February 2012
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Ben is making quick progress @ Artist Residence..
artistresidence:
Some more sneak peeks of Ben Allen busy at work creating a brand new
Room at Artist Residence Hotel and Gallery Brighton.
Check out some more of Ben’s amazing work on his website and over at Art Republic
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Jo Peel’s Kite Project
Scrawl Collective member and seasoned kite-flyer Jo Peel, has collaborated with designer Christopher Jarratt and social designer Tom Tobia on the wonderful interactive exhibition ’10 KITES’.
The project takes place in inner East London and is an invitation to come along and make your very own kites for free resulting with a mass kite flying day on Saturday 17 March. The hosts of the event are...
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Ben Allen Hotel room in progress..
artistresidence:
Ben Allen has today just started painting room 7 in the hotel, check
out some sneak peeks of Ben at work!
Bens going to be here for the next few days so keep checking back for more pictures of his progress!
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Ménage à trios: Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente at...
Exhibition running from Feb 10 2012 until May 20 2012
The New York art scene of the 1980s is the stuff of legend. Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente – three of the main protagonists of the time – are presented in this major exhibition.
At the heart of the show are the collaborative works by the three artists. To highlight their very different artistic temperaments...
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Jo Peel's Hotel room here in Brighton.
artistresidence:
The incredible Jo Peel has just finished decorating a brand new room for Artist Residence Hotel and Gallery in Brighton. Check out some sneak peeks of the room below.
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Juxtapoz magazine founder Robert Williams..
Juxtapoz magazine founder and self-described “conceptual realist” painter Robert Williams is regarded as the godfather of the Southern California based Lowbrow and Pop Surrealist art scenes.
Robert’s bold use of underground cartoon figuration and contrasting psychedelic colours set a style that was easily distinguishable throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Known as the “artist’s...
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Andy Doig Fun Affair @ Ink_d Gallery Brighton
10 FEBRUARY 2012 — 9 MARCH 2012
The British sign-writing tradition serves as one of Andy’s major sources of inspiration for this show. Or as he puts it: ‘The English fairground art form spurred from the 60’s and 70’s has yet to be surpassed, these flamboyant styles translate both the mechanical pleasures and the fears of the ride to the bystander’. With this in mind, Andy has produced the...
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Watch Nikki Black’s Poetry Projection
Local artist Nikki Black has had one of her images projected onto the side of the Turner Contemporary Gallery building in Margate as part of the Workers of Art and Clever Projections project.
Nikki’s work features a poem by Liam Sissay, the first poet to write for the Olympics this year, and was projected into the side of the gallery and over the entrance...
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Snow in art
All the snow in the UK over the weekend got us thinking about artists who have painted snow scenes.
The impressionists known for their love of outdoor painting also painted in the snow. It was a great medium in which to explore the effects of light and colour. Even though we think of snow as white when you look closely at it you can see it reflects all the colours and light around it. Examples...
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Trafford Parsons Street Art..
Manchester based artist Trafford Parsons has recently taken to the streets in his home town and recreated two of his most popular images. The paintings of Deer Hunter and Thinking in a Galaxy Far Far Away have been stencilled on Oldham Street in Manchester trendy Northern Quarter.
The pieces are the first stencilled street work that Trafford has produced under his own name. Trafford has...
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David Shrigley: Brain Activity at Hayward Gallery
Exhibition running from Feb 01 2012 until May 13 2012
The first major survey in the UK of works by David Shrigley, David Shrigley: Brain Activity, will cover the full range of Shrigley‟s diverse practice from the past two decades of the artist‟s career, including drawing, animation, painting, photography, taxidermy and sculpture.
The exhibition will feature some 175 works, the majority...
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“I am still always learning about how to achieve it. Every piece I do and every...”
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Interview with Ben Allen
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