April Fools
1 - 30 April 2009
Private View: Wednesday 1 April
1-5 Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2HE, UK
tel: 020 7729 2866
web: www.pureevil.eu
April
Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated
in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and
other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members,
enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to
embarrass the gullible.
Urban
street art has fast become a cultural phenomenon sweeping the UK and Europe with
its audacious challenging of authority and cultural norms. Public but anonymous,
these artifacts of clandestine performance by artists operating outside the
established channels of exhibiting and selling their art, has contributed
greatly to the dialogue of the enduring question, “What is
art"?
Taking the
ethos of the hoax into consideration, an eclectic collection of contemporary
urban art will be exhibited and sold off the walls which be constantly changing
throughout the duration of the exhibition to create a curiosity with the viewer.
This exhibition showcases a collection of international artists who examine the
genre's explorations into art in mediums that range from painting,
wheat-pasting, and collage to drawing and sculpture.
