Ben Eine’s Exhibition in San Francisco
White Walls Gallery. ‘GREATEST’, Solo exhibition by Benn Flynn a.k.a. Benn Flynn
12th March – 2nd April
Opening: 12th March 2011 7-11pm
835 Larkin Street, San Francisco, USA
During this exhibition EINE will utilize both gallery and public space as a two-tiered platform for the artist’s visual expression. EINE’S work is a large-scale study of the shape and structure of the 26 letters found in the modern English alphabet in varied typefaces, color configurations and word arrangements. In the public spaces of San Francisco, EINE will be painting each letter of the alphabet on various walls around the city. A further ten canvases of his work using spray paint, acrylic, and glitter will be on display at White Walls gallery.
EINE is a London-based artist whose career started over 25 years ago when he tagged anything he could get his hands on. Although EINE’s work was initially illegal, he created a distinct typographical style that has made him one of London’s most ingenious andoriginal street artists. His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Toyko and throughout Europe. His painting commissions have also taken him worldwide with trips to Israel, Australia, South Africa and India. EINE was invited to take part in Banksy’s Cans show in London.
Source: www.whitewallssf.com
Hush at Shooting Gallery
Passing Through is a darker body of work visiting the concept of life and death.
This progression on the part of Hush reveals deeper, more mature paintings. Following
in suit with themes of the ephemeral, these works are inspired by Hushʼs frequent
travels and the graffiti he documents along the way. Each transient mark is evidence of
one action and one creative expression, despite its gradual degradation over time.
Hush has developed a process of layering and defacing his canvases to mimic years of
tags and wheat paste on a city wall. To begin, Hush covers the canvas with paint, graffiti
tags, and collaged photocopies from graphic novels and old comics. He then uses
blown up hand drawings of manga girls and screen prints them onto the canvas,
embracing the mediumʼs imperfections by masking off specific parts to be hand painted
in later. Hush paints and tags between screens to achieve a complex multilayered
texture, defacing the work to reference the weathered, transient quality of street art.
Passing Through
New works by Hush
Opening Reception: May 1st, 2010, from 7-11 pm.
‘Looking West’ Show Print
Shooting Gallery – San Francisco, 1st May 2010
Looking West’
Edition 50
5aps, 2 pps
Size: 600mm x 600mm
Details:
on textured 300gsm paper with hand torn edges
Giclee print with 4 colour screen print & spot varnish
Signed and numbered by the artist
Price: $400
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