Category Archives: Shows

London Opening: Lusus Naturae – 100Taur & Hisham Echafaki

October 23, 2015 butterfly 3 Comments

Lusus Naturae - 100Taur & Hisham Echafaki

Here is a photo recap of ‘Lusus Naturae’ we have been pleased to curate with French artists 100Taur and Hisham Echafaki.

Viewers were introduced to the dark enchanted world of 100Taur with his hypnotic hybrid creatures from a weird Buffalo, a meditating and multitasking Holy Slug to some cheeky ‘Blood Brothers’ and a flying Mandrill.

Trompe l’oeil paintings by Hisham Echafaki captivated the audience, while they were intrigued by his oniric butterflies in three dimensions.

Congratulations to the talented artists 100Taur and Hisham Echafaki on this fantastic body of work. We would like to extend massive thanks to Dave Skelly, Bassim and Tunde for their precious help and all the people who have been supporting this event.

Lusus Naturae - 100Taur & Hisham Echafaki

View the full set of pics here
Lusus Naturae
100Taur & Hisham Echafaki
94 Leonard Street
EC2A 4RH

London, Shows

London: Remi Rough – Home @ Scream

October 20, 2015 butterfly

After nine years, Remi Rough is returning to London with a solo exhibition ‘Home’ at Scream London. The show features a large collection of complex works on wood, handmade paper and canvas, playing with themes such as balance and imbalance, tension and geometric calculations – referencing Russian Constructionists such as Theo van Doesburg and Kazimir Malevich. A large scale installation also adorns the wall of the gallery with Remi’s vibrant colours. Join Scream London on 22 October for a special Q&A session with the artist and TIMID.

Remi Rough - Home

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Remi Rough – Home
Scream London
Until 3 November 2015
Eastcastle Street, London

Auctions, Paris, Shows

Paris: Roule Petit Ougandais @ Quartier General

October 19, 2015 butterfly

Road-To-Mukono

From 23 to 25 Octobre 2015, the association Roule Petit Ougandais and Yvette Production present Road to Mukono, an exhibition of customised skateboards by 80 international artists at Quartier Général in Paris. The funds will help children in Uganda to learn and play skateboard.

Full list of participating artists include : 7MAPLES & MOT / ALX / ALICE BARTHELEMY / ALOHA / AMARA POR DIOS / ANTOINE GAMARD / BASTO / BABS UV-TPK / BLO / BUD ONE / BUST THE DRIP / BROK 3HC TNB VBA / CASE MCLAIM / DER / DIRT / DSPRI / EELCO (VIRUS) / EL CUERVO / EL RAL / FANAKAPAN / F.BEL / FIO SILVA / FOSCA MORE / GERZ / GRIZZ / HALL / HOPARE / ILK / INTI ANSA / IVES ONE / JACOBA IGNACIO / JEF AEROSOL / JU / JULIEN RAYNAUD / JULIETTE LABORDE /JHANO / JO DI BONA / JON ONE / KANT (KMHCORP) / KURAR / L’ATLAS / LENZ / LZK /JM ROBERT / KARL KNAPP / KASHINK / MADC / MA2J / MANON LACOSTE & TOBER / MAYE / MELCHIOR / MH (KMHCORP) / MONDE / MANYAK ONE / NASTY / NATALIA RAK / NOON / NOSBE / NIKKO KKO / NS / OKUDA / PANKS / PAU / PRO 176 / PEETA / RESO / ROBIN ORB / ROMAIN FROQUET / RYSOM / SARA POIX / SARAH SCHENTEN / SHERIO / SIKER / SJEM BAKKUS / SLIKS / SOTEN ONE / SPEEDY GRAPHITO / TAKT / TIERI TRADEMARK / TILT / TOIZER / TONCE / TINHO / TUCO / XER’S / ZEST / KONGO / SHUCK ONE / HONDO / & MAMA PETULA

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London, Shows

London: Lisa Wright – The Unversed

October 6, 2015 butterfly

Lisa Wright - The Unversed

Coates & Scarry are currently showing a new body of works ‘The Unversed” by Lisa Wright.

The exhibition features a series of drawings, paper studies and paintings exploring the theme of emotional and physical vulnerability during puberty. Interweaving motifs and ideas from historical paintings with contemporary concerns, Lisa Wright’s work moves between and through different times.

Often isolated, the figures within Wright’s paintings and drawings hover on the brink of adulthood. With puberty, emotions are intensified, the insignificant is magnified and the importance of the presentation of the self, of body image, predominates. Many of the figures are unclothed and adorned with fragment of formal adult, decorative clothing – ribbons, ruffs and petticoats.

They wear simple black or white masks, reminiscent of Venetian carnival masks, emphasising the search for identity and construction of the self. Likewise, the title of the exhibition, ‘The Unversed’, alludes to the figures lacking the language, skills and experience to express themselves or to describe their experiences adequately. Instead, emotions and ideas are untold: lives remaining in a state of anticipation and a state of potential.

Lisa Wright - The Unversed

View the full set from the opening here

Lisa Wright – The Unversed
Coates & Scarry
Until 17 October
8 Duke Street
London SW1Y 6BN

London, Shows

London: MAD C – Character @ Pure Evil Department Store

October 4, 2015 butterfly

Mad C - Character @ Pure Evil

After her first successful solo show in 2011, MadC returns to London‘s Pure Evil Gallery. The title „Character“ sums up MadC‘s work since she started painting graffiti 19 years ago.
A character can be a symbol or a letter, a figure or a person‘s nature. MadC says: „To get somewhere in the graffiti world, you need character. To get known in the graffiti world, you need characters to form a name. To learn how to use a spray can to it‘s full extent, you need to paint characters.“

MadC‘s work has progressed immensely in the last decade. Transparent layers of calligraphy on canvas dominate her work today. The movements are taken from her energetic wildstyle street pieces. „Character“ is the sum up of MadC‘s progress till date and her installations are a glimpse into the artists work in the future.

Mad C - Character @ Pure Evil