France: Caia Koopman – Lost Souls and Sacred Hearts

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California based artist Caia Koopman  is currently exhibited through a series of solo shows across France with the SpaceJunk Galleries.

Using vibrant colours on wood and canvas, Lost Souls and Sacred Hearts present etheral feminine characters combining elegance with vulnerability.

With a fine detail for beauty, Caia Koopman transports us into her mystical and magical world.

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View the full set of pics HERE

Caia Koopman – Lost Souls and Sacred Hearts
Spacejunk Galleries until 28 Jan 2012
Exhibition dates and places

Lyon (FR): Venus II Exhibition

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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.

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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: Damien Hirst x Flea Spin Guitars

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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.

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More pics HERE

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London

London: Banksy new mural in Camden

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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.

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King Robbo, 1985
1985 Pic by Citrus Topnote Jr 

London: Fragments of Faile

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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.

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View all the pics from the opening HERE.

Fragments of Faile
4 Nov – 3 Dec 2011
London
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