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Toulouse: Subcultures @ Espace Croix Baragnon – Part II

May 25, 2016 butterfly

We continue our coverage (See Part I here) on the current exhibition ‘Subcultures’ in ‘L’espace Croix Baragnon’ in Toulouse curated by David Pujol featuring 10 established and emerging artists, with their influences and distinctive style on the local and international scene: Amandine Urruty, 100TAUR (covered), A4 Putevie (covered), Mathieu Bourrillon, Nicolas Delpech, Fräneck, Herbot, Kinder K, Arnaud Loumeau and Benjamin Stoop.

Pencil drawings by Mathieu Bourillon (b.1976) invite the viewers into the subconscious mind and our pulsions. Each artwork has its own narrative and invitation to dive into an enigmatic universe where black and white figures are floating surrounded by a magical landscape.

Also using pencils, Amandine Urruty (b.1982) depicts a monochrome surrealist universe mixing antique toys and medieval bestiaries, Dutch landscapes with Little Ponies and Muppet Show characters, a little bit of spicy sausages and slimy monsters.

Nicolas Delpech (b.1978) and Benjamin Stoop (b.1980) from the Atelier 2000 play with geometric shapes, letters, collage and patterns as well as light and neon installations to describe parallel universes.

Subcultures - Toulouse

Herbot (b.1968) aka Rene Apallec is a collage virtuoso, using his magic scissors and a juxtaposition of images to create a surrealist universe where his characters experience an unexpected twist.

Subcultures - Toulouse

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‘Subcultures’
Until 18 June 2016
Espace Croix-Baragnon
24 rue Croix-Baragnon
31000 Toulouse (FR)

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London: Angela Bulloch – New Waves Digit @ Simon Lee Gallery

May 21, 2015 butterfly

After successfully showing at the Tate, Kunstmuseum Bonn, and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Canadian born contemporary artist Angela Bulloch is currently showing “New Wave Digits’ at Simon Lee Gallery.

Conceived and designed within a digital imaging program, futuristic stacked columns and geometric sculptures with electronic glow populate the gallery space.

Her interest in cybernetics (the integration of the human subject with technology) is apparent in her body of work: from the exhibition title , playing with the ambiguity of the word ‘digits’ – implying fingers, numerals or data, to the anthropomorphic sculptures , suggesting bodies or parts of bodies. Two of the sculptures entitled ‘Anima’ and ‘Animus’ make reference to Jung’s theory of archetypes: the male and female qualities that we subconsciously attribute to inanimate objects.

Some of the works also offer some interactivity and playful effects. The flat planes and angles of each sculpture appear to animate as one moves around them, creating a disorienting illusion of shifts between two and three dimensions.

In parallel to the exhibition, an outdoor sculpture in steel has been revealed on Mount Street, Mayfair, at the entrance to Mount Street Gardens.

Angela Bulloch - New Wave Digits

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Angela Bulloch

Until 30 May 2015

Simon Lee Gallery

12 Berkeley Street

London W1J 8DT

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London Streets: May Day Festivities

May 4, 2015 butterfly

With the long May Bank Holiday week end, a new royal baby and many international artists in town, there was a lot to celebrate in London.

On the Southbank with the Streets of Spain Festival organised by Campo Viejo for the third year ( see previous coverage here), Remed (FR) and Okuda (ES) created a new colourful artwork, while guests could customise their own bottle and enjoy Spanish delicacies.

Remed & Okuda

In the East End, LSD Magazine in-conjunction with the 1 Love Community Network organised a two-days graffiti jam with many artists including Waleska Nomura (BR), Cranio (BR), Jim Vision (UK) to name a few.

Waleska - Green House Effect

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London: Simon Sheperd & Janet Brown ‘The Fuse is lit’

May 3, 2015 butterfly

‘The Fuse is Lit‘ is a new multidisciplinary exhibition by painter Janet Brown and sculptor Simon Shepherd at Black Rat Projects in London.

Playing with elements of scale, dislocation and emphasis Simon Sheperd transforms ordinary objects into unexpected sculptures: a basket ball reveals some fruity orange slices or a coconut. Inspired by her experience as a CCTV librarian for the police, Brown’s paintings depict a new graphic universe with enigmatic, fantastical, bizarre and sometimes monstrous scenes.

Janet Brown & Simon Sheperd

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Janet Brown & Simon Sheperd
The Fuse is Lit – Black Rat Projects
Until 10 May
Bateman Street, London

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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