INSIDEOUT AND VICEVERSA

this is a link to the show film... ill post the actual film at another date..if i can figure it out that is...

http://vimeo.com/28855024

InsideOut and Vice Versa

            London West Bank, left-side London’s freshest gallery is already turning heads and tails amongst Notting Hill and beyond.

            Dedicated to launch new talent, as well as keep the established in the paint they have grown accustomed to, directors Tommy Blaquiere and Paul Saunders have, since April, used this unique space to show what lowbrow/subculture/outsider/what are you doing to my lovely wall? art can say and be.

            This August saw artist Louis “Masai” Michel curating, with consultancy from Simon Watt, an exhibition that unites street/graffiti artists, professional illustrators, a graphic designer, one artificist, two waifs and several painters in a pear tree.

            Having spent six years dragging Europe’s finest to the hinterland of Cornwall, and creating plenty in between, Louis decided enough was enough. Moving to London eighteen months ago he has dedicated himself to corralling a group of artists. Ranging from he’s just back from another sell-out solo show in Europe to you might not have heard of her yet but...

            The exhibition documented the rise of outsider art and graffiti to the gallery, the thrust of fine art and illustration into the streets, and the exploration of where the two cohere. Styles, mediums, concepts, continents, 12 countries, 30 artists, 11^th August, lots of people, a few drinks, a private view,  InsideOut and Vice Versa.

                                            

   A review and more pictures can be found here 

   http://rentonsroom.co.uk/insideout-and-viceversa-at-west-bank-gallery-pictures/

the price list....some has sold so email for info...louis.lou.i@hotmail.com

http://charliepenrose.com/insideoutandviceversa/iovv-pricelist.html

A MASSIVE THANKYOU TO PETER PAINTER FOR THESE AMAZING CAPTURES OF THE PEOPLE AT THE SHOW AND THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS....CHECK HIS FLICKR HERE....http://www.flickr.com/photos/54740273@N06/

 

 

 

http://charliepenrose.com/insideoutandviceversa/iovv-pricelist.html

EVERYBODY LOVES LOLA

EVERYBODY LOVES LOLA STENCIL - LIMITED EDITION OF 20

SOLD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 

£make a bid

lola is my best friend and has been for the last 10 years, the problem has always been establishing which of my friends only wanna be my friend to hang out with lola...haha...well she has been a popular dog...it was hard to move her from the beach life we had in cornwall and move to the city but we found a nice home next to epping forest so she still gets to file her teeth down on stones...and run around with nature...she now hunts foxes instead of sea gulls...

This photo was taken by good friend of mine majid lamlum when we were running a night called rawpug in cornwall. We used a different image of lola in the end for the flyer and for the three year lifespan of falmouth people that flyer was  legendary, appearing in peoples home all over cornwall...

unfortunately lola, even whilst we were still in cornwall, developed a little lump which became a tumour and finished cancerous...Its been chopped of now and she fashions a butch looking one sided ear. Being a self employed artist aint always so reliable and at the time of critical surgery we had noooo money. I released the above stencil edition to start raising money.   £1000, was needed, at least that was the first quote....after a little bit of stressing and chatting to people i discovered that i could claim some support from the PDSA.  The bill came in considerably lower and is payed on a donation value.  I paid the total of stencil funds received at time of operation. Purchases were made on a privately agreed selling price. The PDSA were so shocked at the donation that i have received thankyou letters in the post...so far i have sold 6 editions anyone wanting to purchase email me on the following... louis.lou.i@hotmail.com 

all stencil finishes are slightly different

I painted this on caledonia road, north london as part of the cally fest 2011, coincidently it was funpacked full of loads of falmouth peeps....funny how everyone meets in the middle of london...the painting has been really well received by the local community. Here is a link to the local newspaper article...

http://www.islingtontribune.com/news/2011/aug/loud-and-clear-it’s-lola-charity-shop-wall-story-street#comment-54314 

i always take lola painting with me, well almost always and so it was onLy a question of time before she was the image being painted....everybody loves lola...

SHAMBALA PAINT JAM

before this year i have only been to shambala once in support of my friend samuel j a few years ago, that year there were so many ridiculously well established graffiti artists painting, i couldn't believe it... i have been on the case to get involved myself ever since, finally this year it was my turn...i managed to get linda a spot to paint aswell...im not sure why but the standard of other artists was no where near as good as the year i was last here.  Having said that, the guys painting (malarky, sweetoof, milo, codefc,) were really cool peeps and i had a good time...massive thanks and shout outs to oli for sorting this out for us all, u can count on me to be back next year.... heres the link to the festival...

http://shambalafestival.org/

Dancing bear is brought to u... by inspiration from the native indians of a lost america...the native indians were very spiritual people and respected the bear as one of their own amongst many of mother natures creatures.  I decided to bring a level of spiritual connection to the painting i did at shambala because its such a down to earth spiritually uplifting festival....shame the idiot upstairs left the bloody tap on though cos it poured and poured and pourrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrred with rain....it took two days to get this finished after dodging rain every 30 mins or so and that was after two days of no painting at all cos of the rain....still had muchos fun though.....

used stencil caps , home-made ones of course for the first time, so much drips suited for the rain i guess...was nice to get such skinny lines for working on the fabric in the jumper dancing bear was wearing.  i wanted to keep it looking flat though which is why no shadows or ripples are in the top, i like the change from a rounded bear to the flatness of the jumper. below is the original i did in the studio, it was exhibited in bristol at the upfest gallery show i had back in february...im enjoying using my old studio designed works out on the streets at the moment... im finding that the size and change in medium is making he work stronger on the street than in the studio, which is quite exciting....

 heres a few shots showcasing the layers i work with, thanks to the people of shambala for forwarding these photos to me.....there was a bit of dogging and mud pie throwing at the paintings which was really sad to see amongst so many good people at a festival.  i guess thats too much alcho pops and drugs for u...had to really keep an eye on the cans too cos idiots kept trying to wise crack me, stealing em, i think i managed to get em all back...

heres lindas work, getting better everytime, a link to her blogspot is here 

http://adnilart.blogspot.com/