Rebelo:06 Art

Seeing as how the Rebelo exhibition at Opus has now officially been opened, I think that I can now show you the paintings that I created for the show. As well as the trainers that I did I really wanted to push myself for this as Rebelo:06 is the first exhibition where I have been a named featured artist. Below are photos of how my work was displayed as well as a photo of the live art painting I did on the opening night of the exhibition.

Rebelo Show pt2

Day 1 down in Newcastle, I drove down to Opus on the Wednesday (the day before the opening) where I met up with Mr Lee Simpson and Fanchea and finally got to meet the brains behind the aesthetics of my site, the legend that is Gavin Strange. It's crazy when you finally get to meet someone that you have been speaking to for ages over the net and get to meet them in person for the first time. Later on Gav's very good friend Jonny made it to the gallery and it was a pleasure to meet him as well. I aslo got to meet Mr Guy who had a mass amount of colourful work that really brightened to space.



Everyone was keen to get the show set up and everyone had fresh ideas on how they wanted the show to look like, well everyone but me. No sooner had I met everyone but I grabbed a table n chair combined with my cutting matt and my trusty knife I began to cut my live art piece.





There was some amount of work that needed to be hung up including plenty of skate decks so there was plenty to get on with and Sonneywas there to lend an extra pair of hands whilst I sat there cutting away. Gav was a bit of a nervous wreck due to the shitty postal service not delivering his 3 canvas' and a munny toy but he did well to take his mind off things.



Headed out for some lunch and when we got back Mr Guy had pasted some of his characters on to the basement floor. Here is Mr Lee standing in his pimp style pose.



Fanchea was amazing making plenty of cups o' tea. The two days allowed new T.UNIT recruits to be welcomed (It was easy to lose count on how many cups were actually made.) Cheers Fanchea. It eventually hit 10pm and that ment it was time to leave the gallery, I could have easily stayed cause I had so much cutting todo and wanted to get as much done as I could but I had to stop. The script was that myself, Gav and Jonny were staying in the nearest Travel Lodge and to save a bit of cash Gav booked it so that we all chilled in the same room. The room stank of stale fags and the kettle was dodgy as hell leaking and giving Gav a shock when he attempted to make the tea.



Jonny brought his laptop with him allowing us to check our emails (and our myspace pages, yes I'm a fanny and gave in to the darkside of the net) but Gav found time to write a wee Blog. Gav pasted out and Jonny and I ended up watching the worst John Travolta film an old one as well, gave up on that and lights out cause it was to be an early start at the gallery in the morning.

Time To Get you Arse In Gear

We woke up and headed to the Opus only to be amused by Mr Lees impression of a homeless dude. It wasn't open quite yet so the troops headed to BAPS for some breakfast goodness. It was only round the corner and when we got back Fanchea was the with the Gallerys sales director Emma Poole discussing ideas on the aesthetics of the show which to be honest didn't appeal to us at the initially but after a frustrated few minutes everyone picked themselves up and got on with the job at hand even though the stress levels were beginning to rise because time was an element that seemed like it was trying to pass quickly.







The shit thing was that Gav's work still hadn't been delivered and the postman had been and gone, so he was on the web trying to track his recorded delivery down like a mongoose hunting its prey. Everyone seemed interested in the culture up in Scotland and would ask about the iconic treats that it has to offer, it seemed a bit early for a whiskey so Jonny nipped out to get the next best thing.



Irn Bru is the second best selling drink in Scotland apparently and its colour has given it the nickname 'Ginger' which everyone found amusing as the started to speak in their best Scottish accents. Shit started to come together and even Mr Lee began to become a mirror image of myself armed with a knife and a cuppa tea.



Here are some shots of how the gallery space turned out in the end which ened up looking amazing forgetting about the disagreements in the morning.



The Mr Jago deck was propably my favourite piece in the show.





And where was I when everyone was doing an amazing job getting the whole thing sorted and organised? yep I was in the corner of the gallery cutting away.

The Opening

The opening of Rebelo:06 at Opus was amazing with an awesome turn out hosting a variety of age groups. It was impressive to see an older generation appreciate work produced by street artists in a gallery when they would have ignored it on the streets or classed it as vandalism. It was wicked cause Jonny filmed the entire night and I'm looking forward to viewing that.







I was still cutting in the upper basemnet whilst Gav freestyle doodled down in the lower basement and on the gallery window, I would love to have joined him but I was way to busy and under pressure to get my final sheet of paper cut. However Rockabilly and LintsOne, who had travelled all the way from Denmark with his good lady joined in the doodling fun.









The finised wall.



It came to 9pm and I still had a fair amount to cut but thankfully most people at the show were well interested in what I was doing that they were more than willing to hang around to see me spray the stencil. It got to 10pm when I stood up and allowed my back to crack straight and loosen my stiff hands and Marketing Director Louise gathered everyone into the lower basement and I began to paint. I was so nervous cause usually I'm painting on my own in my studio with no one watching what I'm doing. Gav filmed me finishing off the stencil capturing the crowds reaction which was an experience that was I have never experienced when painting.





I became speachless when I had only just signed the piece before all my efforts were rewarded in the piece being sold which was unexpected to me and I thank all the people who patiently waited for me to finish cutting the piece. Pretty much after that the gallery closed and all involved with the show headed down to a pub down the road for a celebrated drink although I recommend you don't go to this pub should you head to Newcastle cause it doesn't have Guinness or Southern Comfort which kinda bugged me cause I would have loved a Guinness after all that cutting.







The next morning I headed to OPUS to talk with some journalist from a local paper with Mr Lee and Mr Guy and you'll never guessed what turned up.....yes that's right Gav's paintings, so they got hung it's just a shame they didn't make it for the opening night.



I would now like to take this opportunity at the end of this massive blog to thank all at Opus for all they did and of course to the great Mr Lee Simpson for making Rebelo:06 happen and allowing me to be apart of it. Thats also to Gavin Strange for telling me about the show and it was amazing to finally kick it with yourself and Jonny and I hope we get to do it again real soon. Shouts out to Mr Guy and Sonney and Rockabilly and LintsOne and all the other artists who displayed their work at the show, it was an honour to exhibit with you all.
Until next time...Peace

Rebelo Show pt1

Seems like it has been a while since I have added a blog/news info. It has been a real busy few weeks of rme getting ready for the Rebelo exhibition at Opus, but the paintings are complete and on Thursday just there with one week to go until the opening night I bubble wrapped my work and left Glasgow and started the drive to Newcastle. I was pretty shattered as I started my trip but I turned up my tunes and turned up the heating cause it is pretty damn cold here at the moment in Scotland.



I needed to stop for a pee break, fill up my car with fuel and get my dinner consisting on a chargrilled chicken sandwich, kingsize twix and a bottle of juice, mmmmmm yummie. The drive down took around 3 hours but I eventually go to Newcastle around 7.30.



Surprisingly found the galery real easy and got to meet the brains behind Rebelo Mr Lee Simpson and gallery manager Fanchea Clarke. with their welcoming smiles and a stella we began chatting about the opening night and pretty much having a good banter. I then fetched my work from the boot of my car and unwrapped the many layer of bubble wrap to show off my submissions. I got to have a peek at the other artists work that had arrived and I was getting excited by the variety that this show is going to deliver. I would love to have stayed longer for a pint o' the black stuff but I had to hit the road and get some sleep.



The following day I went up the road to see my girl, she truely is something special not only did she cook a belter of a meal but she had bought me a new DVD. She bought me The Run Up, a documentation of artists influencing a contempary art movement. I'm actually watching it now as I write this blog which I'm going to finish up cause this is a beast of a DVD.