Some multi-coloured freshness for anyone who’s had a bad day, even a naked bird in there for the lads. Oh and those sneaks don’t exist, made them on a website where you can get the photoshop templates of lots of nikes, someone posted it in a comment a few months ago, and to you I thank for the hours of entertainment!(The website’s www.pigmag.com)
‘Success- Somewhere Between Two Golden Sphincters’.
Spray-paint, 3 walls, floor and ceiling, naked woman, baby oil- London 2010
Made by Insa and photographed by the multi-tasking&talented Ethel . . .
Words escape me whem trying to describe this piece ! Whoa-zilla-bang etc . . .
Flexin ‘
Packin ‘
Sick typeface + sick tattoo
where have I seen this before ? Ummmmmmm . . . .
Ive been fuckin around for this job im doing and this ‘Factory Records’ style shit came out randomly . . . dunno why but it reminds me of some pill music cover thing
After the highs of the Northface colab & utter shite that was the Thom Browne shirts, Supreme & Vans have brought us these peaches.
Talked about actually making some of these before – opted for a different idea which i reckon will rival the tuxedo tshirt in the fresh stakes. . .
Holy shit – I stopped buying this mag a longtime ago when its level of graff matched the ammount of fashion shoots . . .
but jaysus – when Skore didnt make the cover and Dems did – from an English based long running graffiti magazine ? i had to question . . .
This issue – fair play to Rage and whoever is ever in the mag but it really feel it fell off as a mag and forgot what was real along time ago . . .
It used to be something I looked forward to loads . . .remember the gatefold centre spreads? the issue on transparency paper? bygones . . .
Dapper chap Daedelus is playing for free tomorrow night at the launch of Choicecuts new site. Check it for details
Our mate Od Alex is having a show in London – i would highly recommend going – hes awesome ! heres the official press bit
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Solo show by London based artist Alex Young.
Traversing the boundaries of Fine Art, Illustration, and Graffiti, Alex Young’s latest body of work investigates the social phenomena of ‘alter-ego’s’, informed by the artist’s own experiences as both a graffiti writer and purveyor of Fine Art.
Alex Young’s finely detailed pointillist style portraits feature at the centre of A.K.A, deriving from a series of personal interviews with a range of pseudonymous characters, from burlesque dancers to heavy metal guitarists. His resultant monolithic portraits, whilst photorealistic from afar, on closer inspection offer a wealth of illustrative detail and subtle nuances, alluding to the subjects ‘performed’ identity. Adorning his portraits with multi-layered symbolism and imagery, Young elicits a multitude of narrative strands in these thought-provoking and complex paintings.
Rendered primarily in spray paint, Young’s medium of choice points to years of dedication as a graffiti writer – an endeavour committed to alongside his time spent in formal art training. Compelled to highlight others who nurture such a dual-personality, and the social prejudices and stereotypes that necessitate this ‘alter-ego’ phenomena, A.K.A is an acutely sociological examination of the all too often bigoted and judgemental nature of collective social consciousness.
A.K.A will also feature installations of fine-detail painted animal skulls, inspired by Young’s love of tattoo imagery and the macabre allure of Mexican sugar skulls. From popular culture to Classical and Contemporary Art disciplines, A.K.A will once again exhibit Young’s inimitable ability to coalesce an unbounded range of influences.
Succeeding his hugely successful debut ‘Exhibitionism’ at the Grenade Gallery in 2008, Young’s new body of work looks to set to expand his artistic and conceptual horizons to even loftier new heights.
On Thursday 1st April, 2010 London Miles welcomes you to join us in east London for the opening reception of A.K.A and an evening with the artist, Alex Young.
