OUTSIDE IN. COMING SOON

Thought we'd have a little show..Kinda my MOCA wish list. Here's the obligatory blurb..

Following the acclaimed and ongoing international success story of Stavanger’s Nuart Festival as well as last years “Lowlife” exhibition at Stavanger Kunstforening, Reed Projects is set to consolidate the regions rising reputation for providing a home for this, the 21st Centuries most dynamic artform by unleashing a brand new show dedicated to Street and Urban Art.

Spread across 220m2 of space, Skur 2, a beautifully converted Victorian warehouse on the city harbour front will house works from over 30 of the worlds leading urban artists including Scandinavia’s largest collection of Banksy works alongside new and exclusive pieces from Norway’s Dolk.

Part museum show, part contemporary art exhibition and part urban art boutique, Outside In is nothing if not ambitious, the show will present the myriad of ways in which Street Artists explore and tackle a multitude of techniques, both old and new. Drawings, watercolours, etchings, oil paintings, acrylics, lithographs, screen prints, photography, film and much more will all be on show.

Outside In aims to question and challenge the perception that Street Art is primarily concerned with graffiti and the spray can. A good selling point for gallerists and lifestyle media as well its detractors, but as Outside In aims to show, far from reality.

Outside In shows urban artists who are equally at home tackling antiquated etching techniques, watercolours, drawing and oil painting as they are with a spraycan and marker. As likely to be found hunched over a litho stone as they are scaling trackside fences, “Street” artists have, over the years, explored and mastered crafts not popular in contemporary fine art practice for generations.

Outside In is set to be the countries first major group exhibition (outside of Nuart) dedicated to the most dynamic and democratic art movement of the 21st Century.

Outside In opens on July 01st and runs until Aug 07.…The show will be re-activated over these weeks with several exciting support events currently being planned.