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London Streets: El Seed @ Shubbak Festival

July 13, 2015 butterfly 1 Comment

For the Shubbak Festival, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, Cedar Lewison invited French Tunisian ‘calligraffiti’ artist eL Seed to paint his first UK commission on the wall of Village Underground in London Shoreditch.

We previously seen his work in person back in 2013 in Paris for La Tour 13 ( covered here) and more recently for Le Pont des Arts.

Blending Arabic calligraphy with graffiti techniques, eL Seed has developed a distinctive and striking style, fusing poetry and language with dramatic design to create large-scale works.

El Seed - London
View the full set of pics here

The Shubbak Festival runs until 26 July 2015

London, Street, streets

London Streets: Ana Marietta new mural

July 12, 2015 butterfly

Puerto Rican born, Houston based artist Ana Marietta is currently in London and just finished painting a new mural in Brick Lane featuring her surrealistic animal universe.

Ana Marietta - London Streets

See more pics here

Books, London

London: Nick Walker Book Launch @ Boxpark

July 11, 2015 butterfly

Bristol based artist Nick Walker launched his brand new book “The Art Of Nick Walker” at Box Park in Shoreditch, including customised cover versions. The 152 page hardback retrospective with hundreds of full colour images comprising 20 years of ‘The Art Of Nick Walker’ was initially available at the recent solo exhibition in New York City, but you can also order a copy online from Nick’s website.

View more pics here

Berlin, Shows, streets

Berlin: Urban Nation PM/7 – Part 2

March 22, 2015 butterfly

Urban Nation PM7

In parallel to the windows and facade they decorated with their Persons of Interest (see here) 12 Brooklyn based artists were given carte blanche to decorate the walls of the Urban Nation Haus for a pop up show in Berlin, where nothing was for sale. Each of the participating artist including Icy & Sot, Don Rimx, Case, Specter, Swoon, NohJColey, Dain, Chris Stain, El Sol 25, Esteban Del Valle and Gaia used their own tools and techniques to create a colourful and ephemeral display directly onto the walls.

Here are some behind the scenes shots:

Large crowds attended the opening to celebrate the links between New York and Berlin. Amongst the guests was Gaia‘s Persons of Interest Fereshta Ludin discussing with curators Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington

Urban Nation PM7

Many international artists and friends also joined in to show their support: David Walker (UK), Strøk (NO), REKA (AUS), Herakut (DE), MACCLAIM (DE), Vermibus (DE), Mark Rigney (UK), Aida Bragstarr (UK), Onur Dinc (CH), NeverCrew (CH), DotDotDot (NO), Schwarzmaler (CH) and Andreas Englund (SE).

Urban Nation PM7

View the full set of pics here and full coverage on Street Art News

Persons of Interest PM/7
URBAN NATION
Bülowstraße 97
10738 Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany

http://www.urban-nation.net

London, Shows

London: Damien Hirst – Love @ Paul Stolper

February 22, 2015 butterfly

Damien Hirst is currently having a pop-up exhibition titled ‘Love‘ featuring a series of prints and sculptural editions at Paul Stolper gallery.

Focussing on the theme of love, the exhibition includes ‘LOVE Gold’, a portfolio of love heart prints each foil blocked with a single butterfly in gold leaf, as well as two love heart pill sculptures ‘♡YU4EVA’, and ‘Love Struck’, a heart pierced by a crossbow bolt suspended in a sweet jar.

Damien Hirst - Love Exhibition