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:

Further pics HERE

Lister Print show
Thursday 22 June, 6-9 pm
POW 46 – 48 Commercial St , London E1 6LT

London, Shows

Opening – Jamie Woods’ new gallery Whisper

June 19, 2011 butterfly

Last week saw the opening of a new gallery called Whisper on Eastcastle street.

Tyrone Wood

To celebrate the launch of Jamie Wood’s new gallery were collectors Martin Summers and Basia & Richard Briggs OBE, Simon and Yasmin Mills, and Made in Chelsea’s Amber Atherton. Jamie’s brother Tyrone, who is Director of Scream gallery in Mayfair, and his mother Jo were both there to support Jamie’s new venture, as was artist Bruce French who has created new limited edition prints for the inaugural exhibition.

Bip Ling was DJing at the event

Jenny and Bruce French

Gorge Morton Clark next to his painting

Further pics from the opening HERE

www.whisperfineart.co.uk

London, Shows

Retna – The Halleluja Tour London

June 12, 2011 butterfly 1 Comment

RETNA with Noah Gaeta, writer AROE (MSK-Heavy Artillery) and friend

Artists, rock royalty, fashion designers and models came in force for the opening of LA graffiti artist RETNA’s Hallelujah World Tour in London, which is the second part of a three stop world tour.

The exhibition features a series of 30 new works fusing a variety of different mediums including drawing, painting and poetry.

As part of the project, RETNA is creating a unique work on the tail of one of VistaJet’s Global Express XRS aircraft. The tour began in New York in February 2011 and will conclude with an exhibition in Hong Kong later this year.

View the full set of pics from the opening HERE

RETNA: The Hallelujah World Tour
The Old Dairy, 7 Wakefield St, London, WC1N 1PB
9 June – 27 June 2011

London, Shows

London: Banksy | War Boutique at Andipa Gallery

June 11, 2011 butterfly 1 Comment

Andipa Gallery is hosting a Banksy / War Boutique exhibition , presenting a collection of original works by two mavericks of urban art – one just emerging onto the international stage, choosing to put on his first commercial exhibition at Andipa, and one already recognised as amongst the biggest names in contemporary art today.

The show includes an unparalleled collection of sought after original paintings by Banksy, from the collection of Andipa Gallery, in the ground floor gallery.

New works by War Boutique are on show in the lower ground floor gallery.
Using textiles, bullet proof ceramics, shells and bomb blankets as the conduit to express his ideas, the artist known as War Boutique “symbolically transforms instruments of war and destruction into constructive items embodying creativity, peace and critical social commentary.” Society for Contemporary Craft.

Further pics from the opening here

The show opens on the 09th June and runs until the 09th July 2011

The Andipa Gallery | 162 WALTON STREET | KNIGHTSBRIDGE | LONDON SW3 2JL

Paris, Shows, Street

Paris (FR): Space Invader ‘Invader 1000’ exhibition

June 9, 2011 butterfly 3 Comments

Returning to Paris after 6 years, French street artist Space Invader is holding his ‘Invader 1000’ exhibition in La Generale building until July 2.

The solo show celebrates the notorious Parisian artist’s thousanth piece being placed on the streets. It features the artists’ carefully documented work from cities across the globe including “invasion maps”, photographs, stickers, rubcubism installations, a speed ball machine and, of course, his custom mosaics.