London: Endangered Species @ MYA Gallery

April 26, 2015 butterfly

For the group exhibition Endangered Species at the MYA Gallery in London twenty international contemporary artists have created artworks highlighting animals facing extinction.

Participating artists include: Gent 48, Matt Small, Pam Glew, Labrona, Luke Chueh, JADE, Shark Toof, SatOne, Andrey Adno, Angry Woebots, Eismann, Txemy, Jason Redwood, 3ttman, Pantonio, Fintan Magee, Odisy, SozyOne, Morik1 and Uriginal.

From the Puma featured by British artist Pam Glew, the Monarch Butterfly by SatOne to the Killer Whale by American illustrator Luke Chueh or the Orangutan by Matt Small, each artist depicted an animal with their own tools and techniques.

Along with the group exhibition, MYA Gallery will be donating 10% of the proceeds from each artwork sold to the conservation charity World Land Trust.

Endangered Species — MYA Gallery

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Endangered Species – MYA Gallery
Until 12 June 2015
150 Commercial Street, London, E1 6NU

London, Shows

London: Angela Lizon – Menagerie

April 24, 2015 butterfly

Bristol based artist Angela Lizon is currently showing her ‘Menagerie’ in London at Gallery 8 with Coates and Scarry. Her intricate oil paintings combine porcelain works, oversized cats and pugs wearing various ornaments and paper doily collar, and also feature a series of children set in a vintage like photograph style. Through her paintings, Lizon gives her subjects new experiences and narratives with a clever sense of humour.

Angela Lizon - Menagerie

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Angela Lizon – Menagerie
Until 2 May
Coates & Scarry
8 Duke Street
London SW1Y 6BN

London, Shows

London: Ben Turnbull & Ramon Maiden @ Stolenspace

April 19, 2015 butterfly

Ben Turnbull - Stolenspace

Stolenspace is currently presenting a duo show with British artist and craftsman Ben Turnbull and Spanish illustrative artist Ramon Maiden. In the Gallery 1, ‘Smells like Teens spirit‘ continues the series of Ben Turnbull’s ‘American History X’, focussing on the lone teen shooter phenomenon that occurred in the US for the past decade.

Guns & weapons are beautifully and intricately hand carved into vintage wooden school desks. ‘Emergency Break Glass’ boxes contain firearms and grenades highlighting the paradox of the U.S. gun culture.

Ben Turnbull - Stolenspace

In the Gallery 2, Barcelona based artist Ramon Maiden revisits vintage imagery, pin-ups and religious characters by tattooing them on paper and gives them relevance in todays ever-changing society. “Turbofaith, Ladies of the night and Dandy Delinquents’ feature a series of work on paper and mixed media collages.

Ramon Maiden - Stolenspace

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Ben Turbull – Gallery 1
Ramon Maiden – Gallery 2
Stolenspace
Until 15 May 2015

London, Shows

London: David Shillinglaw – ‘ You are here’ @ Scream

April 10, 2015 butterfly

UK artist David Shillinglaw just opened a new solo exhibition entitled ‘You are here’ at Scream Gallery in London.

A large crowd gathered to see the recreation of the studio space of the artist like an exploration of his creative mind and enjoyed the new body of work on canvas, paper and wood, featuring symbols and typography with David Shillinglaw’s signature sunny colour palette. Also brightening up the evening was performance artist Pandemonia present amongst the guests.

Talking about the show, David Shillinglaw mentions: ‘Inspired by the relationship we all have with the ideas of being physically/geographically lost, and lost within our own imagination/spirituality. The overriding theme being that its ok to get lost, we all are from time to time, and in fact the process of getting lost goes hand in hand with discovery. We used to find short cuts, we used to draw maps. No we are all guilty of relying on sat-nav and following computer generated pins that lead us to where we want to go. While around us the environment (especially in the city/ especially in London) grow at an alarming rate. Add to that map millions of people, colliding and bumbling around, we are lost in a labyrinth we are convinced has been created for us.’

David Shillinglaw

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David Shillinglaw – You are Here
Scream
27 Eastcastle Street
London W1W 8DH

Miami, Shows

Miami: ‘Heatwave’ – Shepard Fairey & Miami City Ballet

April 4, 2015 butterfly

Photo courtesy of Miami City Ballet

Reminiscent of the roaring 1920’s where artists were heavily influenced by Diaghilev & the Ballets Russes and vice versa, Street Art is now taking a growing place in Contemporary ballets. New York collective Faile and French artist JR (see here) collaborated with the New York City Ballets on numerous occasions.

In an unprecedented world premiere, ballet and guerrilla “street art” collide as US most sought after choreographer Justin Peck and visual artist Shepard Fairey join forces for Heatscape with the Miami City Ballet, an entirely new exploration of movement, music, costuming and art design. The back drop features Obey Giant’s iconography with a mandala and signature colours red / white/ black colours.

Photo courtesy of Miami City Ballet