FAMOUS WHEN DEAD – SORRY WE’RE CLOSED

Posted on 2011-08-29

Sorry we’re closed blurs the boundaries of surrealism, abstract and pop….. cinematic icons with their heads on fire meet decaying spacemen and plantation villas set ablaze in a body of work that represents almost a year in the making and encapsulates where Famous When Dead is as an artist today.

“With Sorry We’re Closed I’ve tried to push my technical abilities to new levels, surpass previous work and add real substance to my paintings whilst maintaining an element of fun and excitement. I’ve matured as an artist without losing my roots and this latest collection of work shows that.” Famous When Dead.

Opposite – Smoking Hot Elizabeth Taylor, 2011

Exhibition runs from September 2nd to September 25th, 2011

No Walls Gallery
13a Prince Albert Street
Brighton
BN1 1HE

www.nowallsgallery.com

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ZEVS – RERNAISSANCE

Posted on 2011-08-29

For Zevs, liquidating logos (chosen amongst the most powerful brands, leaders of their consumption fields: sport, food, fashion, etc.) was never a frontal attack on their power or against consumerism. The persuasion power that these brands hold is what fascinates the artist. His centers of analysis have therefore always been Humans and their ongoing confrontation with temptations – seduction acts from brands – in the city, in public spaces, and against which they fight….or not.

Exhibition runs through to September 23rd, 2011

Art Statements
3-2-12 Ebisuminami
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
150-0022

www.artstatements.com

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GHOST – THEN AND NOW

Posted on 2011-08-29

It’s safe to say GHOST’s legendary status in the lore of NYC subway graffiti’s past was not achieved with some self-consciously plotted career path to art world success. In fact, GHOST was more concerned with the transgression than the aesthetics of letters at the time- and transgress he did. He hated the preciousness of some writers, and attributes his loose, un-planned, flowing style –that persists to this day– to needing to get up and get away. When he later took to drawing, he elaborated on his own aesthetic and dark humor by creating crazily inventive and irreverent possibilities for his letters and characters. Soon after, he merged these ink apparitions with his street-borne skills as a colorist, and has continued to enjoy a level of facility and mastery of these forms for some time now—and without the level of risk of the old days.

Exhibition runs from September 8th to September 18th, 2011

TTUnderground
91 Second Ave. Lower Level
New York
NY
10003

TTUnderground

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