Street Arts
Danish artist Armsrock, is one of a handful of artists on the Urban/Street art scene whose work reaches out beyond the confines of the genre. The quality and unique nature of his work, both on the street and for the gallery, has made him stand out in that talented crowd.
For those of you not familar with Armsrock's work, it consists of delicately drawn figures, which he then pastes on walls in urban settings. Mostly life-size portraits of humans on the edge of society, the character and placement of these pieces make them feel, sometimes, as if they have been tattooed to the wall. At other times, they can appear transitory - as if they had just arrived at a scene and are about to move on. Below is one of his street pieces we pictured on his last visit to London back in 2007.
More recently, he has developed an analogue projection technique that enables him to combine his magical drawn figures with light. This has the effect of making the images even more fragile and fleeting, almost like ghosts.
His new show in Signal Gallery is called 'Drawn Towards The Present'. The show will be built around an installation that will consist of monumental charcoal drawings on rice paper. The imagery represented in the drawings is based on press-clippings from the artist's archive, which have been reworked to create a fragmentary representation of contemporary history and a glimpse into our future hopes and fears.
Private View: Thursday 3 June.
The show is then open until the 19 June 2010.
Signal Gallery | 96a Curtain Road | London | EC2A 3AA
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- Armsrock's At Signal Gallery
We caught up with Danish artist Armsrock yesterday outside the Signal gallery painting the piece picture above, ahead of his solo show which opens at the gallery tonight, 3 June 2010. {blogged here}. Amrsrock works extremely swiftly and the wall...
- Armsrock Hitting The Streets
Armsrock has a bunch of new streetwork he has just posted over on his blog here. As well as the new work we also spotted he has an upcoming show here in London, titled "Drawn Towards the Present" at the Signal Gallery which is lined up for sometime in...
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Street Arts
Armsrock's London Solo Show
For those of you not familar with Armsrock's work, it consists of delicately drawn figures, which he then pastes on walls in urban settings. Mostly life-size portraits of humans on the edge of society, the character and placement of these pieces make them feel, sometimes, as if they have been tattooed to the wall. At other times, they can appear transitory - as if they had just arrived at a scene and are about to move on. Below is one of his street pieces we pictured on his last visit to London back in 2007.
More recently, he has developed an analogue projection technique that enables him to combine his magical drawn figures with light. This has the effect of making the images even more fragile and fleeting, almost like ghosts.
His new show in Signal Gallery is called 'Drawn Towards The Present'. The show will be built around an installation that will consist of monumental charcoal drawings on rice paper. The imagery represented in the drawings is based on press-clippings from the artist's archive, which have been reworked to create a fragmentary representation of contemporary history and a glimpse into our future hopes and fears.
Private View: Thursday 3 June.
The show is then open until the 19 June 2010.
Signal Gallery | 96a Curtain Road | London | EC2A 3AA
- Byroglyphic — Signal Gallery
After three years at the Curtain Road space the Signal Gallery has packed up and relocated to a brand new space only a stones throw away on Paul Street. The new gallery space in Zetland House promises to be more than three times the size of the Curtain...
- Dan Baldwin — Signal Gallery
Signal Gallery are delighted to be presenting Dan Baldwin's solo show 'A New Life' tonight 1 July 2010. This will be his first solo in London since the 2008 Forster Gallery show and is eagerly awaited by his many admirers. For this solo show...
- Armsrock's At Signal Gallery
We caught up with Danish artist Armsrock yesterday outside the Signal gallery painting the piece picture above, ahead of his solo show which opens at the gallery tonight, 3 June 2010. {blogged here}. Amrsrock works extremely swiftly and the wall...
- Armsrock Hitting The Streets
Armsrock has a bunch of new streetwork he has just posted over on his blog here. As well as the new work we also spotted he has an upcoming show here in London, titled "Drawn Towards the Present" at the Signal Gallery which is lined up for sometime in...
- Thieves Ladder Exhibition
Opening tonight Thursday 12 June at Black Rat Press gallery, a new installation show featuring the work of three talented artists. Chris Stain, Ponchoand Armsrock. Armsrock was born in Copenhagen, Denmark but now lives elsewhere in Europe. He creates...