London Miles Gallery
Westbourne Studios. 242 Acklam road.
Unit 303. London. W10 5JJ
info@londonmiles.com
phone: (44) 020 3170 8618
London Miles Gallery
Westbourne Studios. 242 Acklam road.
Unit 303. London. W10 5JJ
info@londonmiles.com
phone: (44) 020 3170 8618
Project Space:
(wtf is?) LOWBROW
Opening reception: Friday December 10th 2010.
PLEASE NOTE: GALLERY IS CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 22ND TO JANUARY 10TH- EXHIBITION SPACE WILL BE CLOSED.
Lowbrow [?l???bra?] Disparaging
a person who has uncultivated or non intellectual tastes
Wikipedia describes Lowbrow, or Lowbrow Art as:
an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s. Lowbrow is a widespread populist art movement with origins in the underground comix world, punk music, hot-rod street culture, and other subcultures. It is also often known by the name pop surrealism. Lowbrow art often has a sense of humor - sometimes the humor is gleeful, sometimes impish, and sometimes it's a sarcastic comment.[2] Most lowbrow artworks are paintings, but there are also toys, digital art, and sculpture.
Today however, the term Lowbrow is no longer suitable to carry the weight of defining a more complex new art movement.… hence the question; What is Lowbrow? Many artists do not like the word, and others accept that there is not any other word to relate to, whilst the general public may never have heard of it. So far we loosely describe the complete movement as New Contemporary. Although how long will “New” be new…and how vague is the title “Contemporary Art”?
We find ourselves being forced towards the identity crisis of not having an umbrella to group under. As a generation of artists, galleries and curators that are working in what is fast becoming a new art movement, we are constantly describing the artwork as being a steady mix between illustration, comic, dark surrealism, pop surrealism, gothic art and the newer medium of digital artwork. We are our own group of art lovers and art critics, that do not depend on the media for reassurance. There is no need to look for approval from our art teachers. What brings this group of emerging artists together is their ability to be free from any rules that the typical ‘High Brow’ art world applies. This is a robust generation of creative forward thinkers that grew up with Disney cartoons and watched the beginning of the digital age with Pixar. We are the first generation of DIY marketeers, web designers and self made artists. This is a new generation of talent that does not need to depend on a title, or conventional tradition to define itself. Our definition is refined through our way of life and our ever-evolving interests. We have the world at our fingertips and our inspirations, ideas and abilities are endless.
(wtf is?) Lowbrow features a collection of artworks from a group of London Miles Gallery artists. The exhibition will include original paintings from Xue Wang, Alex Young, Nom Kinnear King, Tiffany Liu, Joe Ledbetter, Scott C, David Marsh, Morning Breath, Fernando Chamarelli and limited edition prints from Silvia Ji, Caia Koopman, Kukula, Jade Klara, Carles Gomila, Tom Bagshaw and many more..