Print Club London are proud to have launched the exclusive Stanley Donwood limited edition, screen prints available to purchase from the online gallery, whilst stocks last.
Limited to an edition of 25 ‘Very Air’ and ‘Cold Earth’ are taken from a vast number produced from an installation at Ovalspace, London when Atoms For Peace released ‘Amok’.
The prints also featured in an installation at The Enterprise pub in Chalk Farm while Atoms For Peace did a residency at The Roundhouse.
Photo Credit by Tinatin Shaburishvili
The idea was vaguely inspired by old photos of advertising hoardings on the sides of ramshackle buildings in fin-de-seicle Paris. The artwork itself is mostly constructed from fragments of enlarged linocut details; the linocut in question is an 18 foot long depiction of Los Angeles being destroyed by fire, flood and meteor storm [in a quasi-mediaeval style] called ‘Lost Angeles’. This was first exhibited at Shepard Fairey’s space on Sunset Boulevard in LA.
“It has been 20 years and seven albums since the man known unofficially as Radiohead’s sixth member created the gasping, mannequin-like face that adorned The Bends. Stanley Donwood has since worked closely with the Oxfordshire rock band to create all their album art and posters.
The artist spends a lot of time with Yorke and co when they are working on new material in order to find a suitable aesthetic. “The last thing I did for them was a while ago. I really dislike this bit of time, when I’m not sure what I’m doing. I could go back and do what I did for the last one [2011’s The King of Limbs] – that would be easy! But instead I’m going to do something completely different, which is a bit of a challenge.”
Donwood, now aged 46 and living in “bucolic Somerset”, has several high-profile exhibitions coming up and will produce another work for Glastonbury this year (his pictures have become synonymous with the Somerset festival and last year his painting Nether provided its central image) before jetting off to Sydney to prepare for a huge retrospective of his work.”
The Independent / March 2015 – Radiohead’s ‘sixth member’ Stanley Donwood on how flame-throwing brought them together.
‘They must really rate you for you to have worked together for so long? “Or can’t be bothered to find someone else? I don’t know.”
T U R N O N / T U N E I N
Blisters is back for its fifth edition!!!
The studio now is crazy busy printing the completely new and original 1600 screen prints for the show! There will be 40 exhibiting artists, each with an edition of 40 signed screen printed posters selling for £40 a pop.
Our weekend of music and the music-inspired artwork starts on Friday night in MC Motors, the 6000 square ft events venue adjacent to our studios in Dalston.
We will present a selection of 40 handpicked artists including prolific designers whose work has graced the album covers of The Chemical Brothers to The Sex Pistols and Ziggy Stardust.
Join us to see work from the likes of Fred Deakin, Kate Gibb, Stanley Donwood, Jamie Reid, Terry Pastor, amongst many more, and enjoy the stellar line-up of absolute icons that will adorn the walls!
On the opening night, we will welcome you to rock up and grab a cocktail at Ruby’s bar and savour London’s best burgers at the Lucky Chip Van!!!
For this big occasion, Fiction Records will treat us with a special gig of ‘Meanwhile’ one of the latest additions to the label’s already impressive roster.
GF Smith Collaborated with branding agency Made Thought and filmmaker Ben Stevenson to create an explosive and atmospheric short film – Bright Red – to offer a window into the Colorplan creation process, which they will showcase in a series of screenings during Blisters.
★ JOIN US ON THE OPENING NIGHT ★
12–13 September 2014
Opening night: 18.00–23.00
Sept 13th: 10.00–17.00
Here are 4 of the artworks featured in this year’s show…
And here’s some live printing action…
Do you have a favourite yet?!?
See ya on the 12th!
Film Poster Exhibition
31 July – 25 August 2014
Open daily 10.00–18.00
Additionally from 18.30–21.00 to Film4
Summer Screen ticket holders (7–20 August)
West Wing Galleries, West Wing
Free admission
PREVIEW NIGHT ON THE 30TH OF JULY
Back for a second year, Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House has commissioned Print Club London to curate a series of contemporary screen-printed film posters for the 10 year anniversary season.
Renowned for printing, curating and dealing screen-printed artworks Print Club London has hand-picked an assortment of styles and artists, including Rose Blake, Hattie Stewart, Kate Moross, Steve Wilson, Kate Gibb and HelloVon.
Open during the day and for each evening event, the Summer Screen Prints exhibition will feature the great and good of the illustrative world. Each exhibiting artist will reimagine a poster for one of the films in this season’s line-up, bringing a unique and fresh eye to their selected title.
Each film poster will be a limited-edition and exclusively available to buy for £45 from the exhibition at Somerset House.
CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS AND THEIR FILM TITLES
Born in London, Rose studied at Kingston and the RCA. Her bold playful work is inspired by music, the art world and the relationship between things. She has worked for clients including bbc.co.uk, Random House and Converse. She is also a member of the This Is It collective, and runs the website studiomusic.fm.
All of Claudia’s work is hand drawn combining detail with simple lines and strong narratives. There is often a playful subject matter teasing at the everyday. Her influences range from anatomical drawings to Egon Schiele, Frida Kahlo and Dr. Seuss.
Lucille is a French London based Illustrator. She works mainly within the field of editorial design and illustration, occasionally also realising interior and exhibition spaces. Her personal work is mainly based on the endlessly inspiring architecture of her neighbourhood in London.
Patrick Concepción is the founder and Art Director of Concepción Studios, a studio that focuses on art direction and graphics for the entertainment industry, located in San Jose, California. Throughout his career he has reveled in designing for Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney and MUSE.
Kate Gibb has worked as a printmaker and illustrator for over fifteen years. The kind of printing she is inspired by relies on chance, hiccups and happy accidents. Commercially she is renowned for her music-related sleeve artwork, most notably for a long-standing relationship with The Chemical Brothers.
HelloVon is the award winning studio founded by London based illustrator and artist Von in 2006. Utilising a seamless and dynamic blend of traditional and digital mark making techniques he has accrued an international client list, been featured in publications around the world and become one of the industry’s foremost contemporary portrait illustrators.
Fred Higginson, founder of Print Club London, also works under the name of MOL (Ministry of Love). Alongside his role at the printing studio, Fred finds time to produce silk screen prints and on occasion sculptures. Fred’s techniques are as eclectic as his influences, working across mediums and using materials ranging from Play-Doh to the pencil.
Kate Moross is a 26 year old London based creative, and is the director of Studio Moross. She has a fascination with three sided shapes, illegible typography and freeform lettering.
Mat spends his time doing fantastical figurative illustrations often with obsessive attention to detail, working predominantly with dipping pen and ink. In the last few years he has expanded into screen and lino-cut printing which has led to teaching a BRIT Kids course in Illustration and Printmaking at the BRIT School. He still draws dinosaurs only not quite as well.
Rose Stallard, illustrator and Creative Director of Print Club, mixes up her own drawings with found images from across the board, injecting fanzine-like enthusiasm (and discernment). Clients include The Guardian, Fiction Records, Urban Outfitters, Dazed & Confused and Glastonbury.
Hattie Stewart is a young London based illustrator. A self – proclaimed ‘professional doodler’ her unique and playful style extends itself through art and fashion. Having worked with designers such as House Of Holland, Marc By Marc Jacobs and Adidas, she has also exhibited in Miami, L.A, Bangkok, New York, Berlin and London.
Holly Wales founded her Illustration practice in 2006. Her work explores a variety of subject matter and is predominantly drawing-based. She works with multiple layers of colour and deconstructs forms to build dynamic compositions which play upon chance and process.
Caspar Williamson is heavily involved in the UK printmaking scene, publishes books on the subject and has taught both corporate and educational workshops throughout the UK. He has also exhibited widely and is represented by several galleries.
Joe Wilson is an illustrator based in the UK specialising in highly detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and print. Working with a combination of pencil, ink and digital colour, Joe’s work takes form as a hybrid of the traditional and contemporary.
Steven is an Illustrator who lives and works in Brighton. He can often be found foraging through the local flea markets for obscure books and discarded paraphernalia to use as inspiration for his varied and experimental work which he generalizes as ‘somewhere between pop and psychedelia’.
Cassandra Yap is an artist and art director based in London. Fuelled by her love of pin ups, the female form and an unhealthy obsession with vintage erotica, her photomontage halftone style illustrations are dark, bold and humorous with a kinky edge.
For those of you who couldn’t make it down BLISTERS THE DIRECTORS CUT was a raging success with nearly 3000 people burst through the doors of MC Motors in Dalston, making it our largest Blisters yet!!! We had popcorn, yummy pizza from Little Nicki’s, super 8 projections and some dangerously delicious movie-themed cocktails from our friends at Ruby’s.
Open studios from Absorb Arts (fine art) and Millers Junction (illustration and design) really topped the evening off, nevermind our insanely good print show with a film/print for everyone in the audience! Check out these great pics of the night by Andrew Leo – all rights reserved.
Bob Gill x Print Club London Exhibition launched on 28th March and runs until 11th April. (NOW AVAILABLE IN SHOP)
Venue: Print Club Gallery, 10-28 Millers Avenue, Dalston, London E8 2DS.
An exhibition of editioned hand screen printed film posters to coincide with Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House with American Express® 1st – 21st August 2013 West Wing Galleries Somerset House. This special collaboration will see some of the most talented and innovative illustrators from the UK and USA design and produce 16 new and original screen prints, inspired by the each of the films screened this year. All the prints will be produced in limited editions of 200, signed by the artist and available to buy at £40 each. The exhibition will be open daily until late throughout the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season.
BUYERS NIGHT: We will be holding a buyers night especially for Print Club loyal fans and buyers so do follow us on twitter and join our mailing list (top right on the website) to ensure you get your name on the guest list first!! Spaces will be limited and news will be sent out via the newsletter! This will be like our big BLISTERS opening nights so should be amazing… more info to follow!
Bob Gill is a designer, illustrator, writer, film-maker and teacher. He was the Gill in Fletcher/Forbes/Gill which eventually became Pentagram. He was elected into the New York Art Directors’ Club Hall of Fame, and the London Designers and Art Directors (D&AD) presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He’s written a number of books about design and illustration. His latest, published by Laurence King, is “Bob Gill, so far.”
We approached Bob earlier in the year in the hope that he would come and get inky with us and we are super excited to announce that we have produced 6 screen prints from his catalogue which he came in and hand coloured, making each one completely original!
Bob was in the studio 2 days this week, hard at work hand colouring his gorgeous screenprints! The lovely people at DandAD came in as well to film Bob at work and talking to Serge Seidlitz and Margot Bowman, two illustrators from our creative studio Millers Junction about the future of illustration and the growing popularity of screenprint as a medium. (NOW AVAILABLE IN SHOP)
Print Club London were super excited to be back at PICK ME UP 2012 (contemporary graphic art fair) at Somerset House from Thurs 22nd March – Sun 1st April! Print Club London’s space at PMU 2012 was a journey through the print process, from the designers hand to the ink on the table all the way through to our gallery. A physical journey through the process of print! Visitors were invited to PULL A PRINT with help from our in house screenprinters.
Somerset House today announced an exciting line-up of artists, collectives and galleries for Pick Me Up, the UK’s first contemporary graphic art fair which will return to the Embankment Galleries for its second year running, from 17 – 27 March 2011.
This year’s Pick Me Up highlights will include an open studio with legendary designer Anthony Burrill, a selection of the best new talents in graphic design and illustration from across the world, and limited edition work from Print Club London and Rose Blake amongst many others.
The UK’s most original and cutting-edge graphic art collectives and galleries will take over the Embankment Galleries to create a world of their own where they will produce, exhibit and sell a wide range of affordable
artwork. Pick Me Up favourites Concrete Hermit, Evening Tweed, It’s Nice That, Nobrow, Nous Vous and Print Club London are back alongside exciting newcomers Ditto Press, Jaguar Shoes, Puck and ThemLot. This year’s highlights include Print Club London’s limited edition print by Rose Blake to be sold for £150. Blake, along with Mr. Bingo, Supermundane and over fifty other artists, will also take part in It’s Nice That’s drawing event where each day ten top illustrators will create drawings in under thirty minutes, later to be sold for £35.
See you there!
Print Club London presents ‘BLACKOUT BLISTERS’ our renowned Annual screen printed poster show, where we bring together 40 of the best Established and up and coming Illustrators. This years twist is all posters have a glow in the dark element, so enjoy even when the lights go out!
Photographed by Keaneeyephotography.co.uk
