Street Arts
All quiet for a month and them bam two fantastic shows set to open the same week and even the same night!! We have already mentioned the Bast opening this thursday and also opening in central London is Weekend Warrior.
Weekend Warrior at Lazarides Gallery will showcase new works by Conor Harrington. The show will feature paintings made from oil and aerosol paint alongside a series of new charcoal drawings.
Central to his oil canvasses is the male figure, representing the masculinity that is a commonplace of urban culture. WEEKEND WARRIORS explores the world of historic re-enactment as illustrated above (Horsepower, 2007), where men dress up at the weekends as warriors, generals and emperors to live out their escapistfantasies as heroes and supermen. The Napoleonic era was a time of great upheaval when men went into battle in uniforms dripping with gold as symbols of power and wealth, almost turning the battlefield into a 19th century catwalk. Similarly, in today’s bling culture, the urban male has the same preoccupation with gold as a symbol of their power, wealth and glory. However, Harrington does not aim to remake historic paintings – his work focuses on the 21st century western world, and masculinity and artifice are the driving forces in his work. Rather than emphasizing wealth and valour, he looks to highlight the pretense and allusion tot hese qualities within contemporary society.
Lazarides Gallery 25 January – 23 February 2008
8 Greek Street
Soho, London
W1D 4DG
Another show definatly not to missed.
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Street Arts
Conor Harrington's Weekend Warriors
All quiet for a month and them bam two fantastic shows set to open the same week and even the same night!! We have already mentioned the Bast opening this thursday and also opening in central London is Weekend Warrior.
Weekend Warrior at Lazarides Gallery will showcase new works by Conor Harrington. The show will feature paintings made from oil and aerosol paint alongside a series of new charcoal drawings.
Central to his oil canvasses is the male figure, representing the masculinity that is a commonplace of urban culture. WEEKEND WARRIORS explores the world of historic re-enactment as illustrated above (Horsepower, 2007), where men dress up at the weekends as warriors, generals and emperors to live out their escapistfantasies as heroes and supermen. The Napoleonic era was a time of great upheaval when men went into battle in uniforms dripping with gold as symbols of power and wealth, almost turning the battlefield into a 19th century catwalk. Similarly, in today’s bling culture, the urban male has the same preoccupation with gold as a symbol of their power, wealth and glory. However, Harrington does not aim to remake historic paintings – his work focuses on the 21st century western world, and masculinity and artifice are the driving forces in his work. Rather than emphasizing wealth and valour, he looks to highlight the pretense and allusion tot hese qualities within contemporary society.
Lazarides Gallery 25 January – 23 February 2008
8 Greek Street
Soho, London
W1D 4DG
Another show definatly not to missed.
- Conor Harrington, Dscreet & Ronzo — New Mural In Dalston
Following his sellout London show 'Dead Meat' earlier this month at Lazarides Gallery, Conor Harrington took to the streets yesterday for some outdoor painting. Making the most of the glorious Spring sunshine he teamed up with fellow London artists...
- Lazarides Eurotrash Print Release
After three sell-out exhibitions - Banksy's Barely Legal (2006), Antony Micallef's Impure Idols (2007) and Outsiders (2008) - Lazarides has returned stateside with an impressive line-up of solo and group shows. They opened with David Choe on the...
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And the count down has begun. We are getting super excited here at Hookedblog about the Faile Bast exhibition which opens later this week. We mentioned the show back in January {blogged here} and since then the above preview image has...
- Were Back
Right were back in London, after a short trip to the wet and wild West of Ireland. Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. 2007 was a great year and 2008 is looking set to be just as good with two fantastic shows from Bast and fellow Irishman...
- Conor Harrington Exhibition
See-Saw - Solo Exhibition by Conor Harrington Exhibition Dates: Fri 10th of November - Sat 23rd of December SEE-SAW - "A situation characterised by rapid, repeated changes from one state or position to another" (Oxford dictionary) New at Soho’s Lazarides...