On speaking to a few of the artists involved. The Cans festival is re-opening this weekend. This time not stencil artists but freehand artists are flexing their index fingers on multi-coloured Cans...whatch this space for more info.
The Open Studio opened on Thursday night with a huge crowd coming to swill beer in the artist layer... Thanks to all the Artists who's worked really hard and work has lit up what was a big empty space. The show feels welcoming and warm and feels very grounded...Be sure to come down to 19 Kingsland Road before the 20th to see for yourselves...
Zeus, Reso, Solo One and friends adorned the catwalk of the recent Agnes B show in london. The Artists got up out of their seats in the Audience which i think came as quite a shock to the audience...
The gallery exhibits editions and original pieces from artists at the forefront of the Street, Tattoo and Graphic art world, including international artists from Barcelona to Baltimore.
Nelly Duff champions the development of high quality hand-made editions; supporting traditional craft and age-old techniques. The gallery was one of the first physical spaces to exhibit Street Art internationally.
Nelly Duff currently holds the world record for the highest number of screens used to produce a hand pulled screen-printed edition, with Ben EINE. The artist’s ‘Twenty First Century’ canvas was gifted to President Obama, by David Cameron, during a state visit in 2010.
In March 2012, Nelly Duff was invited to be a main exhibitor at the prestigious ‘Pick Me Up Art Fair’, Somerset House. Some 30,000 people attended the exhibition. Furthermore, in April 2012 Nelly Duff was invited by the Victoria & Albert Museum to take part in ‘Street Art, Tripol.’ In partnership with the British Council, this was the first international exhibition to visit post revolutionary Libya.
Nelly Duff is regularly invited to contribute to lectures at the University of the Arts, London.