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Speak, Shape, Create, Time..
strip it down... The Organ Art pages, cut out the music (and the alternative
activist stuff and...) and on these pages you'll find nothing but adventures
in galleries, and indeed outside of galleries, and everything archived
without all the clutter of music so you can find it without the millions
of record reviews in the way...
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ROA @ PURE EVIL / DALE
GRIMSHAW @ SIGNAL, East London, 8th April – Two shows opening within
spitting distance of each other over in the giant rabbit infested warren
of streets that is Shoreditch, East London. (yeah yeah, Shoreditch, mock
if you like, but there is a genuine buzz here, the place is alive, things
are going on, being created, it isn’t all about avoiding the idiot culture
in the Nailgun Arms). Tonight we have Roa with his first solo London show
and Dale Grimshaw just over the road with a return for another show at
Signal. Two small shop-sized galleries and both rather alive and
busy for their opening nights.
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We’ve been looking forward to Roa’s show, he’s one of the genuinely exciting,
genuinely different, challenging (and productive) forward looking street
artists out there doing it right now. You may well have passed one of Roa’s
giant creations without know who the creator was, there’s been one of his
giant rabbits on Curtain Road, almost opposite Dale Grimshaw’s show at
Signal (and next to that giant Stik piece in the garage doors), can’t miss
that impressive rabbit, been there for a few months now. Roa’s work seems
to be turning up all over Europe. He’s from the industrial city of Ghent,
in Belgium, how does he get to be in so many places at once “I just like
to paint wherever I can” he said with a smile when I asked him, “I just
keep doing in and people seem to like it so I do more”. There’s a depth
to Roa’s work, a deeper soul, a sprit that you can invest your own emotion
in, a Pagan spirit? Or maybe the spirit of deep ecology that gives his
work a little more depth that the usual pop art famous for fifteen minutes
of graphic design style that drive most street art (that isn’t a blanket
dismissal of street art, indeed some of it should be instant bits of exciting
impressive graphic design, here today, buffed tomorrow). Roa’s style is
graphic, he has a slightly different painterly style though, a mostly black
and white, and on the grandest of ambitious scales, eye catching from afar,
pleasing from up close. His work has appeared in London gallery shows
before, not like this though, not as a solo show, pieces standing by themselves.
Would it work as a solo collection in a gallery? His work is surely best
when discovered on the sides of abandoned buildings, unexpected on derelict
walls that are already being reclaimed by green growth (the Captain’s table
notion), catching your eye ten foot high as you pass by on a bus or train....
He’s about that reclaiming, the reclaiming by nature of abandoned industrial
buildings, of derelict office furniture, unwanted window blinds re-hung
in forgotten window frames, metal wall fittings, old locker doors put back
on the street adorned by a giant fox . To just come across one of his pieces
on the street (or via a twitter message with a link to a photo that quickly
flows around the on-line streetart networks) is almost mind-boggling, how
does he do it on such a scale and with such accurate lineage? Can’t really
mistake his work for anyone else’s, once you get to know his style you
just know - doesn’t need to tag it, it already has a signature.
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Would Roa work in the confines of a small gallery though? Would taking
it all in to one enclosed space and presenting it formally take away some
of that vital soul? Well yes, it isn’t quite the same, the creatures are
fighting for breath here, a gallery is not their natural environment. It
does work though, this is still very very good, it really is exciting to
catch a view through the window and step around the crowds chatting outside,
to push through that door to catch a first glimpse. One big piece on either
of the main room walls, smaller pieces in back rooms and a basement to
Pure Evil that actually, once you get down there, fits perfectly with Roa’s
use of abandoned industrial space, a semi-formal gallery environment that
still has the slight feel of reclaimed wasteland and something taken back.
It all comes to life once you get down the stairs to that more natural
environment of the basement. Rabbits, squirrels, giant birds, pieces
painted on collections of doors and old desk tops. Desk tops and doors
that open, like giant advent calendars, to reveal skeletons, inner structures,
further treats... Yes! Yes, it does work in here and you really should
try and get to see the show. Roa really is one of the most exciting street
artists out there right now, he’s a fresh and vital part of a scene and
an idea that’s forever regenerating and reinventing - not a stencil or
a political comment in sight tonight, just a really honest, really exciting,
deep feeling of soul and a depth that’s more than welcome right now. We
set out for East London tonight excited about Roa, we weren’t disappointed.
Roa’s show is on now and runs until May 2nd at Pure Evil, Leonard Street,
East London... - www.pureevil.eu
Or if you’re not in London,
go follow some of the streetart bloggers on Twitter , word soon spreads
when there’s a new piece up, go to the Organ twitter page and look at the
lists, there’s a street art/Graff list there where you’ll find the people
who tell you when there’s a new piece up - twitter.com/organmagazine
/ roaweb.tumblr.com
MORE
PHOTOS HERE
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 DALE
GRIMSHAW @ SIGNAL, East London, April 8th - Thursdays in London are
always busy in terms of new art and gallery openings, tonight is no exception
and over the road from the Roa show at Signal (in Curtain Road) you can
fine DALE GRIMSHAW’s more “formal” paintings. Formal is relative tonight,
we’re surrounded by street art and yes, if you look those street art themes
can be found in some of the script that’s semi-hidden in the subtle colours
- using words in a Jenny Holzer kind of way, far more subtle though, far
less in your face as it were (relative again). The Lancashire painter’s
latest body of work, pieces on canvas, are on show. Dale Grimshaw’s third
solo show at the inviting and intimate Signal gallery. His latest
collection of work is a show called Arcana, a series of paintings based
on the ancient imagery of tarot cards. Reasonably big, rather graphic,
never too obvious, alive with subtle radiant colour, with fine line, paintings
that are almost illustrative, photographic, paintings that are alive with
just a little edge of emotion. Works alive with details dragging you in
closer and demanding you spend time exploring the bits that are almost
hidden in the vibrant layers and the wonderful backgrounds - a personal
emotional depth pulling you in to his impressive pieces. Actually found
myself pulled back to the gallery for a second visit tonight, could have
stood there looking in to them for hours, there’s a depth that you really
don’t really see until you really get up close and look right in to these
windows. So much in here; mysterious imagery, different states, complex
pieces that once again you really need to go see in the flesh. Looking
at art on the internet really is nowhere near enough, use the web to point
the way, view the photos here, but you really have to go see them in the
flesh.
Not really sure which show we enjoyed most tonight, not that it matters,
certainly want to go back and see them both again, two exciting alive fresh
painters and two rather fine shows, art is exciting right now, went to
see some bands at the Legion afterwards, all seemed rather flat and predictable
after the art...
Dale Grimshaw’s Arcana show is on at Signal, Curtain Road, until 1st May
- www.signalgallery.com
/ www.dalegrimshaw.com
MORE
PHOTOS HERE
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 5th
APRIL: The cities were once our pastures, fish once jumped from the rivers,
storks once combed these streets. And that’s easy to forget — which is
why the work of ROA can be so powerful, existing in ruined, deserted
industrial spaces of the city.
ROA
has Solo Exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery (Leonard St, East London) from
8th APRIL – 2nd MAY 2010
"Roa’s eagerly anticipated UK solo debut opens in London this spring to
exhibit his unique portrayal of large scale urban wildlife, disquietly
cohabiting city streets, hand painted in his distinctive black and white
style.
Roa started painting abandoned buildings and warehouses in the isolated
industrial outskirts of his hometown – Ghent, Belgium. Fixating on the
animals he found there; the wildlife became the central subject matter
of his work, inspired by their clever ability to adapt into scavengers
in order to survive. He used the dilapidated, coarse interiors and exteriors
of the unyielding landscape as a canvas to portray his large- scale creatures.
Roa filled a vast abandoned warehouse complex of different chambers and
exteriors with a menagerie of large-scale animals, creating an impressive
spray painted zoo of city scavengers. His obsession went global when he
took to the streets of New York, London, Berlin, Warsaw and Paris, prolifically
painting his trademark cross-sectioned animals wherever he went, locating
them where they naturally invade the main city streets with their quiet
yet powerful presence.
Pure Evil Gallery is proud
and extremely excited to present a new body of original artwork by ROA
this spring, complete with street works inthe local area. Look out for
a new ROA city fox appearing on a street near you". More
here
4th APRIL Yeah, I know, quiet
around here, busy slinging paint aren't we, that and animating .. here's
a rather impressive wall piece from NOH J COLEY that's up on a wall
in New York City, just down there, the face on the left of your screen,
as pointed out by the good people at www.unurth.com...
(Roa crow on the right, rather excited about the Roa show...)
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18th MAR: ART IS PROOF...
The Art is Proof Press is a small collective of designers and illustrators,
who for the past two years they put on annual exhibitions of screen printing
and print sales. Tonight they are taking over Superette, a new exhibition
and events space just off Brick Lane in the heart of East London for 2
weeks. Run by Leona Baker, the Art Is Proof will to be the very first people
invited to host a show in the new Superette Space. For two weeks the space
will be a one stop pop-up shop and gallery of affordable art, screenprints,
books, zines and more from a selection of their favourite independent illustrators,
designers and makers. As well as exhibiting and selling an eclectic mix
of fantastic work, they have planned some punk-rock print workshops and
a Sunday Sale featuring Wonderleague’s amazing mix of deadstock, trading
cards, accessories and zines. For more info and dates of the events check
www.superette.co.uk
The space opens tonight, Thursday 18 March 7 – 9pm with drinks, music and
nice things to look at (and buy). Read more about it over at www.hookedblog.co.uk
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 12th
MAR: The LOW-FI FAYRE is a new monthly event that is to happen over
in Kensal Green, London, NW10 (our home turf these days). The first
Low-Fi Fayre runs from Midday until 9pm on Sunday 21st March. “This new
unique monthly market and social enterprise celebrates all that is low-fi
with a variety of stalls and entertainment”. We can expect stalls offering
art, craft, books, vintage clothing and who knows what. “Enjoy tea and
fabulous cakes from Cake Embassy together with music and film shorts while
you browse”. The event takes place within the comfy confines of the rather
spacious William IV pub on the Harrow Road, so there is no need to brave
the cold” If you are a design-maker, artist, crafter there are stalls still
available. “If you would like to hold a stall please email a link to your
website or blog or provide a brief description of what you would like to
sell”. Stalls cost £10, for further information and to book a stall
email: lowfifayre@yahoo.co.uk
We'll be there with some pieces of art and general
DIY Organness, hand painted vinyl, small canvas pieces and such, hopefully
there will be lots of DIY type being and doing and all around getting involved
from others.... More news on the musicians involved, the films and such
late this week... The William IV is at 786 Harrow Road,
Kensal Green, London, NW10.
nearest tube, Kensal Green on the Bakerloo Line, lot of buses - 52, 18
and such, nice big REVOK piece on the wall outside the pub, some
of those mysterious scisors there...
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 6th
MAR: If you haven’t been in to have a look at the FAILE / BAST Deluxe
Fluxx Arcade installation, at the Lazarides Greek Street space over
in Soho, London, right next the Pillars Of Hercules pub, really not that
obvious and rather easy to walk straight past, if you haven’t had a look
yet then it really is worth your time and effort. Or even if you were at
the crowded opening, well worth going back and taking a second look with
a little bit more time and space to breathe. Worth going, taking some real
time and really focusing on the clever detail that you don’t really get
first time around. There’s a depth here that doesn’t really reveal itself
unless you really allow it to - sure, this is fun, relaxed easy to get
fun, but take a closer look while you’re having your fun . A little more
than just dayglo ‘throwaway’ pop/street art going on in that clever detail.
The exhibition/installation takes place over the two floors of the Lazarides
space, wall to wall art. Upstairs free standing oldschool 80’s video arcade
games, flanked by 50’s 60’s 70’s artwork, downstairs in the ultra-dayglo,
there’s table football and such. The devil really is the detail though,
you need to take a closer look and the little details in the work. The
video games are interactive, playing them reveals more of the art, not
only fun then... lots of fun though. If word had got out a bit more this
place would be packed with people having fun, people who never think of
going out to find art. |
Tempting to just take it as 60’s influenced collage comic book populism,
but look a little closer.... if you’re passing, then well worth dropping
in for a (lingering) look (and some fun). Went there yesterday and we had
the space all to ourselves, a whole art playground all to ourselves with
machines and games and interactive art, there for as long as we wanted
it to be there... The show is open from 11am to 7pm Monday until Saturday
through until March 19th, here’s a few photos.... www.lazinc.com
is where you go for more details, or just take yourself over there and
take a look if you have the chance, art needs to be seen live, need to
see it in the flesh, alive and breathing, rather than the detached stagnant
flat colour-squashed version you get on line... And right now you can carry
on over to the ICA and catch the Billy Childish show (more on that
in a moment).
Do go see the Faile / Bast show, the key word is fun, like they say themselves,
“come in, have fun, this is like comfort food”, more table football and
black light in art galleries we say. There’s also a Faile ten year retrospective,
for the slightly mysterious Brooklyn team (duo now) have been doing this
for a over a decade... There’s a
video here, there’s some photos down there, explore it all live though,
you’ve got just over a week left, you’ve got animation, retro eyeriots
and all kinds fluorescent beauty waiting, step of the street for a minute
and have some fun. Art is exciting right now, well when you can interact
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 3rd
MAR: Latest SECRET WARS EURO LEAGUE Result... LONDON 2 AMSTERDAM
0.... Don’t know what we’re on about? Here you go, here’s the highlights,
brought to you by Stitchthat TV... More results over at www.secretwarseuroleague.com
should you be interested.... meanwhile... Arsenal 2 Bristol City 2 (or
is Banksy a Gashead?)....
Robbo...blah...
Banksy...
blah blah... 40 year old shoe repair man.... never sold a piece of art...
all over the Wall Street Journal now... On the BBC Culture show tomorrow
so it seems... show coming up... never saw that one coming did we....
wonder if they cooked it all up together? Nah, guess not... over to the
Wall
Street Journal....
Some
saw Banksy's act as self-promotion, some as a tribute, but most interpreted
it as plain disrespect for a local hero (reports the Wall Street Journal).
Offers of retribution reached Robbo, who has remained friendly with many
graffiti writers even as he slipped into a life of obscurity as a North
London father of two children, with a third on the way.
"They was all offering to do it for me," says Robbo - in an interview
here in said March 3rd edition of the Wall Street Journal - But
he decided: "I've got to do it myself."
So on Christmas morning - praying he wouldn't wind up in jail even as his
children were opening their presents (like something out of Dickens
ain't it guv, fair bring a tear to your paint-filled eye)- Robbo slipped
back onto the canal and reclaimed his turf. Instead of applying wallpaper,
Banksy's workmannow is seen painting two words: KING ROBBO...”
Prehaps the saddest thing to come out of Gabrielle Steinhauser's piece
is the bit about the street art/graffiti writer rivalry that is now starting
to get a little unhealthy when really there should be time and space for
all...
“The game didn't end there. Robbo in recent weeks has modified all four
Banksys along Regent's Canal, signing them "Team Robbo." (of course
the Journal probably doesn't know Robbo has gone on ot do more since then,
hitting more Banksy pieces around London) Other graffiti writers have
shown their support by adopting the "Team Robbo" tag for their own works.
"Graffiti writers are Team Robbo, street artists are Team Banksy," says
Robbo, his heavy cockney accent and shaved head reminders of graffiti's
past when skinheads and punks battled to mark their territory with names
and slogans.
Banksy apparently declined to be interviewed but provided a statement through
a spokeswoman.
"I didn't paint over a 'Robbo' piece. I painted over a piece that said
'mrphfgdfrhdgf'," he said. "I find it surreal when graffiti writers get
possessive over certain locations. I thought that having a casual attitude
towards property ownership was an essential part of being a vandal."
Seems Robbo, the ex Arsenal skinhead football hooligan turned shoe-repairing
father of two (third on the way if he doesn't get hauled off to the poor
house with no goose for Christmas), having never made a penny from his
art, now has a show coming up, no one sa all that whe nthis first kicked
off did they....
Meanwhile, Rossetti screams at Hunt, everyone talks about it, Turner proves
how easy it is to paint in anyone else's style and we all watch the soap
opera evolve, evolve and evolve... Wonder who burned down Mr Keel's windmill?
Damn those street sculptures....
Seems RareKind (people who put on Graffiti orientated art shows) have,
according to the Journal, asked Robbo to do his own show later this
year, and, with a family to support and the thrill of his recent outings
still fresh,
Robbo is tempted.
"I've done everything, everything for nothing," says Robbo. "I don't think
anyone would knock me for making money out of it. But it's never been my
goal to make money out of something I love."
Aresnal eh? What we want from you Robbo is a bit of number 7, see there’s
only one King Robbo and he’s as Red as it gets. Old Banksy, even in his
best Leicester City and England world cup days would never have got near
no7, the Red king Robbo, in full flow... all art innit... woof woof bark
bark.... all the old news and the original story over
here, promise not to mention it on these pages again.. now weavers
versus textile printers, that war was pure evil, screens, boiling vats
of resist wax, flying looms, converted sewing machines as weapons, and
the Knit London crew watching on, needles in hand ready to pearl one at
the drop of a hat... First Thursday tomorrow.... can we get ack to art
now?
1st MAR: Rather good video
up on the UK
Street Art website from the the Hazardous Waste event over at
Portobello Road, West London
28th FEB:Onward some more,
a whole load of photos from the Hazardous Waste event that happened
this past weekend over on the West side of London. The page can be found
over here on a page dedicated to images
of the event and nothing else but the rather enjoyable event...
Meanwhile over in Parliment
Square.... A YouTube
of T.WAT and LEEKS.... “Has to be one of the best spots in
town, a cold weekend in February and T.wat and Leeks are out and about,
rocking Parliament Square, London SW1. Dedicated to Nigel, and Maria..on
strike for peace...” An Eddie Dangerous short film..
And all while BANKSY
was taking glossy Sunday frontcovers, six page Sunday Times features
and getting himself on the front of TimeOut (and Team Robbo took things
too far hitting more Banksy pieces and getting rather boring now, might
have a point with the canal pieces but....)
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 25th
FEB:Onward with the art of art and the recycling of reduntant vinyl and...
Like this piece from Paris duo Leo
and Pipo...
GRAFIK WARFARE presents
HAZARDOUS WASTE.... Grafik Warfare are an international collective
of twenty six street artists and illustrators, including SNUB23, HUTCH,
ISTHISYOU?, SINNA, GERM, EYESAW, ORCO.... To celebrate the launch of their
new website
www.grafikwarfare.co.ukthe
whole collective are exhibiting for the first time at the Graffik London
Gallery, 284 Portobello Rd, London. The four day event is called Hazardous
Waste and kicks off tonight, 25th February with a preview and charity auction,
there’s a special party night with DJ’s followed by an after-party in a
secret location on Friday and Saturday is dominated by a live art session,
including wall graffiti, things carry on through Sunday and hen things
are all packed away and.... The charity sponsored will be Medecins
Sans Frontieres’ Haiti relief fund. The pieces up for auction will include
one “mystery piece” which will be completed by the Grafik Warfare
artists throughout the duration of the event. More from www.graffiklondon.co.uk.
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 24th
FEB: DANGER: An exhibition at The Rag Factory, Heneage Street, off
Brick Lane, London E1. The exhibition runs 12 - 6pm Friday 5th ‘til
Sunday 7th March (with a “private view” on Thursday 4th March from 6 -
10pm). Curated by Kate Wiggs and featuring
ROBIN CLARE, an rather
striking artist who we’ve featured on these pages before, check out her
graphic pop art style that something rather different. Other exhibiting
artists include Sonya Chenery, Joanna Austin, Liam Herne, Adam Fearon,
Kate Williams, Chloe Bardolf-Smith Uden, Juan DelGado, Charlie Hurcombe,
Paul Kindersley, Jemma Watts, Razvan Anton, Anne Kermarrec, Kevin O'Keefe,
Mick Bateman, Victoria Lucas, Martin O'Brien, Adam Dembski Bowden, Mathias
Tujague, Marianna and Daniel O'Reilly. Explore Robin’s work via her website
at www.robinclare.com
23rd FEB: BANKSY'S POP
UP CINEMA OPENS UP - “Please note random bag searches in operation,
all spray paint must be checked in....” Banksy opens up his London pop-up
cinema to show his film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” to the general
public Tickets on sale at
midday today, only 150 seats per showing so I guess if you’re bothered
you need to move rather fast. See he’s on the front cover of this week’s
Time Out as well, guess this is Bankymania time...
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 22nd
FEB: INKFETISH, aka Tom Blackford, has a piece of outdoor creativity
that you can currently see on the London shop front that is Upper Playground.
Expect a debut Inkfetish solo show at the Upper Playground London shop
in Kingly Street, W1, sometime in April... More details and such via www.inkfetish.co.uk.
The Upper Playground empire can be explored via www.upperplayground.com
No Organ radio show on Resonance
FM next Sunday, Resonance is broadcasting live from the KILL YOUR TIMID
NOTION festival next weekend... KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION happens
between Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th February at Dundee Contemporary Arts,
Dundee, Scotland. A festival of open-ended proposals for image, sound and
dialogue (For those unable to get to Dundee, KYTN highlights will be broadcast
on Resonance104.4fm
www.resonancefm.com
on the final festival weekend of the 27th and 28th.)
“So maybe art isn’t some object or performance or film or whatever that
you look at: it’s the process that produced it. And so Kill Your Timid
Notion is Arika's festival of experimental image, sound and dialogue. It's
a week-long chance to spend time together and investigate artistic actions
and processes that might speak about the world we live in today.
The programme comprises FILM screenings, live PERFORMANCES, INSTALLATIONS
and a series of INVESTIGATION events that you can get involved
in – we want you to get involved in the processes used by the artists at
KYTN this year, and maybe help develop those processes together. In fact,
some of the artists might need your help in delivering their performance
at the weekend.
Featuring: Morgan Fisher, Jarrod Fowler, Loic Blairon, Taku Unami, Mattin,
Emma Hedditch, Howard Slater, Christof Migone, Resonance Radio Orchestra,
Marc Baron and much much more.
For full programme information see www.arika.org.uk
or tune in to Resonance next weekend to hear it. We Organs will be back
on air the weekend after – March 7th - with Marina’s Other Rock Show and
the further exploration of rock music that goes beyond the conventions
of 4/4 time...
GENESIS
BREYER P-ORRIDGE is sixty today, happy Birthday Genesis. There’s a
celebration to mark the 60th birthday of the Throbbing Gristle /
Psychic TV front person happening at the Renwick Gallery over in New York
with performance artist Amir Nogharabi tonight. www.renwickgallery.com
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 20th
FEB: Seems MASSIVE ATTACK have found themselves on the receiving
end of a ban from TfL (Transport For London) over a poster showing the
cover from their new album (so reports Londonist.com),
Heligoland. The original artwork, painted by Massive Attack's own Robert
del Naja, has had to be redesigned after TfL decided it looked too much
like graffiti.
"They won't allow anything on the tube that looks like 'street art'. They
want us to remove all drips and fuzz from it so it doesn't look like it's
been spray-painted, which is f**king ridiculous. It's the most absurd censorship
I've ever seen," del Naja said in response to the decision. An early inspiration
for famed street artist Banksy, the boundaries between art and music
have been central to del Naja's career with experimental album art beautifully
complementing the haunting, dark and slightly menacing music which has
become characteristic of Massive Attack.
They're not the first to fall foul of TfL's fragile aesthetic sensibilities;
last year the Ministry of Sound's poster campaign for their New Year's
O2 gig was banned in case it caused 'graffiti artists to think that such
behaviour would be tolerated.' TfL appear to be taking the lowest common
denominator approach over their advertising guidelines and applying the
somewhat dubious assumption that such posters will inflame latent graffitical
tendencies among us when the only graffiti most tube travellers would be
tempted to undertake would be to correct the service information boards
with accurate updates. (Londonist)
But do Transport For London
know who Banksy is and what those Exit Through The Gift Shop posters
that are all over the tube systems right now are all about? Thought not!
SWEET TOOF has a new
website, all teeth and smiles, are they smiles? Certainly lots of teeth
Find it at sweettoof.com
16th FEB: NEVER ODD OR
EVEN is the name of a new show of work from CASE that opens
this week at the Signal Gallery. Case aka Andreas Von Chrzanowski, is as
well known for his street work, with the Maclaim crew, as he is for his
'photo realistic' gallery work. This will be his first solo show in London,
having shown successfully across Europe and recently in Los Angeles. “The
show is based on the already fantastical imagery of 'Alice Through The
Looking Glass'. Case has added his own special brand of twisted logic to
the scenes”. The show runs from February 19th to March 6th at Signal Gallery,
96a Curtain Rd, London EC2. More info and imagery over at www.signalgallery.com
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 12th
FEB: That's a Rub Kandy piece there, read on to see why it is there...
Seems that not a day goes by without Banksy jumping in in it in
some form, or at least the media talking about Banksy, yeah I know, that's
what we're doing now, guilty as anyone.... Interesting a video piece on
the whole Banksy Robbo thing on line today, yeah, I know, we've heard far
too much about that already but it is worth a little look for a touch of
commentary from Vandalog.
Meanwhile, seems the story that Foundry, over in East london, is to be
pulled down for some fancy hotel gentrification, is getting out to the
larger media outlets and the main news feature is that a Banksy will be
destroyed if the iconic building gets pulled down. To his credit, Banksy
has said that if the Foundry is to be demolished his piece should go with
it and that that is the nature of his art. There's an Guardian piece up
on line today that'a wel lworth your time Good on the man for saying his
art should go with the much loved venue, but the story really should be
the loss of of a much used arts venue and more soul-sucking gentrification...
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 Good
piece in the Guardian though, here's the signpost
to it...Interesting look at the nature of street art and how it really
isn't meant to last forever. Correct of course but right now the idea of
'street art' and what it is branching off in so many ways, some interesting,
some not quite so interesting is exciting people. The thinking papers and
the art establishment might turn their nose up and scoff at all the galleries
emerging, but it is where the real excitement is now, and the people driving
it all, the venues, the DIY galleries, the blog networks, the Twitter feeds,
the family of artists and creators interacting, the whole idea is alive
with so much more positive creative energy than anything the establishment
has to offer right now. That Rub Candy piece there is as stimulating
as any piece of Andy Goldsworthy land art, equally as valid and no, none
of it, land art, street art, whenout there in an every shifting enviroment,
should really be lasting forever. Art is exciting right now, the networks
are alive with the current Faile show, with Roa, with Swoon, with... Street
art, land art, wild art, toilet art (that's the Foundry toilet there, stolen
from the Guardian piece, photo by Sarah Lee) even gallery art is threatening
to be exciting now and again. Art is alive and 'street art', for all the
faults it may have, is driving that excitement right now.. Of course the
Banksy piece should go with the building....
Thanks for all the feedback
on the Create And SurvIve piece that ran on Resonance FM, for those asking
if there's a podcast of it, yes there will be, any moment now, watch this
space... busy times here..
There's one of the ROA
pieces from his current Paris show, another one of his birds...
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FEB: I’M HERE? You may have been wondering what these stickers and
posters are around town, you probably suspected it was some orchestrated
PR thing, and yes, you were right, that's if you've been walking around
London (or Manchester) un the last few days. They're for Spike Jonze's
30-minute short I'm Here. "The film features British actor 'du jour'
Andrew Garfield (Boy A, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) and after
premiering to critical acclaim at Sundance, the film officially launches
globally on-line on March 1st".
“I got to make my first love story. It’s about the relationship between
two robots living in Los Angeles” says Jonze.
Sad to hear of the passinging
of highly inspiring, groundbreaking fashion artist stroke designer Alexander
McQueen today - a little more than just a designer, am artist and designer
in the most real sense...
10th FEB: The BANKSY
film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, will get a screening in London,
the film will run from March 5th at Curzon Cinemas Soho. You can get your
tickets
here... or go explore banksyfilm.com
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FEB: Yes, Street art, or whatever you wish to call it, has kind of taken
over a little here, we can only reflect what's happening, this is where
the excitment is right now...
FAILE and BAST exhibiting
together at Lazarides in London’s Soho this week, that has to be a good
thing, certainly causing a bit of excitement on the London streetart blogs
and such right now. There’s also a Faile ten year retrospective that will
run alongside the group show. The 'Torn: A Decade Of Faile' retrospective
opens Friday 12th February at the Lazarides Rathbone Place venue. The Faile
Bast show opens on the 12th February at Lazarides Greek Street space. For
directions, opening times and dates for the show visit the Lazarides website
at www.lazinc.com
CREATE AND SURVIVE
is a series of on-going visual art radio documentaries, made by the Organart
team in conjunction with London arts based radio station Resonance 104.4FM.
Tune in worldwide via www.resonancefm.com.
CREATE AND SURVIVE #1: THE THOUSANDS, STREET ART AND...
The first in the series of radio documentaries from the Organ team, finds
Michael 'RJ' Rushmore, he of respected street art blog Vandalog, and curator
of The Thousands art show (as well as writer of the accompanying book –
The Thousands: Painting Outside, Breaking In) in conversation in the gallery
at the Village Underground, East London, with Sean Worrall and Marina Anthony
from Organ. Informal conversations about Street art, the pieces in the
show, and some of the major (and not so major quite yet) players of the
ever evolving street art scene...
Create
And Survive number one will run on Resonance
104.4fm on Thursday 11th Feb at 8pm Tune in worldwide on line,
or via FM in London... More details
here
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FEB: The ongoing search for creative bite... Create and survive...
ROA in Paris...
Seems that last Thursday’s opening of Roa’s
first ever solo show was a massive success, and why shouldn’t it be? Roa
must be one of themost exciting, forward looking (street) artists out there.
The show took place at Gallerie Itinerrance
in Paris. Seems that, according to Vandalog,
pretty much everything sold straight away! Pretty good for his first show.
Here’s what RJ from Vandalog has to say....
“I’m a big fan of Roa’s artwork indoors and outdoors, so it’s great to
finally see him getting the attention he deserves. Not only did Roa produce
some great pieces on found wood and metal for this show, but he sprayed
a number of his trademark animals onto the gallery’s walls. The man just
does not stop painting, no doubt he’s out making something beautiful for
Paris right now”.
Roa’s work has been figuring quite a bit on these pages recently, good
to see people picking up on his genuinely exciting and inspiring work...
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FEB: AU SECOURS is an exhibition featuring some of the biggest names
in urban art. The aim is to raise money for the earthquake victims of Haiti,
the whole thing, that seems to involve those AGENTS OF CHANGE, takes place
Blackall Studios, 73a Leonard Street, London EC2, plenty of chance to get
involved via the webiste if you're not lucky/unlucky enough to be in London,
new work going up there all the time. Artists involved so far include
BEST EVER, COPYRIGHT, DAVID DIPRE, DAVID SHILLINGLAW, DEP, DERM, DFACE,
DON1, GROHS, HERO 1, INKIE, JAYBO, JONATHAN DARBY, JUICE 126, JULIAN KIMMINGS,
LUCY MCLAUCHLAN, LX ONE, MARCO ‘PHO’ GRASSI, MATT SMALL, OLIVER WINCONEK,
PART2ISM, PETE FOWLER, POPX, REMI/ROUGH, SHOK 1, SOLA, SYSTEM, TIMID, WILL
BARRAS, ZOOT, find out more via www.ausecours.org
With Valentines just around
the corner, SAM3 and Studio Cromie release "Uno", a set of three
prints limited to an edition of just 50. The stop motion animation that
can be seen here on Hookedblog
(don’t want to be steaming no thunder and putting it on here, it was then
Hookedbloggers who pointed it out...) was created to accompany the release
of the prints pictured (also on Hookedblog)
6th FEB: Zines, doing it
yourself, hand printing, hand painting, hand folding, getting out
there, non-stop opperations... CREATE AND SURVIVE...
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 ALTERNATIVE
PRESS FAIR 2010 is a London free event celebrating (nearly?) all things
self-published and DIY. Comics and Zines, Radical Literature, Poetry,
Printmaking, Book Arts and even a bit of DIY Fashion come together in this
carnival of modern cottage industry! There will be a huge variety
of things to see and do, including collaborative drawing and live screen
printing where you can make your own poster of the day. In the evening
there will be a party to celebrate the first birthday of the Alternative
Press Fair with an open mic night for all comers to try, also featuring
poetry, spoken word and music. "So come along and help us blow out
the candles!" Didn't say where or when in London but hey, the link is at
the end, you fo look. And they're all very scenester and we're-cooler-that-you
and not very inclussive and openarmed about it, when it really should be
about everyone getting involved and create and survive and well, scenester
scenes are not for us, open-hearted DIY creativity and sharing the
art of doing it yourself is. You can find out more over there where the
cooler than you scenester zine people hang out. if only London wasn't such
a divided scenester you're not cool enough to be part of what we do kind
of city, if only it wasn't like that, if only people really walked it like
they try to talk it, it could be such a more creatively alive and united
kind of place to do things yourself, go get involve, thing need to change,
more inclussive attitudes needed, less eliteism, ah f***, go get involved
if you want, really should be room for everyone is "all things" are being
"celebrated", different shapes and shades for different minds, go create,
the more DIY creativity the better, CREATE has always been the word here
(if anyone wants help getting a zine going, feel free to shout our way,
we've learnt a lot over the long life of Organ) - www.alternativepress.org.uk
CREATE AND SURVIVE
is a series of visual art DIY radio documentaries, made by us here at Organ
zine, the first of which will run on Resonance FM this coming Wednesday
at 8pm, more from us on Monday, these are busy busy times..
4th FEB: LARRY ACHIAMPONG
Late at Tate Britain: Jam in the Dark and Film Screening (Tate Britain,
Manton Studio, Millbank, London SW1, Friday 5 February 2010, 6.30pm – 9.30pm,
Free entry)
“Join artist Larry Achiampong and his band tonight for a jam session with
a difference! Taking place over three hours in a darkened space, “Jam in
the Dark” is a heightened sensory experience and a whole new way to listen
to music”.
Larry explains: “‘Ok, it’s
as simple as ABC…we take our instruments into a dark space with improvisation
in mind. We rely on each other’s sense of sound and feeling to communicate
with one another. The audience is bound to this void of nothingness to
see and everything to hear and feel. It’s a cycle of letting go, giving
back and receiving! JAM IN THE DARK!’” With Kimathi Donkor, Kunal Patel,
Sharon Dabrowa, Roi Driscoll, Ben Youngman and Barbara Lambert.
Also in the Manton Foyer
at the Tate, you can watch “Nothingness into Somethingness” (2010), part
two of a film series by artist Larry Achiampong, on the topic he describes
as ’when artists make nothing and describe it as something’. The series
is inspired by and responds to “Jam in the Dark”. Sound is by Larry Achiampong
and Barbara Lambert.
More
from here
1st FEB: BURNING CANDY
COFFIN.. “I spotted this coffin in the window of a shop in Stokes
Croft the otherday. It is etched with designs by Rowdy, Cyclops and Sweet
Toof, all members of the Burning Candy crew. The skeleton inside the coffin
even has Sweet Toof's distinctive mouth”. So said someone at the Bristol
street art blog
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