Miguel Endara
Hero from Miguel Endara on Vimeo.
Hero from Miguel Endara on Vimeo.
Remember back in Art class when your teacher introduced you to ‘pointillism’ and taught you how to illustrate objects using numerous dots? Well, Miguel Endara has taken this technique to an entire new level! His latest piece, Hero, is a unique portrait of his dad made out of approximately 3.2 million ink dots and it reflects the amount of talent, effort and technique Miguel possess. Check out the video above !
INSA
INSA
Yesterday saw the completion of the first series of British artist Insa’s ‘Girls On Bikes’ series, as he released images of the the first set in it’s entirety. Girls On Bikes combines volunteer models, bikes, and large scale Insa artworks around the world in a series of 12 portraits.
INSA creates momentary installations in public spaces.
In this set of photographic works INSA orchestrates a conflicting dialogue between all the elements and explicitly subordinates the value of his own street art to both the possessed object of the bike and the overtly sexualized female presence. Thus questioning our individual perceptions of ownership of public space, of sexuality and of belonging(s).
Working with models in London, Ghent, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, Insa has spent 2011 traveling the world and creating these momentary installations. Now, it’s time to let the pictures do the talking. Keep up to date with Insa’s work at Insaland, and I’ll leave you with Emily, Arabella (above), Vicki, Sofie, Layla, Natalie, Jay, Mary, Alycia, Scarlet, Kristina, & Naomi.
You can thank me later.
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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Banksy's film came about when he, as the premiere 21st Century graffiti art darling, was approached by Thierry Guetta, a French-born Los Angeleno. Guetta wanted to make a documentary about street art, and Banksy was the last major figure whose participation he felt he needed, as an affable personality, a love of video cameras and a chance relationship to Invader, a French street-art pioneer who networked with other artists like Shepard Fairey, had left Guetta with hundreds of hours of footage documenting the birth of the art.
After tracking Banksy down and shooting him working, Guetta retired to the cutting room. He emerged months later and showed it to Banksy. He didn't like the film, a couple of minutes of which are excerpted and are plainly terrible, and offered to take over Guetta's doc while Guetta returned to Los Angeles to turn himself into a street art sensation, named "Mr. Brainwash" or MBW. Transforming overnight from an affable, helpful documentarian to a one-man hype-monster artiste, MBW's enormous spraypaint cans, TV monsters and Warhol-style send-ups captured the attention of the LA art crowd, who spent over a million bucks on his stuff, much to the chagrin of Fairey and Banksy. Guetta's film about Banksy changes into Banksy's film about Guetta and street art, and the rise of a new unfortunate talent.
Except, as I and a lot of other folks believe, it's all made up. It's a hoax, it has to be, it's too hilariously perfect to be anything but. Banksy, as a street artist, has seen the perception of his works - by design temporary, and by design defacements - change from graffiti into art that needs preservation, that is cut out from walls and sold. Banksy, in making Exit Through the Gift Shop with Fairey and Guetta has found a way to deface, scrawl over and heap lighthearted disdain all over both himself and the people who snap up his art.
It's spectacular, it's brilliant and all the more so in that it's still a documentary, still a record of events. It's not artificial, not a mockumentary in the way that Spinal Tap is. MBW exists, having been created by Guetta or Banksy or both, and the film documents his arrival. Exactly who it is that arrives is the film's mystery.
Exit Through the Gift Shop captures the birth of a prank, an elaborate, entertaining gotcha that fits perfectly in Banksy's nose-tweaking, politically-aware, cheeky body of work. Moreover, the film doesn't rely on any rug-snapping-out to really work. It works if it's true, it works if it's not, because it's a construction that's above all entertaining. It's a glimpse, anyway, of a world that's built at night, by streetlight, one that's fascinating even if it is in the middle of pulling the wool over our eyes. It's genius, plain and (not so very much at all) simple.
Visit Banksy.Com
NANAMI COWDROY
There are so many different styles and techniques when it comes to Illustration that it is almost impossible to describe a favorite. I am a fan of every style but have always found monochrome illustrations to be extremely interesting and powerful – I’m sure you’ll agree with me after checking the stunning work of Australian Illustrator Nanami Cowdroy. Her work combines fragile free flowing objects with admirable strokes and ink technique while perfectly combining her Japanese-European heritage.
Visit www.nthread.net
DAVID DESPAU
There are many ways to illustrate portraits and David Despau definitely knows how to add some dramatic touches and make them his own.
Visit despau.com
BORDER LINE
Contrary to rumour the C215 and Romany WG show is going ahead as planned.
The show consists of three elements. Firstly C215's new body of work that recreates and reinterprets the work of the Italian master Caravaggio. Secondly, Romany WG will be presenting images from his stunning new book 'Out Of Sight'. Lastly, both artists will be coming together in one part of the gallery to present photographs taken by Romany WG of C215's work on the street as featured in C215's new book 'Community Service', alongside which will be some actual examples of these stencils.
Both artists will be signing copies of their new books at the private view.
If you'd like to be included on the guest list for the Private View please email info@signalgallery.com. If you'd also like a preview of the works of the show, nearer to the opening date, then please contact Chris at the signal gallery who would be more than happy to help.
MINJAE LEE
Minjae Lee is a young South Korean artist whose work expresses a semi-disturbing inner tension that is tough to ignore, even if you feel that you'd like to. It draws you in with its powerful colours, halting imagery and clever juxtaposition of beauty, innocence and fragility with brash, loud and aggressive.
The 19-year old artist is mainly self-taught and uses old-fashioned tools — such as markers, pens, crayons, acrylics — to create his illustrations. He has yet to break into commercial success, but as his style is developing and improving each time new images appear, we will likely see a lot of him in the future.
What characterizes his work overall is drama. The ethereal females that populate most of his work exude a dark, organic tension, and it seems that even the brightest marker colors do not quite manage to save them from some sort of looming peril. Or are we, the viewers, in fact, the ones who are in danger? Whatever the case, we are drawn in, interacting on an emotional level, surprised, looking for something.
Minjae Lee’s penchant for dramatic expression is clear also in the work of those he admires. His favourite photographer is the 55-year-old Japanese Hiroshi Nonami, whose women are equally capable of telling a dramatic, dark story. Not surprisingly, Lee’s favorite fashion designer is the king of runway drama, the Gibraltar-born, 49-year-old John Galliano. - Tuija Seipell
TED x JR-ARTIST
JR, a French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face. He makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out. A funny, moving talk about art and who we are. Learn more at insideoutproject.net.
SPQR
SPQR's solo show 'Monochromatic Shades' features new works by one of the most respected stencil artists on the UK Urban Art scene. This artwork is from SPQR's first solo show in London.
BANKSY x THE SIMPSONS
Our very own favorite artist/vandal, Banksy storyboards and directs the opening sequence to the Simpsons. In classic Bansky fashion, he paints a dark, and creepy vision of the world. In this piece Banksy takes the viewer behind the scenes of the process of animation, marketing, and promotion of an animated series like The Simpsons.
ART BY MC BESS
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T.MAGIC ...
T.Magic is a thought-provoking artist/entrepreneur that defies convention. Hailing from the UK, his self-determination and irrepressible optimism formed his business mantra from an early age: Art is my Hustle. Defending his dreams through an aerosol can, the young "Artistocrat" painted pictures of a forgotten community fighting for the right to be heard in a world of limited space.
Drawing inspiration from his environment, his groundbreaking artwork is infused with layers of meaning and deliberation. Keeping up his furious work pace, Magic continues to advance the art form and enrich the culture by any means necessary.
CHUCK ANDERSON ...
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CHUCK ANDERSON ...
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ZACHARIAH JOHNSON
Zachariah Johnson, is a young artist concentrating in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper. His medium of choice is the micron pen and he uses them exhaustively to describe a world of ghouls, monsters, and misfits - the shady characters in every day life, but just hidden from normal view.
A big thanks to Reg and the Tribe Called next Team for putting me on to this one .. You can check out the Tribe by clicking HERE !
And for more amazing pieces by Zachariah Johnson also know as Zenvironments Check out his .com. Zenvironments
CHUCK ANDERSON ...
ZACHARIAH JOHNSON
Zachariah Johnson, is a young artist concentrating in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper. His medium of choice is the micron pen and he uses them exhaustively to describe a world of ghouls, monsters, and misfits - the shady characters in every day life, but just hidden from normal view.
A big thanks to Reg and the Tribe Called next Team for putting me on to this one .. You can check out the Tribe by clicking HERE !
And for more amazing pieces by Zachariah Johnson also know as Zenvironments Check out his .com. Zenvironments
