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  • Candice Tripp | Interview

    July 27th 09, 12:39

    SlamxHype recently caught up with Candice Tripp. The South African-born artist shares her love of curry, fashion design and Antony Micallef.

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    SXH:Can you tell us a bit about where you are from?

    Candice: I’m from Cape Town in South Africa. It has beaches and the mountains and great night life. The summers are hot and dry, the winters mild and wet. The cocktails are good, the food is better. Unfortunately, the unemployment and crime rates are high, too. Now I live in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

    SXH: What did you want to be when you were a child?

    Candice: I didn’t always know what I wanted to be. When I was five my mother suggested I be an artist and I hated the idea. At the time, I thought it would be better to own a surf shop, because that’s what my brother wanted to do and I thought he was cool. We also wanted to be ninjas, but that was only on Saturdays.

    Then I turned 7, got serious and decided that I’d like to be a cartoonist. 5 years later I learned that I wouldn’t make a good one.

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    SXH: How did you get your first breakthrough?

    Candice: I was trying to put a portfolio together to use when I applied to study fashion. Claire and Sheilen from Electrik Sheep in Newcastle saw and bought one of my canvases and then offered me my first show in April 2007.

    SXH: Where do you find inspiration and influence on a daily basis?

    Candice: Right now, mostly from books or music.

    SXH: Anyone you desire to work with or for?

    Candice: I’d really like to design a pattern for clothing or wallpaper. Collaborating with someone in fashion is something I would really enjoy. I also eventually want to work with my friend, Lyndall. But I need to get my act together first.

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    SXH: What’s the best thing about living in Newcastle?

    Candice: The rent; I’m able to afford to live in a nice area and can walk into the city centre in 10 minutes. I get a lot more time out of each day living in Newcastle.

    Where is the best place to eat?

    Candice: The Valley. It’s “The Best Indian Restaurant in the North” according to The Curry Club of Great Britain.

    SXH: Favorite place to visit?

    Candice: The gym.

    SXH: What do you think of the current climate of the art scene?

    Candice: I give the scene as a whole very little thought. I only hope to remain part of it. Painting is a labor of love that unfortunately sometimes trips into the territory of business. So, I’ll continue to concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other and leave the bigger picture to someone else to worry about.

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    SXH: What artists are changing the way we think at the moment?

    Candice: None that you don’t know of already. The ones I really like to watch are Josh Keyes, Ericailcane and Antony Micallef.

    SXH: What’s green, fluffy and lives in your second drawer?

    Candice: My moldy orange.

    Image of Candice via Jamie from Thought.

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  • New Labrona Prints | Homegrown Skateboards

    July 24th 09, 21:10

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    Homegrown Skateboards in La Have, Nova Scotia have just released two new prints by Canadian street artist Labrona as part of their guest artist series. “Chequered Queens” and “Love and Heartache” are both five-color silk screens printed on a combination of Somerset, Stonehenge and BFK Rives White paper. Signed and numbered, these limited editions are very cool.

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  • Shinangist | Stolenspace

    July 23rd 09, 21:04

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    Stolenspace opened a great show this evening to celebrate the release of Usugrow’s new book, Shinangist. The five Japanese artists featured in the book – Mozyskey, Toshikazu Nozaka, Bene, Jun Kaneko and Usugrow himself – present new works on canvas, paper, wood and felt that combine street, skate and tattoo aesthetics with traditional Japanese techniques and imagery. Signed copies of the book and a limited edition screen print from Usugrow are also available. We look forward to seeing pictures from the opening.

    Says the press release,

    “True to the meaning behind “Shingan” – those who create based on visions spurred by the mind’s eye and those who are not affected by the opinions and expectations placed on them by the outside world – USUGROW, MOZYSKEY, TOSHIKAZU NOZAKA, BENE and JUN KANEKO are driven by the pure passion to create. The work being presented is a testament to those who live life for the love of art. From body art to street art, these young men have explored every aspect of the creative world. They have fought passionately for the right to express what the mind’s eye has shown them and have succeeded at every turn. Encumbered by the weight of societal expectations, they defy the prescribed life path and valiantly pursue the life of the “Shinganist.” Bringing us art born from passion, a harmonious blend of various culture’s aspects absorbed over time that still reflects a style inherent to Japan, this show will be one of a kind.”

    Shinangist was previously showcased in San Francisco. A follow up to the London show will take place in Tokyo.

    Check out Juxtapoz’s interview with Usugrow here.

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  • Pam Glew | Red Propeller Print Release

    July 23rd 09, 18:59

    Make sure you’re on the Red Propeller site this Friday, July 24 at 7pm GMT! Two beautiful new pieces by English artist Pam Glew will be available as prints for only £25 each! The prints will only be available for 25 hours, however, so you’ll have to be quick. Visit the gallery’s site and sign up for the mailing list to receive the secret code.

    Pam tells us a little bit about the imagery and how she made the original pieces:

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    “‘Candy Pop Antichrist’ is based loosely on Lily Allen. It is named Antichrist because of the inverted Union Jack that has been turned into a kind of upside-down cross.

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    ‘Saint’ is also based on a Lily. This one is Lily Cole, the one with the angel face and a saintly look about her. I think the Pre-Raphaelites would have loved her.

    The original flags were made from American flags turned into Union Jacks with many pairs of denim jeans (the rivets and pockets are still visible.) The images are painted with bleach freehand to make these new deconstructed cameo portraits.”

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  • Armsrock and Chris Stain | I Know There Is Love Exhibition

    July 21st 09, 16:29

    Armsrock and Chris Stain will participate in a much anticipated two person exhibition entitled I Know There Is Love at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn next month. An opening reception will take place on August 7th. The show will run through September 6th.

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    We will bring you more news about the artists as they begin their installation in the gallery, but for now here are some words about them:

    Chris Stain first became infected by graffiti’s bold colors, striking form, and independent nature as a child in the summer of 1984. As time went by he investigated other avenues of art such as print making, graphic design, and screen printing. Stain’s work is a direct reflection of the people, neighborhoods, and struggles that are swept along with the every day life of the common American. It is his hope that through the work he will be able to convey the importance of the role of the less recognized individual in society.

    Armsrock is an artist and activist whose work focuses on the human condition in the urban environment. By creating hundreds of unique drawings of his fellow citizens, and placing these original pieces on the walls of the city, Armsrock makes an attempt to generate a critical understanding of the stories and fates that house us.

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  • The New Order Issue 02 Launch Party LA | Tomorrow

    July 17th 09, 14:12

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    THE NEW ORDER Issue 02 has made its way to LA! Tomorrow afternoon, July 18th, Carmichael Gallery will host The New Order Issue 02 Launch Party Los Angeles from 3pm-7pm.

    There will be drinks, DJs, and the chance to check out The New Order, our quarterly fashion, art and street culture publication.

    There will be even be a limited number of free KAWS posters available!

    Don’t miss out! RSVP to rsvp @ carmichaelgallery.com

    Carmichael Gallery / 1257 N. La Brea Ave / West Hollywood CA 90038

    DJs: Sean Reveron | Ro Blvd. + RDNP

    Issue o2: Takashi Murakami, KAWS, Marilyn Minter, Jose Parla, Swoon, Mark Dean Veca, Rob Abeyta Jr., Kate Gibb, Ron English, Adam Neate, Keiichi Nitta, Andrew Schoultz, Erik Brunetti, Kevin Lyons, Neckface, Martha Cooper, Rick Owens, Tetsu Nishiyama/WTAPS, Raf Simons, A.P.C., Martin Margiela, Acronym, Billionaire Boys Club, Dr Romanelli, God’s Prey, UNDFTD, Nike NSW and more.

    Sponsored by VTech.

    Brought to you by SlamxHype.

    More details at Facebook.

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  • Pam Glew Interview

    July 16th 09, 11:17

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    Pam Glew is one of the most significant female urban artists working today. She is perhaps best-known for her powerful series of cinematic paintings, in which she combines striking portraits of women with unique bleaching techniques on vintage fabrics and flags. SlamxHype was excited to chat to her about life in Brighton, what inspires her, and how she interprets the nature of the art market.

    SXH: Can you tell us a bit about where you are from?

    Pam Glew: I grew up in Cornwall in a little surf town called Bude, a sleepy part of the Westcountry in England, surrounded by the sea and spent my formative years mucking about in woods and making fires on cliffs.

    SXH: What did you want to be when you were a child?

    Pam Glew: A doctor, but I faint at the sight of blood.

    SXH: How did you get your first breakthrough?

    Pam Glew: I’ve had lots of little breaks, getting my proper solo show at Fairtrade Gallery in Brighton was one of them, and my first group show in USA was another, so I think Carmichael gave me a helpful leg-up.

    SXH: Where do you find inspiration and influence on a daily basis?

    Pam Glew: I get a lot of ideas from films (film noir, video nasties, zombie flicks), also the news, politics, the internet, music, fashion, looking at peoples faces, snippets of conversations. I often get good ideas when I’m on a long train journey.

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    SXH: Anyone you desire to work with/for?

    Pam Glew: I’d like to do some work with a fashion designer and take my fabric work in a new direction. I’ve recently been toying with the idea of wearable art, which I guess is fashion.

    SXH: What’s the best thing about the city you live in?

    Pam Glew: Brighton is very bohemian; I love the people, everyone is creative in their own way, there are a lots of artists, musicians and freaks. And plenty of pubs to choose from for a good Sunday roast.

    SXH: Where is the best place to eat?

    Pam Glew: At my gaff, because my bloke makes a mean curry. Or at a mate’s house, with copious wine and good conversation.

    SXH: Best shop in your city?

    Pam Glew: Snoopers Paradise - a massive flea market emporium full of vintage clothes/ textiles/ antiques/ junk/  crap and some real gems. i can spend hours rummaging and often find flags for my work.

    SXH: Best gallery in your city?

    Pam Glew: Ink’d Gallery are a great space as they have their finger on the pulse for the next big thing and show the good end of urban art. Also Fairtrade Gallery in Brighton gave me my first solo show and do beautiful intimate gigs and they make all my frames too.

    SXH: Favourite place to visit?

    Pam Glew: Hard to choose between Paris, Berlin & Barcelona and anywhere that does a good chai tea latte.

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    SXH: What do you think of the current climate of the art scene?

    Pam Glew: It’s changing again, I see more diversity and a return to good drawing and technical skills, there definitely a turn towards narrative in art and a lot of great illustrators coming out.

    SXH: What artists are changing the way we think at the moment?

    Pam Glew: Personally, Herakut, Banksy and Micallef have all changed the way I think about Art & Life.

    SXH: Any artists that perhaps we should look out for?

    Pam Glew: Joseph Loughborough and Jim Sanders are both really strong artists who I recently exhibited with. Joe has a great eye and such a natural style, and Jim has an equally identifiable style that nods to outsider art and looks almost tribal.

    SXH: Where do you see the art scene in 10 years time?

    Pam Glew: Hopefully with less band-wagon jumping, and more artists doing it for the love. I think the backlash will go to fine art which has the influence of street and urban movements, but with more grit and meaning, less school boy joke posters.

    SXH: Whats green, fluffy and lives in your second drawer?

    Pam Glew: A bunny finger puppet knitted by my mate’s mum.

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  • Os Gemeos Kids Come to Life in NYC – Video

    July 15th 09, 11:48

    Hype has surrounded Os Gemeos ever since the news of their New York City mural was dropped last week, with photos and recordings of the twins at work spreading across the internet like fire, but this short clip captures the magic of what these artists do like nobody else could. It almost feels like these kids stepped out of the mural themselves.

    Via Os Gemeos’ blog on 12oz Prophet.

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  • Charming Baker | The Meaning of Everything – Video

    July 15th 09, 10:45

    Charming Baker, The Fears Ahead Become The Worries To Leave Behind, Oil on Wood

    Charming Baker recently shared this fun video of the opening of his London solo show, The Meaning of Everything. The work on the walls is superb and it looks like everyone had a great time.

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  • Dan Witz | Dark Doings

    July 14th 09, 15:59

    Dan Witz is hard at work in New York City this summer on a project he has named Dark Doings. This amazing body of work consists of haunting human and animal faces trapped behind decrepit city doors.

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    More images can be seen here.

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  • Zeus | Safe in Bristol

    July 14th 09, 14:40

    Zeus recently made this fantastic piece in Bristol. The inventive installation artist continues to challenge the way we perceive and interact with urban environments.

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  • Stella Im Hultberg | Thinkspace

    July 14th 09, 14:27

    Stella Im Hultberg’s solo show Memento Mori opened at Thinkspace on Friday, July 10. The show is a followup to her near sell-out exhibition at the gallery last year.

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    Stella produced a strong, varied body of work for this show, including pieces on paper, wood and canvas.

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    Also on display were studies for the kokeshi doll she contributed to the Kokeshi Show at the Japanese American National Museum, all of which sold out.

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    Stella painted a beautiful mural in the gallery’s front window space which highlights the new stylistic direction her work has taken of late.

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    Make sure to stop in if you can as the show runs until August 7th, otherwise go online to see more images and read the gallery’s fantastic pre-show interview with Stella.

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  • BELEF 09 | Belgrade Arts Festival

    July 14th 09, 13:38

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    BELEF is a summer arts festival based in Belgrade which focuses on the power of contemporary art, theatre and music in public space. This year’s program builds on last year’s efforts to promote the city and its potential as a cultural metropolis with an exciting calendar of events held throughout July.

    On the art side, the festival organizers aim to counter the closing down of museums and dwindling attendance at gallery shows, saying:

    “BELEF is the kind of festival that can help in overcoming these problems, turning the city into an exhibition area, and not only during the festival’s one month. The moment for something like this seems almost ideal, seeing that art in public areas is drawing more and more attention around the world. Through a program in which some of the biggest stars of the scene will create works of art in public areas, which will stay as permanent monuments of culture, Belgrade can get on the map of European cities which are worth visiting at least for the art which is found on its streets.”

    Here are some of the great things they have lined up over the next couple weeks:

    July 22-31: Mark Jenkins – Tape Sculptures

    July 22 – SUPER WALL featuring Blu and M-City

    July 28-29: Blek Le Rat – Stencil Art in Public Space

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  • Sam3 | FAME Fest

    July 14th 09, 10:57

    Spanish artist Sam3 has just added to the impressive series of murals at FAME Fest.

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    He also entered the ceramics studio to make some nice pottery:

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    Sam3 is joined today by a popular Washington DC-based tape sculptor – we will bring you news of his doings in Grottaglie very soon.

    Thanks to Unurth for the tip.

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  • Judith Supine in the Sewers of Queens

    July 14th 09, 9:52

    Judith Supine is a master of artistic placement – this fantastic new piece is located in the Linden Brook Sewer in Queens.

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    As if the work isn’t impressive enough (lighting all natural, by the way), Judith had to swim through the East River in order to install it.

    We are very excited to see what he brings us at Nuart in September and New Image Art in November.

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