StolenSpace Gallery are hosting their Xmas group Show this Thursday and as always, I know for a fact that it’s going to be a lot of fun!
StolenSpace
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
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 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 only thing to do at the minute is to sit tight, keep looking for updates and start looking for a spare credit card.
MUTATE BRITAIN – RE-LAUNCH & EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE VIEW – WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER – 7:30PM-10PM
UNDER THE WESTWAY, 3-6 ACKLAM RD, LONDON W10 5YU
After a magnificently mutoid October saw nearly 20,000 people come and indulge in the MuTate experience, One Foot in the Grove is back with a Christmas special and you’re invited to an exclusive private viewing to kick off the festivities.
Open for three weeks throughout December, the Westway will once again play home to countless new works of art, graffiti, paintings, stencils, installations, sculptures, object d’art, bric-a-brac, ceramics, clothing and much more. As well as new contributions from the likes of Joe Rush, Wreckage and Dotmasters, there will also be pieces from new contributors such as Shepard Fairey, D Face, Dan Hillier and Word to Mother.
This special sneak peek will provide a first chance to see some of the most innovative, original and cutting edge artwork London has to offer. So make sure your name is on the guestlist and RSVP below!
One Foot in the Grove is open from 2-10pm Friday, 1-10pm Saturday, 12-9pm Sunday and can be found under the Westway, just off Portobello Road.
To RSVP, for more information and media requests, email [email protected]
Check out the blog – the MuTate on-line shop opens Thursday 4th, listing Originals as well as the hottest Limited Edition Prints at prices everyone can actually afford!
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Part selling exhibition, part art installation – there’s probably something for everyone at The Evil Xmas Fayre, presented by Arts Co & Pure Evil over 5th and 6th December at The East Room and Sosho (London EC2) between 12 and 5pm.
Pitched as ‘a twisted take on a traditional European Christmas fair’, the Evil Xmas Fayre is a selling exhibition of original art and prints. But you’ll also find Xmas hell at Sosho, where the walls will be wheat-pasted by an army of Santa’s dark helpers (a mystery line up of London’s best street artists), along with the Xmas Squat installation by Luc Price aka Cyclops. If you head next door to The East Room, there’s also the chance to make your own snowglobe in the magical Snowglobe Lounge whilst also doing the full ‘eat, drink and be merry’ thing.
Artist selling at the event will include Aryz, Beatrice Brown, Deadbeat Donny, Does, Ged Wells, Hornhead, Joanna Imrie, Ortiz, Panik, Probs, Pure Evil, Rabodiga and Soozy Lipsey. The Art Car Boot Fair will also host a section of the fayre with all manner of art works, art ware and services from regular art car booters, while other goodies will include 3D jigsaw cut Christmas trees sprayed by a street artists and stockings packed with fayre art. Just a £1 donation (in support of StreetSmart) gets you in.
Streetartist, Stik gets his first solo show in london at the Mile End Arts pavilion, from the 5th to the 20th December.
Black Rat Press: The pop-up antiquarian bookshop is also rumoured to be haunted and is built inside our railway arch gallery.
The bookshop will be filled with an unusual selection of books from major and independent book publishers. A large selection of second hand books and artist made fanzines, counter cultural manuals and films will be available. Artwork by Swoon, Grayson Perry, Giles Walker, Matt Small and Lucas Price will also be on display. Reports have already been received of eerie incidents and strange happenings, with books magically flying off shelves, and lights switching themselves on and off. Halloween may have been and gone but the real ghosts and ghouls work all year round. In addition to this we will be releasing a new edition by Brain Douglas (elbow-toe).
Featuring From Antony Micallef – Zevs and everyone in between
3rd December 2009 – 16th January 2010
Alongside our Grifters event at Rathbone Place and across the streets of London, our SHOP at Greek Street is hosting the physical launch of our brand new online shopping website, featuring an exciting cornucopia of prints, posters, multiples, drawings and all manner of ephemera and collectibles that will also be available to purchase online from 4th December.
The exhibition takes place at SHOP at Lazarides 8 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4DG, from 4th December until January 16th 2010.
Featuring David Choe, Antony Micallef, Charlie Isoe, Conor Harrington, Faile, Invader, Jonathan Yeo, JR, Lucy McLauchlan, Mark Jenkins, Mode2, Paul Insect, Vhils, Kelsey Brookes and some special guests.
3rd December 2009 – 16th January 2010
Titled Grifters, the December event will focus on all new work from the Outsider artists in all manner of mediums, from sculpture to installation, canvas to collage, paper to poster, performance to photography. Alongside the gallery offerings, a series of paintings and street sculptures will begin to pop up all over the City from the end of November right through December, so keep your eyes peeled (unless you work for the council, in which case we don’t know what you’re talking about, we’ve never heard of any of these artists, ever).
Those of you sharing a combined love of art and staying warm, worry not, for you’ll be relieved to hear that the Rathbone Place gallery will be turning up the heat in more ways than one, and handing over all four floors of the gallery to our Outsiders group of artists, with a special installation from Lucy McLauchlan covering the entire staircase.
The exhibitions, street interventions, and our brand new website launch will take place in our galleries at Lazarides 11 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1HR, and SHOP at Lazarides 8 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4DG, as well as out and about across the streets of London from 4th December until 16th January 2010.
‘Isolated Magick’ By French [Basement gallery] 3rd December 2009 – 10th January 2010
A black christmas desends on Soho set to the soundtrack of the blackest metal, courtesy of the world renowned illustrator French. Featuring French’s iconic black metal illustration. Plus a few other surprises. You do not want to miss this.
Chapter One, 33 Marshall St, London W1F 7ET
This Thursday the 3rd of December, the 55DSL London’s Flagship Store in Newburgh Street is for the second time home of Pic+Mix, the new series of art exhibitions curated by Intercity for 55DSL, working this time with the Monorex.
The first show featured the work from graphic designer Sanderson Bob who chose to work with blacksmith Sam Sherbone. This Thursday’s show will see experimental graffiti artist Chu take over the space and he has chosen to work with fellow artist and illustrator Disco Teck, using the tools of their trade, aerosol vs. marker pen, to give a 360 degree installation that will seriously turn your head!
The show will run at the 55DSL Flagship Store, 10A Newburgh Street, from 4 to 24 December
Studio55 | 10A Newburgh Street | London W1F 7RN
(thanks to Hookedblog for the last bit of info!)
It’s coming up to Xmas and I want to get myself a present and I am torn between Ashley Wood’s WWRP series of affordable Bramblebots or Bertie series. (They are retailing at a mere $45USD!
They are both so good that actually, I want every single one of these 7inch bad boys. The detailing/weathering is incredible and each robot is so articulated that there’s a million poses you can put them in.
(The original ones can be as large as 14 inches and cost up to $600USD!!!)
The ANTARES design might currently be considered avant-garde for a construction vehicle, however within the next 10-15 years, proposals such as these may be thought conventional.
The cab has a large panoramic glass area – to aid operator visibility.
(air conditioning is increasingly commonplace for these machines, as they typically work in dusty quarry environments. Solar gain could be managed effectively through the use of photovoltaic glazing)
Beneath the glass, a heavyweight ROPS structure ensures operator protection. The effect of this soft, inviting cab solution is a counterpoint to the hard industrial lines of the heavyweight ANTARES chassis and bodywork – and hopefully provides an appealing operator environment.
Text from Mike, taken from IVT Internation :
When I was asked to contribute design work for IVT – specifically wheeled loading shovel ideas for this article – I was absolutely delighted, as I’ve always had a real affinity for bigger wheeled loaders. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly why – something about the overall stance and character has an inherent ‘rightness’ and single-mindedness in its functionality that has always appealed to me. One of my first sandpit toys was a small die-cast JCB410, and I’ve still got it in a drawer somewhere…
With Antares, aficionados will instantly spot the Porsche 917 engine fan design. Growing up as the son of a certified petrolhead subjected me to a daily diet of the very best in motorsport, but there was always something about the iconic 917 (especially in Gulf colours) that held my fascination. It was the first car I tried to draw – probably aged about four or five and working from grainy photographs – always from a high rear three-quarter view so I could include the fan.
Porsche fans on Antares? Well, there’s logic behind the passion, as the power source is envisaged as being electric-biogas reactor feeding a central fuel cell. Water and heat are by-products of this specific energy-generation process and have to be managed. A bank of fans seems the most obvious way of ducting the bay, and sends out a clear visual signal that this is no ordinary wheeled loading shovel.
General bodyform is about keeping things as simple and uncluttered as possible – it’s a concept rather than a fully detailed production machine, after all. Ditching conventional hydraulics for EAPs means the character of the loader end can be much cleaner, and I want to really emphasise this with as few fussy details as possible. I’ve got various ideas for composite structures that I want to showcase, so going away from traditional plate arms seems like the right thing to do.
Obviously there’s a trade-off in terms of loader arm thickness to maintain torsional rigidity as a composite structure, but I figure the EAP approach theoretically allows for the removal of a big chunky Z-bar linkage, so overall sightline view of the bucket is improved from an operator perspective.
The cab is deliberately kept as glassy and like a goldfish bowl as possible. Visibility legislation is getting ever tighter, and air-con is now the absolute norm for machines like this working in dusty hostile environments, so I feel that a large glass area is justified. Solar gain could be managed through the use of photovoltaic glass or traditional sunshield blinds if necessary. Beneath the surface, there’s a very sturdy ROPS/FOPS structure, but the overall feel is light and airy – a counterpoint to the incredibly heavyweight looks of the rest of Antares, and hopefully an appealing environment for the operator.
Designer : Mike Turner
The innovative and handy Pangolin Backpack, getting inspired by the nature, has been designed like the Pangolin, a bristly anteater creature with razor sharp scales and claws. The material that has been used to make this backpack is simple and easy to get old truck tires. Just like the creature, the backpack has multi-layered construction that step by step folds and unfolds during operation. This construction allows more storage comparing its outer appearance which has made it a good gadget especially for mountain trackers.
Designer : Cyclus
The Honda Helix concept with advanced adaptive polymers can change its shape, color and even material properties when required. The three distinct conformations of Helix are A, B and Z. The car is short and wide when it is in “A” status for lighter and intertwining road system cities where the vehicle can run fast. “B” is low and long Helix for sprawling cities where long distances are allowed for high speed voyage. For congested cities, the tall and thin “Z” model comes in where occupants seat vertically on two levels. The use of flexible and renovating multi-functioning parts, this car can react to particular environments and traffic conditions by changing the orientation for optimal user functionality and environmental operation.
The Honda Helix is a vehicle capable of adapting, evolving, and conforming to user needs anywhere in the world. Using insight gained from the human genome, biotechnology, and environmental forecasting, the Honda Helix will actively and dynamically conform to the user’s needs, in environments ranging from the congested skies of Japan, to the wide open roads of America.
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Designer : Dave Marek, Iliyah Bridan, and Michael Baytion
The Urban Concept Vehicle has been designed to purify water, and then deliver them to the targeted people, aiming the future scenario of the third world. This concept vehicle will be a good substitute of massive relocation due to global warming caused requirement of new water infrastructure. Moreover, the quick development of biofuel industry is taking over the agricultural space, resulting more inaccessible condition for food supply, particularly to economically challenged families. This urban concept vehicle can filter water up to the drinkable level from almost any natural water source like lakes and rivers by implementing carbon nanotubes technology. Also, it provides the poor families a possibility to produce their own food by using hydroponic modules.
Designer : Nicolás Chacana
Looks like fun and the winner gets a bottle of Champagne as a prize.
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season with discounts on some “hard-to-find” products. All this shopping is numerous hours of waiting in lines, sometimes the whole night in order to get in the store the first at its opening.
Source: sacbee
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