Street/Studio / Irvine Contemporary

June 20 to August 01, 2009

Exhibiting Artists:
Shepard Fairey (LA), Swoon (NYC), Gaia (Brooklyn),
Imminent Disaster (Brooklyn), Oliver Vernon (Brooklyn),
James Marshall (Dalek) (NY and Raleigh, NC),
EVOL (Berlin), and PISA73 (Berlin)

You can't help but notice that the alley at 14th and P Sts is a little more appealing lately. There's more than meets the eye in this new street art gallery. You're likely to do a double take and meander back to the eye catching visuals of Shepard Fairey and Evol. Is it art, grafitti, propoganda...you might wonder. On further exploration, you find the whole alley is plastered and painted with murals. And if you somehow miss the alley gallery, you can pop out the back door of Irvine Contemporary and be treated to the variety of the wall murals produced by the Street/Studio artists.

Inside Irvine Contemporary, the artists have produced work that reflects their street styles. Evol creates urban architecture on cardboard, one of the materials of choice by several of the artists. Don't be fooled.... beautiful pieces are created on these humble materials. There's a freshness, a vitality and an urban savy that the artists bring to this work - nervy, edgy and perhaps easier for some to absorb in bite size pieces. Don't miss it! Go see for your self.

There's a great article by Jessica Dawson in the WaPo on "Street/Studio" at Irvine contemporary Gallery.

Missed the opening night? Not to worry. You can get a look at the production of the murals & see the artists at work onsite and the opening night by visiting Irvine Contemporary's Website. Slide Show Artists, Wall Murals, On-Site Projects, Works in the Exhibition at Irvine Contemporary.

Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20005
202.332.8767
info[at]irvinecontemporary.com

Shepard Fairey

PISA73

Shepard Fairey

EVOL

Oliver Vernon

Oliver Vernon, Gaia

Swoon

Swoon

Swoon, (front)
Imminent Disaster (back)

James Marshall (Dalek)

Gaia

EVOL

Oliver Vernon

Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20005
202.332.8767
info[at]irvinecontemporary.com

Video of artwork by Dalek at Irvine Contemporary

James Marshall (Dalek): Overweight
at the Opening Reception with Interviews

Check it out HERE

James Marshall (Dalek), Untitled 2008.3, 2008. Acrylic on panel. 30 X 30 in.

May 17 to June 21, 2008
Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20005
202.332.8767
info@irvinecontemporary.com

Washington City Paper's

Maura Judkis on James Marshall (Dalek) at Irvine Contemporary Here.

The "James Marshall (Dalek): Overweight" exhibition is on view from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, to Saturday, June 21, at Irvine Contemporary, 1412 14th St. NW. Free. (202) 332-8767.

Art Highlights

James Marshall (Dalek), Untitled 2008.3, 2008. Acrylic on panel. 30 X 30 in.
Irvine Contemporary opened an exhibition by James Marshall (Dalek): Overweight which runs to June 21. The reception yesterday spilled out into the street. Five wonderful paintings are displayed. The show is excellent, elegantly exhibited, sold out and worth repeat visits.

Opening Reception for the Artist
Saturday May 17, 6:00-8:00





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Along my walking path to several mid city artists open studios yesterday, photos HERE, I happened across Cafe Collage at 1346 T Street NW. The owner made me a cup of the most delicious chai. The cafe features the contemporary artwork of Ethiopian artist, Yeshewawork Asseta through the month of June. The cafe has recently reopened and is a wonderful new stopping place in the neighborhood for food and coffee. Give it a try. You'll love the art and the friendly atmosphere.

Cafe Collage, 1346 T Street NW, Washington, DC 20009



posted by Anne Marchand
www.annemarchand.com

James Marshall (Dalek) / Overweight

James Marshall (Dalek), Untitled 2008.3, 2008. Acrylic on panel. 30 X 30 in.

May 17 to June 21, 2008
Opening Reception for the Artist
Saturday, May 17, 6:00-8:00pm


Irvine Contemporary is pleased to present James Marshall (Dalek) in his only 2008 solo exhibition, Overweight.

After many years of thinking about American culture, high and low, James Marshall has developed what he considers his most ambitious series of new works. His new body of work revels in a profusion and hyper-abundance of color and planes of space: the familiar lines and iconic “Space Monkey” references that defined his earlier work are only a starting point for a new series of meditations on the push and pull of forces he sees in contemporary life.

Working largely intuitively and organically, he allows each painting to become a new discovery, and the ongoing series of discoveries that defined his career have now led him far beyond his beginnings when, right out of art school, he found a new way to merge street art, cartoons, Japanese pop, and the energy of the urban punk scene. A major turning point in Marshall’s studio practice was working as Takashi Murakami’s assistant in 2001. He now goes far beyond Murakami’s “superflat” to a kaleidoscopic play of space and color that embodies the competing and conflicting forces in today’s world.

IRVINE Contemporary
1412 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
T: 202-332-8767
info@irvinecontemporary.com
www.irvinecontemporary.com