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InKidible | Street Art
The idea behind InKidible is to give children access to contemporary art by allowing them to touch and experience the pieces through more familiar and child friendly items such as toys and furniture | Collaborators include Tilt, Momies, Zest, Taling and Gum | Each piece is unique or limited, signed and numbered and will be available online for purchase | See InKidible.com to learn more about the movement.
Street Art Manhole Covers | Milan
Japanese manhole covers have featured bright and colorful artistic designs for many years | Now, thanks to street art legends like Shepard Fairey (shown above), The London Police, and Invader, Milan has something to brag about too | Those artists have, with a push from the Don Gallery, provided wrought iron covers to decorate main arteries in the city.
Specter | Pure Evil Gallery | London
Brooklyn-based street artist Specter makes his UK debut this month at the Pure Evil Gallery | Known for portraying socially marginalized people, Specter substitutes garments for figures in his new portraits | Specter creates installations and street artwork displayed in abandoned buildings and forgotten spaces to draw attention to the urban situation, which is the inspiration for his creative concepts | He evolves the subject matter by interlacing influences from the environment he chooses to adorn, incorporating characteristics from the surrounding neighbourhoods, architecture, local business and social economic classes; transforming the unwitting publics’ understanding of the space | Through graffiti influence, he became obsessed with art in public spaces, where he sees potential inspiration and appropriate location to express his creativity. His aim is to deconstruct preconceived perceptions and draw attention to the neglected and less desirable issues, the non-sensational stories of the undervalued detritus of our culture we seldom hear about | Recent works combine painting and drawing using representational and figurative aesthetics | ‘The story behind the pieces is that these are portraits of people who have influenced me artistically but instead of painting their faces I am painting fabrics that I feel represent them. I basically close my eyes and these images are what appears’ | Pure Evil Gallery
108 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH | pureevilgallery.arloartists.com | specterart.com
Pedro Matos | Reality Show Exhibition | Lisbon, Portugal
Blurring the line between street art and fine art… | The Montana Shop and Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal will host a solo exhibition by Pedro Matos | Entitled Reality Show it will run from 4th – 30th June 2010 |www.pedromatos.org |www.montanashoplisboa.com
