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[nggallery id=2] 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 25th 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 […]
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 […]
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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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
To compliment our earlier Logan Hicks interview, here’s a few pics of his show at The Black Rat Gallery, courtesy of Wallkandy.net . Check out the gallery after the jump
Chris Stain, Poncho, Armsrock. An American, a Mexican and a Dane. Black Rat helps unite the internecine lands of the Americas through the power of street art. Slightly. Plus, um, Denmark. Thieves Ladder opens this Friday at the Black Rat Gallery, London Gallery of them at work after the jump – keep posted for more […]
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 […]
The seemingly unstoppable Black Rat Gallery have yet another top show kicking off next Thursday (June 12), entitled Thieves Ladder. Having invited American stencil artist Chris Stain, Danish don Armsrock and Mexico’s Poncho to town for the gallery’s second ever installation show they look set for another interesting exhibition. If you’re in London on the […]
A little taster before tonight’s event
Blek Le Rat, father of stencil graffiti will be the star of our forthcoming Blek Le Rat solo show \’Getting Through Walls\’. The show celebrates over 25 years of work by this remarkable artist and will mark the UK launch of a new book being published by Thames and Hudson on Bleks lfe and work. […]