MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO

Posted on 2011-08-08

For his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, the artist will create a new, site-specific installation using a form that he often returns to: the labyrinth. Pistoletto’s exhibition will draw visitors through the galleries, leading them via a winding maze to hidden installations and sculptures. Responding to the architecture of the Serpentine galleries and using an economy of materials, the exhibition will manipulate visitors’ perceptions of space, making them an integral part of the work itself.

He began as a painter in the mid-1950s, and in the 1960s received critical acclaim for his series of Mirror Paintings. These works broke down the traditional notions of figurative art, reflecting their surroundings and the viewer as a part of the image, linking art and life in an ever-changing spectacle.

Exhibition runs through to September 17th, 2011

Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London
W2 3XA

www.serpentinegallery.org

  

DAVID SHRIGLEY

Posted on 2011-08-08

In this exhibition, Shrigley presents two hundred drawings and an ensemble of sculpture: a dozen giant ceramic
eggs – 50 to 60 centimetres in height – installed across the exhibition space and displayed at different heights.
A few lines, a few words and one finds oneself smiling. Daily situations or objects are seen differently, it is hard to enjoy a pint when you know that ants have sex in your beer, or to seriously watch Michael Jackson moonwalk once you have seen how Shrigley draws him. Each drawing sums his views, and the more you see his work the
more you appreciate its humour.

Opposite – Untitled (i Hate Balloons), 2011

Exhibition runs through to August 31st, 2011

Yvon Lambert
108 Rue Vieille du Temple
75003
Paris
France

www.yvon-lambert.com

  

ANTHONY LISTER

Posted on 2011-08-01

Lister 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

hvw8.com

  

RONZO

Posted on 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

www.ronzo.co.uk

  

BOXI -TIME OF THE SIGNS

Posted on 2011-08-01

A 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

www.lazinc.com

  

GREG GOSSEL – NUMB

Posted on 2011-07-25

The concept behind the work featured in Numb is rooted in Gossel’s social commentary on the over-saturation of visuals and information in contemporary culture – the numbing effect that it has on our minds, and the desire it creates for us to deaden our senses further (in some cases with chemical substances).

Gossel explores the former through a series of heavily layered panels, covered in cultural ephemera, weathered away in areas to reveal high-end luxury logos and cultural symbols, and the latter though a collection of hard-edged mixed-media portraits of 20th century pop culture icons who have fallen victim to their own overblown, all-consuming celebrity: including Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Jimi Hendrix, among others. Money, fame and tragedy are overarching themes within the series.

Opposite – Obsession 1

Exhibition runs through to August 6th, 2011

941Geary
941 Geary Street
San Francisco
CA
94109

www.941geary.com