The Carhartt Big Geezers Tour took place earlier this year with a great line up of artists including The London Police, Will Barras and Jeremy Fish. Modart TV put together this short video of the event below including interviews with some of the artists and their views on the commercial side of street art.

Via Hooked Blog.

Recognise the names? Well these guys have managed to sort themself an exhibition for the start of the new year, judging by the pieces that i have seen in the past, this is set to be some show. The details are as follows:

The Lover and LukeDaDuke have an exhibition together at Jongerencentrum Dynamo in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Opening of the exhibition will be at January 10 2009, at 19.00h.

You can find Dynamo at
Catharinaplein 21
5611 DE Eindhoven
the Netherlands

They are also looking for street art pictures to be included on the opening night, contact LukeDaLuke, either on the forums here, on on his flickr at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedaduke/

Hi, im Stephen Ball, and i have been asked by the great people here at Concrete Canvas to be a guest blogger, so i thought my first post should be something thats very close to my heart and inspiration, its sad times in the street art world…

I started going to the sketch city events in 2005 and they have helped me so much with exposure, aswell as inspiration, and work. Earlier this year they opened their own street art gallery space in the heart of manchester. Upperspace, has been a very popular gallery, and has had some really great exhibitions from world renouned street artists, and illustrators including, Jon Burgerman, Guy McKinley, China Mike, Hammo, Laurie Pink,8-bit, and countless others…

They announced this week that they will be closing, due to circumstances…

Please read their press release below, and get on board to help the guys out.

// HISTORY
Upper Space was started by the Arts07 award winning Sketch City in 2007. Built over the last year and a half in an old warehouse in the cultural heart of Manchester, Upper Space is home to the region’s first street art gallery space, a cafe, an event space and alternative clothing boutique.

Adopting Manchester’s world renowned D.I.Y. approach to innovation and the arts, Sketch City and Marbella Cafe were joined by over 30 volunteers who gave their time and skills over the course of 6 months for the creation of a new, exciting social and artistic hub in the heart of the northern quarter of Manchester. Seeing the potential of the space and the shared ethos of the people involved, a Community Interest Company was formed that brought together Sketch City, Marbella Creative Industries and the Silverwood shop to create the Upper Space Collective. A proper grass roots venture.

Opening in February 2008, the Upper Space took the city by storm and soon developed a reputation for cutting edge events, gallery shows and promoting inclusivity to the arts across the spectrum. Having helped launch the careers of some of the regions most exciting, contemporary up and coming street artists, our aim is to promote the visual arts and the social within the city centre of Manchester and further afield.

// UPPER SPACE FORCED EVICTION

WEDNESDAY 3RD DECEMBER

Upper Space employees arrived to work on the 3rd of December to find the doors to the building chained and padlocked, the dispute, between the owners of the building and Sunshine Studios has resulted in Upper Space being given the options of paying 50% more rent or closing. With no forewarning being given at all to the events of the morning, Upper Space has been temporarily occupied by members of the collective until we can remove the artists work and our possessions from the building and relocate to a new premises.

PLEASE SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION AS WE RAISE AWARENESS AND GATHER SUPPORT FOR A NEW HOME IN THE NEW YEAR…

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/upper-space.html

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP US TO PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE CULTURE IN A CITY THAT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE PRIVATIZED BY THE SECOND.

MUCH LOVE

UPPER SPACE XXX

The ‘Nightmare Before Christmas Show’ looks to be definately one to check out with the current line up of artists. Some big names are showing art (a few that we’ve interviewed ;P). Artists showing work off include Pure Evil, Rugman, Focus, Snub, Hutch, ATG, One Trick Pony, The Krah, Oh Death, Ashab, Mishfit.

The street artists will be taking over, painting on and pasting across one of London’s West End’s most established venues.

The event kicks off on Tuesday 16th at 5pm and doesn’t finish until Xmas eve which gives everyone the chance to check it out whilst you go and do a little Crimbo shopping.

Details:
The Courtyard, Sin, 144 Charing X Road, London, WC2H 0LB
Open Noon til 7pm Daily (Closed Sunday 21st) until Tues 23rd.

For those of you cool kids hanging out in Miami tonight check out the Scion Installation 5 tour which is making a stop in the city. The event features work from artists such as Kofie, Asylm, Blek Le Rat, David Choe, Rob Abeyta Jr and many others.

Here’s what the organisers said:

On Friday, December 5, the Installation tour opens in Miami during the world- renowned Art Basel the largest art event in North America. Each year Miami celebrates Art Basel by playing host to galleries, art collectors, artists, dealers, curators, critics and art enthusiasts from around the world. All of the Installation artists will have the opportunity to attend and take advantage of the opportunities that Art Basel offers.

Event Details:
Miami
Friday December 5th, 2008

Artist & Press Reception: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Public Opening: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Raleigh Penthouse
1775 Collins Ave.
Miami, FL 33139