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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Daniel Silk on Sept 25, 2009 11:40:26 GMT 1, www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=258
'Lovestain' A Solo Show By Miss Van 01.10.09 - 18.10.09
StolenSpace are proud to present 'Lovestain' a UK premier solo show from world renowned female street artist, Miss Van. A retrospective as well as a new body of work and taking over two exhibition spaces at StolenSpace, this will be her largest solo show to date.
Toulouse native and current Barcelona resident Miss Van started to paint her graffiti on the streets during the 90s, at the age of 18. Her overtly feminine street art was a breath of fresh air in a traditionally masculine movement of urban art and paved the way for many contemporaries. Now her infamous sultry female characters, known as her โPoupesโ, are seen on the streets and in galleries alike all over the world.
From these pouting, sulky girls emerges a certain sensuality and disconcerting eroticism that is frank and unabashed. Their thoughts are palpable and the paintings become real in both flesh and spirit. Miss Van creates her characters with an innovative spirit. Affirming her style, the artist infuses into her work traits from her own personality, rendering them thus, self-portraits. It is through their fantasy that the sensitivity and fragility of the artist is expressed. She takes pleasure in playing with ambiguities, her dolls are childlike women that are equally angelic and devilish. They have a rare appeal that transcends gender-an appeal that also extends to the work that she shows in galleries. Over the years, Miss Vanโs characters keep evolving. They have become less cute and more dangerously alluring, edgier - their sexy aura made all the more complex by their increasingly ambiguous facial expressions. The more she has moved into gallery work and can work with the nuances of more fragile media than the streets allow (pencil, for one), her characters have grown even more sensitive, subtle, and delicately rendered.
Featuring a retrospective of her work & new paintings this show will also see the release of a rare exclusive hand pulled limited edition screen print from Miss Van.
www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=258'Lovestain' A Solo Show By Miss Van 01.10.09 - 18.10.09 StolenSpace are proud to present 'Lovestain' a UK premier solo show from world renowned female street artist, Miss Van. A retrospective as well as a new body of work and taking over two exhibition spaces at StolenSpace, this will be her largest solo show to date. Toulouse native and current Barcelona resident Miss Van started to paint her graffiti on the streets during the 90s, at the age of 18. Her overtly feminine street art was a breath of fresh air in a traditionally masculine movement of urban art and paved the way for many contemporaries. Now her infamous sultry female characters, known as her โPoupesโ, are seen on the streets and in galleries alike all over the world. From these pouting, sulky girls emerges a certain sensuality and disconcerting eroticism that is frank and unabashed. Their thoughts are palpable and the paintings become real in both flesh and spirit. Miss Van creates her characters with an innovative spirit. Affirming her style, the artist infuses into her work traits from her own personality, rendering them thus, self-portraits. It is through their fantasy that the sensitivity and fragility of the artist is expressed. She takes pleasure in playing with ambiguities, her dolls are childlike women that are equally angelic and devilish. They have a rare appeal that transcends gender-an appeal that also extends to the work that she shows in galleries. Over the years, Miss Vanโs characters keep evolving. They have become less cute and more dangerously alluring, edgier - their sexy aura made all the more complex by their increasingly ambiguous facial expressions. The more she has moved into gallery work and can work with the nuances of more fragile media than the streets allow (pencil, for one), her characters have grown even more sensitive, subtle, and delicately rendered. Featuring a retrospective of her work & new paintings this show will also see the release of a rare exclusive hand pulled limited edition screen print from Miss Van.
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Martin Whatson on Sept 25, 2009 22:16:32 GMT 1, Looking forward to see pics from this. Thanks for the info!!
Looking forward to see pics from this. Thanks for the info!!
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by thecsoldier on Sept 25, 2009 23:03:27 GMT 1, love her stuff! will be a great show!
love her stuff! will be a great show!
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Coach on Sept 26, 2009 0:27:57 GMT 1, Looking forward to see pics from this. Thanks for the info!!
Me too - queen of street art imo.
Looking forward to see pics from this. Thanks for the info!! Me too - queen of street art imo.
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Daniel Silk on Oct 1, 2009 12:53:14 GMT 1, This one opens tonight Anyone going along?
This one opens tonight Anyone going along?
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Daniel Silk on Oct 3, 2009 23:45:00 GMT 1, Anyone get any photos from this show that they could post up? Really wanna see what this shows like
Anyone get any photos from this show that they could post up? Really wanna see what this shows like
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by hops on Oct 4, 2009 2:26:39 GMT 1, Waiting for pictures as well..
Waiting for pictures as well..
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Copyright on Oct 4, 2009 10:00:23 GMT 1, some pics from the opening on the stolen space website www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=187
and all the work from the show is on their site too www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=176
I got one of the screenprints. Ive wanted somthing from miss van for years but not keen on the expensive giclee prints she usualy does. so a cheaper smaller edition screenprint was perfect.
either a nice white box frame or ornate gold jobber i think
some pics from the opening on the stolen space website www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=187and all the work from the show is on their site too www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=176I got one of the screenprints. Ive wanted somthing from miss van for years but not keen on the expensive giclee prints she usualy does. so a cheaper smaller edition screenprint was perfect. either a nice white box frame or ornate gold jobber i think
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Daniel Silk on Oct 5, 2009 0:01:39 GMT 1, Lot of pieces up on the website Did they have room to display all of them.
A few really nice pieces along with some that maybe look a little rushed
Lot of pieces up on the website Did they have room to display all of them. A few really nice pieces along with some that maybe look a little rushed
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Happy Shopper on Oct 5, 2009 10:49:26 GMT 1, Took a look down there yesterday. Love the work, generally an bit pricey though I thought. Far better to have more cheaper pieces (and have them sell) and just a few above ยฃ10,000, rather than the other way around!
Prints looked great too, but even those I thought were slightly over priced so didn't bother (I'll probably regret that later!).
Took a look down there yesterday. Love the work, generally an bit pricey though I thought. Far better to have more cheaper pieces (and have them sell) and just a few above ยฃ10,000, rather than the other way around!
Prints looked great too, but even those I thought were slightly over priced so didn't bother (I'll probably regret that later!).
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by erzengel on Oct 6, 2009 8:55:27 GMT 1, The show looks great but the prices are worst.
The show looks great but the prices are worst.
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by geoffw on Oct 6, 2009 9:44:30 GMT 1, Agreed...Stolenspace really need to re-think the pricing policy. Unless they like an inventory full of unsold work. I went really wanting to make a purchase to find some pretty poor IMO masks painting on a print of The Madonna or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k.
Agreed...Stolenspace really need to re-think the pricing policy. Unless they like an inventory full of unsold work. I went really wanting to make a purchase to find some pretty poor IMO masks painting on a print of The Madonna or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k.
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by stopki on Oct 6, 2009 14:11:34 GMT 1, ......................a or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k.
i liked that piece.
......................a or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k. i liked that piece.
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by geoffw on Oct 6, 2009 17:32:47 GMT 1, ......................a or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k. i liked that piece.
Oh yeah, me too....but not at ยฃ2.5k!
......................a or a pencil piece on Wood for ยฃ2.5k. i liked that piece. Oh yeah, me too....but not at ยฃ2.5k!
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MISS VAN - Stolenspace - 1st - 18th Oct, by Martin Whatson on Oct 6, 2009 18:25:01 GMT 1, Amazing pieces, but the pricing is even more amazing! I agree she is very good and deserves to get the props shes getting, but its not Os Gemeos, Neate, Parla or Banksy yet!!
Would love one of the screenprints tho! Beauty!!
Amazing pieces, but the pricing is even more amazing! I agree she is very good and deserves to get the props shes getting, but its not Os Gemeos, Neate, Parla or Banksy yet!! Would love one of the screenprints tho! Beauty!!
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