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The Hours Presents: Skount “FRAGMENTS OF MYTHOLOGICAL DREAMS” (Sydney, Australia)

May 12, 2013 ,

Skount
FRAGMENTS OF MYTHOLOGICAL DREAMS

An Exhibition of new paintings and installation by SKOUNT (ESP)

“Dreams are not just messages (coded messages, at that), but are also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination that has its own value. Dreams are proof that fantasies – emotional immersion in the visualization of events that have never and may never occur – are one of the profoundest necessities for human life. The characters that come from my imagination are my own possibilities, those that never came to bear, or those still on my horizon.” – Skount

Inspired by the classical Spanish theatre of his hometown, Skount’s oneiric masked characters beckon the viewer from the urban environment into their mysterious and playful dreamscapes. The great playwrights of Skount’s youth formed a lasting impression, where he regards life as a wonderful play, in which everyone has a role. Driven by the fundamental desire to free his own mind, Skount’s creativity knows no bounds. With a background in graffiti, his artistic expression spans paint, paper, music and performance, to video art, sculpture, and installation. Skount’s irrepressible curiosity for other cultures has inspired him to travel and study different forms of creativity and traditions around the world. Currently based in Amsterdam, Skount has worked and exhibited throughout Spain, Europe, China, Mexico, Israel and the United States.

Opening Night – Wednesday 15th May 2013 – 6pm to 9pm
Exhibition continues until Sunday 19th May

The Tate Gallery – 345 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (Sydney)

 

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Unruly Gallery Presents: Warren Lewis “Words Fail” (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

May 8, 2013

WArren Lewis

Celebrity Twitter accounts and expensive watches, adverts, rap lyrics, toilet graffiti and famous brands… These are but a few things that inspire the ever-changing styles and messages created by Warren Lewis.

This highly creative artist is in no way bound to any specific medium, which allows him to stay inventive and keep developing fresh ways to communicate with the public.

From the website of Klerkx Art Agency:“Lewis has
a natural knack for creating work that demands attention. His heavily laboured canvases are filled with popular cultural references and challenge the viewer

to make connections between the seemingly unrelated content, a mechanism used in an attempt to represent the true complexity of our culture”.
Klerkx Art Agency has been representing Warren Lewis since 2010.

Don’t miss this new series of extraordinary paintings (small and medium sized) and be the first to see his Toilet Paper Jesus Pieces and the eye catcher of the show: Still Life: The Scrolling Painting.

This is his third solo show in The Netherlands. The Cape Town born (1982) and London based artist will be present at the opening on Friday 10 May.

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Ambush Gallery Presents: “Visions From The Ether” A Group Exhibition. (Sydney, Australia)

May 7, 2013 ,

Vision from the Ether

Visions from the Ether

Where: aMBUSH Gallery, 4a James Street, Waterloo (Sydney)
When: Friday 17 May
Time: 6pm-9pm
Cost: Free Public Event
In Greek mythology, the god Aether represented the highest plane of heaven and the purest, lightest form of air that only Zeus could breathe. Throughout the development of early philosophical and scientific discourse, the concept of Aether was used metaphorically as an alternative and preferable explanation for the apparent ‘nothingness’ that filled vacant spaces. Aether represented a fifth element alongside those four that were tangible – Fire, Water, Earth and Air – and served as the foundation for scientific exploration of the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space.
Comprising the work of Aaron Noakes, Dakota Gordon, David Crystalface, Jack Hammond, Mez, Nick Matthews, Oliver, Ox, Sebastian Grant, Slug and Tom Groves
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DEGA Films: “Quatro de Mayo” (Brooklyn, NYC)

May 2, 2013 ,

DEGA FILMS
The DEGA FILMS folks like your company. Please oblige them and be nice, after all they are throwing a party for you.  Not only do they make sick videos to introduce you to the work on the streets of the new crop of Street Artists they also know how to throw a party! All you have to do is show up, have fun and enjoy the art and the music.

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New Museum Presents: Idea City (Manhattan, NYC)

May 2, 2013 , , ,

Ideas City

IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better places to live, work, and play. Founded by the New Museum in 2011, IDEAS CITY is a major collaborative initiative between hundreds of arts, education, and civic organizations. This year’s theme is Untapped Capital, with participants focused on resources that are under recognized or underutilized in our cities.

IDEAS CITY is a four-day Festival of conferences, workshops, an innovative StreetFest around the Bowery, and more than one hundred independent projects and public events that are forums for exchanging ideas, proposing solutions, and accelerating creativity.

Visit ideas-city.org to plan your visit, and connect on Twitter @IDEASCITY.

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The Schoolhouse Presents: Mata Ruda “Incurable Otherness” (Brooklyn, NYC)

May 2, 2013 ,

Mata Ruda

The Schoolhouse is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Bushwick-based public artist Mata Ruda,
“Incurable Otherness.” In conjunction with Bushwick Open Studios, this exhibit will be open to the public from 5pm-10pm May 31 as well as 12pm-8pm June 1 and June 2.

Located in the turn of the century site of Public School 52, “Incurable Otherness” ties New York’s immigrant past with contemporary outsider concerns. At the height of Irish immigration in the nineteenth century, Superintendent James W. Naughton’s family left home for a promising future in the United States. Through this transition, the superintendent became an influential member of the Board of Education, which led to the construction of this building, along with several others, as a means to accommodate the burgeoning borough of Brooklyn. As time has shifted, so have the immigrant populations within the city. Today, through his imagery, Mata Ruda represents the wave of travelers moving from Central and South America north. Originally from Venezuela, the emotions that the artist raises can be earnestly seen, as they are a part of his experience.

 

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Escape The Golden Cage Art Fair. (Vienna, Austria)

May 2, 2013 , ,

We look forward to welcome you very soon at Palais Kinsky in Vienna!
Grand Opening: Thursday, May 16, 19:30.

Again we selected exciting artists from all over the world
Anthony Lister, Brad Downey, Dan Witz, Ellannah Sadkin (presented by Moniker Art Fair), Faith47 (presented by Moniker Art Fair), Max Wiedemann, Mode 2, Olivier Hölzl LIVIL, Ozmo, Stephen Tompkins, Vermibus (presented by Moniker Art Fair).

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Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery Presents: JR and José Parlá “The Wrinkles of The City, Havana, Cuba” (Manhattan, NYC)

May 2, 2013 ,

Brooklyn Street Art

Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is pleased to present The Wrinkles of the City, Havana, Cuba, a recent collaboration between JR and José Parlá.

The Wrinkles of the City was started by JR in Cartagena, Spain and has been reprised in Shanghai, Los Angeles, and most recently, Havana. In 2012, JR and Parlá photographed and interviewed dozens of senior citizens who lived through the Cuban revolution, flyposting colossal black-and-white portraits of their subjects on the walls of city buildings. Parlá, who is of Cuban descent, interlaces the images with palimpsestic, calligraphic writings and color. In a city devoid of commercial imagery, JR and Parlá’s enormous yet intimate portraits offer a stunningly humane contrast to the endless repetition of political icons.

This exhibition will consist of twelve large portraits from the Havana iteration of The Wrinkles of the City project along with a site-specific installation.

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Krause Gallery Presents: Sheryo and The Yok “Pipe Dreams” (Manhattan, NYC)

May 1, 2013 ,

Brooklyn Street Art

Sheryo and The Yok “Pipe Dreams”
Exhibition Dates: May 16th – June 16th 2013
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday: 12:00- 6:00pm – Monday -Tuesday by appointment.
Address: Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
Reception: Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Krause Gallery is pleased to present the highly anticipated exhibition of recent works by Brooklyn-based duo Sheryo and the Yok. While previously seen in group exhibitions, Pipe Dreams marks their first solo show in the United States since establishing the city as their primary residence last year.
Working with varying painting techniques, the artists have culled together collaborative pieces that represent their shared life together. From their nomadic travels the past year to in-jokes with their friends in New York, the Yok and Sheryo seamlessly combine their adventures into every detail of their work. For example, their hand painted vases combine eastern & western elements to portray the values of ideology, devotion, relationships, dharma and karma, depicting a narrative from the rich tales of their journey. From their fun filled art renderings with Chinese dragons, pipes, and geishas intermixing with the New York culture, Sheryo and the Yok put their own illustrative styles on imagery as they re-interpret the traditional folklore and fables of old Chinese times while injecting their own personal stories with their iconic styles.
Their most recent body of work for their upcoming show at Krause Gallery is full of adventure and intrigue as they departed the United States for countries like Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia. By traveling to their native countries as well as a few places in between, Sheryo and the Yok characterize their formative life experiences with the memories that are being made together. Another example of this can be seen in their newest body of work; after returning from warm Mexico to the rain and snow of New York they used their cartoons to reflect on the sunnier days behind them; beer, Spanish icons and surf boards began to be a part of each piece.
For their solo show at the gallery they will also be creating hand painted ceramic plates, vases, painted pieces on paper and canvases, a surprise installation downstairs along with Limited Edition one color 25” x 19” high quality screen prints. Pipe Dreams is a must see for any street art enthusiast or talent seeker of any kind.
Sheryo x The Yok video.

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The Superior Bugout Presents: Tod Seelie “Bright Nights: Photographs of Another New York” (Brooklyn, NYC)

May 1, 2013 ,

Brooklyn Street Art

The Superior Bugout is pleased to present the opening of Tod Seelie’s new collection of work entitled “BRIGHT NIGHTS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANOTHER NEW YORK.”
Opening Thursday May 2nd from 7 to 11pm at TENDER TRAP (245 S1st btwn Roebling and Havemeyer) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC.

The images in this exhibition are excerpts from my forthcoming book from Prestel, titled “Bright Nights: Photographs of Another New York.” The book is scheduled to be released in October, and features essays by Swoon, Conrad Carlson, Joe Ahearn, Ian Vanek, Jeff Stark, Evan Pricco and Colin Moynihan among others.
Tod Seelie has photographed in over twenty five countries on five different continents. Originally from Cleveland, he relocated to Brooklyn in 1997. Tod was a founding member of The Miss Rockaway Armada, and continued on to travel with both manifestations of the Swimming Cities.
“his images at times elevate mere weirdness to a more striking realm of visual intrigue. Strange, vivid, baffling and relentlessly unexplained, they leave their viewers transfixed…” New York Times
His work has appeared in publications such as The NY Times, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, Juxtapoz, Thrasher, Vice, and Art Forum among others. His images also appear in the feature films Perfect Sense(2011) and Empire Me (2011).

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