http://www.littleblackdress.co.uk/the-lbd-relaunch/
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
'All and Nothing' (solo show) at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Please contact the gallery for additional information.
Joshua Liner Gallery
548 W 28th St. 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001
212-244-7415
joshualinergallery.com
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Suggestivism at Grand Central Art Center
‘Suggestivism’
A group exhibition curated by Nathan Spoor
February 5 – April 17th @ The Grand Central Art Center at Cal State Fullerton
Cal State University’s cutting-edge museum arm, Grand Central Art Center, and Nathan Spoor have teamed up to present ‘Suggestivism’ – a comprehensive survey that explores and documents a select section of modern contemporary artists which make up the vibrant core of creativity existing in the current art world.
Conceptually speaking, the term “suggestivism” refers to the ability of an individual to pursue their purpose with an amplified understanding and sensitivity. The artists involved represent precisely this – a wave of purpose, working within the more fluid aspects of narrative or figurative arenas. Through the mere power of suggestion, the magic is transferred from one to another, engaging the world at large from the most vivid and evocative of visual realms.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a grand print / book piece that includes the artwork in the exhibition, as well as a fascinating time capsule of studio shots and compelling interviews conducted by Spoor with each artist during the three-year curating period (2008 – 2011)
Opening Reception: Sat, Feb. 5th 7-10PMGrand Central Art Center
125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana / 714.567.7233
www.grandcentralartcenter.com
Monday, November 8, 2010
MTV + 55dsl Ident and T-shirt
"MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and leading streetwear label 55DSL announced today the launch of their first-ever creative collaboration, set to culminate in five brand new MTV on-air idents and six bespoke t-shirt designs.
Due to launch across MTV’s international network of 63 channels from 8 November 2010, the idents constitute the third phase of MTV’s POP x 1000% international refresh, first rolled-out in July 2009, and progress from expressing human emotions to exploring the senses – touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste – with the added twist of 55DSL’s intriguing 5.5th sense, the less-explored human sense of intuition, featured on the sixth t-shirt.
In identifying the cream of design talent from across the world, MTV and 55DSL have engaged the talents of international artists Alex Trochut (touch), Ilovedust (sight), James Roper (hearing), Tei (smell), Yué Wu (taste), and Zeloot (intuition), to each create a t-shirt design inspired by one of the human senses. Each of the t-shirts features a unique graphic and has been created using an innovative method chosen by its designer to represent the sense in their own individual, tongue-in-cheek way.
Taking the creative process one step further, each artist was paired with a motion design studio – selected from some of the world’s most innovative and cutting edge studios – including Universal Everything, Physalia and Digital District, to turn the original artworks into five unique 30-second short films, each informed by one of the senses. The result is a truly international collection, reflecting the commitment of both MTV and 55DSL to innovation, creation and imagination across all media platforms."
The 55DSL x MTV 5.5 Senses collection will be available from 55DSL stores and selected retailers worldwide from mid December.
Due to launch across MTV’s international network of 63 channels from 8 November 2010, the idents constitute the third phase of MTV’s POP x 1000% international refresh, first rolled-out in July 2009, and progress from expressing human emotions to exploring the senses – touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste – with the added twist of 55DSL’s intriguing 5.5th sense, the less-explored human sense of intuition, featured on the sixth t-shirt.
In identifying the cream of design talent from across the world, MTV and 55DSL have engaged the talents of international artists Alex Trochut (touch), Ilovedust (sight), James Roper (hearing), Tei (smell), Yué Wu (taste), and Zeloot (intuition), to each create a t-shirt design inspired by one of the human senses. Each of the t-shirts features a unique graphic and has been created using an innovative method chosen by its designer to represent the sense in their own individual, tongue-in-cheek way.
Taking the creative process one step further, each artist was paired with a motion design studio – selected from some of the world’s most innovative and cutting edge studios – including Universal Everything, Physalia and Digital District, to turn the original artworks into five unique 30-second short films, each informed by one of the senses. The result is a truly international collection, reflecting the commitment of both MTV and 55DSL to innovation, creation and imagination across all media platforms."
The 55DSL x MTV 5.5 Senses collection will be available from 55DSL stores and selected retailers worldwide from mid December.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
SugiPOP! at Portsmouth Museum of Art
The Portsmouth Museum of Art and LeBasse Projects present:
‘SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art’
October 13th 2010 – January 16th 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 14th 2010
‘SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art’ opens on October 13th at the Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH, USA. The show is a collaborative effort, co-curated by Beau Basse of LeBasse Projects in Los Angeles and Katherine Doyle of the Portsmouth Museum of Art. It features the work of approximately 30 artists tracing the originations of manga, the rise of Japanese Contemporary Art and into how the art forms have influenced artists around the world.
Sugi, the Japanese word for ‘too much,’ represents the extreme characteristics of Japanese manga and anime, which have merged with the American phenomenon of Pop, to become SugiPOP - a blend of Japanese and American contemporary art shaped and defined by over-the-top pop.
The exhibition features an international roster of artists including Japanese masters Hokusai and Kuniyoshi in a display of original Edo period woodblock prints. The exhibit also features Japanese Contemporary artists Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yoshitaka Amano, Mr., Ai Yamaguchi, Junko Mizuno and Hisashi Tenmyouya. International artists contributing to the exhibit include KAWS, Gary Baseman, Simone Legno, Natalia Fabia, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Yumiko Kayukawa, Seonna Hong, Hush, Morgan Slade, Edwin Ushiro, Luke Chueh, Andrew Hem, Mike Shinoda, SharkToof, Yoskay Yamamoto and more. Finally the exhibition includes original cels from some of the most significant anime films ever made, including Cowboy Bebop and Princess Mononoke.
The Portsmouth Museum of Art is located at One Harbour Place in downtown Portsmouth. Admission is free. Hours of operation for the Portsmouth Museum of Art are Wednesday-Sunday, 11:00-5:00, Fridays until 8:00; it is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Guided group tours are available by appointment by contacting the museum at 603-436-0332 or by email at info@portsmouthmfa.org
Monday, September 27, 2010
SUPERUNKNOWN at Edel Assanti
Superunknown
Curated by Andy Wicks & David Northedge
Artists
David Small, Ed Payne, Gordon Cheung, Graham McNamara, James Roper, Matthew Atkinson, Michael Ashcroft, Rob Sherwood, Rosalie Wiesner, Sayshun Jay.
Private View
Wednesday 6th October 7 - 9pm
Exhibition Dates
Thursday 7th October - Saturday 13th November
Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Saturday 12pm - 6pm or by appointment
Address - Edel Assanti, 276 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Victoria, London, SW1V 1BB
Edel Assanti is proud to present Superunknown, an exhibition curated by Andy Wicks and David Northedge.
Literature and Hollywood have long been creating dark and empty visions of near future societies in decline. In the present day, materials addressing this subject matter have once again found their way onto reading lists and cinema screens, forming a focal point for contemporary popular culture.
Projections of our universal future are often delivered in cautionary tones and serve as warning of how to avoid the total decimation of society. Notional futures of grim decaying interiors and bleak grey landscapes populated by savage inhabitants are the cultural benchmark for a morbid moribund world limping towards apocalypse.
Superunknown is a group show of twelve artists who produce work that addresses a future full of dreams, illusions and fantasies, celebrating the neglected virtues of the glossy, lurid and bizarre. The combined works on show articulate a hallucinatory collective vision of a future in which illicit vices serve as the connective tissues for a population wheeling recklessly onwards with a stoic apathy toward redemption and self-preservation.
This group show is formed predominately of painters whose work share a common aesthetic of semi abstraction and contemporary landscape. The exhibition also features photography, video, sculpture and installation based works.
http://edelassanti.com/exhibitiondetails.php?ID=90http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147677701934841
Saturday, September 11, 2010
'Outside' shortlisted for the Vimeo awards
'Outside' has been shortlisted in the Top 20 Experimental category of the Vimeo awards 2010.
"After reviewing over 6500 submissions from thousands of artists and filmmakers across 80 countries, we have selected the top 20 from each category that the Vimeo Awards judges are now reviewing.
The Top 5 Finalists for each category will be announced September 21st and winners will be honored at the Vimeo Awards Show on October 9th."
Sunday, September 5, 2010
CHAOSMOS II at View Two Gallery
CHAOSMOS II Contemporary Art Exhibition Programme
Chaosmos is an arts initiative that aims to research and develop the production of an array of mixed media artwork, animations, video and live art. It is curated by Chris Boyd, the Lead Artist, and platforms a collection of international and renowned art in a unique exhibition that investigates turbulent visual planes within the conceptual framework of Chaosmos (a Joycean coinage).
The exhibition attempts to map meta-physical states, track intermittent interference whilst revealing a preoccupation with the creative process, pictorial puzzles and the integration of traditional artist techniques with current post production methods.
Curator: Chris Boyd (Lead Artist)
Artists: Chris Boyd; Megan Chapman; Gordon Cheung; Peter Eramian; C. James Fagan; Steven Heaton; Maggie Lambert; Lady Lillith Leveigh; Zan Lyons; Ashleigh Nankivell; David Ogle; Jonas Pihl; James Roper; Masahiro Tomioka; Jane Ward; Boris Zakic and others.
Writers: Peter Eramian; Penny Goring; Kenji Siratori; Sam Skinner; Suzie Saw and others.
Chaosmos 2010 (Independents Liverpool Biennial 2010):
View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
w: http://www.viewtwogallery.co.
Gallery open times: Thursday – Friday 12.00 pm – 4.00 pm, Saturday 12.00 pm – 5.00 pm.
Viewing can be arranged by appointment for Sunday – Wednesday by contacting the Curator.
Exhibition: Tuesday 07 September 2010 – Saturday 02 October 2010
Private View:
Tuesday 07 September 2010, 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm.
VJ Performances / Screenings: (TBC)
Thursday 09 September 2010, 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm.
Thursday 16 September 2010, 7.30 pm - 10.30 pm.
Friday 17 September 2010, 7.30 pm - 10.30 pm.
Artist Talks (in association with Culture Pool):
Saturday 18 September 2010, 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm.
Contact:
Chris Boyd (Curator / Lead Artist)
E-mail: boydism@hotmail.com
Mobile: +44(0)77 919 52 113
Website: www.qboyd.com
Blog: www.chrisboydism.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Chris.Boyd.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
'Outside' available to watch online
In 2008 I co-wrote a short film with Thomas Wightman and Rob Bailey which went on to receive funding from Northwest Vision and Media's Virgin Shorts 2008 competition. 'Outside' was shot over four consecutive days in locations around the North of England on a budget of £2,500. The short was directed by Wightman with production design by myself and Bailey.
'Outside' explores ideas about how advancement in technology has effected the way we communicate and how as a result it may impact our environment. It is now available to watch online:
Summer Group Exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery
Summer Group Exhibition
14th August to 2nd September, 2010
Private view: Saturday 14th August, 6-9pm
Joshua Liner Gallery
548 W. 28th Street
3rd Floor
New York NY 10001
212.244.7415
joshualinergallery.com
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
'Outside' screening at MIS in São Paulo
'Outside' will be showing as part of the NOVA art event in São Paulo, Brazil at MIS on Saturday July 31st at 18.30www.jroper.co.uk/film/outside
www.rojo-nova.com
MIS Museu da Imagem e do Som
Avenida Europa, 158, Jardim Europa
01449-000 São Paulo, SP Brasil.
+55 11 2117 4777
www.mis-sp.org.br
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Hi-Fructose Magazine Vol.16.
Interview and work featured in Hi-Fructose Vol.16 - Out in July
www.hifructose.com
Art on the Edge: The New Contemporary
Art on the Edge: The New Contemporary (group show)
Wednesday, July 7th – Tuesday, July 27th
Vered gallery68 Park Place
East Hampton
NY 11937-2407
www.veredart.com
Friday, May 21, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
'Paroxysm' (solo show) at ®artspace Barcelona
Paroxysm (solo show): 18.05.2010 - 17.06.2010
®artspace Barcelona
Carrer Girona 61 Local 02,
Eixample. 08009 Barcelona. Spain.
+34 934 673 598
www.rojo-magazine.com/bcn
"By constructing abstract bodies formed from multiple elements these works mimic the complex bodily structures found within nature. Biological machines such as the human body process and retain energy and any processes placed under restraint will result in an intensification of it's eventual release. The work attempts to portray this intermediate state as control gives way to chaotic abandon and a transition occurs from one state to the next. Roper is heavily influenced by the excessive and sensuously rich imagery of Baroque art and it's depiction of the unfettering of religious restraint. Instead of the gentle ushering of the spirit towards the heavens his paintings spit, ejaculate, regurgitate and projectile vomit the spirit out, rejecting it's bodily form in a fit of maniacal hysterics, a nonsensical reflexive outburst like the spasmodic speaking in tongues of those 'slain in the spirit'."
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Fovea centralis
Searching for images across the Internet is an integral part of my work. As a result I have seen thousands upon thousands of images. I will be using my new blog 'Fovea centralis' to share with you the library of images I have collected over the years.
Friday, April 23, 2010
New Hypermass prints
'Inhibitor' and 'Standpoint Conversion' are now available as prints at: www.inprnt.com
Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Limited edition of 100.
Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Limited edition of 100.
Inhibitor
Standpoint Conversion
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
'Outside'
In February 2009 'Outside' was shot, a short film I had co-written and worked on the production design for, and after a long period of post-production is now complete. The short will recieve it's first screening at Cannes Film Festival 2010. I will update soon about further screenings and website launch.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Caged Bird Sings
Caged Bird Sings (group show): 15th - 20th April
Crypt Gallery
Saint Pancras Church
Euston Road
London
NW1 2BA
Bare/not Projects present Caged Bird Sings, an exhibition in the atmospheric Crypt Gallery in St Pancras.
We have fifteen artists participating: James Roper, Klarita Pandolfi, Dorothy Yoon, Jo Young, Paul Dawes, Daisy McMullan, Luigi Menichelli, Taciana Coimbra, Antonio Pagani, Tom Lovelace, Reme Campos, Brixton Punk (Andrew Graves Johnston), Stella O and Kika Nicolela
Our opening night is on 15th April, there will be free drinks and a DJ in the Crypt.
For more info visit: barenot.wordpress.com
www.cryptgallery.org.uk
Saturday, March 6, 2010
'Mirabilia' at ®artspace Milano
Mirabilia (group show): 11th March - 11th April 2010
®artspace Milano
Via Tortona 17-19. 20144
Milano, Italy
+ 39 02 894 230 87
www.rojo-milano.com
"To celebrate its second anniversary, ROJO®artspace Milano presents a group exhibition emblematically titled "Mirabilia". It brings togheter over 50 artists for a transversal overview of international contemporary creativity through painting, graphics, illustration, photography, sculpture, video, installation and visual poetry."
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Joshua Liner Gallery @ SCOPE Miami
SCOPE Miami
Soho Studios Miami
2136 NW 1st Avenue
(Entrance at NW 21st Street)
MIAMI, FL 33127
Thursday | Dec 3 | 11am-7pm
Friday | Dec 4 | 11am-7pm
Saturday | Dec 5 | 11am-7pm
Sunday | Dec 6 | 11am-6pm
Admission
FirstView $100 | Free for VIP cardholders
General $20 | Free for VIP cardholders
Student $10
Sunday, November 15, 2009
'Hypermass' at ®artspace Milano
Hypermass (solo show): 19 November 09 - 20 December 09
®artspace Milano
Via Tortona 17-19. 20144
Milano, Italy
+ 39 02 894 230 87
www.rojo-milano.com
"James Roper's work explores a variety of subjects from the heightened realities depicted in Baroque art and modern media to the restraint and release of energy found within complex structures such as the human body. In his first solo show in Italy, James Roper presents a new series Hypermass, where the compositions are constructed using images specifically appropriated from japanese animation (anime). Forms such as hair or body structure are highly caricatured in anime resulting in a visual style that can be read adversely as either an intensification of concrete reality or an evasion into escapist fantasy."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Natural Wonders
"LeBasse Projects warmly welcomes Jeremy Asher Lynch, James Roper and Kevin E. Taylor to the gallery for a three person show of new work. Though very different in their approach all three artists bring us their outlook on the changing environment and world around us.
UK based James Roper's work explores a variety of subjects including the restraint and release of energy found within complex structures such as the human body. Florida native Jeremy Asher Lynch's mixed media works often juxtapose both illustrative and abstract techniques while creating beautiful paintings which often carry a darker subtext. Kevin E. Taylor comes to the gallery from San Francisco where he has been working on a series of paintings that force the viewer to re-examine the relationship between man and the natural world around him."
'Natural Wonders'
Jeremy Lynch, Kevin E. Taylor, James Roper
Friday, November 13th, 7-10pm
www.lebasseprojects.com
For more info or preview, please contact the gallery at:
contact@lebasseprojects.com or 310.558.0200
UK based James Roper's work explores a variety of subjects including the restraint and release of energy found within complex structures such as the human body. Florida native Jeremy Asher Lynch's mixed media works often juxtapose both illustrative and abstract techniques while creating beautiful paintings which often carry a darker subtext. Kevin E. Taylor comes to the gallery from San Francisco where he has been working on a series of paintings that force the viewer to re-examine the relationship between man and the natural world around him."
'Natural Wonders'
Jeremy Lynch, Kevin E. Taylor, James Roper
Friday, November 13th, 7-10pm
www.lebasseprojects.com
For more info or preview, please contact the gallery at:
contact@lebasseprojects.com or 310.558.0200
Monday, November 2, 2009
Quinquennium Exhibitum
I will be showing new work in Nucleus gallery's 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition. November 7 - 30, 2009Nov 7, 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Nucleus
210, East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
www.gallerynucleus.com
www.gallerynucleus.com/artist/james_roper
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Beyond Eden Art Fair
LeBasse Projects will be showing four new pieces in the Rapture series at the Beyond Eden Art Fair, a multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. Beyond Eden will showcase the works of over 15 galleries and will be held inside the beautiful confines of the historic Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery during the weekend of October 9th, 10th and 11th, with an opening night celebration planned for Saturday, October 10th.
www.beyondedenartfair.com
www.lebasseprojects.com
Previous Rapture pieces are still available via www.rojo-magazine.com/artstore
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The Book of Inspiration
The Book of Inspiration is a new luxury volume from the makers of Computer Arts magazine, featuring 192 pages of the world’s very best digital art, design and illustration.
It comes with a die-cut, foil-blocked and embossed cover, and features works from the likes of James Jean, Non-Format, Neville Brody, Airside, Hort, Vault49, Serial Cut, Jasper Goodall, Deanne Cheuk and many more.
As well as a huge showcase section of up and coming talent, it features interviews with the likes of Justin Maller, Trevor Jackson, Marian Bantjes and Jonathan Barnbrook – all displayed on in sumptuous art stock paper.
It’s on sale now for £14.99, and available at WH Smiths, Borders, Barnes & Noble and other good stockists.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Joshua Liner group show
I will be showing work at the Joshua Liner Gallery in the Summer Group Exhibition, August 15th - September 5th.
Private view: Saturday 15th August, 6-9pm
Joshua Liner Gallery
548 W. 28th Street
3rd Floor
New York NY 10001
212.244.7415
joshualinergallery.com
Old news
This happened a while before I set this blog up but I thought it deserved a belated post. Kanye West wearing my Fallout t-shirt whilst in London. It also meant I'd been 'shown' along side (or behind) one of my favourite artists Takashi Murakami (that bling round his neck was designed by him)
All three t-shirts Fallout, Reflex and Saccade are available at the Tank Theory website
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Culver City Artwalk
I will have work on show at LeBasse Projects for the Culver City Artwalk.Saturday, May 30th 2009, Noon - 8pm.
www.lebasseprojects.com
PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
OCHO group show
In the first collaboration project between nine member galleries of the ®artspace global network more than 140 artists will be showing in nine group shows in nine different cities around the world: ®Barcelona, ®Milano, POP Sao Paulo, ClubBlast Rosario, Concrete Hermit London, We Love Asbaek Copenhagen, Inoperable Vienna, Carmichael Los Angeles & Subaquatica Madrid.
ROJO® is also publishing a limited edition ROJO® issue featuring works by a selection of artists showing in the global group show.
I will be showing pieces from the Rapture series in the following shows:
®artspace Barcelona: 18 March 2009 - 30 April 2009
®artspace Milano: 12 March 2009 - 15 April 2009
The limited edition ROJO®ocho book is available on the ROJO® shop
The Rapture pieces on show are available to purchase on the ROJO® artstore
Friday, February 27, 2009
'Outside'
Co-written by myself, Robert Bailey and Tom Wightman 'Outside' won funding through Northwest Vision and Media's Virgin Shorts 2008 competition. 'Outside' was shot over four consecutive days in locations around the North of England. Directed by Wightman with production design by myself and Bailey the short is currently in post-production....and yes, that symbol is the films title.
images courtesy of Auto-9
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Construct
Construct is an accumulation of polyhedra forms I made from modular origami over a three year period.Also known as 'Bucky balls' (after the American architect Buckminster Fuller who was known for his use of geodesic domes) they are built out of a number of 'Pentagon-Hexagon Zig Zag (PHiZZ) units' each made from a square piece of coloured paper.
They have the same geometric form as a Fullerene (carbon based molecules, also named after Fuller) which are used to build structures in Nanotechnology.
More images of the installation on my website
Friday, December 12, 2008
London Art Fair 2009
FORSTER will have two new drawings at the London Art Fair 2009 - Business Design Centre, Islington - 14th - 18th January 2009. Stand G45 on the balcony level (at the rear, on the right)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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