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Between Tuesday 4th - Saturday 15th July 2006 Elms Lesters Painting Rooms staged HYPE, a stunning exhibition of new work by

DALEK . DELTA . ADAM NEATE . ANDREW McATTEE . SPACE INVADER

 

 

 

National Institutracting

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DELTA

CHAI WAN 2006
large contructivist piece

acrylic on seven layers of MDF . 63 x 215 x 15 cm

 

 

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SPACE INVADER

GAME OVER 2006
mosaic tiles on board . 60 x 48 cm

 

THE FEATURED ARTISTS :

ADAM NEATE became best known for leaving his work in streets. He either hung his extraordinary cardboard paintings and canvases on existing nails , or simply propped against lampposts for people to find. Over the past years he has left thousands of painted pieces on the streets of London.
His new paintings, which he has been developing recently and were exhibited for the first time at this exhibition, and are mesmeric warped self-portraits, using recycled cardboard boxes as canvases, torn and stapled creating layers of colour and texture. He continually challenges his work, often quoting Picasso “ to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility ” A new range of t.shirts and clothing from PRADA features Adam’s skilful line drawings and paintings.

DELTA (Boris Telegen) is based in Holland.
“A pioneer in the European graffiti scene since 1983, Delta’s unique three-dimensional style has garnered him the status of an auteur, with an immediately recognisable aesthetic which no longer requires the tag Delta. Convoluted futuristic forms of bullet-proof precision and symmetry, twist and turn to the dynamic free-flow of graffiti art.
The broad reach of his work is proof that Delta’s process-oriented artistry remains at the helm of contemporary creative culture, and embodies a forward-looking artistry that continually challenges its own parameters to break new ground across different media, without categorisation. “
His current portfolio includes works on canvas, murals, collage, print, sculpture, motion graphics,product design and 3D constructivist pieces reminiscent of the Bauhaus or even of Russian Constructivism.
DELTA has exhibited Internationally, throughout the USA, Europe and the Far East.

ANDREW McATTEE's paintings are a mixture of elements selected from comic books, cartoons, magazines, art and aerosol art. These sampled elements span the Jackson Pollock like gestures of Abstract Expressionism at one end of the spectrum to the weightless black current bubbles on a Ribena carton, embracing both that is throw away rubbish and that which has been immortalised in art books and museums. This process often results in an outcome which is ambiguous and humorous, depicting gravity-less forms set in a highly layered, seemingly endless space, culminating in a hybrid style that reflects the visual landscape he feeds from.
McATTEE’s work has been published in cult style magazines across Europe and has been exhibited both in London and in New York.

DALEK (James Marshall) was born in Connecticut, USA, moving to Chicago in his twenties. The first of his ‘SPACE MONKEY’ characters emerged in 1995 has has become an integral part of his work since, and the trigger of fascination that has fuelled Dalek's success in fine art, commercial work, and toy design. After moving to New York, he became an assistant to the artist Takashi Murakami.
His artwork has been exhibited throughout USA and Japan, and in Paris and London and he has had reviews in publications as diverse as Wall St. Journal, and New York Magazine to Arkitip.
His cult status has secured him work with Sony Creative Products, Nike Hong Kong, Adidas Germany, Converse USA, MTV Latin America, and a Nike and Kid Robot project with Barney's, as well as being featured in Neversoft Activision's video game Tony Hawk Underground II.
His first artist monograph; Dalek: Nickel Plated Angels, from Gingko Press was published in 2003 and his second ; Dalek: Sonic Order Of Happiness, from R77 Press was published in 2005

SPACE INVADER, the elusive French guerilla artist, has ‘invaded’ globally with his mosaic tile Space Invader pixel figures over the last ten years. Affixed to walls and structures on every continent, they decay with the city at their own pace… in essence a living piece of art that exists and ages with its surroundings.
Eagle eyed spotters can find 75 pieces currently in the streets of London, one of which mysteriously appeared on the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms after a recent invasion...
Maps plot and record their positions from Times Square NY to the HOLLYWOOD sign in LA, from Tokyo to Bangkok, Mombasa to Dhaka, London to Ljubljana.
“RUBIKCUBISM” is a new development in SPACE INVADER’S work. His tile
mosaic concept has evolved and expanded to include the untraditional use of Rubik’s cubes, inspired by the mathematics of its colour combinations and the simple fact that it’s a game. And he doesn’t cheat. He’s mastered the solution and each finished cube forms part of either a 3d sculpture or a pixelated wall mounted image. This show will also include his latest ‘Christo-esque’ SPACE INVADER tape wrapped sculptures, exhibited here in London for the first time.

 

...and remember, believe the HYPE, you know you want to...

 

HYPE was photographed by Ed Reeve

HYPE was supported by:

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VLADIVAR VODKA and COBRA BEER

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