London: 7 shows on 7/7

July 10, 2011 butterfly

It seemed that all the London galleries decided to have a show on 7/7, so I set my target to attend 7 shows on the same night:

Laz print shop The Outsiders was having a solo show with Hungarian born illustrator David Foldvari.

Charming Baker new show in Covent Garden is featuring a selection of new paintings and a collection of bronze busts.

Moving to the London East End, I attented the opening of “Birth of Namahage”, new monotype prints by Grady Gordon at Pure Evil Gallery.

Burning Candy Fight Fire with Fire

Stolenspace Group show

C215 & Romanywg Border Line at Signal Gallery

Nuevo Mundo Book launch at POW

Interviews/ Studio visits, London

Studio Visit – Lazarides Printmaking studio in Wapping

July 8, 2011 butterfly

See my coverage in Juxtapoz

Overlooking the River Thames in London, Wapping offers large warehouse spaces to an ever growing artistic community, so it’s no surprise to see Lazarides Gallery relocate their Printmaking operation when they outgrew their makeshift basement studio in Soho.

The Laz printing studio produces exclusive small run editions, hand finished screenprints, HPM (hand finished multiples) and works on paper for a multitude of artists like Antony Micallef, 3D, Paul Insect, Zevs, Ron English, Conor Harrington, Mode2, Jonathan Yeo, and Boogie to name a few. Some of the prints produced here will be sent to Los Angeles for upcoming shows at Lazarides’ new venture PNB, Post No Bills.

It was exciting to see the different stages of the manual printing process, and also bumping into artist Stanley Donwood who was checking and signing his latest series of prints.

http://www.theoutsiders.net/

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London: Barry McGee – “New Work” @ Modern Art

July 4, 2011 butterfly

Barry McGee has opened his new solo show simply entitled “New Work” at the Modern Art Gallery, six years since his last showing in London. The show features print work, sculptures, symmetric paintings and 2-D artwork presented as a 3-D forms. The series will be on show until the 13th of August.

Further pics from the opening HERE

Shows

Toulouse (FR): Dran book signing session

July 2, 2011 butterfly

Similar to the London book launch last winter, an endless queue of fans waited eagerly to meet French artist Dran and get their books signed at the GHP gallery in Toulouse, France.

The DMV show ( previously covered) is featuring some new canvases from Dran as well as new hand finished screenprints by Exquisite Corpse with Bom-K, Gris, Sowat, Blo, Kan and more.

Further pics from the event HERE

The show is running until the 31 July with additional events planned, so stay tuned.

Da Mental Vaporz Show

Espace GHP

11 Descente de la Halle aux Poissons

31000 Toulouse, France

London, Shows

Anthony Lister at POW

June 23, 2011 butterfly

Fresh from his recent trip to Berlin, Australian artist Anthony Lister has been hitting the streets of London with new murals and stickers. Lister has also been busy customizing his latest series of prints at Pictures On Walls.

Launching this Thursday, the show is featuring a series of 100 hand finished unique Fan Boy prints, described as halfway between an original painting and a screenprint, as well as a collection of paintings, in-situ installations and stickers.

Here are some pics behind the scenes during the set up: