From Sean Woolsey:
"The Appropriated Poster Campaign Manifesto:
Above is a series of appropriated posters that I painted over and reinstalled into bus stops.
The APC (as i like to refer to it) is an ongoing experimental campaign to raise cognitive awareness
and more importantly to inspire benevolent action that we often forget, oversee, or might be in opposition to our often hedonistic culture.
It also acts as an inherent social commentary in declaring a space more public than it was before."
Dan Baldwin - Disillusion
Dan's work includes so many elements - collage, screenprint, painting & ceramics - all with striking juxtapositions of images. Delicate ceramics with guns and skulls; dogs and kids alonside body parts and razor blades. It's a really nice blend of vibrant, colorful work with an overtone of mortality.
The London Police 'Brothers in Arms' opened this evening at the Carmichael Gallery in West Hollywood (see the preview + preparations here). You can see how good the art is from these images; what you won't see is the energy Chaz & Bob brought to the night - not least through their hilarious mini movie, which hopefully will be online soon. They exude a lust for life that is reflected in the LADS.
The London Police open a show at the Carmichael Gallery this Thursday night, and it's looking like a great one. Chaz's LADS are as charming as ever, and Bob's detailed backdrops of Hollywood movie scenes and landscapes are stunning.
In addition to the artwork, TLP have created a couple of videos for the show - one documenting their recent days in handcuffs. You can get a sense for how that will turn out from this preview:
For more on the history of The London Police and on the thinking behind this show, check out this great interview. The show opens this Thursday, September 10; details here.
