London: Tea Time in Wonderland

The Maverick showroom presente la derniere retrospective de Goldie, de tres celebre DJ anglais. Ses oeuvres flirtent avec le graffiti mais surtout denoncent la violence de la jeunesse actuelle, la perte des valeurs. Tout est dans le titre The kids are all riot… On ressent dans ses personnage la rage lattente, le contraste entre des details d’un monde encore enfantin (une fete foraine), la colere deformant leurs traits, les accessoires transitoires vers un monde d’adultes, armes, aerosols.

Et pourtant le graffiti est pour Goldie une porte de sortie. Ayant lui-meme commence artiste de rue, son prefesseur d’art le soutient et l’Art Council l’aide a financer sa premiere exposition… il a a18 ans. Depuis, il n’hesite pas a aller a la rencontre des jeunes et a leur expliquer a aller au-dela du simple tag, du moyen d’expression pour aller vers une oeuvre, une equilibre, un message.

Et quel meilleur terrain pour cette exposition que Shoreditch, ou s’expriment tant de grands noms du Street Art qui vivent de leurs creations?

The Kids Are All Riot
The Maverik Showroom
London E2
Jusqu’au / until April 26, 2009

http://www.maverikshowroom.com/

The Maverick showroom welcomes Goldie’s latest exhibition – and no, the guy is not just a DJ God. His work flirts with graffitis but more importantly screams about youth violence, the loss of values. It’s all in the title: Kids are all riot… Looking at each painting, the feeling of rage is so real – what a contrast between details of a still innocent world like a funfair and the anger changing a kid’s face, or the accessories leading to a more adult world, aerosol, weapon…

But still, to Goldie, graffiti are not a negative symbol. He himself started as a street artist, was supported by his Art teacher – his efforts paid: the Art Council help him fund his first exhibition at 18… He makes a point of meeting teenagers and young street artists and explains them how to go further than a simple tag, how to bring balance and a message to their work.

And what better place for this new show than Shoreditch where so many well know Street Artists, who do live from their passion, express themselves already?

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