Lyon (FR): Venus II Exhibition

November 17, 2011 butterfly

The Venus II art exhibition in Lyon aims to raise awareness about breast cancer.
The show is two folds.

The first part gathers a new generation of artists from contemporary art, Low Brow, graffiti or tattoo at Spacejunk gallery: Vinz, Goin, Lime, K’nar, Brusk, Herve All, Sophie Haza, Joachim Albert, Olivier Mosset, Florent Espana, Blandine Dubos, Bullit Ballabeni, Damien Nicolau, Rodolphe Bessey.

Each of them has created a work using the same support, a resin bust of the Venus de Milo.

The other part is showcased in nine locations throughout the Lyon area. 80 artists and seven associative structures worked on plaster busts with the involvement of 140 local women.
On Tuesday 29 November all the artworks will be on view at the City Hall of Villeurbanne. The day will conclude with a charity auction with all proceeds going to Europa Donna, the European Breast Cancer Coalition.

More info on Spacejunk

London, Shows

London: Damien Hirst x Flea Spin Guitars

November 13, 2011 butterfly

Flea, the bass player from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, has teamed up with Damien Hirst to create a line of fifty limited edition SPIN Bass Guitars selling at £50,000 each to raise funds for Flea’s music school, The Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit organization, facilitating music education. The launch event took place at Other Criteria, featuring the specially designed guitars as well as twenty customised spectrums.

More pics HERE

Damien Hirst & Flea Spin Guitars
Other Criteria
London

London, Street

London: Banksy new mural in Camden

November 11, 2011 butterfly 2 Comments

Banksy is back to the London streets, with a tribute to King Robbo, at the exact same spot that started controversy two years ago.

Banksy drew the outline like King Robbo did back in 1985, and added a “spray can” candle, as a well wisher to Robbo, currently in induced coma.

1985 Pic by Citrus Topnote Jr

London, Shows

London: Fragments of Faile

November 11, 2011 butterfly

Brooklyn based duo of Patrick’s return to London to present their new show at Lazarides Rathbone called “Fragments of Faile“.

The exhibition is split in two series: the first is their trademark juxtaposition of themes and colour blocks, and the second is a brand new direction featuring painting of women with abstract fabric patterns.

View all the pics from the opening HERE.

Fragments of Faile
4 Nov – 3 Dec 2011
London
www.lazinc.com

London, Shows

London: Sickboy – Heaven and Earth

November 11, 2011 butterfly

Initially known for his iconic red and yellow ‘Temples’ sprayed onto wheelie bins and walls across the world, Sickboy returns to London for his second major solo show titled Heaven & Earth. Taking inspiration from Renaissance paintings, religious iconography and surrealist artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Sickboy has spent the last two years building up a new body of work. On large scale paintings with intricate details, religious messages are replaced by Sickboy’s own symbolism and psychedelic world with a positive twist.

A resident pastor appears at various service times around “The Confession Booth” installation, which features collaborative brick works with 12 urban artists like D*Face, Eine, Anthony Lister, Paul Insect, Vhils, Conor Harrington, Xenz, Word to Mother, Will Barras, Eelus, Mudwig and Hush.

On the side, a spray-paint decorated caravan with his trademark “Temple” greets guests with drinks.

Sickboy has also invited the global public to become part of his show by submitting their anonymous confessions to him, which have been turned into a video installation, entitled CONFESS. The public response has been overwhelming with over 1,000 confessions.

View the entire set of pics HERE