Thing of the Day
Stik's Single Mum, and Parts & Labor
March 2nd 2011
More
figures and live painting from street artist Stik, this time in a
gallery in a West London subway under a road junction… And a download
from Brooklyn band Parts
And Labor’s recent album…
SINGLE STIK
STIK has a new solo exhibition of his distinctive work opening in West London on 3rd March, there’s an opening night preview on March 2nd. There’s a limited edition (of 50) called Single Mum (silkscreen print 45 x 112 cm). Here come some details
Stik’s latest solo show at the Subway Gallery features a live painting event on the opening night, an installation comprised of four large light-boxes and the show also hosts the long awaited launch of the new high quality print edition “Single Mum” produced by Squarity. As always there will be smaller, affordable pieces on sale too should you wish to buy something, The show is free in terms of entry price and alongside the live painting on the preview night, there will be live painting by Stik on Saturdays throughout the month of March.
“If you’ve visited East London in the last ten years you’ll doubtless have seen the huge mysterious stick figures lurking on the sides of buildings and billboards. Deceptively simple in form, with just six lines each and dots for eyes, they are packed with subtle form and emotion. They are the work of street artist Stik, who having spent many years homeless and working on the streets, knows the city from the inside and manages to reach seemingly superhuman locations to paint these highly stylized pieces.
These days Stik exhibits in the West-End, liaises at Central Saint Martin’s “Graffiti Dialogues” with Police and Councils and is funded to run graffiti workshops by councils and schools. The artist also works with groups as diverse as Amnesty International, Reclaim the Streets, Queeruption, Mutoid Waste Company and British Waterways and yet still regularly paints unauthorised pieces around the capital, underlining Stik's status as a key component of both underground and mainstream art scenes”.
SUBWAY GALLERY is open from Monday to Saturday, 11am
to 7pm
You’ll find the gallery at Kiosk 1, Joe Strummer Subway
Edgware Rd / Harrow Rd London W2 1DX. Just head for the big
road junction just off the Westway and right outside Edgware Road tube
station (Bakerloo line branch). The gallery is in the subway under the
road junction. (and yes, the subway really is named after Joe Strummer)
www.subwaygallery.com
www.stik.org.uk
Further reading here at Zeitgeist where you’ll find a short Stik
interview - Zeitgeist blog Stik interview
Meanwhile...
for those in need of some earfood today while they admire the work of Stik, here’s a free downloadable track from always interesting Brooklyn experimentalists PARTS & LABOR, a track from their new Constant Future album:
