Scream Gallery Winter Exhibition

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Scream Gallery Winter exhibition featuring;

Dennis Hopper, Russell Young, Peter Doherty & Ronnie Wood

19 December 2009 to 19 January 2010



Kate Moss by Peter Doherty



William English (1975), hand signed by Vivienne Westwood


Scream Gallery is delighted to unveil a stellar line-up of artists from its recently launched popular culture collection including; Dennis Hopper, Russell Young, Mark Hayward, Grace Slick, Peter Dohery, R. Crumb and Ronnie Wood. The winter exhibition features images of some of the most iconic figures from contemporary culture, such as a punk-era Vivienne Westwood photographed by William English, and Andy Warhol captured by the lens of Dennis Hopper in Andy Warhol (with flower) (1963). Legendary Hollywood Actor Hopper, is also a revered photographer, who ran with Warhol’s hip Factory set in the 60’s, and captured with his omnipresent camera other prominent people of the era including; James Brown, Martin Luther King and James Brown.


Internationally acclaimed British photographer Russell Young, brings more Hollywood glamour to the show with his Diamond Dust series, evoking the silkscreen prints of Warhol, by featuring legends of the silver screen such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Young gives a contemporary twist to his larger than life silkscreen images of familiar faces from the 20th Century, by sprinkling them with a handful of stardust.

New York Curator Brandon Coburn breathes life into the Scream Gallery with this eclectic display of prints and photographs, introducing a taste of more recent icons of our culture by exhibiting two of talented young musician/ artist Peter Doherty’s Blood paintings; One painting is a tender portrait of his ex-lover Kate Moss, Supermodel and darling of the British fashion scene. The image is made more poignant with the use of Doherty’s own blood to create a shroud-like outline of her captivating beauty. The blood is said to lend itself perfectly to exploring the extraordinary personal and physical intensity that characterises so much of Peter’s life and work as an artist in the broadest sense.

Situated in the heart of London’s Mayfair, Scream Gallery is operated by Tyrone and Jamie Wood, sons of Rolling Stone’s guitarist Ronnie Wood. Scream is one of Europe’s leading art galleries, representing some of the finest contemporary artists and photographers. Scream’s avant garde popular culture collection includes hand signed limited editions and original drawings, dating from the 1950s, through modern to contemporary work.

Other works on display are by John Lennon, Sebastian Kruger, R. Crumb, Jimi Hendrix and the afore-mentioned Ronnie Wood. Wood’s portraits of his fellow Rolling Stones band mates, and other famous friends, capture the intimacy of the relationship between subject and artist. For Ronnie, music and art have always gone hand-in-hand, and the intensity that he brings to the guitar translates onto canvas and paper, with rhythmic line and vibrant colour.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Address: Scream Gallery, 34 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QX
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7493 7388
Opening times: Tue-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat 11am-5pm

www.screamlondon.com

For further information, press enquiries, images or interview requests contact:
+ 44 (0) 7814 862 834 or lee@lee-johnson.co.uk

or Nicole Donaldson, Client Relations Director on info@screamlondon.com

Epoh Beech solo exhibition at The Gallery in Redchurch Street

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EPOH BEECH: 'The Marriage of the Thames and the Rhine'

THE GALLERY IN REDCHURCH STREET

2-7 March, 2010

Private view Tuesday 2 March 6.30- 9pm





















For Epoh Beech’s latest solo exhibition in London, the accomplished fine artist has created 45 ethereal charcoal drawings, and a hand drawn animation, inspired by Wagner’s The Ring, and Francis Beaumont’s 17th Century tome The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn, Gray’s Inn and The Inner Temple: This Jacobean ‘masque’ was performed at Whitehall Palace in 1613, forming an integral part of the nuptials of the daughter of King James I to Frederick V. The pairing was a metaphorical marriage of Germany with England, and a symbolic union of the Thames and the Rhine.

Beech’s drawings are an investigation into the historic relationship between the Rhine and the Thames. Central characters in Beech’s narrative are Hermes, in the form of a seal, and Pegasus the mythological horse, both bearing witness to the voyage of the imagination, unhindered by the straightjacket of history and time.

An expert draughtsman who trained as a fine artist at Studio Simi in Florence, Beech’s drawings posses an innate romanticism which betrays literary influences such as Goethe, and a passion for music which has encompassed 9 years of violin practice and a passion for Wagnerian compositions. William Kentridge, Anselm Keifer and Samuel Palmer have also been powerful influences on Beech’s practice. The use of charcoal to create such heady imagery is symbolic, and highlights the transformation of dark matter into the light, with a debt to the 15th artists of the Italian renaissance that Beech came across during her studies in Florence.

The fragile, spindly trees featured in Siegfried in the forest are reminiscent of Klimt’s nature paintings, whilst the moonlit mountains described in Pfalzgrafenstein Island evoke the German Romanticist Caspar David Friedrich. Beech has made a natural progression from the series of still narratives, to a 3-minute animation. The animation will be projected in the gallery, and forms a perfect visual compliment to the series of charcoals.

The animation has a dual meaning; it is both symbolic meditation on a journey into the unknown through the eyes of Pegasus and the seal, both on a quest to heal old wounds and create a sense of unity in their universe; and also an exploration of the geographical history of the Thames and Rhine, which at the end of the last ice age formed one single river. Pegasus not only represents justice and wisdom, but also acts as a muse to the Poets.

Beech is currently creating 8 murals in the crypt of St Luke’s Church in London’s Sydney Street. Beech’s training in Florence has infused her work with a Florentine tinge, whilst there is a strong use of narrative, combined with an investigation into the relationship between images, colour and the subconscious. Beech also studied in Cheltenham and London, trained as a specialist painter with Jim Smart, a pioneer of the specialist painting trade, and spent 4 years at Chelsea School of Art. Beech currently lives and works in London, out of the ACAVA studios in West London.

The meditative quality of Beech’s drawings is perhaps a result of the time she spent at a Tibetan Monastery, and her studies in Art Psychotherapy. Previous exhibitions include; Shakespeare and Globe theatre (1998 Shakespeare poem exhibited in Oxford at OUP); Walking 600 miles to Santiago de Compostella across Spain (2002 exhibition); Walking along the Rhine from source (on going) (2004 exhibition). Beech has spent time working in a hospice and prison as an art teacher, has an MA in Art Therapy, and runs art workshops.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

WEBSITES;

http://www.galleryinredchurchstreet.com/

http://www.epohbeech.co.uk/

Gallery address: 50 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP
Opening times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am-6pm
Thursday 10am-8.30pm
Saturday 12-7pm and Sunday 12-5pm
Nearest tube: Liverpool Street

For further information, press enquiries, images or interview requests contact:
Lee Johnson PR on + 44 (0) 7814 862 834 or lee@lee-johnson.co.uk

ART MOSH PARIS

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ART MOSH PARIS

By Invitation Only: 26 November 2009

DOOR STUDIOS, Paris 75004








































THE ART MOSH unites young and emerging contemporary artists, from all corners of the globe, and exhibits their work in one-off ‘Pop-Up’ events in major cities. ART MOSH discovers and nurtures new talent in the art world, breaking down barriers between different media, by fusing art with contemporary music and DJ’s in unconventional venues, providing a breath of fresh air from the constraints of a traditional art gallery.

THE ART MOSH is an innovative concept supported by internationally renowned brand Nixon, in partnership with Wallpaper* and Nissan, and curated by Paddy Barstow of Six 18. Nixon have a history of collaborations with acclaimed Artists, Musicians and Athletes including; former Beatle Ringo Starr, legendary Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, Snowboarder Gigi Ruff and Skateboarder Tony Hawk.

ART MOSH PARIS will feature music by Nightmares on Wax founder and chill-out pioneer DJ EASE, plus Ricky Rankin of Roots Manuva. Local Parisian DJ’s, plus some internationals will DJ at the after-party at Chacha Club. Music will be available on the ART MOSH website after the live event.

ART MOSH is a series of exclusive, by invitation, one night only, multi-media exhibitions in unexpected locations. Featuring photography, painting, sculpture, graffiti, design, DJ sets and live music. ART MOSH has already traveled to Ireland, UK, France and the USA, and is scheduled to land at Door Studios in Paris on 26 November, for an evening of visual and oral delights. Babicka Vodka from Czech Republic will add their own special and exclusive flavour to the proceedings. Movers and Shakers from art, fashion, media, music and other creative industries will be invited to discover some of the most innovative and original young artists working today.

ART MOSH PARIS will feature key players from an eclectic roster of international artists; Axel Pauporte (Belgium); Alexander James (UK); Alexandros Vasmoulakis (ATHENS); Benedict Redgrove (UK); Bose Collins (UK); Case (Germany); Chris Malbon (UK); DMV CREW collective: Bom K, Dran, Jaw (France); Herakut (Germany); Emanuele Sferruzza Moszkowicz (ITALY); Faith 47 (South Africa); Moto 777/ toft – robiov (Paris); Pam Glew (UK); Pomme Chan (UK); SAL (Japan); Tessar Lo (LA) and Yoskay Yamamoto (LA).

The collective of Artists and design agency Bose Collins, will work together to install a ‘Pop Up’ show for one night only, in the DIY spirit of the exhibitions created by the original Generation X Artists - the ‘Beautiful Losers’ of 90’s New York. Graffiti duo Herakut will create an artwork on the night. All artwork will be for sale, and anything unsold on the night will be available on the ART MOSH website after the event which launches in December. The ART MOSH events and website will give the artists a digital platform and global exposure.

Nixon’s LTD collection will also be available at ART MOSH, with a percentage of sales going to charities including the MusiCares MAP Fund and the Tony Hawk Foundation.

Significantly there are two strong contemporary female Artists in the ART MOSH collective; South African graffiti artist Faith 47, and British painter Pam Glew. Faith 47 tags in the spirit of the late Margaret Kilgallen (a member of the afore-mentioned ‘Beautiful Losers’, a key group of skater/ street artists). Glew’s striking cinematic imagery has a pop aesthetic, often reminiscent of Warhol screenprints.

Leading Parisian street Artist BOM. K has been painting graffiti since the age of 15. His surreal street art has a hint of Marquis de Sade, and has taken him from the streets of les banlieues where he began tagging, to galleries in London, France and Belgium. BOM. K published a book, ‘HB Black Trace’ (2007), which secured his position at the top of the French Graffiti scene.
Artistic duo Herakut (a symbiosis of Hera and Akut), are the Gilbert & George of graffiti art. Working in tandem to create layers of imagery in two individual styles, the fusion of Akut’s photorealism and Hera’s painterly backgrounds, creates an eye-catching and unique artistic hybrid.

Case, founding member of East German spray can crew Ma’Claim, and pioneer of a new style in the international Graffiti scene, will produce a live art piece during ART MOSH PARIS. Alongside fellow Ma’Claim members, Tasso, Rusk and Akut (of Herakut), Case developed a photorealist-style spray can technique.

Photographer Alexander James captures Parkour practitioners in mid-flight, their urban playgrounds lit dramatically like a Gregory Crewdson print; Artist Emmanuele Sferruzza Moszkowicz has collaborated with fashion houses including Michiko Koshino and Cycle, whilst his modern twist on Aubrey Beardsley sees him up there with the top graphic artists.
Each ART MOSH will be a rare gathering of Artists from all corners of the globe, along with some of the best musical talent currently on the scene, and will feature live art. Future ART MOSH events are planned in London and Milan in 2010.



NOTES TO EDITORS:

About Nixon
Founded in 1997 in Encinitas, CA, Nixon is the premium watch and accessories brand for the youth lifestyle market. Focused on making the little stuff better, Nixon began with a small line of team-designed, custom-built watches sold exclusively in specialty boardsport and fashion retailers. Currently distributed in over 40 countries, Nixon’s product range has grown to include select men’s and women’s softgoods, leather goods and custom headphones.

About the MusiCares MAP Fund
The MusiCares MAP Fund was established to create a pool of resources to specifically address addiction and recovery needs within the music community. Named for the Musicians’ Assistance Program, the fund represents the joint goal of MAP and MusiCares to provide members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment regardless of their financial condition.

About the Tony Hawk Foundation
The Tony Hawk Foundation seeks to foster lasting improvements in society, with an emphasis on helping children. Through grants and other charitable donations, the foundation supports programs focusing on the creation of public skateboard parks, and other causes that clearly demonstrate tangible, ongoing, positive results by empowering our youth.

ART MOSH PARIS EVENT BY INVITATION ONLY 26TH ON NOVEMBER: Door Studios, 9-9 Bis Rue de Lesdiguières, 75004 Paris

AFTER-SHOW PARTY: Chacha Club, 47, Rue Berger, 75001 Paris

FOR GUEST LIST CONTACT EMILY YEOH: NIXON PR & Advertising on +33 679 33 48 01 or emily@nixoneurope.com

PRESS ON ART MOSH PARIS;

Wallpaper*
http://www.wallpaper.com/art/art-mosh-paris/4111

Dazed Digital
http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/gallery/22/6088/0/Nixon_Art_Mosh

Hotshoe International
http://www.hotshoeinternational.com/news_details.do?b=326

ArtSlant Paris
http://www.artslant.com/par/events/show/81648-art-mosh-paris

10 Magazine Blog
http://www.10magazine.com/blog/2009/11/24/art-mosh-pop-up-in-paris-street-artmusicgraffiti-exhibition-trendy-people-doing-trendy-things/

Studio Online
http://studio-online.com/so/?p=3760

Fashion United
http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/News/Leads/The_Nixon_Art_Mosh_200911167871/

'R. Crumb Uncovered' at Scream Gallery

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R. CRUMB UNCOVERED

12 November – 12 December 2009

Private View Thursday 12 November 6-9pm

34 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QX
























Robert Crumb, otherwise known as R. Crumb, is one of the leading figures of the 1966/ 67 underground comic movement. Philadelphia-born Crumb exploded onto the scene in the late 60’s, heralding a renaissance of underground sex and drug comics. His LSD-inspired characters Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural quickly established him as a counter-culture icon.

Encouraged to create comic books as a child by his artistic brother Charles, Robert soon surpassed his sibling, and what was a form of escapism from a childhood spent in a dysfunctional family ruled by an abusive Father and neurotic Mother, translated into a lifelong career that has culminated, at the age of 66, in critical recognition for his work not just as a comic book creator, but an acutely observational fine artist in the vein of Guston or Goya. Crumb’s material is often inspired by the absurdity of humanity. His drawings are exhibited in blue-chip galleries and museums all over the world. He has published in countless comics, books, and magazines, and has in recent years been recognized by the broader art world with numerous exhibitions, including; R. Crumb’s Underground at the ICA in Philadelphia in 2008; a retrospective at the Ludwig Museum, Cologne in 2004; and a focus in the 2004 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh.

"I think Crumb is the Bruegel of the last half of the 20th Century…he gives you that tremendous lusting, suffering, crazed humanity".
Robert Hughes


The exhibition at Scream Gallery will be part of Comica, the London International Comics Festival, which takes place at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) from 5-26 November.

Curator Brandon Coburn has selected the finest drawings from a rare collection of more than 300 pages of Robert Crumb drawings dating from the 1960’s to 2001. The Symbolic Collection has been amassing the collection of drawings and original comic books since 2003. The exhibition will mainly feature Pen and ink drawings, but will also include sketchbook pages, greeting cards, ink on acetate, and one very rare oil painting, in the vein of a cubist Picasso portrait. Some of the artworks have been exhibited at PULSE Miami and PULSE NY, and this is the first time they’ve been shown in the UK.

"The tradition I see him belonging to is the one of graphic art as social protest and social criticism. There are elements of Goya in Crumb".
Robert Hughes










The exhibition will feature all the iconic characters including; Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Frisky Fritz the Cat is up to his old tricks in ‘Fritz the No-Good’. An original drawing for the cover of Motorcity Comics features a typically Amazonian Crumb woman, putting the boot into a bulky New York cop. His rendering of a ‘girl commando’ has a visceral impact as she shouts Join the world – family revolution or die!!! A drawing of legendary singer and comic book fan Janis Joplin, singing into a phallic microphone, is printed on a sheet of acid tabs and signed by Timothy Leary.

"I had this big change in 1965 and 66 and it was visionary you know. I took this weird drug. Supposedly it was LSD but it had a really weird effect where it made my brain all fuzzy…I started getting these images of cartoon characters I’d never seen before, and drawing these stream of consciousness comic strips".
Robert Crumb

Crumb’s iconic character ‘Mr. Natural’ is featured in ‘”on the bum again”, a strip where a cowgirl lasso’s him, sits on top of him and demands ‘Just tell me real quick what the secret of the Universe is”. This interest in the universe illustrates his spiritual leanings, which have come to the foreground with the recent international publication of his latest and most epic project – an illustration of The book of Genesis. Hardcore fans may be surprised by his new topic, although this time it’s not a satire, it’s a beautiful depiction of the Bible in the mould of William Blake that he created over a period of 5 years, in isolation in a shepherd’s hut in rural France. The original Genesis pages will be on display in The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s book of Genesis at the Hammer Museum in LA from 24 October 2009 to 7 February 2010. Crumb was raised as a Catholic and admits that he believes in God, and spiritual forces in the Universe. Maybe the psychedelic sex-obsessed Crumb of the 60’s and 70’s has mellowed in his old age.

"When I first met him he never talked, he just drew the whole time. The only voice he had was his pen". Aline Crumb


NOTES TO EDITORS:

Address: Scream Gallery, 34 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QX
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7493 7388
Opening times: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm


www.screamlondon.com

www.symboliccollection.com

www.comicafestival.com


PRESS:

Kultureflash
http://www.kultureflash.net/current/#event6581

Dazed Digital
http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/article/5924/1/Paul_Gravett_Talks_Comics

Time Out
http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/166110/ctrlaltshift-unmasks-corruption