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London: Julian Opie – Alan Cristea Gallery

June 15, 2015 butterfly

The Alan Cristea Gallery in London is currently showing new editions by Julian Opie alongside prints and animations, produced in a variety of media.

Inspired by different views of the town and countryside, the London series present us with observations of the everyday life: figures of walking in the rain, tourists on the Southbank, passers-by at school gates and busy crowds of workers descending on the city.

Julian Opie - Alan Cristea Gallery

The series, French Landscapes (2013), based on photos taken by the artist in France at different times of the day in different weather conditions, present us with revisited versions of Hiroshige’s nineteenth-century woodblocks of Japanese landscapes using lenticular or computer technology.

Julian Opie - Alan Cristea Gallery

For the first time, Opie reveals a new series of metal wall hangings, Nature 1. (2015), depicting boats, sheep, carp and pebbles which have been cut from sheet aluminium.

Julian Opie - Alan Cristea Gallery

Running until the 18th July, the exhibition, displayed across the two spaces of the gallery also feature small sculptures, metal silhouettes, screenprints and lenticulars, dating from 2012 – 2015.

Julian Opie - Alan Cristea Gallery

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Julian Opie
Until 18 July 2015
Alan Cristea Gallery
31 / 34 Cork Street
W1S 3NU London

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Toulouse: Open Summer Festival

June 12, 2015 butterfly 4 Comments

For the 4th year running, the Open Summer Festival invited twenty international artists in Toulouse at the new creative hub Cinquante Cinq / Espace Cobalt. Outside the exhibition space, guests enjoyed live painting sessions with a Graffiti Jam, but also relaxed with a good summer feeling including barbecue and music. We also bumped into artists from the Toulouse scene like Tilt, 100Taur.

Invited artists included: Babz – Katre – Twopy – Moner – Arnem – Meyer – Druid81 – Most – Heis – Fasim – Royce – Taroe – Grems – Opera – Gomer – Dashe – Reso – Demon – Panks – Azek – Sherio – Redy – Ofusk – Smice

Inside the Espace Cobalt an exhibition displayed a series of drawings by the participating artists as well as a video projection of shorts film as well as the documentary ‘Banksy in New York’.

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London streets : Cranio

June 9, 2015 butterfly

Cranio - London

Brazilian artist Cranio continues his invasion in the streets of London. He recently painted his signature characters in Brick Lane.

Cranio - London

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Cannes : Daniel Arsham – Future Relic 3

May 26, 2015 butterfly

American artist Daniel Arsham is presenting his third instaltment of his ‘Future Relics’ series at the 68th Film Festival in Cannes. The short film features actress Juliette Lewis

In parallel to the screening an exhibition ‘Future Relic 3‘ is displayed at the Club Albane at the Marriott, presenting relic items from the film industry era including film camera, microphones to videotapes.

Daniel Arsham - Future Relic 3 Cannes

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London: Angela Bulloch – New Waves Digit @ Simon Lee Gallery

May 21, 2015 butterfly

After successfully showing at the Tate, Kunstmuseum Bonn, and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Canadian born contemporary artist Angela Bulloch is currently showing “New Wave Digits’ at Simon Lee Gallery.

Conceived and designed within a digital imaging program, futuristic stacked columns and geometric sculptures with electronic glow populate the gallery space.

Her interest in cybernetics (the integration of the human subject with technology) is apparent in her body of work: from the exhibition title , playing with the ambiguity of the word ‘digits’ – implying fingers, numerals or data, to the anthropomorphic sculptures , suggesting bodies or parts of bodies. Two of the sculptures entitled ‘Anima’ and ‘Animus’ make reference to Jung’s theory of archetypes: the male and female qualities that we subconsciously attribute to inanimate objects.

Some of the works also offer some interactivity and playful effects. The flat planes and angles of each sculpture appear to animate as one moves around them, creating a disorienting illusion of shifts between two and three dimensions.

In parallel to the exhibition, an outdoor sculpture in steel has been revealed on Mount Street, Mayfair, at the entrance to Mount Street Gardens.

Angela Bulloch - New Wave Digits