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“Spray It Loud” by Jef Aerosol

EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SATURDAY 23rd FEBRUARY. THIS DAY JEF WILL BE PRESENT (FROM 10AM to 6PM)

Blind Angle is proud to announce Jef Aerosol’s first solo show in the United Kingdom where he will present his most recent body of work in Spray It Loud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jef Aerosol was working on stencils of Syd Barrett when he heard the news that he had died. Jef Aerosol boarded the first train to London to pay his tribute: the following day doorways and walls in Camden and London’s East End were haunted with the stenciled image of Barrett.

Jef Aerosol belongs to the first and groundbreaking generation of street artists who has inspired and influenced many of today’s big names in Street Art. While stencil street art is relavively new to Britain Jef started out in 1982 and soon made his mark in cities such as Paris. Using cultural iconography he has tirelessly continued to leave his distinctive and intriguing mark on the streets of major cities around the world such as Paris, Venice, Chicago, Amsterdam, Lisbon and London. Turn a corner in Paris, you might encounter vivid and life size stencils of Jim Morrison, in Chicago Bruce Springsteen or in Venice Dirk Bogarde. On a wall by Camden Lock you could come across Joe Strummer dressed as a spy or around Brick Lane, Gandhi in lotus position on a “No parking” sign. As well as the celebrated, Jef Aerosol also reminds us of subjects we chose not to see; the busker, the old beggar, the homeless mother and child and the runaway kid are recurring motifs in his work.

For Spray it Loud, Jef Aerosol will take over a disused church opposite Holloway prison. Using his library of stencils walls inside the church will be covered with his iconic characters (stencilled on the wall, on canvas and on cardboard), another converted into a live installation cardboard wall (which Jef will stencil on during the exhibition) and another will be a projection wall where images of Jef’s  ‘Street’ stencils and paste ups will be screened.

BLIND AUCTION: The cardboard wall installation (approximately 3 x 7m) will be sold by blind auction to the highest bidder. The bidding will open on the opening night and will close at 6 PM on Friday 22nd February. The minimum bid is £1000. Bids will be accepted by email to:

contact@blindangle.co.uk

Bidders are asked to provide full name and phone number with their bid. The cardboard wall will be re-installed free of charge within the UK.

Available at the exhibition will be signed copies of “VIP Very Important Pochoirs”, a fully colour illustrated book of Jef Aerosol’s work. On the opening night Blind Angle will release a limited edition screen print titled ‘Sitting Kid’. Due to the lack of credit card facilities at we can only accept cash payment for the print and the book at the venue.

Biography

Jef Aerosol (real name Jean-Francois Perroy) was born in France in 1957. Jef Aerosol has exhibited extensively in France and Europe mainly in private galleries. He has had shows in the leading Street and Urban Art gallery in Paris, Gallery Anne Vignial. His work is held in a number of private collections and in November 2007 one of Jef Aerosol’s smaller paintings was sold for more than £4000 at the prestigious Artcurial Auction House in Paris.

Venue:
Islington Arts Factory
2 Parkhurst Road, Holloway,
London, N7 0SF

Exhibition: 8th – 23rd February 2008