Design, Event
Synth Eastwood is back
Synth Eastwood is back with a new brief, Cycles. Show 6 will take place Friday 24th October in FilmBase, The Button Factory & Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Established in 2006 Synth Eastwood is a Dublin based music, art & technology group. Our aim is to present creative work from around the world in an atmosphere more akin to a gig than an exhibition. This is done by inviting artists of every field and level of experience to submit work based on a theme/brief we set. All relevant work is welcomed and exhibited at no cost* to the artist.
The deadline for all submissions is Monday 13th October. All forms of work welcome. See How to Submit Work for submission guidelines. More information including the line up for the show will be announced soon.
Good luck!
Event, Illustration
Hot Rods & Hairy Beasts
Hot Rods & Hairy Beasts opens in London on Monday 29th September 2008. The show is staged by leading UK Illustrators Linzie Hunter, Rod Hunt, Nishant Choksi and Allan Sanders.
Hot Rods, Hula Girls, Hairy Beasts, Himalayan Head Hunters and the Holy Bible are just some of the subjects under discussion by illustrators Linzie Hunter, Rod Hunt, Nishant Choksi and Allan Sanders. No subject is too small for this group of seasoned professional illustrators and adventurers. With clients spanning the world of advertising, publishing, design and editorial this band of battle scarred buccaneers are prepared for the eventuality of just about anything. Their motto is simple : to illustrate the obscure …and beyond!
HOT RODS AND HAIRY BEASTS
Illustration Show
Opens Monday 29th September 2008
Coningsby Gallery, London
Monday 29th September until
Saturday 4th October 2008 10am-6pm
http://www.hotrodsandhairybeasts.co.uk
For further information
Web: http://www.hotrodsandhairybeasts.co.uk
Email: info@hotrodsandhairybeasts.co.uk Tel: (Rod Hunt) +44 (07931) 588 750
Design, Event
Shameless - The Art of Self Promotion
Students at London College of Communication who recently completed a year in the creative industry have produced an exhibition as part of the London Design Festival 2008. The display broadly encompasses some of the main features of their year out and explores the different methods and motives of self-promotion.
The students have drawn together their newly found experiences, knowledge and understanding for this exhibition; emphasizing a topic that was key to their own professional practice. The art of self-promotion.
SHAMELESS
The Art of Self-Promotion
18.09 / 23.09
The Sassoon Gallery
Bar Story
213 Blenheim Grove
London SE15 4QL
Art, Event
Becks Canvas
James sent us this interesting press release and images relating to the Becks Canvas initiative, which supports up-and-coming artists.
Contemporary art is a living part of our cultural heritage. Encouraging raw ability and building a broader public appreciation of the diversity and excellence of artistic accomplishment is a vision which Beck’s has long supported.
To this end, we have championed talented artists without compromise for over 20 years. As a bold statement of commitment, Beck’s has given outstanding artistic talent a truly original canvas to work on. Our label. Collaboration over two decades reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of contemporary art; Gilbert & George, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Tim Head, Sam Taylor-Wood, Jake & Dino Chapman, and Tatsuo Miyajima to name but a few.
The result of these partnerships has not only been the creation of a unique library of contemporary artwork, but also providing a significant platform for emerging artists to reach a greater audience. This year we plan to take the project to a new level by literally placing contemporary artwork in the hands of the public.
2008 sees a landmark for the Beck’s art programme, with the launch of Canvas. For this very special project, we needed a very special partner. The Royal College of Art is a particular kind of ideas factory unlike any other. As the world’s only wholly postgraduate university institution of art and design, the college boasts a global reputation for artistic excellence and an unrivalled creative environment. College alumni and internationally admired artists Tracey Emin, Tim Noble and the Chapman Brothers all created Beck’s labels during the 1990s. Then, as now, Beck’s was striving to support those determined to express themselves creatively. A partnership with the College presents a great opportunity to achieve this goal.
Four young artists will be selected by a panel of judges from the Royal College of Art to showcase their art on the labels of over 27 million bottles to be distributed nationwide from August 2008. The first bottles to receive the new labels will be launched at an exclusive gallery exhibition to be held at the RCA.
In the endless state of motion that is contemporary visual art some elements remain constant, but never static. Beck’s Canvas marks an evolution of our ongoing support for emerging artists and our vision to bring inspiring and challenging artwork to a broader public.
Design, Event
Blisters on my fingers
If you’re in London this weekend, Print Club are having a show of 35 posters by 35 artists in the east end. The prints are all screenprinted at 50×70cm and are £35 each. They are available at the show and then from the website afterwards (www.printclublondon.com).
Private View: 11th July, 6.30 - 10pm
Afternoon Print Battle: Saturday 12 – 5pm
Closing show bbq: Sunday 12-5pm
all at MC Motors, Millers Avenue, Dalston, E8 2DS
Thanks to Andy Smith for the post. The above pic is Andy’s submission to the event entitled ‘Watch This Space’.
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