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London: Urban Masters

October 4, 2012 butterfly

Butterfly in association with Opera Gallery London and ANV are pleased to present URBAN MASTERS – an alternative art installation giving street and urban artists a chance to render homage to the masters, masterpieces and muses that have influenced their journey through the world of art and played a part in who they are nowadays.

Located in a former Victorian factory in Shoreditch, Urban Masters will present the works of 33 artists from the international graffiti and street art scene.

So save the date:
URBAN MASTERS
9 – 18 November
London Shoreditch

More info to be announced soon…

London, Shows, Street, Videos

London: Guetta meets Guetta

July 29, 2012 butterfly

DJ David Guetta is partnering with Thierry Guetta aka Mr Brainwash for a massive party on 1 of August, in a secret location in London. More info on www.guettamrbrainwash.com

Festival, London, Shows, Street

Preview: London Pleasure Gardens

June 30, 2012 butterfly 1 Comment

The Paradise Gardens is a free family festival and a feast for all the senses in the new London Pleasure Gardens site. Featuring a vintage fair, performance arts, live music, pyrotechnic galore and all kinds of entertainment, this is definitively a destination for the summer. But a festival wouldn’t be the same without street art and graffiti…

Fresh from Paris, Shepard Fairey and the Obey Giant team finished a large scale mural.

To top it all, celebrated US street and graffiti artists Risk, Ron English and TrustoCorp are joining in and completing outdoor intallations, as part of Letters of America. The project then continues its UK invasion with an all-American Independence Day celebration – in association with Corey Helford Gallery LA on Wednesday, July 4 at Black Rat Gallery.

Full set of pics by Butterfly here

Check the LPG programme

London Pleasure Gardens
Gate 1, North Woolwich Rd, London

London, Shows, Street

London: Mr Brainwash returns – Part 1

June 12, 2012 butterfly 1 Comment

Four years after officially launching his “MBW” pseudonym at the Banksy’s Cans Festival, Thierry Guetta aka Mr Brainwash has landed in London for the preparation of his first huge European show to date.

2008 Banksy Cans Festival

Celebrating both the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics, the MBW show will take place end of July in central London, opposite the British Museum. Needless to say that the building is massive, known as the former post office.

MBW put up some huge colourful paste-ups around the building with some added trademark pink paint. Stay tuned for more details.

View the full set here

Books, London, Shows

London: Herakut – After the Laughter

June 2, 2012 butterfly

German duo Herakut is back to London for the release of their new book titled ‘After the Laughter’ . To celebrate the launch they also produced a new series of work curated by Shea&Siegler.

Featuring female figures wearing tight shiny catsuit with animal hats, sometimes a horse, a cat, a wolf or squirrels, Herakut masters spray paint to create hyperealist portraits. Looking closer, one can even see the artists reflection in the subject’s eyes.

More pics from the opening here

Further info on the show and book at Shea&Siegler.

Herakut – After The Laughter
May 31st – June 10th 2012
The Gallery, 99 Mount Street, Mayfair, W1K 2TF London.
Curated by Shea & Ziegler in collaboration with Moniker Projects