your eyes off the large canvases that run along the walls. Joram Roukes mainly paints on a large scale with his preferred medium : oil once again. He clearly masters it and give us another set of figurative paintings where humans, animals and objects assemble.
As always, the artist’s work composition is simple: characters or simply a face on a plain background which emphasizes the figurative work. Joram Roukes breaks down to the extreme the usual sight we may be used to normalize when it comes to people’s apperances. You find yourself spending some time on each artwork, there is so much going on the canvas. Look closer and paintings within the painting shows up – see an example below.
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.
Mikael Alacoque – Mitty and Badbabysitter
Artists Statement:
Initially trained as a traditional figurative sculptor and Mouldmaker. I now seek to find new meaning and relevance in old outmoded techniques.
I’m fascinated by the idea of the public monument and much of my work revolves around the need to investigate the way in which society records events and people by casting them in metal and stone.
I seek to rip the idea of the public monument asunder and then re-build it in a new order with a revised iconography. My work seeks to expose and examine the insecurities and frailties of society, and our place within it.
Recent works ‘Gnome Kone’ and ‘Bad Babysitter’ are part of a series of sculptures that are concerned with a playfully sinister bastardization of familiar objects. The pieces have an initial feeling of innocence and irreverence but on closer inspection seem more bizarre and
unsettling.
Pictures and statement taken from the A GALLERY website
Johnson Tsang’s ceramics are flying
If I tell you “ceramics”, you’d probably look at me, nod politely and forget immediately that I mentioned that word but if I told you “Johnson Tsang’s ceramics”, I’d strongly advise you to listen and more importantly to take a look at his works as it is simply fantastic and will give you a complete new and fresh look at what you can do with ceramics.
Have you ever thought that emotions, movement and speed could be transposed into some ceramic works? Probably not. Ceramics may make you think of pots or something. Well see what you can do if you have Jonhson Tsang’s talent and skills.
See more on Johson Tang’s website – http://johnsontsang.wordpress.com/
Alice Pasquini, Beastman & Sabek street art
Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today: Alice Pasquini, Beastman & Sabek.
Alice Pasquini – located in Brest (France)
Beastman x Phibs – located in Sydney (Australia)
Sabek
Street art from Madrid
Miss Kaliansky kindly sent these awesome street art below spotted in the streets of Madrid
Featured artist: Saner | Eltono | Nano4814 | Remed | Mart1
Remed, Mart1
Remed, Eltono, Nano4814
Saner
After show at Scream
The beginning of the year is always a great opportunity to start a fresh page and discover what’s new. In this spirit, we would like to invite you to join us for our upcoming group exhibition AFTER SHOW PARTY.
AFTER SHOW is a transition from our Winter Exhibition, kicking off our new exhibition season in 2016.
You can come and view works of our long-terms collaborators, like Remi Rough, Shuby, Collagism and William Blanchard.
We are also really excited to showcase for the fist time the latest additions to the Scream family – Cassandra Yap, Jimmy C,Joe Cruz, Malarky, Mark Petty & Schoony.
Here are some the artists you will see in the show –
Jimmy C
Mark Petty
Still on Brick Lane, enjoying its creativity
Here is part II of my afternoon spent on Brick Lane spotting the creativity that transpires off its wall. If you missed the beginning, here is part I.
Herakut in Russia
Herakut has been busy recently and produced a very expressive piece on the walls of children’s home № 32 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Not only the work is remarkable, they also put together a very well shot and edited video to support “the struggle with the monster of irresponsibility”, name of this another awesome association between these two artists.
If you have not got Herarkut book, get it from Amazon now. It is full of wonders.
HERAKUT – the perfect merge
flexcover. 21×26 cm. 200 pages