BTOY solo show “Circus Iconic”
Traffic Gallery. “Circus Iconic”, Solo exhibition by BTOY / Andrea Michaelsson.
3th February – 26th March
Opening 3th February 7p.m
Via S. Tomaso, 92 Bergamo, Italy
In “Circus Iconic” characters stop and dig into the viewers eyes, making us reflect on the passage
of time. People of difficult adjustment to a stable society. Childhood dreams
disappointments. A world of illusion. Different times and places, but ultimately the same
show, which runs in front and behind the mask. Her work is characterized by intertextuality.
Heavy load nostalgic portraits are swayed by forceful brushstrokes and color.
Fame Festival 2010 – Line up
The organizers of the fame festival in italy finally announced a line up for this years event.
R – france
ERICA IL CANE – italy
SAM3 – spain
NUNCA – brasil
BLU – italy
OS GEMEOS – brasil
SPACE INVADER – france
ESCIF – spain
108 – italy
DALEK – usa
NICOLA TOFFOLINI – ita
LUCY MCLAUCHLAN – uk
SWOON – usa
SLINKACHU – uk
CYOP E KAF – italy
DAVID ELLIS – usa
VHILS – portugal
BEN WOLF – usa
WORD TO MOTHER – uk
MOMO – usa
BASTARDILLA – colombia
Date and venue:
Opening night and party – 25th of september. h19:00
preview and dinner party 24th of september. h.19:00 – (write me for invitation at the dinner party)
Bottega Papocchia – via Caravaggio
Quartiere delle Ceramiche
Grottaglie (ta)
Os Gemeos at Fame Festival
Lucy Mclauchlan / Fame Festival 2010
source www.famefestival.it
Peeta “sparkle and fade” show at pretty portal
Starting on October 30th the well-known international graffiti artist Peeta exhibits his work at Pretty Portal Düsseldorf and is therefore seen in a German gallery for the first time.
The Italien artist Peeta (alias Manuel Di Rita) made his first graffiti in a small town somewhere between Venice and Padua in 1993. Today, sixteen years later, Peeta’s work is an inherent part in the international graffiti scene. Here, at Pretty Portal, Peeta can be seen in a German gallery for the first time.
This artists style is extraordinary: Beginning with organic conceptions in his early work, Peeta soon develops his very own typically typographic style, that is characterized by its impressive visual depth and unique 3D-composition. For some years now Peeta is, next to his wall pieces and murals, also working on canvas and sculptures. In the artists opinion those media don’t exclude, they rather inspire each other. Working on a sculpture gives him new ideas for wall pieces, while on the other hand those graffiti inspire him to build the same furious forms in a sculptural way. The wall graffiti are dynamic and outstanding – the works on canvas show the same energy but with more privacy. Peeta shows his skills and experience on all areas.
Not only Italy, but also the Mecca for graffiti, New York City, influenced Peeta’s work: In 2003 he became part of the FX crew of New York City and three years later he shall be a RWK crew member. At home in Padua he already was part of the EAD crew. Together with other famous international street artists (for example ecb or Loomit, both already held an exhibition at Pretty Portal) he’s always looking for new projects all over the world.
Next to his activity on graffiti and street art, Manuel Di Rita is working as an industrial and product designer. That’s another important impulse for his art, which is best expressed in his sculptures. Here polyurethane, wood and cellulose acetate meets leather, paper and cardboard. This combination of design and graffiti is one of the characteristics of Peeta’s art, that causes a permanent further development.
Exhibition:
30.10. – 27.11.
Vernissage:
30.10. /19h – 23h
Pretty Portal
Brunnenstr. 12
40223 Düsseldorf
more Information:
http://www.prettyportal.de
Blu and David Ellis collabo at Fame Festival
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis done at the Fame Festival in italy this year. BLU and David Ellis have been working like crazy on this animation for a full week against moskitos, rain and bored assistants.
Filippo Minelli
Filippo Minelli, born in Brescia-Italy in 1983 is a conceptual-artist with a graffiti-background who dedicated the last 10 years to urban communication, in the direction of the first steps of the international street-art movement, becoming a pioneer for Italy. continue
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