The seven artists exhibiting are:

Bob London
Bob London is an artist and illustrator living and working in London. He has exhibited his work in numerous group shows worldwide and recent commercial clients include Volkswagen and Der Spiegel. He illustrates Le Monde's 'Est-ce bien raisonnable...' column every week.

Cat Johnson
Cat Johnston comes from a very small village in Somerset. She studied animation in Wales and then moved to London to work as an illustrator and model maker. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Concrete Hermit (for which she constructed dioramas of an imaginary war) and a show at Centrespace in Bristol (where she invented and built a series of gods). Her work has also been exhibited in Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Dublin. Previous illustration clients include the Financial Times, Levis, Fenchurch and Vice magazine.

David Gibbons/ Babycrow
London based Babycrow is David Gibbons, an illustrator who specialises in drawing with a brush and ink, taking inspiration from
Japanese art, contemporary culture and comics. He strives to express a lot of energy in his drawings with detailed, inky black line work but also achieves a warm, organic tone to his colouring and a flair for bold composition that makes it a versatile and approachable style. Babycrow often works with various print methods such as Screen Print and Gocco.

Ian Stevenson
“Visually striking, there’s a twisted sense of fun – along with what can only be described as a ridiculous sense of menace – in the work of Ian Stevenson. It feels like Ian's drawn universe existed long before he did, he is reporting back the things he sees, so we don't have to go there.”

Joe Webb
“My collages work to a basic rule of sourcing just two or three images...I then present them as a reinvented single image to communicate a new message or idea. I started making these simple handmade collages as a sort of Luddite reaction to working on computers for years. I like the limitations of collage...using found imagery and a pair of scissors, there are no Photoshop options to resize, adjust colours or undo. I suppose I'm fairly anti-technology although I now promote my art on websites, own an iPhone and use Facebook...I wish I had been born 100 years ago”

John C. Thurbin
Graduating from Middlesex University last year, Illustrator John C Thurbin spends the majority of his time indulging in his love for the intaglio print method of 'Linocut'. John explains that his passion for linocut is due to his obsession with creating detailed images, whilst still obtaining a certain boldness. Linocut appeals to me because it is a very old print method that not many people are taking advantage of anymore, quite possibly due to the 'quick turnaround' nature that illustration seems to have adopted nowadays. This appeals to me more however, and fuels my passion to strive to be one of the best Lino artists in its rather small community.

Sarah Maycock
Sarah Maycock is a twenty three year old illustrator who graduated from Kingston University in the summer of 2011. Having been chosen as one of twelve promising graduates of 2011 by It's Nice That and Represent, in the last six months she has worked for clients such as Imogen Heap/Sony Music, The Times/Eureka Magazine, Random House, Jamie Oliver Magazine, JWT, ustwo/Granimator, It's Nice That and Nobrow. Her work has been featured in the Saatchi Art & Music Magazine, Creative Review and Arts Thread Magazine and in March 2012, she showed work at Somerset House as part of, 'Pick Me Up'. She currently lives and works in Hasting and has a solo show at the end of June at Poke London.

Analogue Perspectives
The Basement Gallery
117 Commercial Street
London
E1 6BG
Mon – Sun 10 – 7pm
Thurs – 10 – 9pm

Thursday 5^th July until Thursday 16^th August

Describe your drawing style in 3 words
Childish, Crude, Crayola

What was the thought process behind ‘Cosmic Quest’?
'Cosmic Quest' comes from an idea in my sketchbook where an attractive girl was magically appearing out of a board game. I then further explored this into a final piece by creating an image inspired by film poster designs where they would have a collage of different characters. It's kind of like 'Dungeons & Dragons' meets 'Weird Science'.

Buy 'Cosmic Quest' tee here

 What do you like about living in Melbourne?
The local bands

What are you working on next?
A print for a Frank Frazetta inspired exhibition in London.

www.magicsweater.com

Your work is pretty reminiscent of Dadaism, how would you talk about your work to someone who hasn’t seen it?
Dada is to me the single most important movement in art and many of my all time favourite artists came from there such as: Francis Picabia / Kurt Schwitters / Max Ernst etc. I find it really hard to explain what I do but I usually really enjoy the process of making stuff and I hope that energy transfers to my art.

What’s the story behind the ‘Face’ print?
The original is done with spray paint on canvas 75x106 cm. I started with a basic bust shape that I've been using a lot recently, then I just play around with lines and see where I end up. In this particular painting it's a bit like mixing portrait with landscape. A mindscape...

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Tell us about the ORO Gallery in Sweden
It's where I have my studio and I’m there pretty much everyday. We're 6 artists working here and sometimes we have exhibitions / gigs etc. Recently we've been using the exhibition space as an extension of our studios and cut back a bit on the exhibitions but we do have some stuff planned later this year. It's been around since 2006.

We hear you do a few animations as well; can you tell us the process behind them?
I did a couple of short films in 1999- 2000, unfortunately I only have them on Beta as they were done in a traditional 2d way, drawn on cell and filmed. I did some loops last year as part of an exhibition I had in Sweden, it's a collaboration with sound artist The extended head, he provided me with sound pieces that I listened to during my 2 weeks of animating with ink & brush on a bit of wood panel. The image & sound has not been synchronized in editing, the idea was to use four screens and let the sync happen by chance.

www.ekta.nu

How did you start up your brand?
Well the initial idea was to start a screen-printing company. The idea was pitched to me from the art director (Marcello) who had just graduated from Bournemouth Art Uni and we both felt that there was not enough cool art/illustration based clothing in the market, and the idea behind the name was that there is generally “too many” of everything in this world including clothing brands, which is ironic, but we wanted to support the art community and help artists get there name out there, and we feel wearing art is much nicer than having it on your wall.

What do you like about working with different artists?
The different styles which they all have, and their influences from childhood and growing up which shows in there artwork.

What’s you favourite design?
Oooh that’s tough one, they’re all so great in their own way, but if I had to choose it would probably be “Magic Sweater” there’s so much going on in this design, the board game reminds me of “Jumanji”, the plants remind me of “Mario World” and one of the characters look like Blanka from “Street Fighter” its an incredible design!

What’s the cool thing to do in Brighton?
Check out the graffiti work all over the Lanes in Brighton, places like Regent Street host some great works.

Plans for future?
Were constantly growing the artist collections, were planning on doing a competition for shirt designs later in the year to help get the underground artists more exposure.

Hopefully a shop later down the line, maybe who knows!

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www.2manyprinters.com

Jo Peel has her very own imitable style, using acrylics and spray paint she confidently creates a dialogue by accurately recording the urban landscape in front of her. By leaving in the elements of construction and decay each exquisitely detailed painting carries rawness and reality that pin points a moment in time with an inviting warm and nostalgic feel.

Peel is also a serious contender in the Urban Contemporary scene and is regularly commissioned to paint huge exterior street works. She has an ever-increasing set of collectors from around the globe having successfully shown in London, Japan, New York and Hong Kong.

On show will be a set of all new works on canvas. In addition there will be a fantastic Ben Oakley Gallery exclusive limited edition print release by Jo at the preview evening.

BEN OAKLEY GALLERY
9 Turnpin Lane, Greenwich, London SE10 9JA
www.jopeel.com 

From Friday 1st June, Britains most belligerent artist Ian Stevenson will desecrate the walls of The Outsiders Newcastle this Summer at Made in Broken Britain. In a field dominated by adherents to faddish styles – illustrators whose work looks the same as other illustrators – Ians distinctive approach, which no-one could hope or perhaps want to copy, demands more attention than a Jewish princess whose father walked out on the household during her early childhood.

Described by industry bible Creative Review as “Brilliant, visually striking, with a twisted sense of fun and what can only be described as a ridiculous sense of menace,” Ians surprisingly popular work has become a rallying point for slightly bitter people who struggle to take anything seriously. High-concept slogan artist Anthony Burrill says of Ian, “He draws familiar things, twisted and distorted beyond reasonable levels. His characters live in peril, the atmosphere is dark and unsettling. The colours are bright, but not in a cheery way. I dont know why Ian draws like this, nobody asked him to.” But with numerous exhibitions, animations and books to his name, not to mention zeitgeist-figure status in the advertising world, Ians work ultimately makes the viewer laugh using a combination of words and imagery.

The Made in Broken Britain exhibition explores the merciless self-consciousness of modern life with sculptures of aging superheroes that can no longer help us, toy Police cars with their wheels stolen, a smashed up riot van, public signage and celebrity photos with their tact and sheen buffed away, plus a sign saying Please Wait Here Until You Are Useful, Thank You, he's only just started shouting at everyone and he's got plenty more to say.

Plenty more info here

The curators went all out to celebrate the avant-garde(ness) and set the exhibition a bit differently by starting on the top level, which was most confusing for the people who were not in the know. Opening with the conception of the Bauhaus and surveying the school's arts and crafts beginnings to it's welcoming of modernism through combining art and technology, bringing together an array of painting, sculpture, architecture, graphics, product design and theatre by Bauhaus masters. All set in a dynamic installation designed by award winning architects Carmody Groarke with graphic designers APFEL.

Not one to miss! On until 12th August 2012. www.Barbican.com

Take a moment to watch the film and check out the rest of his talks on TED as they're all worth viewing - or reviewing.

Artist Joel Clifford has teamed up with London-based musician Arcam to produce a specialist screen print series in response to each track of Arcamʼs forthcoming album, August at the Orange Dot Gallery, London, 9-31 May 2012.

Their friendship and mutual aesthetic ideas relating to sight, sound and the environment provides the foundations on which this interactive exhibition has been created.

Joel Clifford is an illustrator and professional printmaker based in London. His work has a graphic style shaped by the layering nature of screen printing. He doesnʼt draw; instead he thinks in collage, mentally layering and combining shapes, colours and found imagery.

Arcamʼs album August was recorded intermittently between 2007 and 2012 but written as a single composition in which each track contributes to an overarching narrative exploring themes of time, memory and loss. Track titles reference changes in seasons and the movement of the sea is a recurring metaphor.

This is a multi-media exhibition. Each artwork has been assigned a QR code. By scanning these codes with a smartphone, exhibition visitors can stream the audio track associated with each artwork on their phone. Visitors are encouraged to bring a smartphone with headphones to the gallery to experience the exhibition in full.

Visitor Instructions
1. Install a QR code reader on your smartphone
2. Open the QR code reader app
3. Point your smartphone camera at QR code
4. Your phone should open a webpage containing an image of the artwork the code relates to. Below this you should see a soundcloud music player. Click play on the player to stream the audio track associated with the artwork.

The tracks can also be streamed from www.arcamexhibition.com

August will also be available to purchase on limited edition CD from Orange Dot Gallery for the duration of the exhibition and will be released digitally to co-incide with the exhibition opening.