Dibbs 45
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RESHAPE SHOW AT BSMT SPACE 03/03/2016, by Dibbs 45 on Feb 28, 2016 13:17:13 GMT 1, 
RESHAPE
Joe Furlong / Mr Wim / Krom Balgesky / Lady Gonzalez / Vesna Parchet
Private View: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Its time to contort London. Releasing fresh artwork from five London based pioneering practitioners of different nationalities, Reshape brings a fresh wave of new personal pieces filled with diversity in methods and mediums. A show centralised around breaking and reshaping common ideas, exploring creative constraints and perceptions of the current exhibitive formula and the modern artistic challenge. A bid to define our own time.
This auto-curated collaboration with BSMT Space will experiment to find and offer other options necessary for promoting artists' freedom and autonomy, to form an urgent, refreshing and essential alternative to contemporary options.
Each artist has been affected and moulded directly by the closure and disregard of autonomous practical creative space in the face of rampant and irresponsible gentrification projects throughout the capital. Their spectacle stems from this hidden matrix of handmade corners, opposing angles and hard knocks. A collision of conventions and constructing questions for 2016 and beyond. These are the first stark answers.
Discuss. Rectify. Reshape.
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JOE FURLONG
Joe Furlong is a visual artist currently focussed on perfecting freehand line drawing and live art performances under the alias JOEFUR. He is currently working with ink on wood as well as body art, screenprinting, illustration and muralism.
An upfront juxtaposition of modern comic surrealism and harsh realities dominates his work which aims to contrast social constructs of the present moment with the delicate collective nature of the human spirit. A refreshingly weird banner of what is slowly disappearing from clear view due to our rampant individualism.
He wishes to challenge the position of the artist in modern society and seeks to promote collaborative activities and creative community outreach through projects such as ‘Minesweeper Collective’ Co-op of which he is co-director and co-founder. He also co-runs the Undercurrents Gallery in Deptford, S.E. London.
www.joefur.com/
@joefur_
MR WIM
Born Antwerp, Wim went to Jesuits, studied art history, joined the army and decided to become an artist- a peaceful revolutionary!
He is hailed as one of the godfathers of the sticker movement and street art. Influenced by tattoo and graffiti movements of early in the ’90s Mr Wim spreads his art works between epic murals, human bodies, hand made stickers and the finest screen printed editions.
misterwim.blogspot.co.uk/
VESNA PARCHET
Vesna Parchet’s work revolves around themes such as growth and transformation, conscious and subconscious, real and abstract, fusing imagery from personal experiences with magazines and newspapers cut outs to explore the complexity of the human form and the body as a convoluted entity. Her primary influences are Abstract Expressionism, Outsider Art and Japanese culture. Vesna works in a variety of mediums ranging from painting, printmaking, photography to collage art.
Her work has been shown around the UK, Europe and Asia.
www.vesnaparchet.com/
LADY GONZALEZ
Lady Gonzalez ’s signature of digitally manipulated textile prints form the core of each design, and her strong anarchic values always feed into her work. The explosive combination of her methods and ideas have earned her the accolades ‘Neosurrealist’, and ‘Digital Print Storyteller’.
Her inimitable sartorial style have carved out a true niche in the world of design. Throughout her dynamic trajectory through the art and fashion fields, her work has so far been featured in publications such as ID (online), Vogue Italia (online), Vision China, Super Super, Tank (online) and Carpark magazine amongst others. She has exhibited alongside the likes of Alejandro Jodorovsky, Charles Bronson, Alex Noble, Fred Butler and Iris Schieferstein and curated alongside the Mutoid Waste Company site-specific artworks and large interac-tive installations at Glastonbury Festival 2013.
ladygonzalez.com/]
KROM BALGESKY
Krom uses drawing, muralism and sculpture to express different aspects of his creativity. Krom's new work represents visions of figurative silhouettes, which appear spontaneously, echoing the memories of mystic creatures from our collective past. This genetic shadows arefloating in space, seemingly being independent from the physical world.
krombalgesky.blogspot.co.uk/
RESHAPE Joe Furlong / Mr Wim / Krom Balgesky / Lady Gonzalez / Vesna Parchet Private View: Thursday 3rd March 2016 Its time to contort London. Releasing fresh artwork from five London based pioneering practitioners of different nationalities, Reshape brings a fresh wave of new personal pieces filled with diversity in methods and mediums. A show centralised around breaking and reshaping common ideas, exploring creative constraints and perceptions of the current exhibitive formula and the modern artistic challenge. A bid to define our own time. This auto-curated collaboration with BSMT Space will experiment to find and offer other options necessary for promoting artists' freedom and autonomy, to form an urgent, refreshing and essential alternative to contemporary options. Each artist has been affected and moulded directly by the closure and disregard of autonomous practical creative space in the face of rampant and irresponsible gentrification projects throughout the capital. Their spectacle stems from this hidden matrix of handmade corners, opposing angles and hard knocks. A collision of conventions and constructing questions for 2016 and beyond. These are the first stark answers. Discuss. Rectify. Reshape. ~~~ JOE FURLONG Joe Furlong is a visual artist currently focussed on perfecting freehand line drawing and live art performances under the alias JOEFUR. He is currently working with ink on wood as well as body art, screenprinting, illustration and muralism. An upfront juxtaposition of modern comic surrealism and harsh realities dominates his work which aims to contrast social constructs of the present moment with the delicate collective nature of the human spirit. A refreshingly weird banner of what is slowly disappearing from clear view due to our rampant individualism. He wishes to challenge the position of the artist in modern society and seeks to promote collaborative activities and creative community outreach through projects such as ‘Minesweeper Collective’ Co-op of which he is co-director and co-founder. He also co-runs the Undercurrents Gallery in Deptford, S.E. London. www.joefur.com/@joefur_ MR WIM Born Antwerp, Wim went to Jesuits, studied art history, joined the army and decided to become an artist- a peaceful revolutionary! He is hailed as one of the godfathers of the sticker movement and street art. Influenced by tattoo and graffiti movements of early in the ’90s Mr Wim spreads his art works between epic murals, human bodies, hand made stickers and the finest screen printed editions. misterwim.blogspot.co.uk/VESNA PARCHET Vesna Parchet’s work revolves around themes such as growth and transformation, conscious and subconscious, real and abstract, fusing imagery from personal experiences with magazines and newspapers cut outs to explore the complexity of the human form and the body as a convoluted entity. Her primary influences are Abstract Expressionism, Outsider Art and Japanese culture. Vesna works in a variety of mediums ranging from painting, printmaking, photography to collage art. Her work has been shown around the UK, Europe and Asia. www.vesnaparchet.com/LADY GONZALEZ Lady Gonzalez ’s signature of digitally manipulated textile prints form the core of each design, and her strong anarchic values always feed into her work. The explosive combination of her methods and ideas have earned her the accolades ‘Neosurrealist’, and ‘Digital Print Storyteller’. Her inimitable sartorial style have carved out a true niche in the world of design. Throughout her dynamic trajectory through the art and fashion fields, her work has so far been featured in publications such as ID (online), Vogue Italia (online), Vision China, Super Super, Tank (online) and Carpark magazine amongst others. She has exhibited alongside the likes of Alejandro Jodorovsky, Charles Bronson, Alex Noble, Fred Butler and Iris Schieferstein and curated alongside the Mutoid Waste Company site-specific artworks and large interac-tive installations at Glastonbury Festival 2013. ladygonzalez.com/]KROM BALGESKY Krom uses drawing, muralism and sculpture to express different aspects of his creativity. Krom's new work represents visions of figurative silhouettes, which appear spontaneously, echoing the memories of mystic creatures from our collective past. This genetic shadows arefloating in space, seemingly being independent from the physical world. krombalgesky.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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RESHAPE SHOW AT BSMT SPACE 03/03/2016, by 11 on Mar 8, 2016 0:44:03 GMT 1, Went along to this with a couple of other forumites. BSMT is a nice little space, that had actually grown a bit since i was last there as the two brick alcoves had been opened up. The extra length (oo'er) coupled with the alcoves gave it some interest and also made a nice setting to layout some of the pieces.
The art itself was very interesting and I got to see some artists I hadn't come across before, Lady Gonzalez with her alternative Dolls were great and I enjoyed the work of Krom Balgesky. I have met Vesna before so was familiar with her work.....until I saw the collage pieces and after chatting to her a bit it seems the style she uses on the street is just a small part of her overall artistic range.
Some pics......
Reshape by 11 for UAA, on Flickr
Went along to this with a couple of other forumites. BSMT is a nice little space, that had actually grown a bit since i was last there as the two brick alcoves had been opened up. The extra length (oo'er) coupled with the alcoves gave it some interest and also made a nice setting to layout some of the pieces. The art itself was very interesting and I got to see some artists I hadn't come across before, Lady Gonzalez with her alternative Dolls were great and I enjoyed the work of Krom Balgesky. I have met Vesna before so was familiar with her work.....until I saw the collage pieces and after chatting to her a bit it seems the style she uses on the street is just a small part of her overall artistic range. Some pics......
Reshape by 11 for UAA, on Flickr |
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Dibbs 45
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RESHAPE SHOW AT BSMT SPACE 03/03/2016, by Dibbs 45 on Mar 8, 2016 22:39:49 GMT 1, Thanks for posting the photos 11 saves me doing them. Good little show with some strange work but unique as well. Loved Vesna Parchet’s work.
Thanks for posting the photos 11 saves me doing them. Good little show with some strange work but unique as well. Loved Vesna Parchet’s work.
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RESHAPE SHOW AT BSMT SPACE 03/03/2016, by 11 on Mar 8, 2016 22:55:27 GMT 1, Come on Dibbs 45, don't be shy  I'd been waiting and thought best get something up or speckles won't invite us to the fanakapan press event 
Come on Dibbs 45, don't be shy I'd been waiting and thought best get something up or speckles won't invite us to the fanakapan press event |
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I'd been waiting and thought best get something up or speckles won't invite us to the fanakapan press event 
