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Archive | November, 2009
Seen On The Streets of Gaspar. SC- Brazil
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“In September I produced a work on the wall located on the main street of Gaspar. SC- Brazil. The intent was to encourage greater dialogue with the Itajai Açu river, which is main river around some cities.”… Daiana
Shit We’re Diggin’: The Art of Jen Grant
Artist Statement:
“SWING was created from discarded items of clothing collected from the back alleys and bin areas of tenements in Glasgow. The clothes were then laundered and dried, cut into strips, and woven together to fashion ropes, to which parts of chairs (also found on the streets) were attached to form swings. These were hung from the guardrails on the Botanic Gardens Bridge that crosses the river Kelvin and forms part of the busy Kelvin Walkway.
The clothes that were collected and used for this project were imbued with a personality and invoked very powerfully notions of the abject, each piece telling a story of sorts, albeit ambiguously, about its previous owners and their lives and experiences. The cutting and braiding together of these items seemed almost like weaving together small fragments of narratives from the lives of a myriad of unknown people, creating an object that at once juxtaposes these fragments while creating a new narrative of its own.”
To see more of Jen’s projects, click here.
The Lock Up
The Lock Up opened last Friday and is rammed full of quality pieces from some the best artists around at the moment. I’ve got to say that for me Goldie probably stole the show. His Showgirl pieces (pictured below) are absolutely stunning in the flesh. That said the bar has been raised all over the show with many of the artists turning in fine pieces of work for a really well put together collection. The accompanying catalogue is a very neat little addition too, including full colour pictures of the main pieces on display and accompanied by write ups on all the featured artists.
THE LOCK UP – eddielock.co.uk with Nick Walker / Goldie / Jef Aerosol / Eelus / Mau Mau / Inkie / Beejoir / Jamie Reid / K-Guy / David Whittaker / Ben Moore / Pam Glew / RYCA / Stedhead / Prole / Fin Dac / Spanna
Eastcastle House, 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH (until Thursday 10th December 2009)
The Lock Up (K-Guy on left). Acrylic, aerosol and screen print on deep edge wooden box
Beejoir ‘LV Child’. Solid bronze sculpture with gold leaf applied logos
Goldie ‘The Showgirl 2′ (left) and ‘Dark Diva’ right. Spray paint & multi layer stencils, Montana Gold and sericol on canvas
Eelus ‘Nesting’ – spray paint, acrylic, glow in the dark paint, 24ct gold leaf on wooden frame
Mau Mau – detail from ‘Plenty More ‘Fish In The Supermarket’. Spray paint and acrylic on canvas.
Nick Walker ‘The Empire’s State’. Spray paint & stencil on canvas
Jef Aerosol – detail from ‘Ian Brown’. Spray paint and stencil on canvas.
K-Guy – detail from Take Me To The Hospital work for The Prodigy
Don ‘Prisoner In Your Own Palace’. Spray paint and stencil on wood
The Thousands – on this weekend only!
Vandalog‘s The Thousands (see this earlier blog post) finishes its run on Sunday November 22nd. Here’s a few flicks from the show to give you an idea of how it finally shaped up:
The main hall featuring works from Swoon, Faile, Adam Neate and more
Judith Supine and others in a side chamber
Know Hope (bottom right) and Roa (more of which later)
More work in the side chamber including Hera (middle)
Some Cept, Sweet Toof, Dscreet etc.
Photos from Howbaoutno and Nolionsinengland occupy two central stands
Inkfetish piece outside the show
Burning Candy on the building’s exterior in Holywell Lane
Roa’s blind revealed two images of the same animal (above and below)
3D Animation of Five Years of Graffiti Outside Serge Gainsbourg’s Home
A 3d animation created over the course of 5 years documenting the graffiti on the wall outside of Serge Gainsbourg home.,,,
Serge Gainsbourg – animation des graffitis sur 5 ans du mur rue de Verneuil from Arnaud Jourdain on Vimeo.
Signs of Revolt
Taking its cue from Seattle as the start of a truly global protest movement ‘Signs of Revolt’ gathers together artists contributions which have informed, recorded and rallied demonstrations worldwide. It has to be said that its an exhibition where you probably already know whether you are interested in it or not. For those who have ‘been there’ in whatever capacity its a mixture of “ah, I remember that” interspersed with new causes, new protests to become familar with. For others its a case of ‘oh no, what are they protesting about now“?
The image of Carlo Giuliani’s bloodied face surrounded by heavy boots never diminishes in its hurt. There’s a fair amount of what is often termed ‘police porn’ – images of riot cops squaring up to and beating demonstrators. These only serve to outrage the viewer to take action against injustice. If you take the time to look around this exhibition you can appropriate many of the ideas presented and turn them into your own. And that’s the point – reinterpret and readjust the images to make them relevant to your concerns, get involved! I’d recommend picking up the free informative booklet ‘Signs of Revolt – Creative Resistance & Social Movements Since Seattle’. It’s a nicely constructed document which extends the purpose of the exhibition well beyond the walls of the space it is presented in.
In short, don’t be a spectator – take part.
Signs of Revolt: 14th to 22nd November 2009, Shop 14 Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL.
Features Reclaim The Streets, Jonathan Barnbrook & Pedro Inhoue, Noel Douglas, Kennardphillips, Indymedia, Space Hijackers, Campf For Climate Action, Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination, War Boutique, Reel News, The Billboard Liberation Front and many more.
kennardphillips
Noel Douglas
Pedro Inhoue
Millions marched but they never listened
An old ‘un but a still a good ‘un
