Kirsty Whiten @ The National Portrait Gallery
27/08/09 at 10:08:45 amOpus artist Kirsty Whiten @ The National Portrait Gallery
For more information about Kirsty Whiten and to view more of her work see www.opusunderground.com
New Banksy?
26/08/09 at 12:08:51 amNew Banksy?
Zorro on the Westway…
Photos credit: Romanywg’s FLICKR
See more Banksy on Opus Underground
Nathan James in The Guardian: The Fine Art of Investing
25/08/09 at 10:08:50 amOpus Art’s own Nathan James was featured in The Guardian on Saturday, in The Fine Art of Investing.
If you don’t know that much about modern art, but you know what you like – or, better still, feel you could spot the next Damien Hirst – now could be the time to put some money into one of the few alternative investments you get to enjoy as it appreciates: contemporary art.
In the next few weeks most of this year’s MA shows are set to kick off at art colleges around the country. These annual exhibitions not only feature some of the most interesting artwork being produced in the UK, it is mostly for sale at prices that can look very good value if the student becomes hot property… (click here to read full article)
Andy Seize masterclasses in London
24/08/09 at 09:08:03 amOpus artist Andy Seize plans to hold a number of graffiti classes, working in small groups of children and adults, he wants to teach the skills and techniques involved in graffiti painting and urban art.
The classes will be held in Hackney, East London in an outdoor public space. Classes are available to children from 7 years old, safety equipment and paints will be provided.
Next lesson is scheduled:
Sunday 6th September 2009 – 11am Children, 1pm Adults
All lessons are weather permitting.
For more information or to book, contact Andy on: seize@andyseize.co.uk
Seize’s work draws influence from abstract expressionism, pop art, graffiti art, comic book graphics, cartoons and hot rod cars. As an artist coming from a graffiti background, he likes to push the boundaries and develop the scope, depth and content of his work. He likes to experiment creatively with new ways of communicating with his viewers by using new and different mediums.
See Andy Seize on Opus Underground for more information.
Fresh Cream: 4 September – 28 September
20/08/09 at 05:08:21 pmOpus Art presents an exhibition of six compelling young graduate artists, hand-picked from the best universities and colleges throughout the UK.
The exhibition incorporates affordable painting, print, photography and sculpture, by the art stars of the future – affordable today, priceless tomorrow?
Artists showing in Fresh Cream are Hector de Gregorio, Claas Gutsche, Sarah Lederman, Jonathan Lynch, Pamela Raith and Jonathan Ridge.
One of our new artists is contemporary photographer, Pamela Raith. Raith explores the creation of contemplative space: photographs as a site of reflection on the landscape and the undisclosed stories and ideas.
‘Untitled‘ 2009
Giclee print, edition of 3
For more information visit www.opus-art.com or www.opusunderground.com
HUSH @ Complex Mag
20/08/09 at 02:08:24 pmBritish urban artist HUSH teams up with Brooklyn based model Melody to take part in Complex Magazine’s annual Style & Design project.
Take a look at HUSH & Melody’s collaboration:
Hush is an urban artist who worked in Hong Kong for a number of years as a graphic designer/Illustrator before recently returning to the UK. His popularity is soaring, with a sell out London show, alongside high profile street pieces, sold out print runs and collaborations.
With shows coming up in London and LA, Hush draws his influence from a wide variety of modern culture to create his work. His main interests being graphic-novels, animation, graphic-design, graffiti art, urban art and contemporary painting.
To read the article in full and see the other artists taking part in the Style & Design project, visit Complex Magazine’s Blog.
For more information about HUSH and other urban artists at Opus Underground visit www.opusunderground.com
SHEONE Live @ Opus
12/08/09 at 09:08:17 amAs part of our new exhibition ‘POP CRIME’ opening last week, graffiti artist SHEONE spray painted a vintage mini live in the gallery!
And we caught the whole thing on camera…
James Choules, who adopts the alter-ego of SHEONE, is a London based artist with a unique brand of abstract painting that is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of early eighties New York. His trademark strokes and bold expressive approach to image making put him firmly in the present. ReFill Magazine to refer to him as ‘a leading cultural artist’.
SHEONE has built a reputation for making complex installation paintings, being able to contend comfortably with very large and often unruly spaces.
The mini will later be auctioned for charity.
SHEONE’s work features alongside fellow graffiti artist – CRASH as part of the exhibition ‘POP CRIME‘ at Opus Art until August 31st 2009.
SHEONE – Live Video
05/08/09 at 10:08:02 amIn addition to the new works by CRASH and SHEONE that we’re exhibiting from Thursday evening at our Newcastle gallery, SHEONE also plans to spray paint a vintage mini car, which will take pride of place as an installation in the centre of the gallery floor. SHEONE already has a reputation for creating complex installation paintings – often in very large and unruly spaces and this latest installation promises to be no different.
You will be able to watch SHEONE at work in the gallery on our live webcam – http://www.designpeg.com/sheonecrash/sheone.htm
We also just have new works by SHEONE just added to Opus Art today.
![[ blackLightning ] - SHEONE](http://blog.opusunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/SheOne_blackLightning09_lrg-299x300.jpg "[ blackLightning ]")
[ blackLightening ] by SHEONE
Spraypaint on canvas
Signed by the artist
![[ generalsDaughter] - SHEONE](http://blog.opusunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/SheOne_generalsDaughter09_lrg-299x300.jpg "[ generalsDaughter]")
[ generalsDaughter ] by SHEONE
Spraypaint on canvas
Signed by the artist
You can RSVP to the exclusive private view of POPCRIME, on Thursday 6 August from 6pm, by emailing stacey.wilkinson@opus-art.com with your name and the numbers attending.
Static @ Opus Underground
03/08/09 at 02:08:45 pmWe’ve just added two new prints by Static to Opus Underground. End of the Line and Clean Up Crew (The Rat Catchers) are screenprints from editions of 25, from the artists’ Lucha Libre series.
Static: End Of The Line
Static: End Of The Line - Detail
Static: Clean Up Crew (The Rat Catchers)
Static: Clean Up Crew (The Rat Catchers) - Detail
To buy, go to our Opus Underground website or contact us for more information.