Part of our 3 street art works series you should see today. Bom K x PAk One x Wen 2, Trash & L7m.
Bom K x PAk One
Trash – done during the Venice Art Walls event, California (USA)
L7m
Bomk x PakOne x Wen2, Trash & L7M street art
Post War Years by Tobias Stretch
We were very impressed about 2 years ago when we stumbled upon the stop motion video from Tobias Stretch called Lucia a mesmerizing work, creepy at times but beautifully crafted throughout. Have a look at the video.
Tobias has produced another wonderfully surreal in his latest video where we follow a girl and her encounters with all around strange big face character. Sit back and watch and let you immerse.
Object-Culture: bridge for the launch of East End promise
A few days ago, I met the Paul Sakoilsky, the curator for Object-Culture, read the post here, the first of four pop up shows happening back to back throughout April and May 2010. Paul kindly sent the pictures below of the opening night (photos credits: Nick Ensing). This first show runs until the 25th April 2010.
Three more shows will then follow –
PRESS – a group show playing off the triple meaning of May Day opens on 6th May and runs until the 20th May
BUNCH OF STARS – curated and organised by The Star of Bethnal Green opens on the 25th May and runs until the 28th May Continue reading Object-Culture: bridge for the launch of East End promise
Dan Witz and his 3D street art
New-York based street artist and real painter, Dan Witz masters the technique called “trompe-l’oeil” with his technique – he uses metal grate graphic that he backs with a 1/8″ thick plastic that give the lifting effect and then the 3D effect is achieved.
Head to the blitz website to check out the latest series entitled “What the %$#@?” (WTF) series and pocket you one up for just 30 dollars.
Check out the video about Dan Witz 3D street art:
Bruce French at Scream gallery
Scream is proud to present the third solo exhibition with fine artist Bruce French. “Absence of Light” is a sequel to his 2008 solo show and will feature his signature fine line drawings, translated into painting, sculpture and limited edition screen prints. The exhibition will be launched on 26 May with an exclusive performance piece at Scream, choreographed and performed by Vanessa Fenton of the Royal Ballet, and sung by Lynne Jackman of rock band St. Jude. Titled ‘And I always will’, this will be the first collaboration between the artist, dancer and chanteuse, and will be performed in ‘First Drafts’ on 26th April at the Royal Opera House.
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. His observations are translated into faceless figurative drawings, emotionally charged yet androgynous and anonymous. Bruce begins by creating an image in layers on his iPad. By drawing directly onto the pad with his fingers he is able to experiment with line, form and colour, before printing on Perspex or translating the image to the more traditional medium of oil on canvas. Although Bruce’s paintings are essentially figurative, they possess a bold, linear aesthetic. He is passionate about using the latest technology as a tool for artistic purposes, extending to a sculpture created on the iPad and realized using the latest electroluminescent light technology. The images do not necessarily represent a specific individual, but act as an emotional journal of characters who cross his path from day to day. By stripping away distinguishing features, Bruce creates powerful linear images.
Words by Scream gallery
Read the full press release on the Scream gallery website
When – 27 May – 25 June 2011 | Invite only preview on the 26th, contact Lee Sharrock
Where – Scream gallery | 34 Bruton Street | London W1J 6QX
Tribute to David Bowie
Sadly, musical legend David Bowie has passed away. For 5 decades Bowie defined himself as a singer, songwriter, record producer, painter, and actor. A fashion and style icon with his unapologetic style and experimental flamboyance, Bowie is a true British legend.
As a tribute we have collected a few street artworks from around the globe and presented them below.
This illustration by Helen Green ombined her illustrations of Bowie’s different looks into an animated gif and have been widely shared on social medias
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James Cochran, aka Jimmy C, did this mural back in 2013 in Bowie’s hometown in Brixton(South London). The wall has quickly become a memorial.
Street Artist Sonni created this animation merging Ziggy Stardust into one of his own unique characters.
Sonni Stardust from Sonni on Vimeo.
DAVID BOWIE FOREVER
That’s the message painted in huge letters along Queen Street West by street artist Victor Fraser, one of many Torontonians mourning the British musical icon’s death on Monday.
David Bowie by David Flore Art in Wynwood Miami, United States
David Bowie by Eduardo Kobra, Barcelona
Shintaro Ohata – the sculptor painter
Shintaro Ohata is one of these artists who will show you something new, who will inspire you, either through a raw and obvious talent or/and because something gets taken to the next level, high, so high it is not reachable by the common creative soul.
Painting meets sculpture or is it rather sculpture redefines painting, I am actually not sure. I am looking at Shintaro Ohata’s works with interest. I then learn that the sculpture elements in his work are actually made of polystyrene and the actual painting is mainly made of acrylic.
This series of works depicts every day scenes of people going about their business but these become much more than that under the artist’s direction. The 3D effect that is created by the sculpted elements, mainly humans or animals, is disconcerting and confuse you as to what you are looking at – a sculpture with a painted background or a painting which includes a sculpture element.
The fusion of the two mediums is pretty remarkable here. Kneel down and look straight and you might not realise that there is a sculpture element, so much so that painting and sculpture elements are binding each other but take a few steps back and the 3D angle is now clear and the artwork has got a completely different feel to it.
We cannot wait for Shintaro Ohata to have a show in London
First seen on Arrested Motion
Clemens Behr's cardboard installations
I do not get excited very often by sculpture works but probably because I have been focusing my interest in illustrated art so it is always joy to get hit on Twitter by this sort of encounter – “Check out Clemens Behr’s cardboard installations”.
I am glad I clicked. Using what you can find around to make art – I like the sound of this.
Then here I was looking at Clemens’ stuff: painted cardboards put together in some ways, in Clemens Behr’s way, a German artist who manipulates cardboards, wood, paint and tape.
Looking him up, I found people qualifying his art of origami. If this is origami, this is origami full scale, this origami taken beyond the scope of it, this is someone having found his medium.
Visit www.clemensbehr.com
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Terrestrial Series by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada is a Cuban American contemporary artist. He as bee around since the late 90´s he has been replacing the faces of cultural icons chosen by advertisers with the faces of anonymous people to question the controls imposed on public space, the role models designated and the type of events that are guarded by the collective memory.
His spectacular interventions are created for the sake of bringing awareness to relevant social issues. His large scale time base works avoid negative impact on the environment, challenge the conformity in contemporary art and allow for a reflection that goes beyond the completion of the piece to focus in its concept, process, and the metaphor that comes forth because of the material chosen.
Here below is ine if his works – an 11 Hectare portrait in Belfast, Northern Ireland!
