Category Archives: London

London: Mark Jenkins – Moment of Impact

January 16, 2015 butterfly

Following his participation to 2014 Paris Nuit Blanche (covered here) and Art Basel Miami, American artist Mark Jenkins returns to London for a solo exhibition ‘ Moment of Impact‘ at Lazarides Rathbone. Featuring a new body of hyper-realistic works with three dimensional canvases from his continuing ‘kicked series’ and life-sized sculptures, Mark Jenkins is also introducing a brand new series of child-size mixed media sculptures.

Mark Jenkins - Moment of Impact

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Mark Jenkins – Moment of Impact

Until 5 Feb 2015
Lazarides Rathbone
London W1T 1HR

London, Shows

London: Post Pop – East meets West @ Saatchi Gallery

December 26, 2014 butterfly

Saatchi East Meets West

The Saatchi Gallery is bringing together 250 works by 110 artists from China, the Former Soviet Union, Taiwan, the UK and the USA in a comprehensive survey celebrating Pop Art’s legacy. Post Pop: East Meets West shows the powerful influence of the Pop Art movement over artists from world regions regardless of their political ideologies.
The exhibition is presented through the framework of six themes:

Art History

Vladimir Dubossarky & Alexander Vinogradov

Religion and Ideology

Gu Wenda

Sex and the Body

Julian Opie Marc Quinn Paul McCarthy Michael Craig-Martin

Advertising and Consumerism

Alexander Kosolapov Daniel Arsham

Celebrity and Mass Media

Oleg Kulik Daniel Arsham

Habitat

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Full List of participating artists here

Post Pop – East meets West
Saatchi Gallery
Until 25 February 2015

London, Shows

London: D*Face & Rebels Alliance Takeover at StolenSpace

December 20, 2014 butterfly

Last Thursday D*Face & Rebels Alliance took over the StolenSpace gallery with lots of goodies for the festive season, from T shirts, limited edition Esses Magazines, Evisu exclusive products and Rebels Alliance hand made merchandise. Bikers also came in force to support the event while D*Face was signing books and other memorabilia to the delighted crowd.

To mark his recent collaboration with U2 on their ‘California‘ video, D*Face released a 3 layered 17 colour screen print with interchangeable background titled ‘Rear View’.

Screenshot from the U2 California video

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London

London: Here Today Exhibition

December 17, 2014 butterfly

Here Today...

Celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of The IUCN Red List of Threatened and Endangered Species, an exhibition entitled ‘HERE TODAY…’ opened at the Old Sorting office in London, supported by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Baku Magazine.

Curated by international curatorial collective, Artwise, the exhibition includes specially commissioned interactive installations and artist’s rooms, and features works of 50 world leading artists from a variety of international backgrounds and range of media. The show takes the visitors on a journey of artworks on endangered species and environmental concern from artists including George Condo, Tracey Emin, Andy Warhol, Gavin Turk, Peter Blake, United Visual Artists, Douglas Gordon, Stephanie Quayle, Gordon Cheung, , Julian Opie, Mariko Mori, Carsten Höller, and more.

Here Today… takes on the challenge of raising awareness of today’s most pressing environmental issues, and seeks to raise funds to keep the hundreds of species facing extinction here tomorrow and beyond.

Here Today...

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Here Today
Until 17 December
Old Sorting Office
London

Auctions, London

London: Phillips Auction – Under the influence

December 6, 2014 butterfly

The upcoming London auction at PHILLIPS titled ‘Under the Influence‘ features a selection of works by Contemporary and Urban artists, including Kaws, Ryan McGinley, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Revok, Mr, Ai Weiwei, Retna, Rero, Seen.

Here are some preview pics: