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BLU in Barcelona, Spain 2009 – The Influencers Festival – $100 Shark!

Posted: August 21st, 2009 | Author: graggregator | Filed under: Graf | No Comments »
BLU Painting in Barcelona, Spain - Feb 2009
BLU is a favourite of WG, and one of the artists that first got me into urban art in the first place. Here is a new-ish (ok not very new) Blu stop-motion video of him painting in Barcelona at The Influencers Festival in Feb 2009.
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Hush x Complex – Style & Design project

Posted: August 21st, 2009 | Author: graggregator | Filed under: Graf | No Comments »
Have you ever wondered how a painting or sculpture from your favorite artist would look if it was brought to life?
Well, fans of Hush got sort of an idea when he recently collaborated with Complex on a project where they paired four artists up with models to create “four unique fusions of style and sex appeal” for [...]


An Inkie Gallery

Posted: August 21st, 2009 | Author: graggregator | Filed under: Graf | No Comments »

Thanks to Inkie for sending these in, a round up of snaps of his work over the last couple of months, Movida, Ibiza, China White, Brick Lane and Bethnal Green.  As the song goes, ‘nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try’.


Inkie pub wall in Bethnal Green
Inkie pub wall in Bethnal Green
Inkie paints a car
Inkie Live Painting in Ibiza
Inkie Jibbering Arts Wildstyle
Inkie in Movida Nightclub
Inkie Brick Lane Wildstyle
Inkie and Jade Jagger in Movida
Inkie 2009
Cartier polo / chinawhite live painting (yellow bar tops)
Cartier polo / chinawhite live painting (yellow bar tops)

That’s not the end of it by a long way though, he’s off around the world over the coming months for painting in various places. Here’s the current line up, with some Bristol antics in there too, most notably the excellent ‘Get Dring Mobile‘ event at Paintworks in October (which there’s absolutely no excuse for not going to), and a solo show at Friend and Co in November!

He’s doing the Secret Wars 5th Anniversary tonight in London too if you’re around, give it a google.

August 12th: Group Show @ Atzaro – Ibiza
August 21st: Secret Wars 5th Anniversary – London
August 27th: Spotted Cow Art show – Bristol
September: There’s No Place Like Home @ Ella Doran
September 24th: Mutate Britain 2 – Portobello Road
October: Group Show @ Brooklynite Gallery NYC
Ocotber 15th: Get Dring Mobile Auction @ Paintworks
November 19th: Solo Show – Helsinki
November Solo Show: Friend & co
December: Solo Show – London
February: Inkies Charity Auction Dinner @ The Paradise
March: Solo Show – Stockholm TBC
May: Solo Show @ Bristol-Lisboa Gallery Lisbon TBC
June: Tokyo – Solo Show TBC


Krzysztof Wodiczko: Veterans’ Flame

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Fresh Stuff From Ludo in Brittany: "The Nympheas"

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More from Ludo here.


Fresh Stuff From Matt W. Moore

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More from Matt here.


MARTHA…

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So Friend & Co. now has a mascot… Martha, a 9 week old Whippet…

Something For The Weekend

Posted: August 21st, 2009 | Author: graggregator | Filed under: Graf | No Comments »

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Well, not this weekend, but next one. Since there’s a bank holiday and all that, the fixed gear bike heads are putting on another party down at the Cube off Jamaica Street. They’re looking to make a bit of an afternoon and evening of it if you fancy it, BBQ, films, and an exhibition curated by the good Mr 45RPM.

In these high tech days, the info’s all on Facebook, but if you like the sound of it already, then 45RPM’s shop’s got the golden tickets…