Category Archives: Shows

London: Hackney Wick Takeover at the V&A Museum

March 1, 2014 butterfly

For one night only the creative teams of Hackney Wick have taken over V&A Museum in London with art, music and many workshops.

In the Grand Entrance designer Charlotte Papon created giant HW paper installation, where visitors could participate by adding their own personalised origami piece to the surface and watched as the shapes and colours of Hackney Wick emerged.

In one of the rooms, street artist OKO created a large drawing installation with animal creatures and romantic envisagings.

The Pen Pushers team invited participants to their drawing workshop and create a fairy tale interpretation of Hackney Wick and Fish Island complete with pirates and canal monsters.

Exiting through the gift shop of the museum (no pun intented…) viewers could enjoy an installation by graffiti artist Sweet Toof, featuring a model version of his infamous water tank in New York (covered here) with his trademark teeth and gums, as well as miniature trains with Paul Insect.

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London: C215 – Back to Black

February 7, 2014 butterfly

French stencil artist C215 just launched a new solo show called “Back to Black” at Stolenspace in London. Drawing inspiration from his different encounters through his travels in Europe, C215 decided to use a restricted colour palette on a series of portraits on a multitude of materials and recycled objects such as folders, luggage and tins.

C215 - Back to Black

View the full set of pics from the opening here

C215 – Back to Black
Stolenspace – London
Until 02 March 2014

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London: Phlegm – The Bestiary

February 3, 2014 butterfly

For his first ever solo show Phlegm created a large scale installation called the Bestiary at the Howard Griffin Gallery in London. Using wood, clay, plaster and spraypaint, Phlegm invites us in his imaginary world, where strange animals and other street artists are stored in jars and shelves, from Descreet, Burning Candy to Banksy to name a few. Upon entering the main room, we are surrounded by different narratives, on one hand a vessel reminiscent of Noah’s Ark, while a giant owl overlooks a scene of fleeing animals. Also to note that nothing is for sale, but a true experiment for the viewers.

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Phlegm – The Bestiary
Until 4th March 2014
Howard Griffin Gallery
London

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London: Sage Vaughn – Nobodys Home

February 1, 2014 butterfly

LA based artist Sage Vaughn is back to London for a solo exhibition called “Nobody’s home” at Lazarides Rathbone. The show features a series of paintings with collages of pastel coloured wildlife birds and butterflies in stale interiors. On one of the paintings, an MSK tatooed bird seats proudly outside his cage. Nobody’s Home challenges viewers to break free from routine acceptance of our domestic and public surroundings and look at the beauty of nature has to offer in this lifetime.

Sage Vaughn - Nobody's home

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Sage Vaughn – Nobody’s home
Lazarides Rathbone
London
Until 1 March 2014

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London: Jef Aerosol – One Another

January 31, 2014 butterfly

French stencil artist Jef Aerosol returns to London for a solo show one another at French Art studio.
The exhibition showcases a large number of recent and older stencils on cardboard and canvas, depicting a series of cultural icons and anonymous portraits with his signature red arrow.