Graffiti, Post-graffiti and Street-art
‘Rise above’ solo show in Miami
Above’s first U.S.A. solo show titled ‘rise above’ was a sold out show at his booth at Miami’s Scope art fair.
Here are a look at the new canvas works he made for the show and a few outdoor murals.
http://goabove.com/
http://www.ekosystem.org/tag/above
Neuzz. Mexico City, 1980.
A couple of weeks ago, Neuzz presented his first solo show at Border, in Mexico City. The opening occurs during the celebration of Día de Muertos, a very special date for him.
The exhibition is his personal way to thank to every important people a long his life, offering to all his memories and tales of childhood.
“Personalmente, creo que no existe una formula estricta sobre como presentar una ofrenda para nuestros muertos, creo que una ofrenda debe de ser algo tan personal que cada quien habrá de tener la libertad de plantear mediante su imaginación su propia forma de estructurarla.”
-Neuzz
Yesterday saw the opening of Hell’o Monsters exhibition “The End Of Magic”
With over 70 pieces of work, there was a lot to look at!
See for your self:
HELL’O MONSTERS first show in Copenhagen.
Opening: Friday 28.10.2011 at 16 to 21
Closing: 26.11.2011
@
Mohs Exhibit
Sdr. Boulevard 98
1720 Copenhagen V – Denmark
Hell’O Monsters is a Belgian collective formed by Jérôme Meynen, François Dieltiens and Antoine Detaille . The three artists successfully blend their individual styles to create an imaginary universe occupied by hybrid characters such as monsters with multiple eyes, mutated animals, humans with their heads split open. These figures manage to grab our attention and gain our affection despite their r…evolting appearance. In addition to the ink drawings and the paintings, the Hell’O Monsters universe breaks away from the wall and these miniature extra-ordinary beings suddenly occupy the exhibition space. The group’s creations, despite their colorful and happy look, are in fact caustic commentaries on the adult world, human nature and society.
As an introduction to «The Book of Imaginary Beings» , Borges wrote that’ a monster is nothing more than a combination of real human being part’s and that ‘their combinative possibilities border on infinity’ .
A few sentences beforehand, he had noted that when a child is taken to a zoo for the firt time, «he is faced for the first time with the multiplicity of the animal kingdomand, unexpectedly, really enjoys what could be nothing more than a horrifying or alarming spectacle to him»
even is stated from a trivial text, these two facts prove to be two quite practical windows to approach the formal world of Hell’O Monsters: a universe of monsters that form and re-form themselves, according to the adventures they are faced with. Indeed, the Hell’O Monsters do not escape the Argentine writer’s comments.
And the fact they are made up of so clearly recognisable element is the verry reason why we are troubled to this extent. At the same time so similar and so different to us, their creatures give substance to our fantasies, even in the playfull and cutting manner adopted by these artists.
In tune with their time, the Hell’O Monsters have perfectly grasped that today monsters can be tamed, that they have become kind, play with the very young, wink to television programmes, and even lie on the internet
As all their brothers and even very distant cousins, their creatures are never passive; they live adventures the artists compress in each of their creation «pregnant instants» , to use lessing’s expression. Mreover, narrative frames are precise and rich.
Why? Well, just because those imaginary beings, born of the fine srokes and graphic fantasy of these three artists, are similar to their many predecessors and tend to crystallise the fears and desires of the men who created them. These mixed fears and desires that childrens feel so intensely, the Hell’O Monsters have never lost the thread of his creative wonder of childhood . Their creatures first offer to ‘teach us how to look at them in the face and so, while being confronted with them, how to dare to live and dream absolutely freely’.
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I’ll post pictures from the exhibition this weekend…
Kid Acné & Ema du 4 au 29 Octobre 2011 à Niort au Pilori dans le cadre du festival “Le 4ème mur” organisé par la galerie Winterlong.
Saner. Mexico City, 1981.
Fifty24MX Gallery presents “Los Iluminados” by Saner. the carnival started last weekend with the second solo show of Saner in Mexico City. The mexican folklore was present during the opening between masks, tequila, textures and colors, we could enjoy with live music and live painting.
The exhibition is composed by more than 50 pieces. Drawings made on wood, paper and other recycle materials.
Mi segunda exposición individual en México titulada “los iluminados”aborda la necesidad que tenemos de evolucionar como seres humanos, purificarnos antes de morir, tenemos la oportunidad de cambiar y encontrar la paz interna. Queremos vivir sin miedo.
-Saner
Smithe. Mexico City, 1987.
After more than 10 years of painting in the streets, Smithe, a young artist, presents his first solo show in Vertigo, an art gallery in Mexico City. Ladrillo y Carne, shows us his perspective of the mexican society.
Las ciudades no están terminadas; sus calles, muros, edificios y efigies lucen incompletas y así funcionan. Sobran contrucciones en este laberinto mal hecho. Entender a los ciudadanos como obras negras, inacabados, que avanzan rumbo a sus empleos, familias e infiernos. Atrapados en una rutina: nacer, crecer, reproducirse y morir. Y entre cada una de esas rutinas, más rutinas: trabajar, no dormir, encontrar el amor, etc.
Estamos entre paredes, atrapados y condenados a desgastarnos para permanecer con un objetivo claro: la lenta destrucción.
-Smithe.
Brad Downey experimented graffiti restoration in Wien, last year.
He did it again with the restoration of a piece Banksy painted for the 1st Backjumps festival in Berlin.
The squares on the wall were the spots where Banksy painted. Where are those paintings ? Extracted by Brad Downey to be sold on ebay ? Already stolen by someone else ? Time will tell…
Brad Downey
Year: 2011
Title: “What Lies Beneath”
Materials : restored/extracted “Banksy” Installation (originally painted in 2003 for the exhibition Backjumps- Volume:1), red paint
Dimensions: 4meter X 6meter 70cm
La Rueda
On 8, 9 and the 10th of July 2011, the first edition of the international street art event
takes place in the old Schellens textile factory
( schuilplaats=hiding place/refuge)
On 8, 9 and the 10th of July 2011, the first edition of the international street art event
takes place in the old Schellens textile factory.
Without and with canvas
“We put a canvas with a girls face over the skull. So the skull is the hidden beauty :)”
Jul 2 – Aug 13
at DAMA AFLITA – Illustration & Drawing gallery
Rua da Picaria, 84.
450 – 477 Porto – Portugal
