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.

The original of this little beauty was sold long before Black Rat Press even opened the doors of last week’s Big Issue Charity event. So, ever a man of the people, Pure Evil has released 100 prints of the piece for you lot, the riff-raff, the people, how nice.

Priced at £250, grab them now from the Pure Evil site here.

So the BRP had the Big Issue Charity Show on Saturday and it seems to have a been a great success, raising a lot of money for charity. There’s a huge thread over on Banksy.info with more photos and a whole load of discussion on prices and which pieces people thought were the best and worst.

We’ve got a selection of images from Wallkandy.net – so as ever, thanks to Ian over there for providing us with top notch photos. Gallery after the jump.

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It seems everyone’s in the corporate social responsibility game these days, even Black Rat Press. The very successful gallery are teaming up with homeless helpers The Big Issue Foundation to put on an impressive show this Saturday, August 9.

Pure Evil’s ‘Heath Ledger CMYKrink’ portrait on glass, 6 by 4 feet (pictured), has been submitted alongsid original works from the likes of Dotmasters, D*Face, Eine, Mantis, Matt Small, Swoon, Nick walker, Peter Kennard, Cat Picton Philips, Ron English, Herakut, Jamie Reid, Andrew Mcattee, Charming Baker, Robert Sample, Elbowtoe, Hush, Pure Evil, Julian Opie, Miss Bugs, Modern Toss, Ruth Marten, Dan Baldwin, Peter Blake, Logan Hicks, Armsrock, Cyclops, Beejoir, Chris Stain, Labrona, Antony Lister, Copyright, Gaia, K Guy, James Mylne, Eelus, SPQR, Neverwork, LET, Dog Byte, Static, Jef Aerosol, The Krah, Pam Glew, Mr Jago, C215, Part2ism, Tony Gray, David Walker, RYCA, Dr D, Mighty Monkey, Ame72, Christophe Remy, Rene Gagnon, Zac Walsh, Bandit, Blek Le Rat, oliver Winconek.

All works will be sold in usual fashion and not auctioned. Fore more info visit BRP directly here.

UK Street Art had the pleasure of catching up with the Don Corleone of stencil art, Logan Hicks, before his first solo UK show opens at Black Rat Press this Thursday (July 3). To hear all about his old studio next to Shepherd Fairey’s, his desire to simply paint beautiful women and his thoughts on the raging Nike vs Adidas debate (we sort of made that last part up), check the full interview out after the jump.

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JetSet Graffiti have put together a great video showcasing Armsrock, the upcoming exhibitions at Black Rat Press in London and Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Brooklyn, opening this week. This indepth look takes a look at this creative mind in his studio in Bremen Germany a couple weeks ago as he was preparing for the two shows.