March of the Dead

it's time for some ghoulishness again! This year Hallowe'en is on a moonless night, so for Strangeworks' March of the Dead the moon (well, a large glowing replica) will be travelling within a sea of dead souls from Stoke Newington cemetery via Gillett Square in Dalston down to Passing Cloud's new larger venue for an evil afterparty. As usual, there'll be live bands during the march and after. Why not throw on something ghastly (black and/or white is good) and join us:



some impressions of last year:

BBC fun

Pop Culture in Holland!

Neal Fox, Chris Bianchi and Steph von Reiswitz went over to the Netherlands for a few days to do a workshop with the students at the Academy of Pop Culture in Groningen. In between beer drinking and bicycle rides a strange exhibition was knocked together involving a mysterious secret society, and good times were had by all. The show included a mad naked Georgian with an apple in his mouth and was attended by such local celebrities as Holland's only ever astronaut.
Thanks to Natasha Taylor aka Madam Zafira, Mieke the gypsy and famous nightclub Vera for their hospitality and all the students for their effort, keep on keepin on.

Mare Street Biennale

LE GUN is exhibiting a new drawing at the first Mare Street Biennale,
Private view 9thOct 2008 runs until the 30th Oct
143 Mare Street, London, E8 3RH.



The drawing - "The Card Players", Indian ink on canvas, 200 x 150 cm - is by Bianchi, Bragg, Fox and myself.
More about the show:
"The fantastic ARTISTSPACE double-fronted gallery spills out into the vibrant heart of Hackney connecting with the themes focused on in the Biennale, providing an ideal place to see the work of the ten London-based, national and international artists. The exhibition promises new work from Mark Caviola, Anne Colvin, Alexandra Flood, Jonathan Goslan, LE GUN, David Lindberg, Theresia Lynch, Rod Maclachlan, Mark Ross and Bob & Roberta Smith."

jersey evening post

from the Jersey Evening Post, sept 26...

our stint in prison

...starting tomorow... private view on monday, see below:

LE GUN - THE FAMILY

Here's some pictures (at last!) of the LE GUN - The Family exhibition at the Rochelle School. Thanks to Michele Panzeri, photographer extraordinaire ...

entrance area... featuring the work of many Le Gun contributors

and of course a giant cat

more salon walls... featuring more work

vista of some of our gigantic canvases (we did 4 of them, 30m in total)

a 10m stretch (the family leaving LeGundon and crossing the sea)

another 10m stretch - the interzone

the Cardboard Room, brainchild of Bill Bragg, assembled with the help of a bunch of Chelsea students on summer break. They did a sterling job with the construction following Bill's plans, we then painted everything. (The sofas, arm chairs and piano stool were fully functional btw!)

my personal pride & joy - the grand piano, aptly named 'Schlampenpupsen' (Whore's Fart)

Inside the piano - an elegantly wasted lady surrounded by various musical demons (Tobi Tak & J M F Casey helped me paint those)

some FAQs - 

how many people did the giant canvases? Mainly Bianchi, Fox, Greene, and myself, and Bragg. Also as usual lots of friends and contributors dropped by and painted the odd thing...

how long did they take? all told probably something like 4 weeks. We did them on and off over a number of months.

Is the cardboard room really all cardboard? yes, no furniture inside a cardboard shell or anything, all 100% sturdy cardboard (well with the odd bolt to secure the inside of  the sofas & chairs etc)

How long did it take? a week to build, thanks to the help of a 7-strong team of super-efficient students.

what happened to the furniture after the exhibition? In storage at Le Gun HQ. I'm using the armchair I painted as my studio desk chair, yes it really is that comfortable...

John M F Casey – Swindler of the Abyss

this young man makes some beautiful images, and will have a show at nog on brick lane starting September 14.
I initially got to know him through some obscure channels and had a postcard of his on my desk for a while - the image incidentally is now a spread in LE GUN 4 - and then got to know him properly when he helped tremendously in putting up the 'The Family' show. Go and check out his handywork -

his myspace is http://www.myspace.com/jmfcasey
14 September – 8 October 2008
Nog Gallery, 182 Brick Lane, London E1 6SA, +44 (0)2077394134
Opening on Sunday 14 September 2008, 6 – 9 pm

Mothers In Law

Faber have just sent me this hot off the press, to be released on 16th October - here's the cover (it also has 50 inside illustrations)... Apart from two minor mistakes that no-one else will probably notice I'm very pleased. Loving the electric violet...

exhibition alert! 27th august

wow what a show it'll be! LE GUN issue 4 will be launched. other features: a display of gigantic ink drawings detailing the progress of 'The Family' from LeGundon via various depraved locations all the way to a jungle funeral. a life size-cardboard room. embalming fluid cocktails. Caliper Boy's death march. a salon d'artistes. a shop stocking all sorts of delights. and if previous after parties are anything to go by I'm slightly scared of this one already... come!

exhibition alert! 21 august

this week - the mysterious mystery spot exhibition. apart from rob rubbish and anna mcclelland i have never met any of them and no idea who they are (except for a vague knowledge of ceri amphlett/craig atkinson/daryl waller's work) so i'm still mystified, but then maybe that's the point, who knows... swing by:

quality x3

this is totally irrelevant, but I couldn't resist: here is a picture of my sister with DJ Vadim, who is trying his first ever 'hanuta' hazelnut chocolate wafer snack... (all three are firm favourites of mine)