Category: Art
Print Club London is a screenprinting studio and hub for brilliant designers in east London. This weekend they open their doors for their fourth annual show at MC Motors in Dalston, just next door to their studios.
Up by Anthony Peters, Imeus Design.
Bringing together a collective of 40 established and emerging illustrators, as well as designers and street artists, The Directors Cut will exhibit screen prints inspired by some of the world’s biggest blockbusters, including – The Royal Tenenbaums, Star Wars, Psycho, The Godfather, Metropolis and Planet of the Apes – with an opening evening set to once again draw crowds from across London’s creative scene. All limited-edition prints will be sold at £40 each, signed exclusively by the artist. Artists were given a brief to submit a screen print inspired by a movie poster without referencing the film title, and over the course of the last six months, Print Club London’s curators have been inundated with over 1,000 entries. The final 40 have now been selected and include some of the industry’s hottest talent.
LOST BOYS by Philip Morgan.
Star Wars by Concepcion Studio.
On the opening evening, BLISTERS – The Directors Cut will entertain guests with a feast of film screenings, including a short film produced by the studio and shot using Lomography’s LOMOKINO camera, showcasing the printing in the run-up to the show as well as interviews with the artists themselves. Film-themed cocktails will be served all evening from the mixologist experts at Dalston’s speakeasy Ruby’s Bar, and hotdogs and popcorn will tickle the taste buds of all movie buffs in attendance.
Back To The Future by RYCA.
BLISTERS, the brainchild of Print Club London’s directors, Fred and Kate Higginson and Rose Stallard aims to offer affordable prints to a wider demographic by encouraging buyers to invest in original artwork, whilst promoting a dynamic contemporary art scene to a new audience. BLISTERS The Directors Cut will open with a free admission Opening Night on Friday 31 August from 6pm onwards at MC Motors (next door to the Print Club London studios), followed by an open day on Saturday 1 September.
The GodFather I by Fran Marchesi.
Some of the contributing artists are previewed here (with biographies below) but there will be many more on show, and prints will be available online from Saturday night and can be shipped worldwide.
Anthony Peters aka Imeus – Up
Imeus is a design and Illustration studio founded by Anthony Peters around 2004, originally based in London but relocated to the Brighton Coast in 2010. Anthony is a maker of things who likes nothing more than to reduce an image down to its most simply communicated graphic form. He works across a range of media, from traditional print projects to digital media. He originally comes from an Art School background so poster art and traditional print methods have a massive place in his heart.
Philip Morgan – Lost Boys
Philip Morgan is an illustrator from Cardiff, South Wales. Phil's inspiration for his work comes from his love for skateboarding, music, art, books, tattoos, drinking and his family and friends. His work has been featured in magazines and published in The Washington Post. He has created wall illustrations for shops and galleries, websites, and t-shirt designs. Phil has also created adverts and designed several skateboard graphics for Crayon Skateboards over the last few years.
Concepción Studios – Star Wars
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. Concepción studied graphic design at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Art & Design. He served as the Art Director of one of the largest music merchandising companies in the world, Bravado International Group in Los Angeles, before leaving to establish Concepción Studios in 2006. Throughout his career he has reveled in designing for Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, MUSE and many other clients in the entertainment industry.
Ryan Callanan aka RYCA – Back To The Future
Ryan Callanan has been working under the alias ‘RYCA’ for the past five years, gaining critical acclaim and building a huge collector base for his limited edition and often tongue-in-cheek screen prints, stencils and sculptures. The work RYCA makes is saturated with pop culture motifs, drawing upon a particular social and cultural idiolect of a person growing up in the 80s and 90s. Most recognisable of his work, Reservoir Troopers, a cleverly crafted pastiche of the iconic Reservoir Dogs movie poster with the heads of Star Wars’ Storm Troopers superimposed on top.
Fran Marchesi – The Godfather I
An illustrator and designer who specialises in hand rendered letterforms and screen-printed posters, Fran’s influences come from DIY zine culture, gig posters, classic sign-writing styles, beautiful calligraphy and French handwriting. London-based, she works with a variety of clients from music to product design, ad printing on any flat surface.