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Paris Match group show at Opera Gallery

Posted on April 29, 2013 by butterfly

Celebrating the 64th anniversary of French magazine Paris Match, in partnership with Opera Gallery in Paris, 19 artists paid tribute by revisiting some of their iconic covers in paintings, sculptures, photos and other mixed media. Participating artists included Speedy Graphito, C215, Blek Le Rat, The London Police, Kan, Dest, Paul Alexis, G.J. Plisson & Brusk, Andre Monet, Gully, Gris1, Brusk, Tilt, Hisham Echafaki, Ron Agam and Zeus.

Click to view the catalogue here.

G.J. Plisson & Brusk

Pics of the opening here

Paris Match – Une histoire de couvertures
Opera Gallery
356 Rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris

Posted in Paris, Shows | Tagged Andre Monet, Blek Le Rat, Brusk, C215, Dest, G.J. Plisson, Gris1, Gully, Hisham Echafaki, Kan, Opera Gallery, Paris Match, Paul Alexis, Ron Agam, Speedy Graphito, The London Police, Tilt, Zeus.

Paris – Maripol tribute to Keith Haring

Posted on April 22, 2013 by butterfly

Paris is celebrating American artist Keith Haring with 3 simultaneous retrospective exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the “104” and Colette .

Moving to NY in the 80′s, French artist and fashion designer Maripol, became a close friend of Keith and Madonna, and a regular feature of the Factory with Andy Warhol. For the Keith Haring – Fashion exhibition at Colette, Maripol shares photographs, videos and fashion accessories.

Link to pics of the opening here

In parallel French/German TV channel Arte is broadcasting a special web documentary directed by Maripol ”Keith Haring – the Message” .

Posted in Paris, Shows | Tagged Colette, Keith Haring, Maripol, Paris

Paris: Art Paris Art Fair

Posted on April 2, 2013 by butterfly

Founded in 1999 Art Paris Art Fair showcases 140 galleries from 21 nationalities in the prestigious surroundings of the Grand Palais.

While French galleries are represented in force, exhibitors coming from the Middle East and Russia as guest of honour bring some exciting new talents.

View the entire set of pics from the fair here

Art Paris Art Fair
Grand Palais
Paris
27 March – 1 April 2013

Posted in Art Fair, Paris

Paris: Alexone & Christophe Roussel

Posted on March 31, 2013 by butterfly

For Easter, French graffiti writer Alexone has teamed up with chocolatier extraordinaire Christophe Roussel to create two limited chocolate creations: Chocotigre and Chococaniche.

Some great eye candy, but also delicious creations with exotic tastes of passion/coco for Chocotigre, and raspberry for Chococaniche. Alexone was celebrating the launch and signing copies at Citadium Beaubourg.

Chocotigre & Chococaniche
Citadium Beaubourg (while stocks last)

Posted in Paris, Shows | Tagged Alexone, Chococaniche, Chocotigre, Christophe Roussel, Citadium, Paris

London: Horfee – Imaginarium

Posted on March 17, 2013 by butterfly

Prolific Parisian graffiti writer Horfee is having a pop up solo exhibition titled “Horfee’s Imaginarium” at Topsafe, London. For his largest exhibition to date, Horfee is featuring various stages of his colourful and creative mind, from drawings on paper, works canvas, video animations, sculptures and bespoke installations.

View pics from the opening here

Horfee Imaginarium
Until 23 March 2013
4 Wilkes St, London E1 6QF

Posted in London, Shows | Tagged Horfee

London: Joram Roukes – Les bons sauvages

Posted on March 15, 2013 by butterfly

For his London solo exhibition “Les Bons Sauvages” at Stolenspace, Dutch painter Joram Roukes brings together human/animal morphing figures in a fragmented yet cohesive collage way. Through large scale colourful oil paintings, figures are shown in various situations, from celebrating in folklore costumes to relaxing within a dreamy landscape.

View pics from the opening here

‘Les Bons Sauvages’
By Joram Roukes
Until 31 March 2013
Stolenspace.com

Posted in London, Shows | Tagged Joram Roukes

London: Art13 Fair

Posted on March 9, 2013 by butterfly

ART13, created by the owners of ART HK, is London’s new art fair for modern and contemporary art. Taking place at Olympia Grand Hall, it features 129 galleries from 30 different countries with thousands of artworks, including painting, sculpture, photography, prints and editions or multimedia.

Lazarides’ squat featuring Banksy, JR, Conor Harrington and Vhils amongst others attracted many onlookers. Artists like Polly Morgan, Patricia Piccinini unveiled their latest sculptures, while ART13 was also the opportunity for Katrins Fridiks to present her new solo show with Circle Culture Gallery.

From Asia to Europe and Middle East, the selection of artworks was certainly impressive and a breath of fresh air.

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Posted in Art Fair, London | Tagged London ART13 Fair

London: Conor Harrington @ the Outsiders

Posted on February 14, 2013 by butterfly

Conor Harrington is returning to London for another exhibition titled A Whole Lot of Trouble for a Little Bit of Win, this time at The Outsiders. The show features 20 studies and works on paper leading up to the Morning Glory painting he did for his 2012 exhibition called Dead Meat. The UK-based artist calls these his Morning Glories as he paints them daily, first thing upon arrival at his east London studio to catalyse the creative process.

Using oils and spray paint on canvas, Conor Harrington depicts ethereal multi-ethnic portraits, with a reference to the duality between East and West and the rise of new superpowers, like China.

View the full set of pics here

Conor Harrington
A Whole Lot of trouble for a little bit of fun
The Outsiders – London
Until 9 March 2013

Posted in London, Shows, Uncategorized | Tagged Conor Harrington, London, Outsiders

London: Dan Witz – Prisoners 2012- 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by butterfly

New York-based artist Dan Witz, who has been a pillar of street art over the past 30 years, just opened a brand new exhibition, Prisoners 2012-13 at Lazarides in London. Witz’ debut at Lazarides features his paintings from his signature Mosh Pit series, where figures intertwine and climb over one another with different stages of expressions during a mosh pit, from the pressure, pain and joy.

For the adjacent Prisoners series, Witz partnered with Amnesty International – the world’s largest human rights organization. As a symbolic reference to their real-life struggles, each of these imprisoned individuals is portrayed with few clothes, masked or with their hands tied.

Witz has also been dispersing his unique realistic stamp on the streets of London by painting one of his prisoners’ image onto phone boxes.

Full set of pics here

Dan Witz
Prisoners 2012-2013
25th January 2013 – 23rd February 2013
Lazarides Rathbone
London, England

Posted in London, Shows | Tagged 2013, Dan Witz, Lazarides, London, Prisoners

London: Da Mental Vaporz Crew

Posted on January 26, 2013 by butterfly

While in London French artists Bom.K, Blo, Brusk, Gris1, Jaw and Kan from the DMV crew have been busy painting some shutters with their colourful style in East London for the Walls Project .