PLAID – 35 SUMMERS
2011-08-08Their first studio album since Spokes back in 2003.
The new album Scintilli, will be out on September 26th in the UK and on the 27th in the US, on Warp Records.
The video for 35 Summers is directed by Richie Burridge.
MUSA – MEXICO ART WITH A TWIST
2011-08-08Thoughts of Mexico’s Cancun may make the mind wander to views of skyscraper-style resorts and hoards of spring breakers but lurking under the sea is something that could raise the eyebrow of even the most ardent cultural devotee.
Lying just off Mexico’s beautiful Caribbean coast, the ‘Museo Subacuaático de Arte’ is an underwater art space with a few twists. Aside from being under the sea which is obviously twist number one, the art on display is a collection of 400 permanent, life-size sculptures on the ocean floor created by a British artist, Jason de Caires Taylor. Each of the sculptures in ‘The Silent Evolution’ is specially designed to promote coral life meaning that not only do they attract colourful troupes of fish, but are also ever-changing as the fish and marine ecology change and alter the statues. An underwater eco-friendly art museum….must be Mexico. Dive in.
For more information about Mexico and to book, visit www.blacktomato.co.uk or call on 020 7426 9888.
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LEGO MOVIE POSTERS
2011-08-08The Automatic Binding Brick has been around since 1949 and most things have been built from them. A new batch of movie posters have been de-actored and replaced with Lego figures. Old Red Jelopy is responsible for this crop of remade movie posters.
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RONZO
2011-08-01‘Crunchy’ the infamous ‘Credit Crunch Monster’ got a bit of a make over and moved location recently. Nobody escapes his greedy glare and from his new post on The Old Truman Brewery, he is turning his attentions to the East London and the 2012 Olympics. Let’s hope with ‘Crunchy’ keeping an eye on events, the Olympics will bring in some ‘gold’.
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Bricklane
London
E1 6QL UK
ANTHONY LISTER
2011-08-01Lister has customized the artwork of Warner Bros.’ legendary DC Comics Super Hero characters, including Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Aquaman and The Flash in his signature style.The space will include custom murals throughout the gallery’s exterior and interior, with Lister unveiling a large-scale site-specific painting for the show. The centerpiece will be an old-fashioned ice cream truck covered in vibrant graphics painted by Lister and will serve as a mobile pop-up shop.
Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2011
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave
Los Angeles
CA 90036
BOXI -TIME OF THE SIGNS
2011-08-01A master of stencil culture, Boxi creates boldly intuitive life size works that he exhibits on the streets and the white walls of galleries using meticulous cutting techniques and an extensive pallet of muted colours. Turning away from the traditional anarchist use of stencils with simple designs and spray paint, Boxi challenges the norm through boldly heightened realistic figures within their own urban landscapes. With fear and the manipulation of fear as the underlying theme, his art channels a deeply disturbing voyeuristic experience for the viewer playing with the spatiality of the environment and the oscillating perception of the image.
Boxi’s use of the greyscale within his paintings, sculptures and meticulously detailed stenciled works consciously filter the gloss and spin of the present to a muted bass sense of now. Amidst all the doom and gloom there is a concealed light. The works are camouflaged in a romanticism that wouldn’t exist were it not for failed dreams and flawed
excuses.
Exhibition runs through to September 1st, 2011
Lazarides Gallery
11 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1HR
