We went to see the exhibition of two artists at D*Face’s gallery Stolen Space down Brick Lane. It’s a rather intimate gallery with two main rooms showcasing various artists’ work approximately once every few weeks.
This months’ exhibitors were Britain’s Shok 1 with his detailed sketch style and also Calma, who is fresh from Brazil with a fondness for telephone booth sex ad’s as well as some rather interesting prints.
There were all sorts quirky pieces such as three different themed spray cans, one representing a stripper with a fish net stocking and fake £10.00 notes strategically placed underneath. Another represented sex with the spray can covered by a condom, with the remains of a packet laid beside. Who would have thought that just a few props could evoke so many different connotations in something normally associated with graffiti.
Another cool example of the art on show was a coloured sketch of a Nike pastiche with two elderly characters drawn alongside one another at the back of the gallery. Both trendy in their own way, the sketch signifies the cool side to all of us that will never go stale.
The Brazilian artist Calma, had a more controversial display with at least 50 telephone sex adverts, stuck on the wall in a kind of triangle shape. I was not quite sure what to make of it as every guy that surrounded me took snaps with their 2megapixel camera phones, but I suppose anything can be classed as art these days. Calma did however have some intricate design on the other two walls, a very nice print of a hand and a rather fetching black and white tree-like ensemble.
After spending about an hour in the cold we decided to head Camden Bound for an early night. Don’t you just hate it when the dreaded Autumn Flu takes hold?
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