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Frieze Art Fair 2011

October 22, 2011 butterfly 1 Comment

Every year in October, London becomes the center of the Art world with so many Fairs and simultaneous shows, attracting galleries, artists and collectors to the capital.

The Frieze Art Fair features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries from all over the world, and you can see all kind of art, contemporary, conceptual, controversial, etc.

Here is a selection from this year:

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View the entire set of pics here

London, Shows

London: Word To Mother – Essence of Adolescence

October 15, 2011 butterfly

With his fifth solo show at StolenSpace entitled ‘Essence of Adolescence’, Word to Mother invites the viewer to take a glimpse of his inner mindscape. Featuring a new body of mixed media paintings on wooden panels, the artworks combine references drawn from his childhood, cartoons juxtaposed with more serious emotive thoughts and fears that face him as an adult living and painting in East London.

Full set of pics HERE

Word To Mother
‘Essence Of Adolescence’
14.10.11 – 30.10.11
www.stolenspace.com

Art Fair, London

Moniker Art Fair

October 14, 2011 butterfly

For the second year running in London, the Moniker Art Fair has opened yesterday at Village Underground. Focussing on street art, the participating galleries this year include Andenken Gallery, LeBasse Projects, Scream, Shea & Ziegler and Stolenspace.

In parallel to gallery booths, the fair showcases project spaces for individual artists: Dabs and Myla., Beejoir, Matt Small, Peeta, Best Ever, Marco Grassi.

The program features many print releases, artist talks, live painting sessions on the external walls the surrounding the venue as well as street art tours with our friend Hooked Blog.

Photos from the opening:

More pics from the opening HERE

Moniker Art Fair
13-16 October 2011
http://www.monikerartfair.com

London, Shows, Videos

London: Lazarides Minotaur at the Old Vic Tunnels

October 13, 2011 butterfly 3 Comments

As published on Arrested Motion

View the entire set of pics HERE

The Minotaur
Old Vic Tunnels, London
Until 25 October 2011
theminotaur.co.uk

London, Shows

London: Mr Brainwash at Opera Gallery

October 6, 2011 butterfly

As featured in Street Art News

Opera Gallery London is exhibiting a selection of works by Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash for his first UK solo show.

Many people from the cinema and West End made it to the joyful opening.

True to his portrait in the movie Exit through the Gift Shop, Thierry Guetta’s larger than life character and motto “life is beautiful” had a contagious effect on the happy crowd.

Simon de Pury, Mr Brainwash and Jean-David Malat