King Brown

NEW MURAL IN TOWN by Andrew Schoultz

17th of May, 2013

Posted by Laura
New outdoor masterpiece from San Francisco based artist Andrew Schoultz, assisted by the legendary Dennis Kernohan

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the empty canvas how it looked before

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Special thanks to Dennis Kernohan, Guerrero Gallery and Andrew Schoultz for the all the pictures

Follow Andrew Schoultz on Instagram @aschoultz
Follow Dennis Kernohan on Instagram @dennis_kernohan

SIgn of the times

17th of May, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
We love a hand written font and Marty Routledge is one of those cats that's damn good at it, especially large scale. Check out his mural completed in Brisbane last month with The Hours.
Kingbrown issue 9 will be out mid-year, featuring more of Marty's handy work, so stay tuned.

The Yok and Sheryo, Krause Gallery, May 16

11th of May, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
In September 2012 Sheryo and The Yok travelled to Vietnam to make a series of porcelain vases. They hand painted each vase in the ancient factories that have been making these vases for centuries with their tattoo influenced, cartoon styles.

The vases together with a new body of work will be on show May 16 at Krause Gallery.
If you're in the area, drop by and check it out.

Tower mural by beastman and jae copp

9th of May, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
Our buddies Beastman and Jae Copp completed a neat Tower Mural Project for The Hours last month. check it out..

ALL FRESCO

2nd of May, 2013

Posted by Cleo
AUCKLAND/NEW ZEALAND
One of the first street art festivals to hit this fast growing city. 14 artists painting 14 walls up and down K Road, no doubt transforming this iconic street once the weekend is through. List of artists + event map below.
Progress shots throughout the weekend can be found online here:
ALL FRESCO

Magic weirdos never die

30th of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
New London gallery space Scawfell Studios opens its doors on May 2nd with "Magic Weirdos Never Die" - a group exhibition featuring 11 contemporary artists from 4 different countries, curated by Sean Morris. Following on from the successful group show "Let's Go Magic Weirdos", held last year in his hometown of Perth, Western Australia, Sean Morris is at it again. This time he's bringing his work and bunch of impressive, magical weirdos to London.

Flyer artwork by Manuel Donada

Reyes

17th of April, 2013

Posted by The Stumbler

Return to doom lagoon

15th of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
Watdafac Gallery is proud to present the first European solo exhibition by Sean Morris.
"Return To Doom Lagoon" is a show of new prints, sketches and murals by the Western Australian artist. It's a continuation of the character-based strangeness that Morris has gained a reputation for - this time we are introduced to the girls of 'Doom Lagoon' and their colourful, mildly satanic adventures in bikinis and jean shorts.
The exhibition will double as a launch of a book, also titled "Return To Doom Lagoon" published by Watdafac and featuring the print work from the show.

12 O.CLOCK BOYS

10th of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch

Shida - ecstacy in the abyss

9th of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
Solo exhibition by Shida, who's recently moved to Melbourne. It's on at Backwoods Gallery, April 19th.
Stay tuned for Kingbrown issue 9, where you'll be able to see more fine line works by Shida.

WK Interact

9th of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
Nice insight into WK's last 20 years creating in NY, via Juxtapoz.

Kingbrown x Tiger Translate

2nd of April, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
Great news for Jordan Walczak from the USA. He's the recent winner of our Kingbrown x Tiger Translate competition. Jordan's interpretation of Jakarta, (chosen track - S.O.A.R.A.) has earned himself a feature spread in Kingbrown.
Good news for the rest of you frothers is that the new issue 9 is not far away! stay tuned.

Rap Quotes

30th of March, 2013

Posted by mxco

Style Is The Limit

29th of March, 2013

Posted by mxco
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Style Is The Limit

Exhibition opening April 19th at the Fifty24SF Gallery in San Francisco.

Colossal The Small

29th of March, 2013

Posted by mxco
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COLOSSAL THE SMALL

A solo show featuring Nosego in philadelphia at the James Oliver Gallery running March 30- May 4th

Eye Rupture

26th of March, 2013

Posted by mxco
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On tumblr, I always stumble upon artist who impress me, so i click the follow button and watch how their art careers progress. I've been following Jordan Debney on tumblr for a good minute now and his artwork never cease to amaze me. Thanks to Kingbrown the opportunity to interview Jordan came up and this is how it turned out. Enjoy.

Tell us a bit about yourself?

I am a freelance self-taught artist from New Zealand. I like things that repulse the norm and draw them into twisted forms and dissections in order to achieve a dire need for happiness.

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Growing up what is your earliest memories of drawing, did you
always know you would be doing this for the rest of your life?

My earliest memory would probably be sitting at my grandparents house at the dining room table drawing aliens from figurines I found at the Salvation Army that my Grandmother works at. I would happily sit there all day doodling their bulbous heads whilst eating the stale crackers my grandmother would chuck to the birds. At that point I knew I would be drawing for the rest of my life, I just didn't know what or where or that I would ever make money off it, I just knew it's was something I would always do.

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I like meeting self taught artist, how did you teach yourself to draw? how
do you stay inspired? and did you ever consider attending any art schools?

Well, I always drew scenes from comics I would collect as a child, I always had and sometime still do just for kicks. From then on it kinda manifested into it's own entities. I watched a lot of cartoons and horror movies I would draw inspiration from. The town I lived in wasn't (isn't) the most desired dwelling for a weird, creative child, so I would absorb as much as i could from external sources and go wild with it. I always get asked how i stay inspired and I honestly never know what to say, it's just something I do every day, it's like brushing my teeth, if I haven't drawn in a day or so I start to feel empty and guilty. I attended basic art classes at school and a design polyptych for 8 months and bailed, basically because it wasn't what I was wanting to be doing with my life. I would have been around 18 at the time and really wanted a head start in my actual art career, as opposed to just learning how to cope with one. So I chucked myself in the deep and and started up Eye Rupture and grew it to what it is today as an art collective for all of my works from acrylic board paintings to shirt designs for heavy metal bands in the UK.

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Any exhibitions or artwork you can tells about that you're working on now?

I have a lot planned in the next few months but it's all a bit hush hush at the moment because it's not entirely confirmed, I consider it to be one of the greatest adventures I will ever pursue, mentally and creatively.

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I remember seeing pictures of you painting a wall with Barry McGoldrick back
in 2012, is there any chance will see more of your artwork in the streets this time?

Oh yes, I have been stocking up on Montana spray paint for a few wall jobs coming up, people will have to keep an eye on my social feeds within the coming weeks.

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Whats a kingbrown to you?

Jagermeister vomit.

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RABBIT EYE MOVEMENT

20th of March, 2013

Posted by mxco

In our nature - beastman & Phibs

14th of March, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
'In our Nature' is an exhibition of new paintings and mural installation by Beastman and Phibs. These two distinctive artists not only share a friendship and the same studio space, but also share a similar vision with their artwork and take a strong inspiration from nature.
Check it out this Friday Mar 22 at Ambush Gallery. Not to be missed Sydney-siders.

Order Kingbrown Issue 8 and receive a back issue free!

11th of March, 2013

Posted by Ian Mutch
This March, we're offering a sweet 2 for 1 special.
Purchase Kingbrown issue 8 and you'll receive a quality back-issue absolutely free!
But be quick - this offer is only available for the next couple of weeks.
(Australia and USA customers only)

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VIZIE _ NEKST

7th of March, 2013

Posted by Clug

RIP