Sweet Toof and the Burning Candy crew as a whole (Sweet Toof is part of it) are heavy-weight champions when it comes to street art in London. If you have ever wandered around East London, you must have come across these ‘bubble-gum’ faces with protuberant teeth characters always bursting with flashy colors but this is not what it is about here or not quite. Continue reading Sweet Toof at ARCH402 gallery: have a mouthful of it!
Paragon gym – E1 7JE London: biceps & graffs
On my way to go and see the Sweet Toof show at Arch402, I stumbled upon Paragon gym and its mighty entrance flanked with awesome graffiti.
I could not resist the temptation to snap these away, well I had my camera so it would have been non sense not to.
Enjoy the pics
Havana Club presents Wall Project @ Rich Mix
The Project is an art competition that will allow emerging talents to gain exposure in one of East London’s cultural hotspots. The twelve-month project includes three commissions launched by three live events, hosted in conjunction with the start of Rich Mix’s new seasons.
We went to see the wall painted by Remi Rough and it is ace – see pictures below
More about the project below:
The Havana Club Wall Project is a celebration of the unique spirit of the Cuban city of Havana. It will embody the unique and inspiring attitude that reflects the true values of the Cuban capital – humanity, spontaneity and creativity – all of which are synonymous with authentic Cuban rum.
Artist Remi/Rough is launching the Havana Club Wall Project with his interpretation and vision of the values that make Havana so unique. The celebrated urban artist has been specially commissioned to design and paint an interior wall that runs the entire length of the Rich Mix events space. The Wall Project is then open as a competition to encourage amateur or professional artists to submit their interpretation of the true values of Havana.
Two winners will then launch the following seasons with their designs on Saturday May 7th and Friday 2nd September. Entries are submitted by e-mail to visualarts@richmix.co.uk, a selection will be posted on the Havana Club UK and Rich Mix facebook page to invite public feedback and final judging will be made by a panel led by Remi/Rough.
Entries must be submitted by: March 7th – with the winning wall design on show from May to July 2011 / OR / July 2nd – with the winning wall design on show from July to September 2011 For further enquiries please contact Krista Booker krista@theneonhub.com or 0207 729 5129
Related links
> Havana Club UK
> Rich Mix London on Facebook
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States of reverie – international group show at Scream gallery
Scream Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of young and emerging British and international artists, who have a common desire to explore and create alternative realities. They transport you on a dream-like journey to another time or place, with inspiration drawn from fairy-tales, surrealism, nature, the human body and childhood.
> The above is taken from the Scream gallery website, read more about the exhibition and the artists.
Featured artists
Malgosia Stepnik – Poland | Clare Chapman – UK | Chinwook Kim – South Korea | Guillermo de Zamacona – Mexico | Ann-Marie James – UK | LG White – The Netherlands | Wayne Chisnall – UK
The opening night is on Thursday 13th January – strict guest list only
When: 14/01 till 20/02/2010
Where: Scream Gallery | 34 Bruton Street | London WIJ 6QX, UK | +44 (0)20 7493.7388
Email: info@screamlondon.com
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Der Tiere Solo show by Bael at Signal gallery
It’s a rare thing for a young artist to come along with a style and visual language fully formed. But this is definitely the case with Bael (AKA Michael James Bell). Still in the early stages of his career, his work has a confidence and clarity that many other, more experienced artists would envy.
Having briefly flirted with an art college education, Bael found the whole experience less than inspiring and decided to go it alone. The results seem to have proved that this was a wise decision. Looking at his intense, spare, highly personal artwork you have the distinct impression that they would not have been produced with such single mindedness, if he had been bombarded with the ideas and prejudices inherent in an art college education.
> Read more about the artist on the Signal gallery website
Private View: 13th January 2011, 6 – 9pm
Where: Signal gallery (London) – view on Google map
When: Open to the public: 14th January – 5th February 2011, Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 6pm
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