http://www.artrepublic.com/ Art news en-us Copyright artrepublic.com artrepublic.com v2.0 info@artrepublic.com info@artrepublic.com 40 Sir Peter Blake has taken his masterful use of collage to the next level in his recent release of a three-dimensional Circus Collage triptych. Three individual boxes have been created especially to house the three circus scenes, archival inkjet prints painstakingly cut out by hand and displayed as an audience watching a magical circus performance. For these unique new editions Peter has combined his love of the circus with his characteristic collaged crowds in a three dimensional format. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/419-pop-up-pop-art-from-peter-blake.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/419-pop-up-pop-art-from-peter-blake.html Artist Damien Hirst is the latest castaway on Radio 4’s iconic ‘Desert Island Discs’ programme, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last year. The incredible Desert Island Discs archive has given us access to previous artist castaways, including Sir Peter Blake (twice!), David Hockney, and Jack Vettriano, helping us to paint a portrait of these renowned artists by delving into their record collections. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/418-artist-castaways-artists-deserted-by-desert-island-discs.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/418-artist-castaways-artists-deserted-by-desert-island-discs.html This week saw star guests and fashion royalty descend on New York for the Costume Institute Gala, known as the Met Ball, fashion’s smartest party celebrating the annual opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s fashion exhibition. The congregation of high fashion at one of the world’s largest and finest art museums got us thinking about the relationship between fashion and fine art… Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/417-when-fashion-meets-fine-art.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/417-when-fashion-meets-fine-art.html It’s a year since popular Bristol based artist Copyright’s appearance on BBC1’s 'The Apprentice'. He featured on Season 8 of the series as an artist that was selected and taken to London to put on an exhibition to see which Team of candidates could sell the most artwork. We caught up with him to talk about the experience, here’s his response... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/416-copyright-one-year-after-the-apprentice.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/416-copyright-one-year-after-the-apprentice.html Mike Edwards is one of the pioneers of contemporary Typographic Art. His latest creation sees the iconic Brigitte Bardot transformed through the text of French erotic pulp-fiction novels into a captivating ‘readable’ giclee. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/415-mike-edwards-on-brigitte-bardot-and-life-as-an-artist.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/415-mike-edwards-on-brigitte-bardot-and-life-as-an-artist.html As graffiti art now appears in exhibition spaces alongside “gallery art” we thought we’d take a look at an influential character in the graffiti art scene and remember some of the steps it took to get it from the walls of the streets into the galleries and onto the walls of art collectors. As a young photographer Martha Cooper documented the beginnings of graffiti in a way that had never been done before and in turn totally transformed the way we look at street art inspiring many artists still today. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/414-the-influence-of-martha-cooper.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/414-the-influence-of-martha-cooper.html Storm Thorgerson, the man behind some of the most iconic images in the history of Rock and Roll, has died aged 69 after suffering from cancer. He was the genius sleeve designer behind the weird and wonderful images of Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Ian Dury and the Mars Volta. He will be remembered for his crucial role in creating Pink Floyd’s progressive aesthetic. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/413-storm-thorgerson-obituary-the-designer-behind-the-iconic-album-art-of-pink-floyd.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/413-storm-thorgerson-obituary-the-designer-behind-the-iconic-album-art-of-pink-floyd.html artrepublic is very proud to once again sponsor visual arts at the 2013 Brighton Festival Fringe, one of the largest fringe festivals in Europe. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/412-2013-brighton-festival-fringe-visual-arts-sponsored-by-artrepublic.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/412-2013-brighton-festival-fringe-visual-arts-sponsored-by-artrepublic.html Screen Prince by name and screen prince by nature, Screen Prince aka Ben Duarri does all his own printing in a studio in Brighton producing mesmerising prints created using the lyrics to various iconic musicians' songs to build up images of their portraits. In answerring a few of our humble questions we discover more about an artist with a passion for music fond memories of his childhood, oh and partying with Fatboy Slim! Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/410-qa-with-screen-prince.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/410-qa-with-screen-prince.html We’re excited to announce the arrival of a new collective of young energetic artists at artrepublic. Victym Studio was in launched in May 2012, from their base in Twickenham, London, with a determination to bring superb design to a wide audience. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/409-introducing-the-victym-collective.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/409-introducing-the-victym-collective.html The Brighton Fringe artrepublic Visual Arts Prize 2013 has officially kicked off! For the chance to win an artrepublic voucher worth £250, a cash prize of £250, and free registration to the 2014 Brighton Fringe (worth £228) read on… Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/407-artrepublics-brighton-fringe-2013-visual-arts-prize-open-for-entries.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/407-artrepublics-brighton-fringe-2013-visual-arts-prize-open-for-entries.html Charming Baker’s three-day show at Milk Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, marks a high point in what has been an extraordinary journey for the East London artist. Five years ago he was living in a council flat, with five children and no professional experience. Now he has sell-out shows in London and New York under his belt and his work is selling for more than £150,000. Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/406-charming-baker---lie-down-i-think-i-love-you.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/406-charming-baker---lie-down-i-think-i-love-you.html The Barbican’s current blockbuster show, ‘The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns’, focuses on Marcel Duchamp’s cultural legacy by tracing his relationship to four great modern masters; composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and visual artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. The show has inspired us to take at look at other great Duchamp-ions… Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/405-the-influence-of-marcel-duchamp-on-andy-warhol-richard-hamilton-peter-blake.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/405-the-influence-of-marcel-duchamp-on-andy-warhol-richard-hamilton-peter-blake.html As one of our fastest selling artists, Copyright is an experimental artist always looking at new techniques to articulate his ideas and inspirations and explore the various media of printing. We learn more about his work and motivations in our Q&A... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/404-qa-with-copyright.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/404-qa-with-copyright.html This week we released two new panoramic prints by kozyndan, our favourite husband-and-wife artistic collaboration, which got us thinking about other creative and romantic duos. The history of art features many passionate and creative personalities, sometimes when their paths cross two artists can find the perfect alchemy for shared love and studio space. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/403-drawn-together-artists-in-love.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/403-drawn-together-artists-in-love.html In the last few weeks we’ve seen the tenth anniversary of the mass international demonstrations against the war on Iraq, a conference at the Tate titled ‘The politics of the Social in Contemporary Art’, and Patrick Thomas’ provocative horse meat scandal installation in Leicester Square tube station. It’s all got us thinking about the art of politics and the politics of art… Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/402-the-art-of-politics-and-the-politics-of-art.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/402-the-art-of-politics-and-the-politics-of-art.html With two intricate tattoo inspired prints “Bird Tattoo” and “Bird 2” now in the Brighton gallery, we catch up with John Jones and get some no nonsense answers to our artist questions... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/401-qa-with-artist-john-jones.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/401-qa-with-artist-john-jones.html Last week I had the delight of hopping on a train to Tooting, South London, to visit contemporary illustrator Helen Lang and her hysterical muse, Desmond the Border Terrier dog. Over tea (sadly not from a Helen Lang mug…), we chatted about her exciting venture into free lance illustration, inspiring British designers, Desert Island Discs, and life’s simple pleasures. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/400-spotlight-on-illustrator-helen-lang-and-her-muse-desmond-the-dog.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/400-spotlight-on-illustrator-helen-lang-and-her-muse-desmond-the-dog.html We have some fantastic new vases by Dan Baldwin just in to our Soho gallery so we thought we would take a closer look at how Dan creates his striking ceramics. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/399-a-closer-look-at-dan-baldwins-ceramics.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/399-a-closer-look-at-dan-baldwins-ceramics.html With a new retrospective of work by Roy Lichtenstein opening at the Tate Modern this month we thought we would take a look at the Pop Art movement of which he was such an integral part. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/398-spotlight-on-pop-art.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/398-spotlight-on-pop-art.html