Contentious: Blakkbyrd

Contentious
17 - 20 Parr Street, London, N1 7ET
15th - 17th March 2013

Curators: Robert Ford, Blair Zaye, Lyn Blackburn and Tracy Allen

"The first one in the series, CONTENTIOUS ONE will be an eclectic mix of London based painters, printmakers, photographers, performance artists & makers. London has proven itself to be one of the hubs of the art world.
This series of shows aims to build on a reputation by showing the new, the unknown, the emerging, the daring, the collectable artists of tomorrow!" 

Participating Artists with links

Tracey Allen
Amber Anderson
Lyn Blackburn
Blakkbyrd
Mandy Brannan
Simon Burbridge
Jan Crabtree
Robert Ford
Brian D Hodgeson
Ursula Kelly
Tony Lee
Gareth Morgan
Blair Zaye

The first in a series of self curated exhibitions showing a mix of painters, printmakers, photographers and makers. As well as visual artists there will be several bands and performers delivering their special and exciting music and entertainment over the 3 days!

Check our facebook page for more details
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Contentious/221135021366413

Facebook Event Page
https://www.facebook.com/events/174082902740649/

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Blakkbyrd





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Performances

Friday 15th 6:30pm-11:00pm
Opening night performances from Uru-Ana and Spiritwo Solo 7:30pm to 10:30

Photos of Opening Night: here

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Saturday 16th 2pm-11pm Evening musical performances from Sinah and NoamiKo 7:30pm to 10:30pm

Photos Day2 here

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Sunday 17th 2pm-6pm

Physical theatre ‘Natives’ directed by Andrea Ling

Performance ‘Like Foxes’ with Gwen Bajon &
Yasmin Moghaddan

Bjorn Hatleskog performing Romvelope

Dance Circuits

Photos of Day3 plus exhibition hang here

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Goin - France

 

Goin, a French stencil artist with a deep-rooted punk legacy, introduces the atmosphere and values of his artistic domicile, the famous Abode of Chaos, near Lyon. He mixes graphics and typography with violent and chaotic panache to produce stunning results. According to the New York Times the Abode of Chaos is 'one of the most important and most emotional artistic adventures of the 21st Century'.

Goin describes his work as being 'a subversive bomb, an initiation into the critical spirit and the approach of a new type of abrasive and denunciatory art'. At the French location, over 3,123 works of art express the alchemical chaos of the 21st Century in a free, open air museum. The unique venue has been the subject of an on-going law suit for over a decade and is set to continue in the European Court of Human Rights.

In perpetual mutation, Goin creates militant-powered pictures seen through the prism of a possessed graphic art.

Facebook Page

"Goin dont je découvre le travail a clôt récemment son expo solo à Genève, DON’T RUST ME! dont mon choix de la semaine est issu. / I discovered  Goin’s work a few days ago through this artwork which was on display in his solo show DON’T RUST ME!."

http://www.stencilhistoryx.com/2010/04/05/lundi-cest-le-stencil-of-the-week-yvan-goin/

Armsrock - Denmark

Armrock restates the qualities of artistic drawings and transfers them into urban contexts. Known for his life-sized drawings of humans at the edges of societies, he glues or projects his drawings onto buildings and walls in city environments. As observations and statements they become ephemeral part of public space and community.

cv
http://www.kunstdk.dk/kunstner/armsrock/tekster/cv

website
http://www.kunstdk.dk/kunstner/armsrock

blog
http://www.armsrock.blogspot.com/






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this video is from an earlier post on Armsrock in 2009
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2009/12/armsrock.html




a brand-new video directly from Armsrock's studio in Bremen Germany, as he prepares for his upcoming shows this month at the Black Rat Press Gallery in London and Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Brooklyn. This is part 1 of 2.

Threenine - Bristol Graffiti

Bristol graffiti artist Fiction throwing up a trademark Mushroom down by the docks.



Threenine | Bristol Graffiti | Street Art Gallery

Welcome to Threenine the online art gallery holding some of the freshest artwork in Bristol from the Contemporary Graffiti | Street Art | Urban scene.Take a browse through the gallery and you will find a mixture of limited edition prints and original artwork from a range of artists based in and around Bristol.

Some Bristol graffiti links
http://www.threenine.eu/links

dmote - stupid krap

NEW STUPIDKRAP PRINT LAUNCH + WORLDS END OPEN STUDIO - Saturday May 9th

LIVE SIGNING BY DMOTE @
103A/342 Elizabeth St,
Surry Hills
Sydney

http://www.stupidkrap.com/home.html

Galleries - London

Black Rat Press

http://www.blackratpress.co.uk/

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Elms Lesters
Painting Rooms

1-3-5 Flitcroft St
London
WC2H 8DH

T: +44 (0)20 7836 6747
F: +44 (0)20 7379 0789

http://www.elmslesters.co.uk

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Lazarides
http://www.lazinc.com/artists/

Ground Floor,
125 Charing Cross Rd,
London WC2H 0EW
Phone: +44 (0)207 287 5151
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11AM - 7PM (closed bank holidays and Sundays).

8 Greek Street,
Soho,
London W1D 4DG
Phone: +44 (0)203 214 0055
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11AM - 7PM (closed bank holidays and Sundays).

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Pictures on Walls

Picturesonwalls Ltd,
16 willow street, London,
Lo EC2A 4bh,
United Kingdom.

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/

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http://www.stolenspace.com/

info@stolenspace.com

StolenSpace
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL

Stencil Festival Unplugged - Melbourne

Stencil Festival Unplugged exhibition
Greetings

After an extensive regional & interstate tour the stencil festival exhibition returns to Melbourne for a final show. On rotating display will be all works which have previously not been shown in Melbourne - and some which have. This is the final chance to take you pick from the massive 2007 catalogue including works by up-coming and established stencil artists from Australia, USA, France, Germany, Hongkong and Brazil.

STENCIL FESTIVAL UNPLUGGED
18 April - 4 May
opening this Friday, 18 April 6 pm
Famous When Dead Gallery
207 Victoria St, Melbourne 3003 (melway B2 A11)

Up-coming exhibition:
ANOTHER RED BALLOON
8 - 25 May, opening Friday, 9 May, 6pm

An exhibition of limited edition prints and framed originals. Including works by Banksy (UK), Beastman (Syd), Btoy (SP), Fafi (FR), Andy Harwood (Bris), Kenji Nakayama (USA), Kid Zoom (Perth), Killpixie (Syd), Mephisto Jones (NZ), Pure Evil (UK), Ralf Kempken (Melb), Reka (Melb) and Ape Seven (Syd).

For other news or up-dates visit the gallery website.

All the best

PinXit JD
email: info@pinxit.com.au
images: flickr.com
web: http://www.pinXit.com.au

PinXit April Newsletter

Greetings
Famous When Dead Gallery has opened its doors last month. Here a brief overview what's coming up and some dates you might want to add to your calendar.

PERMISSABLE ART
Firstly a reminder about the public forum this Sunday.

City of Melbourne and Cultural Development Network invite to a public discussion about graffiti in the city, its place in urban culture and its regulation by local government.

Panelists include Cr David Wilson, artist Ghostpatrol, Andy MacDonald, director of Citylights Projects, Fiona McLeod from the Hardware Precinct Residents Association and Alison Young, Uni Melbourne, who was responsible for drafting City of Melbourne's Graffiti Policy. This should be an interesting discussion.

This Sunday, 6 April, 3.30 - 5 pm
Famous When Dead Gallery
207 Victoria St, West Melbourne
Melway 2B A11, Tram 57 Stop 9

The forum is in context to the Union Lane Street Art project exhibition LEGAL ENOUGH which is currently being shown at the gallery. Check it out, or visit the lane itself:
UNION LANE, between Bourke St Mall and Lt Collins St
Info and video about the project, which we finished in December last year, can be found here.

XIAO JIE WANG : TRACES OF LIFE
Chinese contemporary artist Xiao Jie Wang presents abstract oil paintings from his Traces of Life series. Something different. Not be missed.

8 - 13 April 2008
Opening Tuesday, 8 April 6 pm
Famous When Dead Gallery
Tue - Thu 11 - 6, Fri 11 - 7
Sat & Sun 10 - 3
or by appointment: g allery@famouswhendead.com.au

Up-coming : STENCIL FESTIVAL UNPLUGGED
After an extensive regional & interstate tour last year the stencil festival exhibition is returning back to Melbourne. On rotating display will be all works which have previously not been shown in Melbourne - and some which have. This is the final chance to take you pick from the massive 2007 catalogue before the artwork will be returned to the artists.
18 April - 4 May, opening Friday, 18 April 6 pm

Up-coming : ANOTHER RED BALLOON
An exhibition of limited edition prints and framed originals by some of the most well known street and stencil artists around the world including Banksy (UK), Btoy (SP), Fafi (FR), Kenji Nakayama (USA), Kid Zoom (Perth), Killpixie (Syd), Mephisto Jones (NZ), Pure Evil (UK), Reka (Melb) and Sheperd Fairey (USA). More to be announced
8 - 25 May, opening Friday, 9 May, 6pm

For other news or up-dates visit the gallery website.

CU in the gallery, all the best

PinXit JD
email: info@pinxit.com.au
images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinxit
web: http://www.pinXit.com.au

The Beautiful Losers Portfolio

The Beautiful Losers Portfolio, 2006
The entire portfolio of all 27 Beautiful Losers silkscreen prints with corresponding edition numbers in custom military grade wood box with numbered title page and white archival handling gloves.
Approx 22 x 18 x 9 inches

Numbered edition of 30

$8,500.00USD

see prints here
http://www.iconoclastusa.com/store/product.asp?id=1487

black rat press

http://www.blackratpress.co.uk/

more swoon

swoon at fotolog

interview at tiny galaxy more images

interview at spectraz

interview at freshness magazine