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The show features works by Swoon, Matt Small and Brian Adam Douglas and explores the different approaches of these three contemporaries to figurative mark making. Photos courtesy of Wallkandy

Thursday 2nd July – 23rd July 2009

Black Rat Press
Rivington Street,
London

“On Thursday June 25 Black Rat Press will be hosting a book launch to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the legendary book Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. In 1984 Thames and Hudson made the brave decision to publish a book of photographs of graffiti covered trains from New York subways. The original print run was limited to only 5000 copies. Subway Art has been in print ever since and the then little known scene which Martha and Henry documented has gone on to be an international phenomenon, in part thanks to the book itself. Black Rat Press are delighted to be hosting this event and that both Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant will be in London to attend the launch. The central pull out pages of Subway Art feature a train painted by legendary New York writer Blade. We are excited to announce that Blade will also be making his way to London this Thursday to attend the opening. For anyone interested in the history of graffiti this is a great opportunity to celebrate 25 years of its documentation and to meet some of this scenes legendary figures.

At the launch the gallery will be showing works by the Burning Candy Crew all of whom site Subway Art as one of the main reasons they started painting.”

Vandalog alerted us to WallKandy’s pics of Matt Small hard at work in the lead up to his show at Black Rat Press, and upon closer inspection of WK’s sets on flickr it’s clear to see that the scene’s busiest photogrpaher has been especially busy of late.

If you’ve got a minute or two head over to his Flickr to see new pics on everything from Crimes of Passion in Bristol, the recent sale at Philips De Pury and Laz’s Outsiders show in Newcastle.

Visit BRP for more info.

From an edition of 175, Nick Walker‘s ‘The Empire’s State’ will be available for purchase at the Black Rat Press‘ stall at the London Art Fair this Tuesday (January 13) for £475.

Grab it here for £275.

Whilst all the hype was with D*Face and the Black Rat Press‘s show last Thursday, Lazarides gallery quietly went about their business in their Charing Cross and Greek Street outposts.

Having worked non-stop on the facade of nearby buildings in the week leading up to the show in his now trdemark fashion, it was time to see what the Parisian had in store for us on the walls of the Lazarides galleries.

After the jump check out a full gallery from Lazarides’ Greek Street gallery. Pics courtesy of the main man, WallKandy, check his sets here. 

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Thursday saw the doors of Black Rat Press open up for the private view of the new D*Face show entitled “aPOPcalypse Now”

Entry to the gallery was through a side door adjacent to Cargo, which let you through a multitude of weird and wonderful rooms filled with installation pieces and sounds. Eventually after clambering through the maze of D*Face imagery and silver D*Face balloons (Yes, there were free custom made ones being handed out!) you got to the gallery which was absolutely heaving with punters knocking back the drink and investing in new pieces.

We’ve put together a gallery of photos for those of you who can’t make it down, photograpy by Paul Jenkins. Full gallery after the jump…

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Art Republic have a couple of D*Face‘s Statue Of Liberty prints for sale at £350. The bulk of these prints were sold from BRP this morning so if you missed out this is probably your last chance. Grab one here quick.