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November 26, 2009
Book // STENCIL KING – HUGO KAAGMAN
STENCIL KING
On Saturday November 28th, Hugo Kaagman wil officially present and sign the book Stencil King at The American Book Center Amsterdam. The book is a representation of the total scope of his works. During the signingsession, Diana Ozon will read from her works and talk about her memories with Kaagman. Signing from 15:00-17:00.
On Sunday November 29th the official presentation of Stencil King takes place in the artKitchen Gallery. During the presentation Rob Scholte will share his views upon Kaagman’s works and his entire oeuvre can be seen. Presentation starts at 17:00.
Hugo Kaagman was born in 1955 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. He started graffiti in 1969 and stencil in 1977. Until 1985 Hugo was very active as a graffiti artist in the centre of Amsterdam. In his first period, he created murals through stencil and spray by hand and using various elements of punk and reggae culture. He developed a very own and unique graffiti-style. In his works, Kaagman tries to express his worries about the multicultural society, on Western and non-Western cultures clashing and bonding in the Netherlands. He displays an ironic commentary on politics and the society of today.
After initially having sought his inspiration elsewhere, he discovered Holland and developed his own contemporary version of Delft blue tiles. His workspace is located in what used to be a kiosk on Amsterdam RAI Station. The work he makes and exhibits over there provokes, is humouristic and on edge.
Thanks to the combination of exquisite photographic material and texts from Tristan Manco (among others), Stencil King has become a complete and unique chronologic display of the artistic career and godfather of Dutch graffiti art, Hugo Kaagman.
Night Watch, Spray paint on paper; 2008
Source: http://www.abc.nl/
November 3, 2009
Graffiti // Spray the Can: Graffiti Battle with BLADE
Friday November 6th: graffiti battle Spray the Can
SPECIAL GUEST, the famous old skool graffiti writer: BLADE (king of kings NYC)
21:00-01:00 @ Fusion / hiphopcafe4elementz, Marnixstraat 285
During ‘Spray the can battle’ 20 competitors are going head to head in a graffiti/ graphic art battle. All competitors will receive an empty blank Montana spray can, which will be used as the canvas. They have to paint, write, tag, sticker or shape the can as creative as the human mind allows it possible. Montana will provide the spray cans and a broad selection of markers. Any other items such as stencils, stickers or paint are the competitors own responsibility. The spray cans will be judged by a professional jury and the winner receives a goody bag and a cash price of €150,-. During the battle, dj’s will spin the dopest and phattest rap, soul and funk.
Read more about this event and Blade’s signing on November 7th after the bump!
October 15, 2009
Exhibition // From Style Writing to Art, Magda Danysz Paris
From Style Writing to Art
Group Exhibition with Seen, Crash, Quik, Jonone, Blek Le Rat, Obey, Miss Van, West, Space invader, Zevs, Futura, Blade. On the occasion of the publication of the book From Style Writing to Art: A street art anthology. Opening October 24th at Magda Danysz’ art gallery Paris.
Proud to fight for the recognition of Graffiti and Street Art as a major artistic movement, Magda Danysz publishes this fall an anthology about the History of this key artistic movement (388 pages, 200 illustrations, published by Drago and MnA Publishing).
The works of Seen, Crash, Quik or Blade show the historic sources of the street art. From the 70s they sprayed their names on the subways or walls of New York. Today, they are considered as the pioneers of this movement, the “Kings” as they were named back then. The 80s and 90s generation, embodied by Jonone, West, Miss Van, Space Invader or JR shows diversity in street art. These different ways of expression are the testimony of a real transition
from the Style Writing to an artistic manifestation. Among them, Jonone was one of the first ones to choose to express himself on canvas from 1991. Concerning Space Invader, he distances himself with use of the mosaic for instance.
Read and see more after the bump!
October 14, 2009
Exhibition // Damien Hirst Londen
Damien Hirst
Art lovers wanting to attend a Damien Hirst exhibition London event in late 2009 are in for a real treat, as the leading star of the Britart movement has a number of special shows taking place around town. From a paintings exhibition in the opulent surrounds of the Wallace Collection to a new show at White Cube and limited edition prints for sale at Other Criteria, see below for more information on what there is to see.
No Love Lost at Wallace Collection
Stepping away from the installations featuring animals preserved in formaldehyde, the Damien Hirst exhibition London event at the Wallace Collection features a series of paintings by the famous artist. Collectively known as The Blue Paintings, the works of art in the No Love Lost exhibition make the most of the ornate architecture and design of the gallery space and play with the tradition of memento mori, or reminders of death, with images of skulls and flowers.
Special menu
There’s also the chance to enjoy a private viewing of No Love Lost and feast on French food at the Wallace Collection with the special viewing and dining deal.
Read more after the bump!
October 14, 2009
Gear // KRINK shop up and running
KRINK.com is up and running. The webshop is open for business. New t-shirts are available in limited quantities. New products, colors, and collaborations coming soon.
