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My weekend in pictures: December 12

Matilda — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:25:00 +0000

The only thing I had time to do this weekend was rehearse for Christchurch London‘s Christmas Carol Service as I’m in the choir every year (yesterday’s concerts were brilliant!) and do my latest long run for my Tokyo Marathon training. It was 16 soggy miles along the canal from Ladbroke Grove to Islington and back again – but I’m pleased I managed to catch a few snaps along the way.

All pics shot on an iPhone 5s.

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Something you should see… Go Hard or Go Home at the Rag Factory

The Cultural Exposé — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:05:32 +0000

For the past few weeks, Banksy has attempted to woo the good people of New York by unveiling exclusive works around the city. Tourists and fans have been loving the residency (dubbed Better Out than In) – but the NYPD and Major Michael Bloomberg? Not so much. They shut him down on Wednesday, reminding us that for all his fame and fortune, Banksy – along with his many successors – could easily be arrested for continuing to take the law into their own hands. But that’s precisely why we have such an affection for these rebels with a cause: by choosing the streets as their gallery, those unsanctioned works (as divisive as they might be) have made a significant contribution to the cultural conversation over the last 50s years, redefining the concept of fine art and the audiences who now pursue it. But what’s even more impressive is that they’ve gone beyond their own borders to make a statement on an international scale, and it’s this fact that’s celebrated in the forthcoming Go Hard or Go Home exhibition at the Rag Factory.

Pure Evil

Featuring a mix of established and new players, this show pays homage to this genre of contemporary art as well as the people who’ve proudly eschewed traditional art routes, coming from backgrounds such as rave, film, design, fashion and of course, graffiti. The 11 artists involved were picked by J Patrick Boyle, a Bristolian artist and curator – and he’s included infamous names such as Pure Evil, Sick Boy and Sweet Toof while you’ll get to see some of the exciting work from our favourite picks Coby Walsh, an illustrator from London and South Africa’s Nicci van P. There’s no question that these new works will be bold, innovative and further evidence of the appeal of urban art – so like a good Banksy, catch them if you can.

Go Hard or Go Home runs from October 31st to November 4th. For more info, visit: www.gohardorgohome.info

Cept

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Something you should see… T E A M Atlas – a solo exhibition by Lucas Price at Rove Gallery

Ed Spencer — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:00:35 +0000

As accolades go, getting into the Royal College of Art with no qualifications is a pretty good one: it’s hard enough to navigate the notorious tight squeeze of acceptance into the RCA, even if you have dined exclusively on fine art your whole life. But if you only have a wealth of street art behind you – including an appearance in Banksy’s ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ – spent a stint in rehab and can’t boast of any sort of training, getting in is narrower than the proverbial fallopian tube. But that’s exactly what London artist Lucas Price has done. Indeed he’s the first person ever to be accepted on the MFA course there without said qualification.
Though Price is still studying, (when he finds time) this is a man who has never struggled to find his audience. Selling artwork for thousands of pounds while still at school was a fairly good start; then he worked almost exclusively on the streets to some notoriety; and now he has come to the possibly more restricted world of fine art and galleries.

But Price has not only gone to the interior as a place to create and exhibit work – it seems to be the subject of the content too. T E A M Atlas (The Earth As My) concerns itself with the idea of mapping and cataloguing – but here the mapping seems to be the existential, the inner workings of the mind and mantras, and the human experience. Recurring themes include Utopia, the importance of persistence over talent, religion (not for the first time Jesus appears in his work), and, possibly more tenuously, deflation in the form of a shriveled basketball. Comprising sculpture, painting, personal writings, lyrics and Hip-Hop influences, this exhibition is very much an opportunity to see an outstanding young artist who seems to be undergoing a partial reinvention. There are no plans to return to street art so glimpse the start of his new direction here. (Words: Ed Spencer)

T E A M Atlas is on at the Rove Gallery, Hoxton Square, until December 21st. For more info, visit www.lucasprice.com

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