As Project Pigeon members Fused adopted Sly & Robbie to the team last June – unfortunately after becoming a father Robbie went AWOL (like many a sad tale) leaving Mrs Robbie on her own to bring up 2 babies – the dog! Sly is still doing well but now it is time for the newly reared Pigeons to become the racing champions and so Project Pigeon are looking for new syndicate members… CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Arts: Project Pigeon Syndicate members wanted
Arts: BRASH ZINE
20 year old Harriet Shephard from Worcestershire, aka Alana, is flying the flag for skater girls everywhere with her impressive zine ‘Brash’, showcasing artwork of her own as well as other emerging artists and interviewing skaters, illustrators and anyone else who takes her fancy.
Harriet is currently in her second year of an illustration degree at Camberwell College (part of the University of the Arts London) and creates the zine in her spare time as well as personal art projects and skateboarding.
Fused caught up with Harriet to chat about the new issue of Brash which has evolved from a black and white photocopy to a skillfully screen-printed booklet full of great illustration. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Arts: Nick Walker – ‘In Gods We Trust’
Nick Walker, much like Banksy, is a celebrated pioneer of the British graffiti scene and has no shortage of famous fans. His shows are sell-out successes and buyers can often be found camping outside galleries to ensure a chance of purchasing one of his limited edition prints.
Fused went to the opening for Nicks new show “in God We Trust” and interviewed the artist on his work.
Arts: Ron Terada – Who I Think I Am
Canadian artist Ron Terada’s practice engages with themes of signage and although Who I Think I Am is his first European exhibition his work is no stranger to the West Midlands. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
Arts: Clare Rojas – We They, We They
Clare Rojas – We They, We They
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Birmingham. 0121 248 0708
ikon-gallery.co.uk
3 February – 21 March 2010
Free entry
The beautiful folk-inspired work of Clare Rojas comes to the Ikon as the gallery presents the first UK museum exhibition by the American artist.
Using a wide range of media, including painting, installation and print-making the exhibition, comprising much new work, marks a shift in Rojas’ practice. Paintings of empty domestic interiors suggest people have just departed, leaving clues of their identities, subtle revelations of gender and class.
The paintings will form centrepieces in a larger installation that is the entire exhibition, walls of the gallery covered by a patchwork of painted panels akin to a quilt. Some are focused on particular imagery; others are assemblages of colour and pattern. They combine to recall a myriad of references from West Coast modernism, to Latino folk or Native American craft, outsider art and street graffiti.
Ikon’s Tower Room will contain paintings on antique banjos, drawing together Rojas’ musical and literary interests. There will also be a concert in which the artist will perform songs taken from her albums released under the name of her alter-ego Peggy Honeywell. See ikon-gallery.co.uk for performance date.
The beautiful folk-inspired work of Clare Rojas comes to the Ikon in Birmingham as the gallery presents the first UK museum exhibition by the American artist. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
