Eelus kindly helped with some visual candy for issue 01 of Bonafide and it’s great to see that his first solo show has just opened. Running from the 25th February to the 6th of March, The Colour Out of Space demonstrates how much he has grown in confidence and matured as an artist. For the musings of the man behind the spray can check out his blog where you get to see how everything comes together.
Eric the Dog has been burning it up recently and working well…umm…like a dog. He’s joining forces with OG street scrawler Will Barras and DEM for the forthcoming Original Cultures - The Show @ StolenSpace Gallery. Running from 12.02.10- 07.03.10, this will be the trio’s second collaborative project following their work during Original Cultures’ first event in Bologna, Italy, 2009. Original Cultures - The Show promises to be a creative exploration of paintings, animation, design and some crazy ideas. If you are in the locale, checkit!
The Old Sweet Shop has been a great supporter of Bonafide, stocking (and selling out) of the magazine. And it’s high time we returned the favour. An independent art space supporting a diverse array of local artists and product makers, make a bee-line for the gallery next time you are in the Steel city. You won’t be disappointed.
Their latest show stars artist and illustrator Lord Bunn who is showcasing his skills for the first time on a solo stage. Girls runs from the 13th January to the 23rd March.
Bunns. Girls. What a Carry on.
Guerilla Pop-Up Store, Noise Lab, flings open its doors this January. Located in Manchester city centre, the lab deviates from the usual pop-up store concept (which basically equates to stealth branding using DIY tools) in that it’s built to showcase artistic talents and hopefully direct some cash into their back pockets. A good thing in this rather grey financial climate.
Backed by the arts charity Noise Festival, the local council and a number of other philanthropic partners, Noise Lab is billed a ‘living magazine’ with each month a ‘Guest Editor’ curating content, events, gigs, workshops and much more. Manchester street artist Doodlebug is the first Editor and has plucked a unknown art headz of the street to present their work alongside their work and talent next to recognised and established names such as Mr Scruff, Pete Fowler Monsterism and Mark Wigan. It looks ‘monster’, as Eric Hall used to say and well worth checking out.
Bonafide will be representing at Noise Lab with copies of the magazine available to fondle before purchase. Hopefully we’ll also be getting involved in putting on a special event or two. Watch this space.
I’ve been a big fan of Italian artist Ericailcane since I purchased one of his prints a few years ago. Working in a number of different media including etching, sculpture and watercolours, Eric the Dog is also quite happy to work on huge-mutha-walls too. His pieces feature characters inspired by fairy tales and folklore. True to the genre the beasties are weird, macabre and boast a devilish sense of humour. Like the animal he’s named after, Ericailcane’s work has bite!
Anyone wanting to check out his work should head over to Brighton’s Prescription Art Gallery, where Ericailcane has joined up with Run Dem, Cat Johnston and Andy Doig for the exhibition Bara Volante (Flying Coffin). It looks well worth a visit.
Still on the contemporary art and design tip, Intercity and Studio55(DSL) are currently organising a series of exhibitions entitled Pic + Mix. The concept revolves around collaboration with an artist hooking up a talent of their own choice with the idea of creating some artistic juxtaposition. The second show kicks off this Thursday, where graff veteran Chu is sharing his pencil case with street artist and illustrator Disco Teck. The duo have decked the walls of Studio55 with a full on installation piece. Check their website for further details.
Another Christmas and another raft of eye popping street art led exhibitions. As mentioned POW are wheeling out some Mexican flavoured art eye candy with The Fiesta Resistance and, propping up their easels, Castro art caps and felt tips in 27 Cork Street, Mayfair, London Town, is the Flying Eyeball team.
Curated by Inkie, it features a bevy of street talent including She One, Kid Acne, Eine, Insa, Pure Evil, Zeus and Andy Council, and promises to offer a real eyeful and, with obligatory shop, will be a great place to find some quirky artistic influenced presents either for loved ones or for your own four walls.
Flying Eyeball exhibition, open from 10am to 8pm and running from 8th to 12th December.
POST UPDATE: copies of Bonafide will be on sale at the exhibition, cheers for Inkie and Lisa for making it possible.
Rock and roll print house Pictures on Walls have announced the dates for their annual Christmas event. Wittingly entitled The Fiesta Resistance two things are for sure; a) that it will be a killer art extravaganza (or bun fight depending on how you approach it) with some familiar and un-familiar names contributing; b) true to form details of the event will be vague until the last possible moment.
For anyone wanting to go the first stumbling block is where the hell is it going to be held? The flyer says Mexico City (or does it?) but then there is this link knocking around. The only thing to do at the minute is to sit tight, keep looking for updates and start looking for a spare credit card.
Following on from our recent news items on Mutate Britain, we got a mail today that fleshed out the post on K-Guy that we put up. The e-mail included pictures of these special editions. With a background spray done in neon colourways this is some seriously cool handiwork. Available at the Mutate Britain One Foot in the Grove show or via Jo Dunne at jo@itsjo.co.uk.
An exhibition after our own heart. Any heads in Washington (if anyone reads us out there!?!) should head over to New Ish for the detail, that includes interviews and exclusive mixtape, on a show that celebrates some of the most iconic rap album covers ever produced.
