Some of Blu’s latest work recently showed up in Spain. The piece is consistent with Blu’s past work, being large in scale, brightly pigmented, and interacting with the canvas.

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The Silas Store in London will be exhibiting selected works by Pete Fowler, beginning September 29, 2011.

“Getting to Kernow you” the coming together of cult classic lifestyle brand Silas x eminent artist Pete Fowler.Pete Fowler’s art is a world where character design meets music and art in a weird and wonderful way .

Banjos played by horned owls and synths tweaked by mutant horses are just a glimpse into his world, totally unique in style and content. It’s his approach, sense of playfulness and visual adventures that has brought his work to the attention of a wide range of clients around the world. In the fields of music, design and commercial projects Pete keeps himself busy. In music, his most recognised images have been for his ongoing design work for fellow Welshmen The Super Furry Animals. In design his World of Monsterism figurines and related merchandise has sold and gained a fan base worldwide.

Getting to Kernow you
Silas
8 Shillingford Road
London N1 2DP

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UTOPIA, a solo Exhibit by Hara Katsiki opens this week at WBG in Berlin.

After making her way to Berlin three years ago, Hara Katsiki won the Illustrative Young Illustrators Award in 2010. From drawing to costume design, fashion, graphic design, and music, Hara Katsiki lets her creativity pick the medium. Currently exploring illustration, Hara Katsiki will debut her latest work at her very first solo show on September 22, 2011 at West Berlin Gallery. Doors open at 18:00 and it goes until 22:00

UTOPIA
West Berlin Gallery
Brunnenstr. 56 13355 Berlin Germany
Sept. 22, 2011- Nov. 5, 2011

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In protest to the recent anti-mural moratorium issued by the city of Los Angeles, street artist Saber enlists sky writing planes to write his his name, along with those of other prominent street artists. The ordinance, intended to curb the proliferation of commercial signage in the Los Angeles area, apparently prohibits creating large scale murals, even with the property owner’s permission. According the Venice Arts Council:

Murals Continue to be Outlawed by Newly Proposed Sign Ordinance in City of L.A.
The City of Los Angeles Planning Department has proposed a new sign ordinance. This ordinance is meant to address the unwanted proliferations of signs in the City of Los Angeles, but it has dramatic effects on murals. The proposed ordinance severely limits the size, scope and placement of murals of any kind. There is currently a moratorium against any signs or murals being erected on private property in the City of Los Angeles. In fact, murals on private property in the City of LA have been banned since June of 2007. The Planning Department believes murals have actually been outlawed since the year 2002. If this proposal passes as presented, it will severely limit any type of mural work on private property for many years to come.

Saber’s petition in the sky has already been acknowledged by the likes of Shepard Fairey who tweeted today “If you are in Los Angeles right meow, Look up!”

“GRIT” was a recent project by the Doyle Partners, as part of a series of installations for the New York Times. The piece was created at the KIPP Infinity Middle School in Manhattan New York. Watch a video of the installation being created, after the jump.

Austrian designer Robert Stadler presents “Shading,” a series of new work at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London for the London Design Festival. From the artist:

The Royèroid series reflects reverence to Jean Royère’s classic furniture design “Ours Polaire”. In his “Ours Polaire” series Royère sought to unify the various elements of a seat in order to form an abstract whole. This method has produced furniture with a sculptural quality. In creating the Royèroid series, Stadler continues on Royere’s ‘quest for abstraction’ up to a point in which the object turns monolithical, appearing as if it was a three-dimensional computer mesh, whilst maintaining an entirely handmade creation.

Shading is on show at 3 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HE until 12 November.

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Designer Tomas Ekström, inspired by sheep, goat, and lamb, designed the Dolly Chair after the animals. Here’s the rather strange story from the designer himself:

Dolly, a not so regular chair, was born on July 5th, 2009, at the home of Kallbrand in Stockholm, Sweden. Her birth, not revealed to the public until August 30th, 2011, sparked controversy instantly, because Dolly was the world’s first chair to be cloned from an adult cell of a Sheep. Considered one of the most significant design breakthroughs ever, Dolly’s birth and subsequent survival proved that sheep cells can reprogram themselves into a new being. The man that created her, Tomas Ekström, hoped to create a chair whose design was genetically young forever, rather than prematurely out of style. However, when Dolly was reported to have been euthanized on February 14th, 2113, nearly 104 years after her birth, concern was raised that her classic design was caused because her cells were in fact timeless; she also had premature arthritis. Chairs can normally live to 11 or 12 years of age, and a classic design is not common in younger chairs. There was some speculation as to whether she caught her beautiful shape from the other furniture from Kallbrand that she was housed with, but that claim has been neither confirmed nor denied.

He goes on to personify each chair and table with characteristics like shyness, and rebelliousness.

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We have seen plenty of analog to digital conversions in the last decade. But, what about he converse? Check out the video of this analog version of the ubiquitous Super Mario Brothers “video game in a box” after the jump.

The How Original Show by Parra.

Dutch artist Parra returns to Los Angeles’ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery with The How Original Show. An exhibition consisting of all new work in the form of drawings and paintings, revealing the process of sketch to final piece. Each work is an original, a departure from his well known numbered silkscreen editions.

Parra (b.1976) is best known for his curved post-Pop imagery, highly saturated colors, vibrant hand-drawn letters and worlds inhabited by hybrid, surreal characters. Celebrated by galleries and championed by an underground following from the outset, Parra has quickly become a respected and eclectic artist worldwide. Working across drawing, painting, animation and sculpture, Parra creates an enigmatic and instantly recognizable style that defies easy categorization. Parra is cofounder of cult apparel label Rockwell Clothing and a member of electronic music group Le Le. Parra lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Exhibition opens Thurs, Sept 15th at 7pm.
Show Runs Sept. 15th – Nov. 6th
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave. L.A. Ca 90036

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RxArt has collaborated with artists to create a one of a kind coloring book, Between The Lines, Volume III with the full cover created by artist Rob Pruitt.

RxArt’s coloring books are given to children in participating health care facilities. Like the artwork RxArt installs, the coloring book is meant to give the children and their families something new and stimulating to think about. It is another tool to take children to an emotionally less stressful place and it emphasizes the organizations focus on providing a creative outlet for children confined to the austerity of a hospital room.

Tickets to the September 22nd fundraiser event may be purchased here.

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