SINGLE
Stik
PREVIEW WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 6-9 PM
LIVE GRAFFITI BY STIK PLEASE RSVP
EXHIBITION 3-26 MARCH 2011
SINGLE MUM 2011 silkscreen print 45 x 112 cm - edition of 50
Stik’s latest solo show at the Subway Gallery features a Live Graffiti
event on the opening night, an installation comprised of four large
light-boxes and 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 at this free show.
Live painting by Stik on Saturdays throughout the month.
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.
London Street Art Guide STIK : http://londonist.com/2010/09/london_street_art_guide_1_stik.php
SUBWAY GALLERY open monday to saturday 11am - 7pm
Kiosk 1 Joe Strummer Subway Edgware Rd / Harrow Rd London W2 1DX
07811 286503 info@subwaygallery.com www.subwaygallery.com
zone 1 edgware road tube - buses 6.7.15.16.18.23.25.27.36.98.205.414.436
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