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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: Cosmo Sarson @ Pure Evil

April 3, 2015 butterfly

Coinciding with the Christian’s holiday Easter season, Pure Evil’s Department Store is hosting Cosmo Sarson‘s first solo show since he hit the headlines in 2013 with his massive breakdancing Jesus mural in Bristol. Since then he has kept himself busy with a group show at the Saatchi gallery and a 45ft long portrait mural at the London Olympics, amongst other projects. Cosmo returns to his native London to show a new body of work that takes inspiration from the tales and stories of Greek mythology as well as a few new moves from the son of God.

Cosmo Sarson - Pure Evil

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Cosmo Sarson
Until 26 April
Pure Evil Department Store
London

London, Shows

London: Post Pop – East meets West @ Saatchi Gallery

December 26, 2014 butterfly

Saatchi East Meets West

The Saatchi Gallery is bringing together 250 works by 110 artists from China, the Former Soviet Union, Taiwan, the UK and the USA in a comprehensive survey celebrating Pop Art’s legacy. Post Pop: East Meets West shows the powerful influence of the Pop Art movement over artists from world regions regardless of their political ideologies.
The exhibition is presented through the framework of six themes:

Art History

Vladimir Dubossarky & Alexander Vinogradov

Religion and Ideology

Gu Wenda

Sex and the Body

Julian Opie Marc Quinn Paul McCarthy Michael Craig-Martin

Advertising and Consumerism

Alexander Kosolapov Daniel Arsham

Celebrity and Mass Media

Oleg Kulik Daniel Arsham

Habitat

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Full List of participating artists here

Post Pop – East meets West
Saatchi Gallery
Until 25 February 2015

London, Shows

London: D*Face & Rebels Alliance Takeover at StolenSpace

December 20, 2014 butterfly

Last Thursday D*Face & Rebels Alliance took over the StolenSpace gallery with lots of goodies for the festive season, from T shirts, limited edition Esses Magazines, Evisu exclusive products and Rebels Alliance hand made merchandise. Bikers also came in force to support the event while D*Face was signing books and other memorabilia to the delighted crowd.

To mark his recent collaboration with U2 on their ‘California‘ video, D*Face released a 3 layered 17 colour screen print with interchangeable background titled ‘Rear View’.

Screenshot from the U2 California video

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Auctions, London

London: Phillips Auction – Under the influence

December 6, 2014 butterfly

The upcoming London auction at PHILLIPS titled ‘Under the Influence‘ features a selection of works by Contemporary and Urban artists, including Kaws, Ryan McGinley, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Revok, Mr, Ai Weiwei, Retna, Rero, Seen.

Here are some preview pics: