With the new body of work, French embraces modern technologies, and although each image is drawn from life and inspired by the people and events he observes, he uses his iPhone and iPad to maintain the visual diaries that form the basis of his oeuvre.
The show runs until the 25 June 2011
Scream gallery | 34 Bruton Street | London W1J 6QX
You will find below pictures of the opening night.
We could not help but snapping away the multitude Faile tags we came across during our last trip to Dublin.
Paint on acrylic skins Continue reading Time lapse: Plum oil painting by Jos van Riswick
Lava Gallery has been cranking out quality shows on a week by week basis, this time, Co-founder and art director of the Lava Gallery Ashes57 presented her new body of work entitled “On the wild side”.
This show is simply good fun, the centre piece being a huge 3d installation featuring her trade mark line drawn city scape’s and characters like the sitting dog. Ashes’ line drawing style has a great flow and creates allot of depth, You will discover something different in her work every time you look at it.
The show features a collection of hand drawn city scape’s, hand painted canvases and limited run prints, a good mix of work and plenty to keep your attention.
There was a great vibe and good turn out on the night, plenty of drinks were had and a few tunes grooved to courtesy of live DJ’s.
See the rest of the pics from the opening night here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chasingghosts/sets/72157626167404315/
It is such a shame that Nathan Sawaya’s new show is in New York and not in London as his art is truly fascinating and is using LEGOS bricks. I have a particular and secret love for those bricks which always take me back to sweet and happy childhood memories and playful moments. Continue reading Nathan Sawaya: the art of the LEGO brick
As mentioned in my previous post about the ROA’s first solo exhibition in London, ROA is in London right now and has been dropping new pieces of his so recognizable black and white wildlife. Continue reading ROA is spraying the capital
Launched at Ickworth House in Suffolk in July 2011 (Now that would be) Telling is a collaborative project between the artist Hayley Lock, curator Catherine Hemelryk and writers Jessica Hart, Lucinda Hawksley, Ben Moor, Hallie Rubenhold and Liz Williams.
Lock and the writers have created a series of site-specific works in English stately homes. Part myth and part encrypted biography, these works reveal/conceal parallel histories of the residents of these remarkable homes.
For Transition Gallery Lock is showing a series of works originally made for a grand home proudly situated in rural Bedfordshire. These portraits of the real and imagined lovers of the Lady of the House use mirrors and light to form a multiple of 28 and include a new portrait of the Lady herself. Lock meshes a range of sumptuous materials including velvets, brocades gilt and fringing into the portraits referencing the imagined interiors of Caddington Hall the family house. Elsewhere the digitally enhanced landscapes play out their stories of love, romance and deceit in an uncanny space where truth and fiction, history and scandal collide.
Words from Transition gallery
14 Jan – 5 Feb 2012
Fri–Sun 12-6pm
We strolled through the London Art Fair for the fourth consecutive year and as always stumbled upon remarkable artworks from ever so talented artists.
In this series, we will tell you why we liked a particular piece from these artists as well as posting more works. We hope you will also enjoy it as we did.
Feel free to comment too at the end of this article. Let’s get started….
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We stumbled upon the piece called “Cloudy Morning, Manahattan” – oil on panel, 150 x 150cm and instantly liked the smoky and hazy atmosphere of this piece achieved in using panels. It made us want to go and explore the scene that was presented in front of our eyes.
Pedro Rodriguez Garrido was born in Huelva, Spain in 1971. Garrido studied Fine Art at University of Seville, Spain. Since graduating in 1998, he has exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions across Europe. Adam Gallery is his first British gallery and will be holding an exhibition of his work late summer/autumn 2013.
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On my way again to Pure Evil gallery. This time I was there to see Remed and I felt particularly excited about this one as the artist was born right from where I am myself from – Lille (France).
The work I was looking at was quite different with the last show at Pure Evil – Busk Bleach Zadok (Read post here). Continue reading Remed at Pure Evil gallery: Picasso-esque
Amar Stewart steps up to the Lava gallery for his first solo show of 2011.
We first viewed Amar’s work in the East Gallery in early 2010, the show had dark undertones, accented with sections of colour, A mixture of spray paint and acrylic. A different approach has been taken this time, the entire gallery almost devoid of colour, a series of large canvases featuring Black and white photorealistic portraits.
This was a understated approach for show early in the year and to be honest, a welcome one. It is easy to feel bombarded when you attend opening nights, peering through crowds to look at large canvases. Lava gallery is only a small space located on the first floor of Kingly Court, just off Carnaby Street.
Amar and the Lava crew did a great job laying out the space, taking a simplistic approach with the arrangement going with white walls and monochrome artworks. It had a overall relaxed vibe, even with droves of friends and fans, it was easy to move around and check out all the work.
Amar’s progression in portraiture is developing a rapid rate and we look forward to seeing what he has to offer in the future.
Check out a the rest of the pics here: Amar Stewart at Lava gallery by Chasinghosts on Flickr
