Tel Aviv-based artist Know Hope makes his solo debut at Lazarides Rathbone with a new exhibition, The Abstract and The Very Real, featuring a series of works on found objects, vintage frames, and old papers that explore the collective social existence.
View pics from the opening here/
Know Hope
The Abstract and the very Real
Until 29 August 2013
Lazarides Rathbone
11 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HR
OpenWalls Gallery in Berlin just opened the solo show of French graffiti artist Blo
(see our recent studio visit here) called La petite Mort.
Set in Stadtbad, former public baths reconverted into creative spaces, the first room presents one-off black ink hand drawings on watercolor paper.
Upon entering a second room, viewers are surrounded by a “Duels” serie,
monochrome paintings using exclusively Krink.
The grand finale consists of colorful canvases using spray paint and acrylic,
featuring erotic and androgynous figures in various oniric state.
Blo also takes a twist on the icon Mary and Child with his “Madonne”,
and created two accompanying murals.
View all the pics from the opening here
Check the online catalogue
BLO
“La Petite Mort”
Open Walls Gallery
Stadtbad, Berlin
6 July – 27 July
Celebrating their 7th year anniversary, and their new relocation to 1400 sq ft gallery space, Stolenspace presents their latest group show namely titled “VII“, inspired by this lucky and symbolic number.
Featuring: Aaron Rose, AndrewMcattee, Arth Daniels, C215, CharlieAnderson, Cope2, Cyrcle, D*Face, Dave Kinsey, David Bray, David Shillinglaw, Greg Lamarche, Jack Murray, Jim Houser, Joram Roukes, Josie Morway, Julie Impens, Kai & Sunny, Kelly Allen, Kelly McCallum, Kirsty Whiten, Maya Hayuk, Michael De Feo, Mysterious Al, Paul Stephenson, Ramon Maiden, Reka, Rone, Ronzo, Ryan Callanan, Sally Fuerst, Simon WG Butler, Stefan Strumbel, Toshi, Twoone, Usugrow, Vinnie Nylon, Word To Mother, XOOOOX.
View all the pics here
VII
Until 28 July
StolenSpace
17 Osborn Street
London E1 6TD
We visited the studio of French graffiti artist BLO, based in Berlin, as he prepares for his upcoming solo show “La Petite Mort” at Open Walls Gallery opening tonight.
La Petite Mort examines euphoric isolation of the artist, steeped in BLO’s past movements throughout the public sphere, from 1998 in the French Graffiti scene. This show has all the destructive elements of his youth – yet now he attacks his symbolic ancestors, from the Virgin Mary and Child to the Bleeding Heart.
BLO (DMV) works with many juxtapositions in his dream-like images of damage. Negating the iconic pin-up of the graffiti scene, he labours intensively over androgynous women with mechanical limbs and lead pipe bones. The sculptural curves of the paintings mirror the heavy reflex of gesture seen in the other monochrome illustrations, that are ripped from their static respite to play on a series of wooden panels and stretched cotton throughout the show.
Full set of pics here
View the online catalogue here
BLO
“La Petite Mort”
Open Walls Gallery
Stattbad, Berlin
6 July – 27 July
We attended the opening of “The Many Faces of David Bowie” at the Opera Gallery London (previewed here) where contemporary and street artists pay tribute to the iconic rock star.
Participating artists include: Lita Cabellut, David Mach, Joe Black, C215, The London Police, Mac1, Jimmy C, Kid Zoom, Mr. Brainwash, Kan (Da Mental Vaporz), Juan Barletta, Hisham Echafaki, Jef Aérosol, D*Face, Marco Lodola, André Monet, Nick Gentry, Zoobs, Eduardo Guelfenbein, Paul Alexis, Jean-Paul Donadini, Richard Young.
All pics from the opening here
The Many Faces of David Bowie
21st June, 2013 – 31 August 2013
Opera Gallery London,
134 New Bond Street,
London W1S 2TF
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