The good folks over at Elemental Consulting (Lucy Beer) were kind enough to send over some footage over from Scion's Installation 4 Tour at last month's ArtBasel Miami 2007. Please check out the footage listed below as well as the travelling exhibit which opens tomorrow at Gallery Lombardi in Austin, TX. All event information is listed below after the Youtube clips. Enjoy!!!
Scion presents...
Blek Le Rat x Scion x Art Basel
J. Shea at Scion Installation4, Miami
Tim McCormick at Scion Installation4, Miami
James Jean at Scion Installation4, Miami
Kent Parker at Scion Installation4, Miami
Installation 4
It's a Beautiful World
featuring art by:
Andrew Pommier, Andy Mueller, Angela Boatwright, Blaine Fontana, Blek le Rat, Books llll, Caia Koopman, Chris Yormick, Cody Hudson, Dalek, David Choe, David Ellis, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, Freddi C, J. Shea, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Joshua Krause, Kelsey Brookes, Kenton Parker, Kofie, The London Police, Mel Kadel, Michael Sieben, Mike Giant, R. Grimes, Rammellzee, RETNA, Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Tim McCormick, Travis Millard, Yoskay Yamamoto
Opening event:
Thursday, January 17th 6p-10p
Artists in attendance: Andrew Pommier, Blaine Fontana, Michael Sieben and Tim McCormick
Music provided by DJ Mel
Show runs:
1/17/08-2/22/08
Gallery Lombardi
602 W. Seventh St., Suite A
Austin, TX 78701
Sponsored by SWINDLE Magazine
www.scion.com/installation
www.gallerylombardi.com
www.swindlemagazine.com
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"Special Relationship" Jan 19th, Los Angeles
press release here: http://elemental-consulting.com/2008/01/scion-presents-special-relationship.html
flyer, artwork images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elementalc/sets/72157603629890180
Q&A With Ric Blackshaw of Scrawl Collective regarding "Special Relationship"
What is the theme or meaning of the show?
Well we've called the show Special Relationship which is a reference to the often touted political special relationship that is said to exist between the USA and the UK. We've decided to have a bit of fun with that idea because from our point of view the special political relationship is a tad one sided. i.e. our government likes to think it has some influence over yours but they are the only ones who believe it.
There is though another special relationship that has thrived since the post war years and that's the cultural one. Music, TV, Film, Literature... We in the UK grew up on a diet of Sesame St, The Muppets, Rock n Roll... and there seems to have been a constant to-ing and fro-ing of ideas across the Atlantic. Since the 60's there's been a pattern of thing that come out of America being initially ignored at home but finding a foothold and acclaim in the UK before finally getting recognition at home. Jimi Hendrix had to come to the UK to make his mark, it took a nightclub and a few fanatics in Manchester to recognize the groundbreaking work of the house and techno pioneers that came out of Detroit and Chicago in the mid 80's. Before that there were countless small soul labels in the USA that were kept going because kids in the North of England were buying there 45's in droves and giving birth to Northern Soul. It's something that should be a cause of celebration. So the show is loosely based on that idea, I say loosely because so many artists are going to have different ideas about the theme and I don't like to be to prescriptive about the themes of our shows. I want the artists to be able to work on what they feel good about at the time.
Also because this is our first major show in LA I wanted to exhibit some stuff from our recent past and to that end I'm bringing some framed editions of our ongoing screen print series.
We like to provide a range of stuff for these big shows from $50 to much more expensive things. Something for everyone really.
How did you select and find the artists involved?
Scrawl Collective is pretty much a stable of artists so I always work with the same guys. We add new members occasionally so for instance this will be the first time we've exhibited the work of RYCA and Hutch as part of a Scrawl Show, but generally we're a tight knit bunch who work together a lot.
How did Scion find you and approach you to do a show?
We know Evan Cerasoli from way back, I've curated shows in the UK and Berlin with his wife Freddi under the name Streetwise.
What's been the biggest challenge you faced in putting together this show?
Making sure so many artists meet their deadlines...
Is there anything in particular you would like people to take away from this show – what would you like to inspire in those that view the artwork?
Hopefully we'll make people smile, there's a lot of humour in some of the work and also people will hopefully be amazed at our installation work. This is a rare chance for people in LA to see large scale murals by the likes of Will Barras, Mr Jago and Phlash. In my opinion there's only a few artists in the world that can match their virtuosity.
The other thing I hope people will take from this show is some art that they've bought cos lets face it we've all gots bills to pay when we get home...
What do you have lined up for the future? What's next after this show?
Once this show is out of the way I have to start work in earnest on a new book about Street Art that should be coming out late next year. That's gonna take up most of my time for a few months…
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Lucy Beer
Elemental Consulting
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