We found this campaign created by Ad Agency DDB Uruguay for S.I.N.A.E. and Dirección Nacional de Bomberos which talks about forest fires.
The campaign was launched in summer to raise awareness on the importance of prevention as a means of stopping forest fires.
We liked a lot the creativity here!
More about the National Campaign Against Forest Fires
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.
CANAL is pleased to present its show for the summer, an exhibition by Phil Ashcroft, mixing live painting, large scale canvases and screenprints.
Ashcroft’s works are influenced by 1980s graffiti, comics, street art and graphics. His paintings are rendered in a bold, graphic style, combining loose, gradient brushwork utilising a limited palette.
Post-apocalyptic, overtly heroic landscapes reference sources as diverse as Japanese Ukiyo-e art, American pop art, Abstract Expressionism, graffiti and Marvel comics. The works draw on the myths of failed civilizations.
Ashcroft also collaborates on live-painting projects in galleries and alternative spaces from street locations to shops. These have included No Soul for Sale , Tate Modern, London (2010); Cans 2 Festival , London (2008); Special Relationship , Scion Space, Los Angeles (2008), Elephant Technique , Village Underground (2006), All The People We Like Are Dead , London (2004), and Graffiti Meets Windows 1 , Hank-Yu Department Store, Osaka (2002).
His first monograph, Solar System Parameters , with forward by Paul Hobson, was published by Gamma Proforma in 2013.
Works are held in public and private collections worldwide. Commissions include projects for Aedas Architects, Amnesty International (UK), British Film Institute (Godzilla film poster/dvd cover), Levis, muf architecture, Nike Town, Royal Mail, Sony PSP and Yahoo (UK).
Live painting every Thursday in June 11am-4pm
Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today: EspaiMGR, DALeast & Obey
EspaiMGR – located in Spain
DALeast – located in Stavanger and done for NUART festival
Obey – for 10 Years of WoosterCollective
They are all from what used to be the Eastern bloc. Yes that time where the West and the East did not talk to each other and while you may have wondered what could be happening on the other side, well we have part of the answer : some talented minds were making sonme great vinyls sleeves.
We have selected 5 for you below with the one right below being our favorite. Which one does it for you?
First seen on The Vinyl Factory
The concept is pretty simple – Art-o-mat machines sell small works of art from retired and converted cigarette vending machines. But each dispenser is also to my view a stunnig work of art.
The recurrent style of these machines is often retro and many artists have got involved a=ver the years and the span of art available would please any art enthusiasts. They are spread mainly across Americas so if you are not around, get yourself over on the website and won yours today and if you are an artist, submit your art for the Art-o-mat machines!
We have included below some of the best machines we came across (images from Art-O-Mat)
This week debuts the 2016 London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington, running from Thursday January 20th – Sunday the 24th.
Find out what’s being said about this year’s Fair – #LAF16
The London Art Fair 2016 features 126 carefully selected modern British and contemporary galleries, displaying work by over 1,000 artists covering the period from the early 20th century to the present day.
> Preview main Fair galleries
> Preview Art Projects galleries
Highlights include:
Thursday 21 January including Thursday Late in association with Peroni Nastro Azzurro
The Fair stays open until 9pm for a special programme including a performance and a PLAY ART DATA MONEY game jam. More information
Friday 22 January
Find out how artists are responding to today’s migrant crisis and whether London’s international reputation as a city of culture is at risk due to soaring rental prices. More information
Saturday 23 January
Key stakeholders in the UK contemporary gallery sector discuss the affect that increasing adoption of social media is having on art buying behaviour and Magnum photographer Olivia Arthur reveals her Desert Island Pics. More information
Sunday 24 January
Family-friendly workshops inspired by Julian Charriere’s current exhibition at Parasol unit for contemporary art. More information
Always wondered how they do it in that ‘Talk, Talk, Talk’ ad where people sort of draw on the TV screen and it makes some sort light marks – ‘light painting’ that is. Continue reading Light painting
Already a legend within the international graffiti community, London’s ‘King Robbo’ will soon lead his entire UK crew (known to the world as ‘Team Robbo’) into Signal Gallery for their first gallery show of the year.
Team Robbo is an intentionally amorphous and anonymous graffiti crew, which has now grown into The Team Robbo Network. Its presence stretches across the world, overseas members working in collaboration with their UK counterparts.
Team Robbo UK will be represented in this show by core crew members: ROBBO, CHOCI-ROC, DOZE, FUEL, PRIME and P.I.C. – some of whom have worked together as a crew for around 25 years!
They will be supported by the artist known as ‘Pranksky’, who provides coverage of Team Robbo’s continuing war with street artists via his media organization, Prank Sky Media.
Several members of Team Robbo are already well-known to members of the street art/ graffiti community and to art collectors alike. This stemmed from several very successful shows last year, including Robbo’s solo show at The Pure Evil Gallery plus Fuel & Prime’s work in ‘The Architects’ Group Show at The Atom Rooms in London. Prime’s controversial piece ‘The Age of Shiva’ was widely publicised when it appeared again last year in Pictures on Walls’ show – ‘Marks and Stencils’ before Christmas.
The crew’s new show, ‘The Sell-Out Tour’ (which can be interpreted in a variety of ways), will be the first time that Team Robbo UK have exhibited in a gallery together.
It will showcase an impressive variety of their work: prints, canvases, sculpture and photographic work. The photographs trace Team Robbo’s joint output, (both legal and illegal) over the years. They will be shown alongside new solo work where crew members push forward the graffiti genre and develop their own work in highly divergent and novel artistic directions. The show is expected to tour the world after the Signal Gallery launch.
The Sell-Out Tour will be supported by work by the artist Pranksky. His work is described as hybrid art (merging art, photography and graffiti) providing a commentary on the ongoing art feud between street artists and graffiti writers that has received considerable media attention.
The show offers a rare chance to both view and purchase original new works and prints by this notorious crew. All work shown is for sale.
Words by Signal gallery
When
7th April: Private View and Press.
8th April: Writer’s night (By invitation only).
8th April – 7th May: open to public.
Where 32 Paul Street | Hoxton, London, EC2A 4LB.
www.signalgallery.com
Room 1: LAVA Showcase featuring: Ashes57, Forged Signatures, Lucas, Neas, Emma Dexter, The Krah, Stik & Otto Schade.
Room 2:: Art Splash Charity Auction Help our friends Eska and Pikto raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Free entry | Original art and prints for sale | Music from LAVA DJs + special guest TBA .
The artists: The Krah, Stik, Otto Schade, Ashes57, Forged Signatures, Lucas, Neas & Emma Dexter.
The dates: preview on the 3/11/11. The show runs until the 6/11 (daily, 12-7pm)
The address: The Rag Factory | 16-18 Heneage Street | London E1 5LJ
