OPUS newsletter 13 Mar 2012
	Faile: Launch Tonight Faile have become legends in the world of street art with their iconic pop culture images which are inspired by comic strips, book covers, fiction novels and even the Yellow Pages. Faile emphasise art making over indirect political statements or sloganeering, but their work often contains both passive and overt messages, usually cloaked in ambivalence. Faile have exhibited widely including in New York, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Tokyo, Rome, Berlin, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Zurich and Shanghai. We have one rare screenprint by Faile available called Launch Tonight which is from a signed limited edition of 100. This print measures 28 x 39 inches and is priced at £1200. We offer a number of interest-free payment options including the Own Art scheme*, where you can spread the cost of your order over 10 months, or defer payment for up to 12 months. Contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Nick Walker: The Morning After - Empire State Street artist Nick Walker is one of Britain’s graffiti pioneers and has been working out of Bristol for over twenty years. Walker’s work employs a good deal of wry humour, treating iconic figures with a refreshing irreverence. Nick Walker has exhibited internationally including group and solo exhibitions in London, Washington DC, Bristol, Los Angeles, Berlin, Toronto, New York and San Francisco. We have two rare works by Walker available; Cans (Black on Black) and The Morning After (TMA) - Empire State (pictured) which are priced from £800. We offer a number of interest-free payment options including the Own Art scheme*, contact us for more information and to apply. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Kim Baker: Flower Painting 1 Kim Baker’s paintings are based on a Romantic attitude, drawing elements from traditional painterly values whilst communicating a unique expressive quality with an intuitive and spontaneous approach to her work. Baker graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree from Birmingham University. She has exhibited widely, including group and solo exhibitions and art fairs in London, Newcastle, Reykjavik and New York. We have three new pieces by Kim Baker available which are in oil on canvas. Flower Painting 1 (pictured), Flower Painting 2 and Flower Painting 3 measure 12 x 16 inches and are priced from £800. Alternatively UK collectors can buy these artworks using our interest-free credit facility; contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Takashi Murakami: Flower Ball (3-D) Red Cliff Takashi Murakami is one of the most thoughtful and thought-provoking Japanese artists, his work ranges from cartoony paintings and prints, to quasi-minimalist sculptures. Many know Murakami for making a $2.6 million diamond-encrusted sculpture with Pharrell Williams, he has also collaborated with Louis Vuitton to produce best-selling handbags. We have a beautiful collection of signed lithographs by Takashi Murakami available including Flower Smile and Flower Ball (3-D) Red Cliff (pictured) both from an edition of 300 and priced from £1500. We offer a number of interest-free payment options, contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Alex Hill: New Artist Photographic artist Alex Hill creates playful work that explores the spectacle, reality and representation through his photographs using advanced techniques and hyper real colour to reduce huge dioramas into what appear to be small plastic toys. Alex Hill has exhibited widely in London, New York, Germany, France, Brazil, Paris and Brighton. In 2008 Hill was a UK winner of the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers award. We have a collection of work by Alex Hill available including Grand Canyon, Eden Project (pictured) and Towan Beach all priced from £250. Alternatively UK collectors can buy these artworks using our interest-free credit facility; contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Storm Thorgerson: Taken By Storm This is the last week to view our popular Storm Thorgerson solo exhibition which closes on Friday 16 March. This exhibition features a collection of album covers, including iconic images from Pink Floyd, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and The Cranberries albums. Storm Thorgerson has been designing album cover art for over 35 years. Perhaps Thorgerson's most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd as his design for The Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time. Works by Thorgerson in our exhibition include Mr Lovepants, Dark Side of the Moon (pictured) and Back 2 Back priced from £295 (inc VAT). We offer a number of interest-free payment options, contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Gurpran Rau: Arezzo Arteries Gurpran Rau's hybrid works combine digital print, pigment, encaustic medium and metal on panel. Exploring the genetic blueprint of humanity, her imagery grows from hidden codes and archetypal forms. We have a new collection of work by Rau available including Rain in Vein, Bounce Drip and Arezzo Arteries (pictured) priced from £1000. We offer a number of interest-free payment options, contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. George Morton-Clark: Chic-Stick George Morton-Clark deconstructs the world around him in a non-conformist way to produce art that shows the necessary truths of our society. He is heavily influenced by the experiences of his travels, which he uses to develop an abstract and objective view of his surroundings. Morton-Clark studied at the Surrey Institute of Art and has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe. Morton-Clark’s work has featured in the Evening Standard, Art Daily, The Independent and has also featured in episodes of the BBC drama Luther. We have two large original paintings by Morton-Clark available including Roid Rage and Chic-Stick (pictured). Both paintings measure 59 x 39.5 inches and are priced from £3000 each. We offer a number of interest-free payment options including the Own Art scheme*, where you can spread the cost of your order over 10 months, or defer payment for up to 12 months. Contact us for more information. Click to buy > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options. Forthcoming Events Michele Fletcher: Time Spent, 26 Mar - 4 May We are pleased to announce our Michele Fletcher solo exhibition opens with a private view next week at our Newcastle gallery. Michele Fletcher's new body of work is concerned with a contemporary exploration of the landscape genre, with a focus on a loss of human connection to the natural world. Her current work, informed by urban 'wild' spaces that inhabit East London’s parks and overgrown abandoned, areas, reflect an intimacy of space within an urban existence. Fletcher graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2007 and also studied at Goldsmiths College. In 2010 she was awarded the Fringe Mk Painting Prize and in 2006 the Marmite Painting Prize. We have a collection of paintings by Fletcher available including Exit, Chancer and Time Spent (pictured) priced from £600. Register your interest for updates on this event > For more details about other forthcoming events please see our exhibition pages > *Own Art is available to UK based collectors only, collectors outside the UK contact us for other payment options.
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