Deliciously textured oil paintings, the most amount of paint i have seen spreaded onto a canvas!
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Susanna Heller
Susanna Heller
This is an article from the site http://artcritical.com/. The article is about the visit to studio of the artist, Susanna Heller. Her artwork inspired by the journeys she makes from Brooklyn to Manhattan. What i am more interested in though is the actually site, 'artcritical' "the online magazine of art and ideas". This site is FULL of information that is relevant to my fine art practice and my art practice in general as they show on the site:
Critism
Exhibition
Books
Film/Music/Performance
internet & cyber projects
Features
Studio Visits
Slideshows
Debates
Essays
Portfolios
Art World
NewsDesk
Out and About
Art Business
and more. The art they show on this site is more conceptual and idea based which also great for my fine art research. This site literally has everything I need and I will continuously refer back to this site for later research, its just a shame i discovered this site so late into the course!
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Urban project (fa)
Experimenting with minimalism, only painting a small part of these bright, abstract, colour combinations that stands out against some of its gritty surroundings in the urban.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Nero - Guilt
I would love to in the future capture this much energy in my paintings and the different emotions it conveys and that futuristic feel it has.
p.s. This i think personally is one the best songs ever (well by Nero) :P
Nova the film
I found this video extremely inspiring and it is interesting to see what new artists are doing with art now and how they are taking it to new levels. It has taught me that there are no limits to art what so ever and I recommend everyone who is involved with art to watch this.
Favourite quote from the film,
"I think in a perfect world, everybody is an artist because you don't... many people...art, you don't need art, nobody needs art, we can function everyday without art. Uh, film, we don't need film, we don't need music, but it enriches our life, it makes us better, it makes us happy, it makes us realize that the world isn't a bad place you know. We have time to beautify our surroundings". Kit Webster (copied exactly)
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Truly Amazing Animation by Onur Senturk (Fa) (Cp2)
Nokta
Nokta . Making of from Onur Senturk on Vimeo.
Triangle -
TRI▲NGLE from Onur Senturk on Vimeo.
What i love about these animations are how Onur as made these strange, alien forms seem as if were alive. These animations are extremely inspirational and I aim to achieve this effect when i try my animation for fine art.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
CHI Street Art research and references (CHI)
EIKNARF Presents: "Revok: On The Run" from EIKNARF on Vimeo.
http://www.fatcap.com/video/970.html
http://www.fatcap.com/video/394.html
Monday, 4 April 2011
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Cole Sternberg Press Release (Cp2) (Fa)
(REMINDER - READ AND PRINT OF ARTIST'S PRESS RELEASES)
DENVER – The David B. Smith Gallery is very pleased to be bringing Cole Sternberg and his unique sociopolitical
art to Denver. Please join us for the exciting opening of this new exhibition,
I was here for just a moment, on Friday, March 18th from 7-10pm.
Each of Sternbergʼs works is an explosion of layered text, heavy painterly washes and strong, gestural
brushstrokes. Working with oils, watercolors and spray paint, his works have an organized chaos that is
both compelling and appealing. Within each piece, is an underlying statement on human rights, ecology,
personal relationships or other subjects of emotional relevance.
In this exhibition, Sternberg explores the imprint of human beings on this planet, and questions the role of
humanity in the growth or destruction of the earth. Consumed by what he calls a “war on science in politics,”
and the “desire by politicians and media pundits to push both evolution and global warming as hoaxes,”
Sternberg explores this “war on science” in his works, giving them a “vague landscape apocalyptic feel.”
Political statement and strong visuals are what make this work unique. For the last ten years, Sternberg has
been challenging his viewers on subjects as varied as pop culture to human rights to the environment.
Schooled in the law, and a published author on international law issues, Sternbergʼs insights into his subject
matter give these works a unique twist rarely seen in the arts. The layers upon layers of text and scrawled
graffiti are like collaged sound bites – one on top of another – yet every line and stroke with a purpose.
Whatever emotional subject initiated the work, the painterly expressionism of the words and broad swaths of
strong color make this exhibition one you must see.
An essay by Leanne Haase Goebel will accompany the exhibition.
About Cole Sternberg
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in Saratoga, California, Sternberg earned his BA from Villanova
University, and his JD at the Washington College of Law at American University. He uses his legal
background extensively in his work, combining a socio-political point of view with a strong aesthetic.
Sternberg has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including a solo show at The American University
Museum in Washington, DC. His works can be found in major collections and publications throughout the
world.
About David B. Smith Gallery
David B. Smith Gallery is Denver's venue for compelling contemporary art. Since its founding in 2007, the
gallery has been committed to presenting intelligent and culturally relevant exhibitions featuring work from
some of today's most important artists with growing international reputations. Through participation in
leading art fairs and extensive media coverage, David Smith has cultivated a strong regional, national and
international collector audience. In August 2008, The New York Times hailed the gallery as offering "an
exciting contrast of cutting edge works." In addition to its curatorial program, David B. Smith maintains an
active publishing division, Limited Addiction, which produces limited edition artist prints and monographs.
Download CVCole Sternberg
- a sad man in a sad car
- Ink, spray paint and acrylic on linen
34 x 48 in. (86.4 x 121.9 cm)
2010
Futura 2000
A recent inspirational painting by Futura 2000.
picture from http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/03/teaser-futura-2000-new-works-galerie-jerome-de-noirmont-paris/picture-3-10/
When I get off my ass and go to london :)
CURRENT SHOW/
‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’
By Kid Acne
01.04.11 - 24.04.11
By Kid Acne
01.04.11 - 24.04.11
StolenSpace is proud to present a new body of work from renowned UK street artist Kid Acne. Featuring paintings on
board and canvas, installation work and also the release of a limited edition fanzine and print.
This exhibition explores the relationship between graffiti and smoking by way of introducing us to a new set of characters known as 'Art Fags' – a play on words neatly personifying packs of cigarettes. Both pastimes are seen as rebellious and cool, which makes them particularly appealing to teenagers. Though through repetition they become a compulsion, cause serious problems in our adult life and are “filthy habits” hard to quit.
We can all see the similarities between graffiti and advertising - the notion of occupying space to promote an idea, brand or individual. Nowadays however, cigarette advertising is just as outlawed as graffiti, though at their height of fashion both were simply seen as the thing to do. Since the smoking ban, smokers, like graffiti writers have been forced into the streets, whereas Street Artists are embraced by the galleries and auction houses.
A non smoker himself, Kid Acne's Art Fags were first seen on the streets of Paris in the latter part of 2010. Inspired by the consistantly smoking French and a tongue-in-cheek response to expression 'Art Fag' – a term adopted by the more fundamentalist graffiti writers to describe Street Artists, criticizing them for their less hardcore and arguably more contrived contribution to the urban landscape. That said, you'll always find a gang of graffiti writers at a Street Art private view, having a crafty fag outside. It's their guilty pleasure. Just don't tell Mum.
“I began painting graffiti in the early 1990's when I was twelve years old. We lived in a small market town so there wasn't much to do. Around the same time I got into shoplifting, smoking and taking drugs. When the fair came to town there were only 4 rides. All the kids from the estate would be gathered round the punch bag and the older kids would show off their strength to the fair ground folk and bubble permed girls. This was the era of Hip-House so Snap would be blaring out from the Walterz. Twenty years on I still paint graffiti but I
quit all the other stuff. Rhythm Is A Dancer reminds
me of those halcyon days.”
About The Artist:
Kid Acne was born in Malawi in 1978. He grew up in England and is currently based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. His career as an artist began with an appearance on Rolf's Cartoon Club at the age of twelve. Within a year, he’d started writing graffiti and was in hospital recovering from a bad acid trip. Neither were related to Rolf in any way. Applying the same DIY ethos to the rest of his output, he spent his teenage years creating underground fanzines and releasing limited run 7"s on his own Invisible Spies imprint. Nowadays, his work can be seen throughout the world - in galleries from Helsinki to Melbourne and in wheatpastes and rap-sprays from New York to Azerbaijan. His signature style of illustrations have furnished products for the planet's leading brands, while the man himself continues to paint epic slogans in subzero temperatures.
And he still has ace.
board and canvas, installation work and also the release of a limited edition fanzine and print.
This exhibition explores the relationship between graffiti and smoking by way of introducing us to a new set of characters known as 'Art Fags' – a play on words neatly personifying packs of cigarettes. Both pastimes are seen as rebellious and cool, which makes them particularly appealing to teenagers. Though through repetition they become a compulsion, cause serious problems in our adult life and are “filthy habits” hard to quit.
We can all see the similarities between graffiti and advertising - the notion of occupying space to promote an idea, brand or individual. Nowadays however, cigarette advertising is just as outlawed as graffiti, though at their height of fashion both were simply seen as the thing to do. Since the smoking ban, smokers, like graffiti writers have been forced into the streets, whereas Street Artists are embraced by the galleries and auction houses.
A non smoker himself, Kid Acne's Art Fags were first seen on the streets of Paris in the latter part of 2010. Inspired by the consistantly smoking French and a tongue-in-cheek response to expression 'Art Fag' – a term adopted by the more fundamentalist graffiti writers to describe Street Artists, criticizing them for their less hardcore and arguably more contrived contribution to the urban landscape. That said, you'll always find a gang of graffiti writers at a Street Art private view, having a crafty fag outside. It's their guilty pleasure. Just don't tell Mum.
“I began painting graffiti in the early 1990's when I was twelve years old. We lived in a small market town so there wasn't much to do. Around the same time I got into shoplifting, smoking and taking drugs. When the fair came to town there were only 4 rides. All the kids from the estate would be gathered round the punch bag and the older kids would show off their strength to the fair ground folk and bubble permed girls. This was the era of Hip-House so Snap would be blaring out from the Walterz. Twenty years on I still paint graffiti but I
quit all the other stuff. Rhythm Is A Dancer reminds
me of those halcyon days.”
About The Artist:
Kid Acne was born in Malawi in 1978. He grew up in England and is currently based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. His career as an artist began with an appearance on Rolf's Cartoon Club at the age of twelve. Within a year, he’d started writing graffiti and was in hospital recovering from a bad acid trip. Neither were related to Rolf in any way. Applying the same DIY ethos to the rest of his output, he spent his teenage years creating underground fanzines and releasing limited run 7"s on his own Invisible Spies imprint. Nowadays, his work can be seen throughout the world - in galleries from Helsinki to Melbourne and in wheatpastes and rap-sprays from New York to Azerbaijan. His signature style of illustrations have furnished products for the planet's leading brands, while the man himself continues to paint epic slogans in subzero temperatures.
And he still has ace.
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