With the street art phenomena continuing to smash attendance records in galleries and museumsglobally, Moniker continues to build on the success of last year’sart fair with the launch of a special London exhibitionin July. GOSSIP WELL TOLD will showcase a selected group of artists who willexhibit at this year’s Moniker, which will take place on October 13-16th 2011.

GOSSIP WELL TOLD willexhibit new and original artworks and installations by internationallyrecognised artists from a movement spawned through word of mouth, a movementthat brought colour to the streets of the world’s most exciting cities and thatspread like wildfire via the internet. This is a scene fuelled by the artistsand lovers of the art itself. It has received little support from theconventional British art establishments and is only now beginning to receivethe wider attention and credit it deserves in the UK.

‘Moniker’ssuccess is a sign that, even in the UK, street art is coming in from the cold.’
Rachel Spence, Financial Times

AnInnovating, DIY mentality and not waitingto be invited is the philosophy that has built the scene and made it whatit is today. GOSSIP WELL TOLD bring to London the most progressive,talked-about work on the art wires right now and will offer a taste of what canbe expected at this year’s 2011 edition of Moniker.

ARTISTS:

AlexFakso
BenEine
Boband Roberta Smith
Case
CandiceTripp
CherylDunn
Dabsand Myla
Herakut
JoshuaPetker
LukeChueh
NateFrizzell
PatrickHaines
Swoon

This exhibition highlights the internationalscope of street art and beyond, as the genre continues to attract worldwideattention from museums, auction houses and collectors. As well as showcasingartworks emanating from the street art scene, Moniker will be widening its scopeof reference with the inclusion of artists such as Bob and Roberta Smith from London, Pop surrealist LukeChueh from California, and acclaimed New York photographer Cheryl Dunn.


Gossip Well Told I - July 2011 at Blackall Studios. London. United Kingdom
Gossip Well Told II - September 2011 at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.

www.monikerprojects.com
www.shea-ziegler.com

March 11th, 2011. 7pm to 11pm.

About Stella Im Hultberg:
“When I begin a painting, Idon’t start with a clear idea or message. The early stages are abstract andvague and the work then develops organically as I paint. There’s no specificconcept but a blurry idea I try to clarify as each layer of paint is built up.

An underlying unifying theme of identities and duality seems to permeate muchof my work. Identity as a human being, the frail and the strong; identity as anindividual; identity in relation to others or the environment; and even dual,overlapped, confused identities.

The process of creating a painting is what intrigues me most, like findingpieces of a puzzle. The figures (women) in my paintings are a vessel throughwhich I can connect with the world. The unseen moments, the unspoken words, theindescribable emotions that permeate much of our lives… those are the elementsI try to capture and represent through the figures in my work.”

Stella Im Hultberg’s paintings are conceived in varying combinations of ink,watercolor, and oils on paper, wood and canvas. Her portraits of women arerendered in easy, flowing lines with soft hues that transcend the typicalcritiques of feminine beauty, inherent in today’s self conscious society.


Trendland Magazine describes her work, “Stella Im Hultberg is raw femininity,sexuality, vulnerability, and reality. Nothing is masked in the faces of hergirls; all misery, all troubles are fully evinced. Hultberg’s paintings anddrawings cause the viewer to feel for her girls. They are the typeof girls that everyone subconsciously desires [male and female alike]. They’vefaces like sombre supermodels but the way their sleepy eyes stare, the waytheir hands grasp for more, the way their hair falls and rises so freely arewhat make them so innocently seductive. The girls of Stella Im Hultberg maylook as though they are trying to hide away, but they’re not at all. They showyou everything everyone should know and appreciate about a woman.”

Pens and Needles, an exhibition celebrating Tattoo art, culture and lifestyle.

London Miles is to take an in-depth look at all forms of tattoo art, lifestyle, and culture. Featuring original artwork, tattoo stencils and photographs, Pens and Needles brings together artists from across the tattoo and contemporary art sectors to shed light on the entire domain of tattoo art: from artists that love tattoos, to tattoo artists that love painting.

Exhibiting artists:
Shawn Barber, Claudia Sabe, Mike Davis, Matt Difa, Xam, Olli Bery, Daniel Albrigo, Holy Fox, Jeff Gogue, Tom Bagshaw, Alex Young, Shad, Jondix, Jee Sayalero, Gustavo Rimada, Cate Rangle, Estevan Oriol, Lea Nahon, Bart Bingham, Rico, Horishion, Issac Fainkujen, Nick Baxter, Nick Colella, Alex Binnie, Al Overdrive, Nicola Andrews, Michael Forbes, Kerry Evans, William Zdan, Adam Jackson.

At London Miles Gallery. 2/25/2011 to 07/03/2011
Curated by Tina Ziegler.

The Idol Hours
November 2010 at London Miles

Opening on Friday 12th November, 2010 London Miles Gallery presents an all new group exhibition, entitled The Idol Hours. Revisiting some of the most iconic paintings since the great Renaissance, The Idol Hours sees each of our forty New Contemporary artists recontextualize a historic and personally significant artwork from their own oblique 21st Century point of view.Thus we find Picasso's Guernica readdressed by Sergio Mora, Alex Young returning to the exquisite art nouveau of Mucha's Moet & Chandon Cremant Imperial, and Ken Keirns recreating Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci from 1490. Indeed from Seurat and Millet to Carvaggio and Vermeer expect to revisit some of the world's best known and most influential paintings under and irreverent eye of a new generation of pop surrealists. With satire, irony, and pathos all wielded as adeptly as the brushes of the masters before them, these new compositions conspire to create an important, new, modern day narrative all of its own.




London Miles has asked forty artists to take part in "The Idol Hours", from emerging British components to newly established international names all with the same goal- to pay a little respect to their elders. Through the evocation of these artists, "The Idol Hours" will showcase the best of the current zeit geist- whilst heralding the pioneering artists and artworks that have shaped so much that came before it. Please join us at London Miles Gallery on Friday 12th November for the opening night of the exhibition at our home in Westbourne Studios.

This Fall (2009), cartoon artist and toy designer Joe Ledbetter (Los Angeles, USA) will take his act on the road and present 5 art showsin 5 different cities across Europe. In the spirit of a touring rock band, Ledbetter will travel from city to city (London, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul) presenting separate shows that will feature new paintings, toy releases, and book signings. While each exhibition will showcase a different theme, the work is meant show international commonalities through current events and humor. In addition to original artwork, there will be European exclusive toy releases, print releases, books, T-shirts, and many other fun surprises.

October 2009
London Miles Gallery

London Miles Gallery is proud to present A.K.A, a solo exhibition featuring portraits of alter ego’s by Alex Young.

A rising star of the UK Outsider Art movement, Alex Young is currently preparing for his forthcoming solo show, A.K.A with London Miles Gallery on Thursday, April 1. Succeeding his hugely successful debut show ‘Exhibitionism’ at the Grenade Gallery in 2008, Young’s new body of work looks to set to expand his artistic and conceptual horizons to even loftier new heights.

London Miles Gallery is proud to present the first European solo show from acclaimed international comic book artist, painter, illustrator, and computer game designer Scott Campbell, aka Scott C. Showcasing more than 100 new original watercolour paintings, ‘Everybody, all the time’ delves deeper than ever before into the American’s mischievous and curious imagination to reveal the artist at his idiosyncratic and playful best. Through a multitude of storyboards and illustrated narratives, Campbell renders his escapist daydreams in the form of often-humorous and light-hearted scenarios featuring intriguing and otherworldly creatures. With one of the Comic Art scene’s leading lights presenting an entirely new body of work, ‘Everybody, all the time’ promises to be an exhibition of high entertainment for Comic Book aficionados, followers, and fans of Pop Surrealism alike.

March 2010
London Miles