I had not been in London for a while, and as far as street art is concerned, things moved quite a lot.
I give you as proof my sneaky morning photo session, which allowed me to find:
- beautiful works by Roa (especially the rabbit),
- three new Banksy which had unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your point of view- been defaced by Robbo (complete story here:Banksy Vs Robbo),
- two works by Vhils made for the Grifters exhibition, which is organized by Steve Lazarides,
- a beautiful joint work by C215 and the Canadian artist Indigo in the yard of the Cargo,
- a legal mural by Oliver Winconek
- and, last but not least, a huge Space Invader in Bricklane market, also made for the Grifters exhibition.
Enjoy the pictures:
London
ACE, Aruta Soup, Aryz, Banksy, Biser, Burning Candy, C215, Copyright, CZK, D*Face, Dale Grimshaw, David Choe, David Le Fleming, Does, Dotmaster, Dr. D, Dscreet, Eine, Elate, Elbow Toe, Faile, Fauxreel, Focus, Gold Peg, Grafter, Horfe, Hutch, Indigo, Insa, Jasik, Kid Acne, Klone, London, Mighty Mo, Milo Tchais, Mr. Wany, Nychos, Obey, Olivier Winconek, Osch, Probs, Roa, Rowdy, Sinboy, Snub23, Snug One, Space Invader, Stickee, Stik, Sweet Toof, Tek33, The Toaster, Tian, Tizer, Twat, Vhils, Word To Mothers
Nightmare before Christmas is an event which took place on the 16th of December in the backyard of the club “The Sin” on Charing Cross Road. Many artists were painting live: Focus, The Krah, One Trick Pony, Pure Evil, K-Guy, Hush, Rugman, ATG, Hutch, Inkfetish, Tek 13, Snub23, Dan Kitchener, Paintshop, Oh Death, Ashab Mishfit, Adam Mallett, Vilchez, Sinhouse, Blam, Jimi Crayon, Tom Hovey. I unfortunately was not able to attend, since I was in Paris that day.
However I went to look what what left of the event last weekend. I was lucky: the backyard gates were open because the staff was putting snowmaking machines for the New Year’s Eve party.
I sneaked through the trash bins gathered in the entrance, and here are the pics I collected:
London, London
Aset, ATG, Dep, Exhibition, FarkFK, Focus, Inkfetish, K-Guy, London, Mighty Mo, Milo Tchais, Panik, Pure Evil, Snub23, Tek 13, The Krah
The principle of Mutate Britain is to take used parts of Soviet of engines and military equipment and to recycle them. This exhibition takes place in the gallery Behind The Shutters in London (Shoreditch) on the four levels of the building.
(Mutate Britain Flyer)
As soon as you enter the gallery you are in a very industrial-looking and gloomy room (the walls are covered by dark graffs and the mechanical sculptures are scattered on the floor). In the adjacent room the atmosphere is much more pleasant with paintings on plane wings and on various parts of war machinery, as well as animal-shaped sculptures made of spare parts. You then go to the first floor via stairs which are themselves beautifully decorated by, among others, Snub23, Obey Giant et The Krah.
In one of the upper levels visual performances are exposed, for instance a huge human face gradually decomposing (hard to describe but truly stunning) or female gogo dancers dressed as Starship troopers performing on a stage. You can draw on a huge screen with an optic pen and then have your work printed on a T-Shirt, for only 2£. Follows a dark labyrinth where various visual effects take place, and opening to a micro cinema room.
I was very impressed by this exhibition, both because of its size and of its artistic diversity. This is clearly not to be missed if you are around London.
Date:
From the 21 November to the 21 December 2008
Place:
Behind The Shutters Gallery
87-95 Curtain Road
London EC2
London
Avian Security, Best Ever, Blam, Dep, Dr. D, Eelus, Eine, Exhibition, Inkie, Insa, Joe Rush, London, Milo Tchais, Mine, Mutate Britain, Mutoid Waste, Obey, Part2ism, Prefab77, Pure Evil, Snub23, The Krah
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