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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by LAZARIDES on Jan 13, 2012 15:35:54 GMT 1, The Outsiders Newcastle kick off our 2012 program of exhibitions with a local's double-header - Prefab77's 'Lightning Strikes Twice' which takes place in the darkest recesses of the gallery at the same time as Alaric Hammond's 'Wonderland' takes on the main basement area. Both exhibitions are open to the public from Friday 20th of January 2012 to Saturday 18th of February 2012.
Alaric Hammond | Wonderland Alaric Hammond | Prozac 2 | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates  Alaric Hammond | Prozac 2 (Detail) | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates
Upon arriving in London during the summer of 2000, Alaric Hammond quickly established a reputation for innovative image making and art direction. He soon found both like minds and a home for his talents within the highly influential Insect Collective, marking the start of a collaboration with founder Paul Insect that was to continue long after the studio closed in the final months of 2007. The most notable results of this are celebrated in the pairʼs abundant packaging and poster designs created for innovative hip-hop producer DJ Shadow.
Alaric's ʻWonderlandʼ exhibition (his debut) represents the death throes of Pop Art. โThe laws of our society are fluid,โ says the Newcastle-based artist, โand I believe the anxiety we feel right now is because weʼre looking for new answers. Iʼm appropriating Pop Art, which expressed those feelings at the start of the consumer societyʼs life cycle, and re-inventing it for the end of that era.โ Employing a carnival of urban pop-trash imagery and marginalised characters, ʻWonderlandʼ wilfully appropriates and subverts the motifs and tactics of late twentieth century pop, challenging political and corporate artifice.
Hammond employs a variety of acid bath techniques to corrode the metal plates bearing his work for this show. No less than 450 different plates combine together to make the pieces in the show. The process dramatises an effect of decades of wear from the natural passage of time and weather, and the hand of man in the form of pollution and neglect. These meticulously-crafted plates then bear long-established icons of our age: Prozac anti-depressant pills, fast food, designer brands, stilettos, and cartoon characters bastardised to appear ripped to the tits on human growth hormone.
Embrace end times in a rictus of ecstasy at Alaric Hammondʼs ʻWonderlandʼ exhibition, taking place at The Outsiders Newcastle.
 Alaric Hammond | Pop Trash 1 | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates  Alaric Hammond | Pop Trash 1 (Detail) | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates
The Outsiders Newcastle kick off our 2012 program of exhibitions with a local's double-header - Prefab77's 'Lightning Strikes Twice' which takes place in the darkest recesses of the gallery at the same time as Alaric Hammond's 'Wonderland' takes on the main basement area. Both exhibitions are open to the public from Friday 20th of January 2012 to Saturday 18th of February 2012. Alaric Hammond | WonderlandAlaric Hammond | Prozac 2 | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates Alaric Hammond | Prozac 2 (Detail) | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates Upon arriving in London during the summer of 2000, Alaric Hammond quickly established a reputation for innovative image making and art direction. He soon found both like minds and a home for his talents within the highly influential Insect Collective, marking the start of a collaboration with founder Paul Insect that was to continue long after the studio closed in the final months of 2007. The most notable results of this are celebrated in the pairʼs abundant packaging and poster designs created for innovative hip-hop producer DJ Shadow. Alaric's ʻ Wonderlandʼ exhibition (his debut) represents the death throes of Pop Art. โThe laws of our society are fluid,โ says the Newcastle-based artist, โand I believe the anxiety we feel right now is because weʼre looking for new answers. Iʼm appropriating Pop Art, which expressed those feelings at the start of the consumer societyʼs life cycle, and re-inventing it for the end of that era.โ Employing a carnival of urban pop-trash imagery and marginalised characters, ʻWonderlandʼ wilfully appropriates and subverts the motifs and tactics of late twentieth century pop, challenging political and corporate artifice. Hammond employs a variety of acid bath techniques to corrode the metal plates bearing his work for this show. No less than 450 different plates combine together to make the pieces in the show. The process dramatises an effect of decades of wear from the natural passage of time and weather, and the hand of man in the form of pollution and neglect. These meticulously-crafted plates then bear long-established icons of our age: Prozac anti-depressant pills, fast food, designer brands, stilettos, and cartoon characters bastardised to appear ripped to the tits on human growth hormone. Embrace end times in a rictus of ecstasy at Alaric Hammondʼs ʻWonderlandʼ exhibition, taking place at The Outsiders Newcastle. Alaric Hammond | Pop Trash 1 | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates Alaric Hammond | Pop Trash 1 (Detail) | Etching and corrosion process on zinc plates |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by LAZARIDES on Jan 13, 2012 15:43:50 GMT 1, Prefab77 | Lightning Strikes Twice
Prefab77 is an art collective based in the North East of England who over time have developed a distinct, dark feeling to their work which is often satirical of British life and itโs fading institutions. Much of their imagery has a British slant, a satire on modern british living, celebrating and mourning the passing of our great institutions.
โLightning Strikes Twiceโ is their second show at The Outsiders Newcastle gallery and finds them experimenting with and exploring the use of light in their work. They are pioneering a new technique employing oralite film, a substance used to coat road signs and police cars for example, using a ubiquitous urban material as a medium to reflect their fast, hard-edged, stripped down artwork. Oralite strongly reflects light, lending an arresting glow to the works in question. The ubiquitous but little-known element of the urban environment ideally suits Prefabʼs hard-edged, stripped-down art. The effect is both haunting and beautiful.
Active since 2007, Prefab77ʼs depictions of a contemporary protest movement can now be recognised as balefully prophetic, auguring the appearance of rioters in Greece and Oakland, California during 2011. The consistent theme in ʻLighting Strikes Twiceʼ is that of the masked protestor, his or her visage obscured by scarves, balaclavas, or a hastily-arranged disguise. โThis has always been a visual signifier of ours, but over the past couple of years it has also been played out across the media in crucial, dramatic and in some cases ʻlife or deathʼ scenes,โ they state. โWeʼve seen people stand up for their beliefs, take to the streets to let those in charge know they have a voice... But due to varying degrees of danger, they have to remain anonymous. Images of people all around the world covering their faces to make a point will be something we may see even more of. It is time to stop believing in authority and start believing in each other.โ
Prefab77 | Lightning Strikes Twice Prefab77 is an art collective based in the North East of England who over time have developed a distinct, dark feeling to their work which is often satirical of British life and itโs fading institutions. Much of their imagery has a British slant, a satire on modern british living, celebrating and mourning the passing of our great institutions. โLightning Strikes Twiceโ is their second show at The Outsiders Newcastle gallery and finds them experimenting with and exploring the use of light in their work. They are pioneering a new technique employing oralite film, a substance used to coat road signs and police cars for example, using a ubiquitous urban material as a medium to reflect their fast, hard-edged, stripped down artwork. Oralite strongly reflects light, lending an arresting glow to the works in question. The ubiquitous but little-known element of the urban environment ideally suits Prefabʼs hard-edged, stripped-down art. The effect is both haunting and beautiful.  Active since 2007, Prefab77ʼs depictions of a contemporary protest movement can now be recognised as balefully prophetic, auguring the appearance of rioters in Greece and Oakland, California during 2011. The consistent theme in ʻLighting Strikes Twiceʼ is that of the masked protestor, his or her visage obscured by scarves, balaclavas, or a hastily-arranged disguise. โThis has always been a visual signifier of ours, but over the past couple of years it has also been played out across the media in crucial, dramatic and in some cases ʻlife or deathʼ scenes,โ they state. โWeʼve seen people stand up for their beliefs, take to the streets to let those in charge know they have a voice... But due to varying degrees of danger, they have to remain anonymous. Images of people all around the world covering their faces to make a point will be something we may see even more of. It is time to stop believing in authority and start believing in each other.โ |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by sakyamuni on Jan 13, 2012 17:24:20 GMT 1, curious about Alaric Hammond's work, i must confess i had never heard about him but that looks good... 
curious about Alaric Hammond's work, i must confess i had never heard about him but that looks good... |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by balibob on Jan 13, 2012 17:48:59 GMT 1, Will be a great show, can the peeps that can make it post some pics please, thanks.
Will be a great show, can the peeps that can make it post some pics please, thanks.
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by mouser on Jan 13, 2012 20:07:06 GMT 1, Liking the look of the Alaric work, one to be watching methinks.
Liking the look of the Alaric work, one to be watching methinks.
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by Bill Hicks on Jan 14, 2012 10:58:43 GMT 1, Will Prefab be releasing prints to coincide with this exhibition?
Will Prefab be releasing prints to coincide with this exhibition?
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by MGK1 on Jan 17, 2012 22:14:37 GMT 1, i saw both alaric's work and prefab's today and they are both fantastic!!!
alaric is definately one to look out for in the future
prefab have some interesting ideas about how people will view they're reflective work - everyone will look like a right bunch of mugs! 
i saw both alaric's work and prefab's today and they are both fantastic!!! alaric is definately one to look out for in the future prefab have some interesting ideas about how people will view they're reflective work - everyone will look like a right bunch of mugs! |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by misterx on Jan 17, 2012 22:34:00 GMT 1, Is there a PDF available ?
Is there a PDF available ?
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by MGK1 on Jan 17, 2012 22:35:45 GMT 1, Is there a PDF available ?
send laz newcastle an email
Is there a PDF available ? send laz newcastle an email |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by misterx on Jan 17, 2012 22:41:44 GMT 1, Already did that but haven't heard back...was curious as to the pricing etc...
Thanks anyway 
Already did that but haven't heard back...was curious as to the pricing etc... Thanks anyway |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by LAZARIDES on Jan 18, 2012 23:44:53 GMT 1, PDF's of available work* from the exhibition are now available to download by clicking on the artist's names and exhibitions below...
Prefab77 - Lightning Strikes Twice
Alaric Hammond - Wonderland
*Please note that Prefab77's prints will first be made available to those attending the preview tomorrow evening, all remaining prints will be sold on a first-come first-served basis to those contacting the gallery.
PDF's of available work* from the exhibition are now available to download by clicking on the artist's names and exhibitions below... Prefab77 - Lightning Strikes TwiceAlaric Hammond - Wonderland*Please note that Prefab77's prints will first be made available to those attending the preview tomorrow evening, all remaining prints will be sold on a first-come first-served basis to those contacting the gallery. |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by .dappy on Jan 19, 2012 0:15:35 GMT 1,
Prefab 77 - some very affordable pieces.
Alaric Hammond - link does not work
GL withe the show.
Prefab 77 - some very affordable pieces.
Alaric Hammond - link does not work
GL withe the show.
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by plush on Jan 19, 2012 1:30:24 GMT 1, PDF's of available work* from the exhibition are now available to download by clicking on the artist's names and exhibitions below... Prefab77 - Lightning Strikes Twice[url=http://www.lazinc.com/content/pdf/2012-01/wonderland-available-work.pdf ]Alaric Hammond - Wonderland
*Please note that Prefab77's prints will first be made available to those attending the preview tomorrow evening, all remaining prints will be sold on a first-come first-served basis to those contacting the gallery.[/quote]
Well, I contacted this morning so I hope to hear back.
PDF's of available work* from the exhibition are now available to download by clicking on the artist's names and exhibitions below... Prefab77 - Lightning Strikes Twice[url=http://www.lazinc.com/content/pdf/2012-01/wonderland-available-work.pdf ]Alaric Hammond - Wonderland [/url] *Please note that Prefab77's prints will first be made available to those attending the preview tomorrow evening, all remaining prints will be sold on a first-come first-served basis to those contacting the gallery.[/quote] Well, I contacted this morning so I hope to hear back. |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by LAZARIDES on Jan 19, 2012 2:06:06 GMT 1, Prefab 77 - some very affordable pieces. Alaric Hammond - link does not work GL withe the show.
Sorry, link fixed, thanks for pointing it out.
Alaric Hammond - Wonderland
Prefab 77 - some very affordable pieces. Alaric Hammond - link does not work GL withe the show. Sorry, link fixed, thanks for pointing it out. Alaric Hammond - Wonderland |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by plush on Jan 19, 2012 2:18:01 GMT 1, add me for Fanzine
add me for Fanzine
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by balibob on Jan 19, 2012 10:45:46 GMT 1, Some cracking stuff there.
Some cracking stuff there.
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by sakyamuni on Jan 19, 2012 11:52:58 GMT 1, great stuff by Hammond, and good prices too. I wonder what they look like in flesh.
A bit disappointed by Prefab...
great stuff by Hammond, and good prices too. I wonder what they look like in flesh.
A bit disappointed by Prefab...
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by mace on Jan 19, 2012 12:03:32 GMT 1, Fantastic stuff by Alaric Hammond !!! I'm very tempted...
Fantastic stuff by Alaric Hammond !!! I'm very tempted...
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by LAZARIDES on Jan 19, 2012 12:46:23 GMT 1, great stuff by Hammond, and good prices too. I wonder what they look like in flesh.
Difficult to effectively represent the many textures in these pieces, but here's a few shots anyway...
great stuff by Hammond, and good prices too. I wonder what they look like in flesh. Difficult to effectively represent the many textures in these pieces, but here's a few shots anyway... |
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by twist65 on Jan 19, 2012 13:58:44 GMT 1, Cheers for the pdf links. I don't think its Prefabs strongest imagery but I do like Fanzine and Lick London, I've used reflective vinyl before and imagine these look insanely good in person though.
Have seen a bit of Alarics work recently and really like it, nothing new imagery wise but very well done and the medium looks really tasty. Not huge pieces but reckon they're good value too!
Should be a very interesting show, can't pop up tonight but hope to get up there before it closes,
Cheers for the pdf links. I don't think its Prefabs strongest imagery but I do like Fanzine and Lick London, I've used reflective vinyl before and imagine these look insanely good in person though.
Have seen a bit of Alarics work recently and really like it, nothing new imagery wise but very well done and the medium looks really tasty. Not huge pieces but reckon they're good value too!
Should be a very interesting show, can't pop up tonight but hope to get up there before it closes,
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by balibob on Jan 20, 2012 11:38:16 GMT 1, Dont they look good.
Dont they look good.
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by Bill Hicks on Jan 20, 2012 20:50:15 GMT 1, Do try and make this exhibition it's really first class, I think the Prefab 77 pieces need to be experienced in person as they are truly stunning!
Do try and make this exhibition it's really first class, I think the Prefab 77 pieces need to be experienced in person as they are truly stunning!
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Alaric Hammond | Prefab77 | Outsiders Newcastle , by Bill Hicks on Jan 26, 2012 11:57:15 GMT 1, Released today at The Outsiders online art gallery โ six revolutionary new print editions from crowd-pleasing demagogues Prefab77, limited to just ten copies in each edition and priced at only ยฃ150. Plus, affordable original industrial art-meets-street art from former Insect collaborator Alaric Hammond:
Released today at The Outsiders online art gallery โ six revolutionary new print editions from crowd-pleasing demagogues Prefab77, limited to just ten copies in each edition and priced at only ยฃ150. Plus, affordable original industrial art-meets-street art from former Insect collaborator Alaric Hammond:
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