Baroque The Streets

Girl at a window remix by Myself and Remi Rough for the 'Baroque the Streets' exhibition. Remixing Baroque images from the Dulwich Picture Gallery
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'Baroque The Streets' on The Guardian Online


Me and my Sketch. Image from Hookedblog.co.uk



"I was introduced to the Baroque the Streets project by Remi. He pointed out the Rembrandt 'Girl at a window' at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. It was perfect for me with my history of painting characters and portraits. I really like the simple composition and colour palette. I wanted to give the girl an update and have her be a graffiti artist looking out of the window onto a freshly painted wall. The white dress would become a hoodie. I love hoodies and with the negative press they get lately it was important for me to have her wear it. I hope it works as a subtle positive reinforcement rather than it be seen as a simple stereotype. The design on the cap is the logo of our art collective the Agents Of Change.
It was a perfect opportunity to do a collaboration too, Remi Rough's work would be the painting that the girl was looking out onto. It fitted perfectly with the geometry of the 'Triumph Of David' sketch. The dark shadow on the wall that splits the Rembrandt in two down the centre, could be placed onto right of the Triumph which is divided by the three columns. It was a great chance to work on a two piece remix." - System

Converse Wall Of Clash

Converse Wall of Clash by Myself and Remi Rough.
A clash of styles, where my illustration style clashes with Roughs abstract graffiti style. Bringing colour to the city's grey surroundings.

About 900sq foot of wall on the Powerhouse of the Old Vinyl Factory. The wall was huge. The weather was bad but we got it done in time with a little help from fellow Agent Of Change member Steve More. Took about 10 days and was revealed at the Sneakersclash for Converse new Chuck Taylor All-Star launch.

The design is a layout of diamond and circle record sleeve shapes. The characters are all 1950's style. This place started life as a gramophone factory that went on to make their own gramophone records. During the war it became a factory making munitions. They would eventually become EMI records. The main girl is using a gramophone megaphone, calling out the colour on to the grey world.



http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/19041/1/converse-wall-of-clash
http://freakdeluxe.co.uk/converse-launch-wall-clash-chuck-70-collection/
http://www.cathedralgroup.com/homepage-blog/colourful-converse-clash-at-the-old-vinyl-factory/
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/old-vinyl-factory-powerhouse-building-6758985 
http://www.planetnotion.com/2014/02/27/news-converse-sneakers-clash/


And for scale. This is fellow Agent Of Change, Timid walking by with Rough painting on the lifts to the right.

Video of 3 Kings piece by Remi / Rough and System

3 KINGS from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

Ghost Mews Project / 10

Agents of Change at the Mews 42 Gallery. www.mews42.com/

INSTALLATION featuring : DERM, JUICE,LX.one, Remi/Rough, Jason System, Steve Mor, Timid ...

MEWS 42 Gallery, 42, Princes Gate Mews, London SW7 2PR

One of the main themes is the number 10. The main wall uses 10 colours. Juice 126 created his own set of Rorschach 'inkblots' in spray paint as there are officially ten images in the test. LX One used the Tetractys of the Pythagoreans. Derm was based in Base 10 and the decimal system. Timid inspired by the decagonal number and I went for the Ten Heavenly Stems. 

The Ten Heavenly (sy)Stems

In China around 1600BC, the Shang Dynasty belived there were ten suns. These Celestial Stems, or Heavenly Stems were given their own names. There are nine individual system characters sketches that join up to create 'Jiǎ' the main character who represents the first of the Heavenly Stems. The canvas is spray painted within our ten colour limit then the thin calligraphy paper glued on top to show the colour through the paper. It's a bit delicate, so I probably won't be trying that experiment again.

Ten Kimonos

The Heian period of Japan was a time of art and culture, they had some unique customs and the style of Kimonos and ceremony really took shape.. Noble women would wear 'Juni-Hitoe'. They are the 'twelve layers' of Kimono. Every detail was important, the arrangment and colour, to represent the seasons, virtues and elements of the earth. The makeup was also very unusual and can often be seen on the Noh theatre masks. I love this era, the golden age of Japan, its so over the top. (And this style shows up a lot in the court scenes of any of the 'Chūshingura' movies. The tale of the 47 Loyal Retainers. I love Jidaigeki movies and especially Chambara.)
I decided to do 'Ten Kimonos' for the show. I buffed some graff off a canvas board and then illustrated with acrylic on top within the ten colour limit. Tried to let the scratched off textures show through as much as possible. (which is why there is a little too much space on top, I couldn't bring myself to paint over the texture) The orange and blue really clash in the flesh.

More photos of the show here on Remi's Flickr and maybe here if you have permission

Ten Heavenly (Sy)Stems

Ten Heavenly (Sy)Stems

Drawing in little space with little sleep and lots of coffee. If only it wasn't decaf!

Currently working on the 10 Heavenly (sy)Stems

 

 

Ghost Village Project

The Ghostvillage Project from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

Short film from our 2 day painting stint at the abandoned Ghost village at Pollphaill. Such a great place. I wish I could have stayed there a week. Painting with Timid, Remi/Rough, Stormie Mills, Juice 126, Derm. Great fun painting with these guys. Video over at the Agents of Change link on Vimeo. Photos Included.


That's me painting in a moment of sunshine between rain showers. I wish we had had the time to finish this wall. It's great that you can see her from the top of the hill overlooking the town.