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Paris: Bom.K – Effets Secondaires

April 24, 2017 butterfly

Four years after his last solo show in Paris (covered), graffiti artist Bom.K is returning to Paris for a solo show entitled Effects Secondaires (Side Effects) at Galerie Itinerrance opening on April 21st. The title of the exhibition refers to the sensations we managed to grasp from an artwork after enjoying the technique and subject. In addition, it also refers to one of the works in wood bearing the same name on the subject of overconsumption and the exhaustion of natural resources.

Through the extreme precision of the spraycan, Bom.K invites the viewer into his mystical world of hybrid creatures. The show also presents artworks and installations dealing with ‘Flesh and Harmony’, a favourite theme of the French artist featuring distorted corpses and figures, a ‘Guetto Clowns’ series, as well as subjects including the wish for ecological and political awareness.

View the full set of pics here

Bom.K – Effets Secondaires
Until 20 May 2017
Galerie Itinerrance, Paris

London

London: East End Mob

April 22, 2017 butterfly

In the last decade London’s East End has seen some remarkable changes. The wave of gentrification has forced the once industrial sprawl and urban wasteland of the area into adopting a different facade. ‘East End Mob’ presents work from iconic artists who have been actively painting in the area before and during this change, their character-driven style synonymous with the walls and landscape of the East End.

The line-up includes A.CE London,Coloquix, Dscreet, Mau Mau, Mighty Mo, Pez, Rowdy, Sickboy,Sweet TooF, Tizer, Vinnie Nylon and Cranio.

‘East End Mob’ is an authentic exhibition and much needed nod to some of the biggest pillars in East London’s Street Art and Graffiti scene.

Specially loving the Mighty Mo miniature brick wall, nod from back in 2010.

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East End Mob – Until May 14th
BSMT SPACE
5d Stoke Newington Rd
Dalston, N16 8BH

Paris, Shows

Paris: Levalet – ‘Nobodies’ solo show

April 21, 2017 butterfly

After five years of touring France and abroad with his in-situ characters, French street artist Levalet is presenting a new solo show in Paris at Galerie BRUGIER-RIGAIL entitled ‘Nobodies’.
The exhibition plays on identity and judgement. Even though « you can’t judge a book by its cover », normative orders of promotion, advertising and institutions influence our dress codes.

A series a faceless portraits in period costume with mirrors invite the spectators to project their own real-life experiences, emotions and culture. Nobodies clothes and the absence of visible bodies are an open window on history, sometimes universal, sometimes specific.

Levalet revisits art history where the body was omnipresent and echoes the dehumanization phenomenon which has been developed with social media and technology.

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Levalet – Nobodies
Until 6 May 2017
GALERIE BRUGIER-RIGAIL
40, rue Volta 75003 Paris

Art Fair, Paris

Urban Art Fair Paris 2017

April 20, 2017 butterfly

Following last year’s success with more than 20.000 visitors, the second edition of the Urban Art Fair in Paris is gathering art critics, galleries, collectors, artists and fans of urban art at the Carreau du Temple from April 20 to 23, 2017, with thirty French and International galleries specialized in urban art.

Numerous galleries that exhibited last year are returning to the fair in 2017: galerie du jour agnès b., Galerie Ange Basso, Galerie Artistik Rezo, Galeries Bartoux, Galerie Berthéas les Tournesols, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, David Pluskwa Art Contemporain, Galerie 42b, Green Flowers Art, Joël Knafo Art, Lézarts Urbains, PDP Gallery et Galerie Wallworks for the French galleries; Vroom & Varossieau, Urban Spree et Urban Art Gallery among the international galleries. Twelve exhibitors are joining for the first time at Urban Art Fair: Avenue des Arts (Hong- Kong), Galerie Bel-Air Fine Art (Geneva), ART IN THE GAME (London), Pretty Portal (Düsseldorf), Galerie Mathgoth (Paris), Openspace (Paris), NUNC ! (Paris, Grenoble), Le Grand Jeu (Paris), Galerie Géraldine Zberro (Paris), Galerie Lélia Mordoch (Paris), Galerie Saltiel (Aix-en-Provence), H Gallery (Paris).

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The Urban Art Fair presents a panorama of urban contemporary artists from Banksy to Blek Le Rat, Jef Aerosol, Cranio, Miss Tic, The London Police, Shepard Fairey, Gris1, Kan, Monkey Bird, Seth, Cleon Peterson…

View the full set of pics here

The programme also includes a series of talks, film screenings and talks on 21 and 22 April from the beginning of the graffiti in NYC to contemporary muralism.

« The Covers Collection » booth presented by Graffiti Art Magazine is highlighting ten iconic pieces that were on the cover of the contemporary urban art magazine.

In parallel to the Fair, an outdoor exhibition titled « Cannot Be bo(a)rdered » explores popular subcultures in L’Espace Commines from April 21 to May 7 through the works of thirty artists and collectives from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, using skateboards as their main medium.

Urban Art Fair Paris
20 – 23 April 2017
Le Carreau du Temple
4 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris

Books, Bristol, Films

Book release: ‘Street Art’ by Lonely Planet

April 13, 2017 butterfly 1 Comment

This Friday, Lonely Planet will release ‘Street Art’, a guide to street art featuring 140 street art hotspots in 42 cities around the world.

To mark the launch of Street Art, the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol will host a weekend of street art-inspired events, including the UK premiere of Saving Banksy.

‘Arnolfini X Future Tense’ will take place on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 April, and also includes street art tours, a book signing with author Ed Bartlett and a live panel talk featuring renowned street artists Ben Eine and Blek le Rat and Film Director Colin Day .

From Banksy’s stencils and Invader’s mosaics to amazing murals, this insider’s guide, compiled by independent curator & founder of The Future Tense Ed Bartlett, with a foreword by graffiti artist Remi Rough, provides stunning images along with practical details and maps of where to find secret stashes of street art, and introduces key artists, locations as well as festivals like Nuart (NO), Upfest (UK) or Mural (CA).

“This book is intended as a starting point to your journey,” Ed Bartlett mentions, “highlighting a selection of some of the key cities around the world to experience street art today, and providing guides to each city’s street-art hotspots to enable you to explore further. We’ve also included insights from some of its most important figures.”

Get a copy of the LONELY PLANET ‘Street Art’ book here
For SAVING BANKSY Screening bookings in Bristol visit the Arnolfini’s website