Tag Archives: London

London: Barry McGee – “New Work” @ Modern Art

Barry McGee has opened his new solo show simply entitled “New Work” at the Modern Art Gallery, six years since his last showing in London. The show features print work, sculptures, symmetric paintings and 2-D artwork presented as a 3-D forms. The series will be on show until the 13th of August.

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Barry McGee

Further pics from the opening HERE

Toulouse (FR): Dran book signing session

Similar to the London book launch last winter, an endless queue of fans waited eagerly to meet French artist Dran and get their books signed at the GHP gallery in Toulouse, France.

DRAN signing session at GHP 
DRAN signing session at GHP

The DMV show ( previously covered) is featuring some new canvases from Dran as well as new hand finished screenprints by Exquisite Corpse with Bom-K, Gris, Sowat, Blo, Kan and more.  

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Da Mental Vaporz Show - GHP Toulouse

Further pics from the event HERE

The show is running until the 31 July with additional events planned, so stay tuned.

Da Mental Vaporz Show

Espace GHP

11 Descente de la Halle aux Poissons

31000 Toulouse, France

Anthony Lister at POW

Fresh from his recent trip to Berlin, Australian artist Anthony Lister has been hitting the streets of London with new murals and stickers. Lister has also been busy customizing his latest series of prints at Pictures On Walls.

Launching this Thursday, the show is featuring a series of 100 hand finished unique Fan Boy prints, described as halfway between an original painting and a screenprint, as well as a collection of paintings, in-situ installations and stickers.

Here are some pics  behind the scenes during the set up:
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Further pics HERE

Lister Print show
Thursday  22 June, 6-9 pm
POW  46 – 48 Commercial St , London E1 6LT

Opening – Jamie Woods’ new gallery Whisper

Last week saw the opening of a new gallery called Whisper on Eastcastle street.

Whisper Gallery

Whisper Gallery

Tyrone Wood

To celebrate the launch of Jamie Wood’s new gallery were  collectors Martin Summers and Basia & Richard Briggs OBE, Simon and Yasmin Mills, and Made in Chelsea’s Amber Atherton. Jamie’s brother Tyrone, who is Director of Scream gallery in Mayfair, and his mother Jo were both there to support Jamie’s new venture, as was artist Bruce French who has created new limited edition prints for the inaugural exhibition.

Whisper Gallery

Bip Ling was DJing at the event

Whisper Gallery

Jenny and Bruce French

Whisper Gallery

Gorge Morton Clark next to his painting

Whisper Gallery

Further pics from the opening HERE

www.whisperfineart.co.uk

Retna – The Halleluja Tour London

RETNA: The Hallelujah World Tour
RETNA with Noah Gaeta, writer AROE (MSK-Heavy Artillery) and friend

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Artists, rock royalty, fashion designers and models came in force for the opening of LA graffiti artist RETNA’s Hallelujah World Tour in London, which is the second part of a three stop world tour.

The exhibition features a series of 30 new works fusing a variety of different mediums including drawing, painting and poetry.

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RETNA: The Hallelujah World Tour

As part of the project, RETNA is creating a unique work on the tail of one of VistaJet’s Global Express XRS aircraft. The tour began in New York in February 2011 and will conclude with an exhibition in Hong Kong later this year.

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View the full set of pics from the opening HERE

RETNA: The Hallelujah World Tour
The Old Dairy, 7 Wakefield St, London, WC1N 1PB
9 June – 27 June 2011