Wednesday, November 19, 2008
NEW WEBSHRINES
TWO ARTISTS HAVE UPPED THEIR NET GAME AND HAVE MADE SOME ESSENTIAL STOPS...
1- HONET
http://www.aventuresextraordinaires.fr/
2- REAS
http://www.toddjames.com
*REAS EXTRA BONUS - REAS STUDIO VISIT VIA SUPERTOUCH!
1- HONET
http://www.aventuresextraordinaires.fr/
2- REAS
http://www.toddjames.com
*REAS EXTRA BONUS - REAS STUDIO VISIT VIA SUPERTOUCH!
RAID PACE!
Straight outta London town and firing on all cylinders...the Better off Dead crew have dropped their first publication and its a real winner...enter 'RAID PACE'.
Essentially an introduction by way of a travelogue, it exposes us to Phoebe Collings-James, Alexis Economou, Jack Petersen, Gabriel Pryce, Jackson Pearce White & Lewis Wright (go Lewis!). All names you should take note of as these are at the fore of Londons young photographers currently storming the gates of London.
This is their first book, but they have also dropped a maggot tee, and trust me London, expect to see more of this crew...keep em peeled
BETTER OFF DEAD
Essentially an introduction by way of a travelogue, it exposes us to Phoebe Collings-James, Alexis Economou, Jack Petersen, Gabriel Pryce, Jackson Pearce White & Lewis Wright (go Lewis!). All names you should take note of as these are at the fore of Londons young photographers currently storming the gates of London.
This is their first book, but they have also dropped a maggot tee, and trust me London, expect to see more of this crew...keep em peeled
BETTER OFF DEAD
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Friday films!
Some films to waste your friday on...
80 BLOCKS FROM TIFFANYS
The REAL downtown NY scene
CRASS: THERE IS NO AUTHORITY BUT YOURSELF
Lately i've heard a lot of people saying their into Crass because a) they read about them in Vice or b) Gee Vauchers art...but yet have never even heard any of their music or realise how great their lifestyle was...so this is for all the Crass virgins out there
GIMME SHELTER
I LOVE the Stones, and this is not only their greatest film, but perhaps one of the best documentaries made of sixties music... witness, literally the end of the sixties unfold before you...
80 BLOCKS FROM TIFFANYS
The REAL downtown NY scene
CRASS: THERE IS NO AUTHORITY BUT YOURSELF
Lately i've heard a lot of people saying their into Crass because a) they read about them in Vice or b) Gee Vauchers art...but yet have never even heard any of their music or realise how great their lifestyle was...so this is for all the Crass virgins out there
GIMME SHELTER
I LOVE the Stones, and this is not only their greatest film, but perhaps one of the best documentaries made of sixties music... witness, literally the end of the sixties unfold before you...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS UNE FOIS!
YES! New Samuel Francois show at Alice gallery (BXL)... Fucking brilliant as usual...more picturesHERE
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
DIRT DONT HURT
This book has been around for a while but i only just managed to get my hands on a copy..hence this mini review!
W.H.Y STYLE is an Italian crew of artists with an old school graf illustrative leaning reminiscent of Todd James, The Ers or So-Me. I first encountered their work in (- and to me was the highlight of ) Milans Urban Edge show from a few years ago - a collection of home made skate decks that were all hand painted....and this book is a great starting point for all newcomers to the crews handywork....so if you want it, get it HERE
W.H.Y STYLE is an Italian crew of artists with an old school graf illustrative leaning reminiscent of Todd James, The Ers or So-Me. I first encountered their work in (- and to me was the highlight of ) Milans Urban Edge show from a few years ago - a collection of home made skate decks that were all hand painted....and this book is a great starting point for all newcomers to the crews handywork....so if you want it, get it HERE
VOTE!
Yes, its so fucking everywhere and predictable but YOU GOTTA VOTE!
1- YOU GOTTA VOTE OBAMA! I hate to preach as a non-US citizen to any Americans, but please please please VOTE OBAMA!
2- VOTE ME! please dont forget to vote for me in the Creative30 competition, as it says on the website, you can vote just once a day but everyday, so please make sure you do just that!!!
Right, regular posts to come!!!
1- YOU GOTTA VOTE OBAMA! I hate to preach as a non-US citizen to any Americans, but please please please VOTE OBAMA!
2- VOTE ME! please dont forget to vote for me in the Creative30 competition, as it says on the website, you can vote just once a day but everyday, so please make sure you do just that!!!
Right, regular posts to come!!!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
PEN & PIXEL!
CAPS LOCK TIME!!!
FUCK YES!
MY FAVORITE WEBSITE EVER!!!!
EVERY PEN & PIXEL COVER EVER!!!
SERIOUS...PEN AND PIXEL ARE DESIGNS LEGENDS TO ME....SO GOOD... PEN AND PIXEL RULE THEIR MUSICAL SUBGENRE DESIGN MARKETPLACE WITH NO PEERS...I FUCKING LOVE THESE COVERS AND MY NEW LIFE MISSION IS TO COLLECT EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!! FUCK IT - IF YOU VOTE FOR ME IN THAT VICE COMPETITION - http://www.creative30.net/profile/24 I WILL SPEND SOME MONEY ON BUYING PEN AND PIXEL COVERS ON EBAY AND DONATE MY COLLECTION TO THE LONDON GRAPHIC DESIGN MUSEUM UPON MY DEATH...
PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!
FUCK YES!
MY FAVORITE WEBSITE EVER!!!!
EVERY PEN & PIXEL COVER EVER!!!
SERIOUS...PEN AND PIXEL ARE DESIGNS LEGENDS TO ME....SO GOOD... PEN AND PIXEL RULE THEIR MUSICAL SUBGENRE DESIGN MARKETPLACE WITH NO PEERS...I FUCKING LOVE THESE COVERS AND MY NEW LIFE MISSION IS TO COLLECT EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!! FUCK IT - IF YOU VOTE FOR ME IN THAT VICE COMPETITION - http://www.creative30.net/profile/24 I WILL SPEND SOME MONEY ON BUYING PEN AND PIXEL COVERS ON EBAY AND DONATE MY COLLECTION TO THE LONDON GRAPHIC DESIGN MUSEUM UPON MY DEATH...
PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!PEN AND PIXEL!
VINYL MARX
Theres no hiding that i love Stefan Marx - not only as a great mate and an all round super dude of the world, but more importantly as one of the best artists creating work today...and i found out today that he has had some of his images for the great Hamburg clothing label Cleptomanicx turned into vinyl figures!!!
GET THEM HERE
PS check out work from his latest show HERE
GET THEM HERE
PS check out work from his latest show HERE
Sunday, October 26, 2008
ANNE BRENNEKE!
One of the coolest girls on the planet Anne Brenneke is finally having her first show, but sadly for me its in Hamburg and not London :(
Anne is one of the coolest and nicest people you will ever meet, but as if that wasnt enough she is also one of my favorite artists as she creates this big intense handmade quilts of Rap legendes like Dilla, Eazy E and Biggie. Each one takes weeks and weeks of hard work and the end results are stunning....needless to say, if your anywhere near Hamburg, make sure you catch this one!
Anne is one of the coolest and nicest people you will ever meet, but as if that wasnt enough she is also one of my favorite artists as she creates this big intense handmade quilts of Rap legendes like Dilla, Eazy E and Biggie. Each one takes weeks and weeks of hard work and the end results are stunning....needless to say, if your anywhere near Hamburg, make sure you catch this one!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
None more black!
YES! My mate Francesca Gavin has been very excited about this book that she has been making for a while now, and after seeing a copy the other day i can see why - its fucking great!
Focusing on dark dark gothic art, it features a nicely chosen selection of contemporary artists - from French to Terence Koh and its most definitely a must have for all those who love their art so dark that it comes none more black.
PS yet another book to add to my Jonathan Messe fixation!
Focusing on dark dark gothic art, it features a nicely chosen selection of contemporary artists - from French to Terence Koh and its most definitely a must have for all those who love their art so dark that it comes none more black.
PS yet another book to add to my Jonathan Messe fixation!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
HELP!
1) CAN SOMEONE RECCOMEND NEW WORDS? I HAVE JUST LOOKED BACK AT MY POSTS AND THERE IS A 'RAD' 'AWESOME' OR 'AMAZING' IN NEARLY EVERY LINE...I SOUND LIKE A PRICK...CAN ANYONE SUGGEST SOME NEW WORDS THAT MEAN VERY GOOD? PLEASE?
2)DONT FORGET! PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!
2)DONT FORGET! PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!PLEASE VOTE!
FINALLY!
Finally! with all this shit flying about 'The Outsiders' show in NY by Lazarides, im super excited to see a true slice of what England can offer, smacking the shit out of the big apple. Forget boring, cliched & safe (really - i mean how truly controversial is a collage of Paris Hilton or George Bush....zzzzz) overhyped pieces of work... perhaps the UKs most out there, forward thinking, on point crews is going out to truly tear NY a new visual arse hole... wish i was there....
Ben Jones Catalogue!
published for his greek show, by the ever great Picturebox, if your a fan of paperrad, this is definatly something you need...
LONDON!!!
So as said in a previous post, i've been away from the blog thanks to both incredibly bad internet and also i've been mad hectic...part of it has been the amount of great stuff dropping on London that i just had to check out...this is a biggie of a post, but i think thats awesome because it means that finally London is interesting! As the cliche goes, when it rains it pours...
MAIL ORDER MONSTERS
At long last the Mail Order Monsters show finally hit London. After internet stalking and freaking out over the show for a looong time, i was super excited about it...but did it live up to my high expectations after all that? one word... YEAH!
First up the space was amazing, i had no idea there was such amazing gallery space to be found in central Old St, and this place was like the Tardis...so big and so nicely touched up with slime green floors.
So the art...I loved the Dennis Tyfus HUGE canvas...i personally have never seen any canvases as big as the one shown here...it was rested on the floor, on one side of the room, and attatched to the ceiling at an angle, on the opposite side of the room - and madly intense and intricate...i could have spent hours looking at it....
Of course I loved the Ben jones (paper rad) large sculpture, Mat Brinkmans monster reproductions, Misaki Kawais large canvases and of course, for me the highlight of seeing Taylor Mckimes large canvases in the painted flesh...so much colour and detail...super intense and super awesome.
I was narked that the zines on show were for artists only as i wanted one, but i was pysched to have witnessed the show first hand, and that it was in London.
DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS
Union gallery was a new space I hadn’t yet checked out intentionally, although I had been passed it loads of times. The gallery is under a train line, but inside the gallery, the show i had come for - THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS was hidden away round a bend that you had to find, and force your way through some corregated iron gates. Inside was a V1 sandwich, which for me, my favourite was the Steve Powers piece and the aftermath of a football riot with broken glass, café tables and flags (reminded me of Samuel Francois)…but I was surprised to be disappointed by the Todd James piece (seemed like a left over from Lazarides) and the Huskmitnavn piece …. I was surprised as I love these two!
Outside of the V1 curated room was a mirrored maze which was cool, because you soon realise that the mirror in front of you is angled so that the image you see in front of you isn't the image of you from the front, but by the way the maze of mirrors are angled, the mirror in front of you shows your back....so when your walking forwards in the maze, you walking towards an image of you walking away...does that make sense??
EYE AT B STORE
When Frieze hits town, its often as much about the parties as it is the art...but thankfully there was an event that hit both awesome party levels and awesome art levels....B STORE was the location on Saville Row, Paperback (Go Kris!) magazine co-running the night, Fergadelic spinning insanely good cosmic vinyl and EYE YAMATAKA! HOLY SHIT!!!! YES! thats right! EYE from the BOREDOMS first London show! SOOOOOO GOOD....you guys should 1000000% go check it out, but its just a shame that there wasnt more work.
PS Pick up Paperback 2 when it drops!
JOYFUL BEWILDERMENT
So theres a new crew in town...rooting and tooting and putting up awesome shows...that posse be Joyful Bewilderment and their first (of hopefully many!) shows is now on at Rough Trade....a wall of amazingness...go and see it!!! SO GOOD!!! stefan marx, marcus oakley, merijin hos, thomas petherick and more...
...woah! Chrisse abbot and valerie phillips...both super rad...
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS at the BFI
Alledged gallery is one of my biggest influences. In my growing years I was addicted to what was going on in NY, and that is arguably down to Aaron Rose and Alledged gallery. So I was super excited for this film...and it lives up to the expectations I had.
If you have either book ('Young sleek and full of hell' or 'Beautiful losers')then you’ve probably know / seen 75% of this, but it was a great watch, and a surprisingly well madefilm – nicely edited, shot and soundtracked, which was at times very funny and very inspiring...although as a self confessed Alledged nerd it offered nothing eye opening or new.
Steve Powers & Mike Mills came across very well, whereas Harmony Korine and Chris Johanson add weight to the argument that the more fucked up you are / have been, the more interesting the artist.
I kinda ruined the experience by taking full advantage of being able to drink beer in the cinema, so I ended up with the last half an hour, switching between watching the film, and trying to concentrate on not pissing myself.
I partly wish I was a kid in 5 years time, flicking through tv late at night and catching this and being exposed to its history and rosta of artists for the first time…
Everyone who is looking at this blog needs to see this film, and to everyone that thinks Lazarides or Banksy or some street art shit is important / historic or forward thinking should see this...this is a scene / group of historic artists where content and quality was/is paramount and hype was never the priority. And these dudes will be around long after the colour fades on another fad screenprint
LUCKY DRAGONS, BARR & UPSET THE RHYTHM
After the screening of Beautiful Losers there was a party in Cordy house for it, but we had heard from a great source that the aaron rose and Brendan fowler camp weren’t happy with the party (or some rumour), so they were going to have it unofficially at the Luminare in Kilburn, as BARR was playing for Upset the Rhythm, with Lucky Dragons….so Barr and Lucky Dragons at Upset the Rhythm? IM THERE
Lucky Dragons were AMAZING live...truly unbelievable...words cannot express how much i loved them...hypnotic...pyschadelic...sweet...experimental...primal...communion...religious...touching... serious, if you get a chance to see these two legends live - FUCKING BE THERE!!!
Lucky Dragons are two sweet musicians who, like Lightning Bolt, set their musical camp in the middle of the crowd and then unleash fucking magical jams, that actually hypnotise and join the audience in a communal trance...and their secret weapons are homemade weapons, one being an instrument where one person holds a wire (leading to an noise making box) and then when people touch that person it makes diffrent noises, so the audience is encouraged to touch / stroke this person, and then create a giant ring of hands to create a crazy noise...so good. Also they have another instrument which changes frequency when people put mineral rocks on it....basically like the most opposite to a death metal gig that is possible!
***WARNING!!! EXTREME HIPPY SHIT CONTAINED WITHIN***
Lucky Dragons were playing with BARR and some others for Upset the Rhythm, which is an AMAZING London organisation that puts on fantastic musical events in London, so check their link in the blog rolecall to the right...they only do great stuff so they really should on top of your list if you wanna check out exciting and innovative music in London...support good shit, support Upset the Rhythm!
MAIL ORDER MONSTERS
At long last the Mail Order Monsters show finally hit London. After internet stalking and freaking out over the show for a looong time, i was super excited about it...but did it live up to my high expectations after all that? one word... YEAH!
First up the space was amazing, i had no idea there was such amazing gallery space to be found in central Old St, and this place was like the Tardis...so big and so nicely touched up with slime green floors.
So the art...I loved the Dennis Tyfus HUGE canvas...i personally have never seen any canvases as big as the one shown here...it was rested on the floor, on one side of the room, and attatched to the ceiling at an angle, on the opposite side of the room - and madly intense and intricate...i could have spent hours looking at it....
Of course I loved the Ben jones (paper rad) large sculpture, Mat Brinkmans monster reproductions, Misaki Kawais large canvases and of course, for me the highlight of seeing Taylor Mckimes large canvases in the painted flesh...so much colour and detail...super intense and super awesome.
I was narked that the zines on show were for artists only as i wanted one, but i was pysched to have witnessed the show first hand, and that it was in London.
DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS
Union gallery was a new space I hadn’t yet checked out intentionally, although I had been passed it loads of times. The gallery is under a train line, but inside the gallery, the show i had come for - THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS was hidden away round a bend that you had to find, and force your way through some corregated iron gates. Inside was a V1 sandwich, which for me, my favourite was the Steve Powers piece and the aftermath of a football riot with broken glass, café tables and flags (reminded me of Samuel Francois)…but I was surprised to be disappointed by the Todd James piece (seemed like a left over from Lazarides) and the Huskmitnavn piece …. I was surprised as I love these two!
Outside of the V1 curated room was a mirrored maze which was cool, because you soon realise that the mirror in front of you is angled so that the image you see in front of you isn't the image of you from the front, but by the way the maze of mirrors are angled, the mirror in front of you shows your back....so when your walking forwards in the maze, you walking towards an image of you walking away...does that make sense??
EYE AT B STORE
When Frieze hits town, its often as much about the parties as it is the art...but thankfully there was an event that hit both awesome party levels and awesome art levels....B STORE was the location on Saville Row, Paperback (Go Kris!) magazine co-running the night, Fergadelic spinning insanely good cosmic vinyl and EYE YAMATAKA! HOLY SHIT!!!! YES! thats right! EYE from the BOREDOMS first London show! SOOOOOO GOOD....you guys should 1000000% go check it out, but its just a shame that there wasnt more work.
PS Pick up Paperback 2 when it drops!
JOYFUL BEWILDERMENT
So theres a new crew in town...rooting and tooting and putting up awesome shows...that posse be Joyful Bewilderment and their first (of hopefully many!) shows is now on at Rough Trade....a wall of amazingness...go and see it!!! SO GOOD!!! stefan marx, marcus oakley, merijin hos, thomas petherick and more...
...woah! Chrisse abbot and valerie phillips...both super rad...
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS at the BFI
Alledged gallery is one of my biggest influences. In my growing years I was addicted to what was going on in NY, and that is arguably down to Aaron Rose and Alledged gallery. So I was super excited for this film...and it lives up to the expectations I had.
If you have either book ('Young sleek and full of hell' or 'Beautiful losers')then you’ve probably know / seen 75% of this, but it was a great watch, and a surprisingly well madefilm – nicely edited, shot and soundtracked, which was at times very funny and very inspiring...although as a self confessed Alledged nerd it offered nothing eye opening or new.
Steve Powers & Mike Mills came across very well, whereas Harmony Korine and Chris Johanson add weight to the argument that the more fucked up you are / have been, the more interesting the artist.
I kinda ruined the experience by taking full advantage of being able to drink beer in the cinema, so I ended up with the last half an hour, switching between watching the film, and trying to concentrate on not pissing myself.
I partly wish I was a kid in 5 years time, flicking through tv late at night and catching this and being exposed to its history and rosta of artists for the first time…
Everyone who is looking at this blog needs to see this film, and to everyone that thinks Lazarides or Banksy or some street art shit is important / historic or forward thinking should see this...this is a scene / group of historic artists where content and quality was/is paramount and hype was never the priority. And these dudes will be around long after the colour fades on another fad screenprint
LUCKY DRAGONS, BARR & UPSET THE RHYTHM
After the screening of Beautiful Losers there was a party in Cordy house for it, but we had heard from a great source that the aaron rose and Brendan fowler camp weren’t happy with the party (or some rumour), so they were going to have it unofficially at the Luminare in Kilburn, as BARR was playing for Upset the Rhythm, with Lucky Dragons….so Barr and Lucky Dragons at Upset the Rhythm? IM THERE
Lucky Dragons were AMAZING live...truly unbelievable...words cannot express how much i loved them...hypnotic...pyschadelic...sweet...experimental...primal...communion...religious...touching... serious, if you get a chance to see these two legends live - FUCKING BE THERE!!!
Lucky Dragons are two sweet musicians who, like Lightning Bolt, set their musical camp in the middle of the crowd and then unleash fucking magical jams, that actually hypnotise and join the audience in a communal trance...and their secret weapons are homemade weapons, one being an instrument where one person holds a wire (leading to an noise making box) and then when people touch that person it makes diffrent noises, so the audience is encouraged to touch / stroke this person, and then create a giant ring of hands to create a crazy noise...so good. Also they have another instrument which changes frequency when people put mineral rocks on it....basically like the most opposite to a death metal gig that is possible!
***WARNING!!! EXTREME HIPPY SHIT CONTAINED WITHIN***
Lucky Dragons were playing with BARR and some others for Upset the Rhythm, which is an AMAZING London organisation that puts on fantastic musical events in London, so check their link in the blog rolecall to the right...they only do great stuff so they really should on top of your list if you wanna check out exciting and innovative music in London...support good shit, support Upset the Rhythm!
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