You can be amongst the first to see Pure Evil’ s first solo show at Ink_d this July at his private view on Thursday, 3rd July from 6.30 – 8.30pm at the Ink_d Gallery in Brighton.
“Using dark humour and twisting symbolism to create new forms, Pure Evil looks at what lurks around the corner on the secret streets of London and sheds light on the things under our noses that we never take the time to notice. The show explores what it means historically to be an East Londoner – how the mind can play tricks and how reality can be much more sinister. From WWII barrage balloon holders to visits from the Pearly Kings and Queens, Pure Evil’s new work will present new stencils and an arsenal of new images including lighter notes of hypnotic visual treats such as neon bunnies, neon butterflies and lightboxes.”
The new show opens to the public on Friday 4th July and runs until Saturday, 2nd August.
As we mentioned in a previous post, we hit the Ronzo solo show down at the Stolen Space Gallery at the Truman Brewery. We caught up with the man himself and managed to put together a little interview to give you an insight as to how he works, who influences him and where he sees things going…
First up, tell us a bit about yourself – how did you get to where you are today?
I’m Ronzo. 32, I came to London in 2000 (to avoid paying my parking tickets) from Munich, Germany – where I’m from. I guess i’ve been always drawing and interested in artistic stuff. I started Graffiti pretty late when It was 1997 and I was 17. My friends had already been doing it for years. They were all really good already. I wanted to do it too because I thought it was cool. In 2000 when I got to London it was sticker madness. Stickers and poster everywhere around Old Street. Less hassle with the police than real Graffiti and easier to make I guess. It was the birth hour of the street art as we know it or at least it felt like that.
Faile will be releasing a print to commemorate their work at Tate Modern this Monday, June 31 at 4pm GMT. The print will feature a 25 colour relief print on 300 gram Somerset Satin paper and will be an edition of 315. This print will be issued on a first come first served basis from the Faile site.
However, if you’re not after a souvenier from the exhibition at Tate Modern, the collective will also be releasing a few more prints via a lottery system which will open at 4pm (GMT) on June 31 and close at 9pm on July 2. The rules for the lottery system are - one print per person, though you can register for as many as you are interested in.
The lottery will be run through the Fair Q site. You will also be able to access the lottery via the Faile site, here.
New virtual gallery on the block, Hang Up Pictures, have kicked things off with a great little competition on their site. If you see their stencil (pictured above) on the streets of East London, email them and you’ll be entered into a draw for Bast’s ‘Sizzling Affairs’ sold out print. All entries must be received by July 4.
Graphic artist Eelus has released his Deer-E-Me print through clothing and street art emporium, Fusshop. Available to buy online now for a measely £69.99, it’s not to be sniffed at.
But if the sight of a woman walking her dead deer in the yellow moonlight is not for you, the Wigan born artist has a number of others on eelus.com.
We’ll have an interview with Eeelus, EINE, Rugman, CEPT, and I-Lib for you next week, when they let us know a little more about their forthcoming show with Stella Dore in Dublin.
‘Top Tory’ Jeremy Hunt was under fire last night saying that graffiti is “wonderful”. The Shadow Culture Secretary went on to say:
“Sometimes graffiti — however objectionable and anti-social it is in principle — can be very thought-provoking.”
“There’s a wonderful slogan daubed on a fence alongside the M40 coming into London that says, ‘Why do I do this every day?’”
You can read the full article here from the Current Bun’s website. Below is an excerpt from his blog regarding his objectives behind the speech.
“Later today, I will be giving my first keynote speech on the arts. I’ll be addressing the great and the good of the arts world so I’m looking forward to seeing the reaction to my speech. I am going to set out policies that show the Conservative Party’s commitment to the arts – such as shaking up the amount spent on administration in the public sector and ensuring that additional money can be generated through philanthropy in the private sector. If Ed Vaizey and I do one thing for the arts, I want it to be creating an environment that encourages and rewards philanthropy. It has been estimated that while philanthropy amounts to 1.67 per cent of GDP in the US, it only makes up 0.7 per cent in the UK – we want to change that. Full link will be on tomorrow’s post.”
After a stint over the other side of the pond, London’s main man D*Face is back and he’s already been getting up to no good, as can be seen above. We’d tell you where it is but we know what you rascals are like – quicker than you can say “online auction” you’ll be down there rippin’ the panels off, tsk tsk…
We’re eagerly anticipating his forthcoming London show at the end of October, as i’m sure you are, check back here for more details very soon.
You can visit D*Face’s recently rejuvinated site here
Meeting of styles – London 7th June All day block party
The weekend saw the first ever London Meeting of styles Hosted by EndOfTheLine kick off to a great start, our foreign spray paint supplier, Sabotaz, aptly sabotaged the import of hundreds of cans of paint – but the graffiti jam continued unabated with all the style and panache of a seasoned Vietnam veteran…
…And then there was more: Over thirty graffiti artists’ pitted side by side amongst strangers, friends and fellow graffers, blessed the concrete and steel of the roof top spot, arguably the greatest Hall Of Fame London has ever seen.
Big thanks to Stuart at Subism who has helped is out big time with the information here. I strongly suggest you hit the site, www.subism.co.uk, for a shedload of amazing prints, and much more
Feeling the oppression of today’s society and loving the freedom that art and street art has, Stuart Boyd wanted to create a movement that would break away from the normality of everyday life and the rules that are set upon us as a society. Street art exists as a sub-culture created through love and passion, subverting and rebelling against the norms of more traditional art and has become a movement in its own right.
Stuart’s view of this sub-cultural movement inspired the name for his business Subism, a web gallery and shop selling his own stencil artwork and hand painted commission portraits. As momentum for the website built up, interest from artists began filling his inbox. In the summer of 2007, the website was completely re-built to include limited-edition prints and one off originals by up and coming and established contemporary artists from the UK and around the world. The artwork ranges from street art and graffiti to digital art and illustration.
We've been involved in the art world in one way or another for years now and thought it was probably about time to set something up ourselves.
Our aim is to provide you with a destination to find out about everything going on in UK galleries, on our streets and anywhere else in the world that our wealth of talented artists might have passed through.
