“The Outsiders” will release a Giclee print of one of  Ron English’s most famous works ‘Grade School Guernica’.  The print will be available  in an edition of 95 priced at £225 each, exclusively from The Outsiders at 18.00 BST (that’s 19.00 in continental Europe, 13.00 on the east coast of America and 10.00am on the west coast) Thursday June 30th 2011.

Originally conceived for display at the Station Museum in Houston, Texas during 2006, the original ‘Grade School Guernica’, 27 feet wide and 12 feet high, is one foot wider and a further foot taller than even the giant Picasso painting that inspired it. While Ron is known for over-sized pieces it’s the largest work he’s ever made.

In comparison the print is a more manageable 100cm by 49cm (39.4 inches by 19.3 inches).

The history behind Grade School Guernica: during the 1930s Spain became a battleground between the warring international forces of fascism and communism, and in April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was mercilessly bombed by Germany’s infamous Condor Legion. Picasso painted his Guernica to draw awareness to Spain’s plight, and a tapestry of it still hangs in the United Nations building, New York as a constant reminder. Ron English’s interpretation replaces Picasso’s figures with kids and toys, bringing to mind not only the infantilism of violence but also the often barbarous experience of childhood.

David Choe’s returns to LA after a six-year hiatus from exhibiting in his old stomping ground. The extremely prolific Choe has been hard at work creating new paintings, drawings, and sculptures for the 8,000 sq ft space in Beverly Hills.

Driven by an unquenchable thirst for life, Choe saps every possible drop of experience – good or bad – out of his tremendous adventures. From incarceration in a Tokyo jail to hitchhiking down the Mississippi River via paddleboat, freight train hopping city to city and hunting for dinosaurs in the Congo jungle, David weaves these encounters into his work projecting a dramatic and fantastical, often sexually explicit, vision of the world.

As one of the most technically proficient artists around today, no media is left untouched. Utilizing a combination of spray paint, oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and urine, Choe works his magic on wood, cardboard, polyurethane and canvas. From the artist who first exhibited in an ice-cream parlor, expect no less than a sensory melting pot of life seen through his eyes.

David Choe: Nothing to declare

Lazarides

Opening: Friday April 23, 2010
Exhibition Runs: April 23 – May 23, 2010
Location: 320 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210

Faile and Bast took over London’s Lazarides Gallery on Greek Street on February 12. Faile and Bast fans saw an experienced based on 1980s popular culture.

more pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/no-eyed-dear

Antony Micallef’s first solo show since the sell out, ‘Impure Idols’ in LA three years ago, will be at Lazarides in London.

Micallef has spent the last year working hard in his studio, developing his mark making and subject matter.
Becoming Animal is a sophisticated, smooth body of work. Simultaneously sickly sweet and sour. The work is as much about the act of painting as it is about animalistic tendencies that are innate to every human being.

The exhibition will run from 25th September – 22nd October.

Info from Lazarides London:

Opening 2nd October – 6-10pm
“28 Millimetres: WOMEN Featuring JR”
3rd October 2008 – 14th November 2008

We are delighted to present JR’s first solo show at Lazarides, ‘28 Millimetres: WOMEN.’
The show will take place in both the Greek Street and Charing Cross galleries and in the surrounding streets. Including new originals and a site specific installation.

Visitor Information
Lazarides Greek Street
8 Greek Street
London W1D 4DG
and Lazarides Charing Cross
125 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0EW
Hours: 11am-7pm
Admission: Free

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