dirty pretty things

Directed by Tyrone and Jamie Wood (sons of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood), Scream Gallery has carved a unique niche for itself within the contemporary art world, bringing to light the more hidden talents of some of the biggest names in music and pop culture.

Opening Thursday February 4th, Scream is featuring the new series by Warholite artist, photographer, and music video director Russell Young. The collection focuses largely on Marilyn Monroe and Kurt Cobain, two of the most influential figures of pop culture who share similarly tragic, yet brilliant, legacies. In this new set of haunting paintings and screen prints, Young utilizes his signature technique of infusing his pigments with 'diamond dust,' adding "a magical glittering effect that imbues the images with an ethereal quality."

Dirty Pretty Things
February 4-March 13
Tue-Fri, 10:00-18:00; Sat, 11:00-17:00

Scream
34 Bruton Street
W1J 6QX London
Tube: Jubilee, Victoria, & Picadilly at Green Park
http://www.screamlondon.com/



Kurt Cobain "I will let you down, I will make you hurt" white+suicide pink
2009
acrylic paint, enamel and diamond dust on linen
62 x 48 in



Marilyn Crying
2009
acrylic paint, enamel and diamond dust on linen
62 x 48 in



Mick Jagger "Reggie Kray, do you know my name"
2008
acrylic and enamel screen print on linen
62 x 48 in



Lou Reed "Shooting Star"
2008
acrylic and enamel screen print on linen
62 x 48in



Patty Hearst
2008
enamel and diamond dust screen print on linen
62 x 48in



Iggy Pop "Search and Destroy"
2008
acrylic and enamel screen print on linen
62 x 48in

pictures and words

Paste Up
Barbara Kruger

“An artist who works with pictures and words”



Untitled (We decorate your life), Collage, 7 x 7 inches



Last chance to check out collage artist Barbara Kruger’s early work at Sprüth Magers London, closing January 23. After holding graphic designer and art director positions at publications like Mademoiselle and Aperture, Kruger siezed the simple imagery and texts of advertising for her own paste ups. Ironic slogans, invented or clipped directly from the media, in Futura font stand out boldly and turn close shots of faces and objects into incisive critiques of authority, capitalism, consumerism and social identity. Kruger’s paste ups seem part of our daily imagery: DIY flyers, notebooks, book and DVD covers, post cards all resemble Kruger’s art, but her paste ups use the communicability of this style to its fullest potential. Her early small-scale, monochrome pieces, infused with poignant and political messages are on view now.


http://spruethmagers.net/home/




Untitled (You are a very special person), Collage (color), 5.4 x 7.5 inches




Untitled (Are we having fun yet?), Collage (color), 8.3 x 5.7 inches

pete does kate

Kate Moss by Peter Doherty at Scream Gallery in London running through January 19.

www.screamlondon.com

art barter

Sunday is the last day of Art Barter London, an exhibition curated by Lauren Jones and Alix Janta, in hopes to deconstruct the hype, pretence and terrifying prices often associated with big art names, and which can often taint the appreciation of the art itself. At this show, money is useless. Buyers have to barter for art – making offers of whatever they want, based purely on the works’ aesthetic value, as buyers will have no idea who created each piece until after the show ends and their offers are in.

Artists selling their art through this bartering system include well-known names such as Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Mat Collishaw, Gary Hume, Abigail Lane, Polly Morgan, Boo Saville, Abigail Fallis and Paul Fryer.

Barter Fair on Sunday will feature young designers, ceramists, and jewelry designers. Barter on site -- bring items to exchange!

Art Barter London
The Rag Factory
16-18 Heneage Street
London