A quick shout out to Bristol legend Andy Council of whom we have been long-time admirers and anyone that missed out on his piece at the RWA show in early 2009……………….. Shame on you!!
Mega City Fauna, a solo show of new works opens this Friday, 15 January at 6 PM until 10 PM with those crazy kids at the Weapon Of Choice Gallery, 14 St Michaels Hill, Bristol,BS2 8DT and runs until 14 February 2010. GOOD LUCK
It’s always the simplest street art (not to be confused with graffiti!) That hits the spot and I have to admit that this gave me a good chuckle when I came across it.
I was even more pleased to hear that it was by our very good friend K Guy who certainly gets his witty, ironic and hard hitting messages across every time he gets up on the streets. What with his recent collaborative work with the boys from Prodigy than 2010 will certainly be a year to keep an eye on his relentless progress against the monotony of London life.
What a night!
It was a quiet start which did cause a little anxiety as the 2 degree gallery space is pretty well unknown and off the beaten track!
But people did find us and the gallery and the evening saw a constant flow of people. The space was really well received as was the art work on display which, as we were showcasing some new and different artists, gave us all a very warm feeling inside.
We were particularly pleased to welcome Pedro Matos a Portuguese artist who actually made the journey to be at the opening night. It was really good to meet him and his girlfriend and were stoked that they could be there – thanks guys.
It was a particularly bleak evening on the weather front and we would like to thank everybody for turning out and making Friday such a great night – the mulled cider and flaming brazier certainly helped. And many people hung around despite the weather evening after we shut the doors for the night.
Here are a few snaps of the evening – the show is open until the 20th December Wed – Sun 11am to 7pm so if you couldn’t make it on Friday or even if you did but want to come and have another gander there is plenty of time to pop along.
For those of you who are unable to make please take a look at the attched pdf document (click on the word advent below) and if anything takes your fancy drop us a line at all@art-el.co.uk.
Here are the details folks – should be a good one so please drop by and show your love x
When: 4th – 20th December 2009
Art-el & Tunnadine Fine Art present ‘Advent’
Advent aims to provide a visual seasonal treat and bring an end to the period of expectant waiting, brightening up the festive season with a unique exhibition of new ideas and visual delights.
This show will bring you work from a wave of the galleries newer artists who present an aesthetic of visually challenging work, ranging from classic figurative portraiture to the grimy and still developing genre of the street. Although this show will be far removed from the usual urban/street art crew they are both primarily associated.
Selected from each gallery is a mix of local, international and national artists from as far afield as the USA, Portugal and Swansea!
High Renaissance, Fran, ill joseph, Joshua Barber, Leanne Ellis, Motorboy, Pedro Matos, Ria Hill, Simon Riley and Tom Hine.
The period of expectant waiting and preparation will cease and commence simultaneously at 7 p.m. on Friday 4th December at the newly discovered and delightful ‘2° Degrees Gallery’, a new creative space situated in Montpelier, in the heart of Bristol’s creative quarter.
2 Degrees Gallery, 2 Picton Mews (right off of Picton Street), Montpelier BS6 5PB
Preview will be on Friday 4th December 6.30pm until 10pm.
Then open from the 5th to the 20th December
(Wed to Sun 11am until 7pm)
www.art-el.co.uk
www.tunnadine.co.uk
If you’re in and around Brighton check this show out we reckon it’s gonna be a blinder!
HEAD: a mind-expanding leap into the future: As we exit the noughties and leap into a new decade – 9 Artists come together to herald the future:
Pete Fowler, Matt Sewell, Pinkyvision, Russell Maurice, Dan Mudwig, Neasden Control Centre, Milk, Paris and Eco. Well established but distinctly avant-garde these Artists share a vision of the modern world that is abstract, colourful, esoteric, cartoonish, surreal and challenging. Each shares an ability to reflect the joy and celebrate the strange, to capture who we are and where we’re going and to keep moving forward. Join us at Brighton’s biggest and best new Gallery – Prescription Art – for a revolution in the Head – for paintings, murals, prints, live art, installations, ideas, conversations and nu-psychedelic sounds. The Future is coming – Be Ready.
pinkyvision.com
monsterism.net
russellmaurice.com
kuildoosh.com
dasmudwig.com
neasdencontrolcentre.com
mattsewell.co.uk
www.myspace.com/321milk
parispopstop.blogspot.com
Well today was the last day folks, here’s a few snaps for you in case you didn’t make it down to the show.
If you haven’t got to this show make sure you do by next Thursday, it’s well worth a gander.
This appearred on the front of Cordy House, London last Thursday and will be the last paste up that you see here as Cordy house is raised to the ground by bulldozers to make way for luxury flats and offices.
We caught up the the Dr who said “I never want to paste up a concertina door again, approximately 200 pieces and a lot of cuts and knee ache!”
Curtain Road, London concertina door paste up.
How To Kill Lady Gaga paste up Curtain Road, London
View from the right this ones called Rampant Self Publicity.
It was a busy weekend for Bristol street art on Saturday a TCF Crew re-union, with Eco, Ziml, Paris, Feek and Xenz getting together to do a massive production in Ashton Park underneath the Cumberland Basin. It was a great day and the end result was something else and will be put put o good use as images from the production will be projected onto the Colston Hall at it’s opening event in September.
TCF Crew finished production
Xenz
Feek
Paris
Ziml & Xenz
Eco
Also over the weekend La Kota was getting new look from Felix, Jody, 3Dom, Epok, Sepr, Soker and Cheo and a pretty good one it was turning out to be.
La Kota - work in progress
End wall - Felix, Cheo & Soker
Jody
Sepr
3Dom & Felix
Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
Also opening at the Carmichael Gallery tonight Guy Dennings solo show, what an exciting night in store for those in LA.
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