EMBOSCADA EN UN RIO DE AGUA CLARA – To our friends at Standing Rock USA
A few weeks ago Francisco AKA Art Is Trash found real art in real trash on the streets of Gothic Barcelona. A beautiful oil painting, a landscape, slightly damaged and with some stains. Luckily Robert here at Base Elements is a master restorer and managed to refurbish the piece handing it straight back to Francisco […] Continue reading →
INTRODUCING D.A.T
We’re proud to welcome a new artists to the gallery: D.A.T! The street is where D.A.T gets all the required resources for his approach to all the issues that he wishes to depict. A work based on recycled materials, day by day themes and apocalyptic landscapes. Stencils that make people question the world we live […] Continue reading →
Diario Vice – Art Is Trash
Vice just featured Art Is Trash as part of their series Diario Vice – Check it out and also a cheeky cameo from yours truly! Continue reading →
Mi Casa es tu Casa by Ruben Sanchez
A couple of years ago our man Ruben Sanchez got to work on a mural on the Syrian/Jordan border at a refugee camp. A stark reminder of what is really happening in the world. A video resurfaced and it’s important to feature it here: New works by Ruben coming soon! Continue reading →
New Yorkers, are you ready for MATAÚRA?
Our man Francisco AKA Art Is Trash is having a solo show in NYC and you need to go. MATAÚRA 4 November – 6 November 4 November at 19:00 to 6 November at 17:00 in EDT 98 Orchard St, New York City, NY 10002-3106, United States Stick your name down on the list! MATAÚRA is […] Continue reading →
Mind blowing murals from around the globe
As an artform, the mural is the oldest creative technique around. Dating back to 30,000BC in the late stone age. Egyptians made some pretty intense murals as recently as 3,150BC. They were as important then as they are now, depicting battle scenes, historical moments, religious beliefs or political/economical struggles. Of course they can also be […] Continue reading →
Small but beautiful new works by Art Is Trash
Just before heading to NYC for his first solo show (info to come as soon as we know more) Francisco AKA Art Is Tra$h dropped these small works on paper over. Here’s some action from NYC, more to follow… Continue reading →
BrossArt Festival 2016 – Turning bins into art
You know your local council is pretty cool when (with a nudge from Soem) they commision artists to decorate all the town’s bins. Sounds weird but it’s exactly what they did in Vilassar De Dalt. In their words: “Art exhibition in the urban Vilassar. BrossArt artistic action is to raise awareness among residents of the […] Continue reading →
Critique of the false artist Antonio De Felipe by Art Is Trash
In case you missed the story; commercial “pop” artist Antonio De Felipe faces an authorship lawsuit. Fumiko Negishi who worked at Antonio’s studio for ten years claims to have painted over 200 canvases signed by Mr De Felipe. You can read more about the case HERE Antonio is regarded as the Andy Warhol of Spain. […] Continue reading →
Go BIG or go home
As you know Ivana was at the gallery throughout the month of August for her yearly residency. Most of the time she was working on an insanely HUGE 2×2 metres piece. There is so much detail. So many stories. You need to see it in the flesh but if you can’t here’s a visual recap! […] Continue reading →