Category Archives: London

London: Batman – Arkham Knight ‘Cape and Cowl’ Exhibition

June 26, 2015 butterfly

WB Games UK has teamed up with Moniker Projects to invite twenty of the most exciting contemporary artists and media celebrities to produce the UK edition of Batman: Arkham Knight ‘Cape and Cowl’ Exhibition.

The artworks stand within dimly lit Victorian railway arches, casting a procession of silhouetted Batman shadows onto the bare-brick walls. The occasional rumble of overhead trains resonate over the ‘Batman: Arkham Knight’ sound track, which together with the backdrop of the ‘Holding Cells’ set captures the atmospheric Gotham City aesthetic.

Mondays preview was attended by artists, celebrities and press. Guests experienced the twenty diverse approaches to re-designing the iconic Batman ‘Cape and Cowl’ within a Gotham City immersive setting.

The exhibition is now open to the public and continues until Sunday 28th June and features the creations of artists’ Nancy Fouts, Lauren Baker, Hayden Kays, Inkie, Pam Glew, INSA, The Connor Brothers, Zeus, Matt Small, Jon Burgerman, CASE, CRASH, Cyclops, Kid Acne, Logan Hicks and Pure Evil and media celebrities Jonathan Ross, Noel Clarke, Eliza Doolittle and Jodie Kidd.

Batman: Arkham Knight ‘Cape and Cowl'

Curated & produced by Moniker Projects Frankie Shea & Lindsay Edmunds, the exhibition is a rare opportunity to see these works on display together and to witness the exceptionally inspired approaches to what is a comic book, film and video game phenomenon.

Batman: Arkham Knight ‘Cape and Cowl'

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The Batman: Arkham Knight Cape & Cowl Exhibition
Until 28 June
Kachette, 347 Old Street,
London EC1V 9LP

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London: Masters of Urban Art @ Magda Danysz

June 16, 2015 butterfly

Following her success in Paris and Shangai, French gallerist Magda Danysz recently launched a pop-up gallery space in London called the London Project for a duration of 100 days (covered here).

While the lower ground floor is dedicated to in-situ installations by international artists and evolving across the 100 days, the first floor is currently hosting an exhibition entitled The Masters of Urban Art.

Participating artists include: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Futura, Jef Aerosol, JonOne, L’Atlas, Obey, Pure Evil, Remi Rough (pictured), Space Invader, Sten & Lex, West and Yz.

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Magda Danyz – The London Project
Masters of Urban Art
61 Charlotte Street
London W1T

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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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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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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