Finally: some 3D work that isn’t a mere process photo.
Ideal Brown’s birthday forced me to finally take one of the dolls all the way to completion and to try Giles’ suggestion of whacking one into a bell jar.
#04/42 (and counting)
Some photos of the sort of stuff I’ve been getting up to when I’m not painting. Every time I sit down to work I hear “SPARKLE, Neely, SPARKLE!”
In Danny Hughes’ own words this group show will be Unit-44′s most ambitious undertaking; 12 artist exhibiting work in the Victoria Tunnel, which runs from Ouseburn to the town moor.
The event opens on June 12th and will run for a very limited time given the nature of the space, so getting a ticket in advance will be essential (and free, of course).
Booking opens on June 1st, so watch the Into The Dark facebook page for updates. Groups of twelve will be escorted Into The Dark for 30 minutes each.
“On the 12th June 2013 Newcastle’s Victoria Tunnel will house an art exhibition for the very first time since its birth in 1842, Into The Dark. The tunnel, previously used to transport cargo from one end of the industrial city to the other, will take on a new purpose for twelve hours on the 12th June. Into The Dark will showcase twelve international artists from all sides of the globe in arguably one of the most unique settings of the decade”
Participating artists: Shepard Fairey, D*Face, Pedro Matos, Faith 47, Eelus, Meggs, Hendrik Beikirch, Stormie Mills, Will Barras, Word To Mother, Hush and myself.
For more information visit www.unit-44.com
Opening tonight at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland OR is Wider Than A Postcard, a mammoth group show curated by Sven Davis.
The brief was to submit something in the form of a postcard with the basis being a place of residence, current or past.
Here’s mine;
‘Keep Doors Locked and Windows Closed’ – growing up in Cape Town, South Africa
Gouache on 220gsm card
6″ x 4″
front
back
2 May – 1 June 2013
323 NW 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
“It is not easy writing
someone a postcard.
The size and shape
of the card cut you
down to size…”
—Ron Padgett ‘Postcard’
For pre-sales or press inquiries, please email Paige Prendergast, paige@breezeblockgallery.com
Edit: when I first posted this I neglected to say that I’ve submitted a cover. So, yes. There’s some gouache going on up in that shit.
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The Secret 7″ are launching their second exhibition tomorrow in the run up to Record Store Day next week.
How it works is like this; The mind(s)* behind Secret 7″ select 1 track by 7 different artists and press 100 of them onto vinyl.
Artists and illustrators are invited to pick a track and design a cover. The sleeves and the records they contain will be on show for 7 days – the tracks along with the artist responsible for the work are kept secret until they are sold.
Every record will go on sale for a flat £40 on Record Store Day (April 20th) and (here’s the important bit) all proceeds will be going to Art Against Knives.
Apparently such art giants as Ai Wei Wei and Gilbert and George have sent work. If you want to see if you can pick them out of a crowd, have a look at the Secret 7 website and let me know how you get on.
I’ve had a quick look at what’s available and have picked a few that caught my eye. I have no idea who is responsible for them. Actually, if anyone makes it down to the show and sees that the girl and the lily pads (below) hasn’t sold yet, I would be eternally grateful if you could pick it up and let me buy it from you.
Secret 7″
Sat Apr 13 – Sun Apr 21
Downstairs at Mother
Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch St, E2 7DD
www.secret-7.com
*Kevin King, I think
I’ll be putting a few more gouache pieces in my big cartel store today.
Have a lovely Easter weekend!
Remember: If we all eat the same amount of chocolate, it gets cancelled out and the calories don’t happen, so take one for the team.
Unlucky
20 x 28.2 cm
You Did This
21 x 29.6 cm
Coolsville
19.8 x 23.6 cm
The Family
21 x 29.6 cm
There I am, playing Leatherface.
This November (pending date confirmation) Giles Walker and I are going to install some moving doo-dads in an underground London venue in a collaborative effort at art-making.
Seeing that I’ve never worked in 3D, let alone on anything that requires a power source, I’m like “what do you need from me? Give me a shopping list”
And Giles is all “we need windscreen wiper motors”
So, I watched a youtube video on how to remove front wiper motors from cars, put on my “please don’t rob me blind because Giles has told me more or less how much these should cost” face and asked Ideal Brown to take me to the scrap yard with his tools.
Luck; we found motors
Double luck; they were already extricated from their written-off mothers.
It was cold and muddy and cold and sort of unnerving because a lot of those cars looked as though whoever was driving them at the time had taken their final journey too.
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*update: This went way better than I expected! Thanks to everyone who picked up a piece or who has expressed interest in the next batch. There will be more on the way in the future. x
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This weekend I’ll be putting some of my gouache paintings up for sale in my shop. Free shipping, world wide.
Hey, Fat Boy
Gouache on 220 gsm paper
21 x 29 cm
sold
Wasted Days
Gouache on 220 gsm paper
21 x 29 cm
sold
The Idea Guy
Gouache on 220 gsm paper
21 x 29 cm
sold
“Back to your branch, Bert”
Gouache on 220 gsm paper
21 x 8.6 cm
sold
