Last ever show at 323!
Recoat Update 2013
Recoat Update 2013 from Recoat on Vimeo.
A wee film about Recoat, art and what we have planned for the future...
Nottingham Street Art Festival
Nottingham Street Art Festival- Team Recoat Road Trip from Recoat on Vimeo.
Chris MacFarlane made this great wee film about our road trip and exhibition in Nottingham in 2011. Thanks mate!
Tristram Aver invited us to take part in the International Street Art Festival in Nottingham that saw Team Recoat travel to exhibit at the Lace Market Gallery. We showed our Team recoat prints and some originals and painted in the space. The guys at the Switch Studio were very kind, showed us a good time and gave us space to paint too. Thanks to all involved for a quality few days on tour!
There is a cool video of the show by Hopwood&Kirby here- vimeo.com/28159452
The prints are available for only £80- recoat.bigcartel.com/category/team-recoat
Mark Lyken and Teo Moneyless
The Canals Project. Mark Lyken & Teo Moneyless from cedar lewisohn on Vimeo.
Mark Lyken and Teo Moneyless recently painted a beautiful mural in London together for the Canals Project. Gordon Beswick has made this lovely film about the whole project. We're going to be working with these fellas again for Forms and Spaces II in September, we can't wait. Watch this space....
RIP 323
Dear Recoat Supporters,
We are fast approaching our 6th
birthday at Recoat. Since July 2007 we’ve been on European Tours, held
international mural festivals, curated over 60 exhibitions at Recoat, created a
10 strong Scottish Collective and painted walls and vehicles with some of the
finest artists in the world. Recoat has evolved and changed and it has become
an Arts Hub beyond anything that we could have hoped for.
We are changing things up at Recoat
this year. We have several large scale mural projects planned, including
painting two at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and
helping HEART (Health Education Art) paint murals across the city.
To manage these projects properly we
have decided to close our present space with the intention of developing Recoat
and reopening a bigger and better gallery in the future. Don’t panic, this is
certainly not the end and we already have exhibitions booked in for when we
open again and pop up shows that will run throughout the year.
To mark the
beginning of something new and celebrate what has gone before, we are proud to
present “RIP 323”, a group show
that will bring together an eclectic mix of Scottish artists who will work for
1 week to fill the gallery and arch with varied, colourful murals that will
cover canvasses that will then be available for you to buy and own.
Artists
participating include the entire Team Recoat Collective- Susie Wright, Kirsty
Whiten, Elph, FiST, Mark Lyken, Al White, David Galletly, Syrkus, Death Rattles
and Rue Five alongside Fraser Gray, Throne, Chris MacFarlane, Jamie Johnson and
more.
The exhibition opens on the 8th
of June 7-10pm, all are welcome. The show will then be open till mid July open
Tues to Sun 12-6pm.
Can’t wait to see you there.
Amy and Ali.
Kirsty Whiten at the new Bongo Club
Team Recoat member, Kirsty Whiten, just did a beautiful installation of paste-ups at the new Bongo Club in Edinburgh. Lucky them!
Glasgow Film Festival Red Carpet
Back in February the Glasgow Film Festival asked us to create a removeable stencilled red carpet based on this cool illustration by Lesley Barnes for their posters. Sadly we worked through the night to create it using chalk paint, only for it to start snowing at 4am when we left and the entire thing was mush by the morning. Gutted. Nice while it lasted though.
Mark Lyken at Pleasure Principle
We were delighted to be invited to take part in the brand new Weekender, Pleasure Principle, produced by Numbers and Dedbeat. We brought Team Recoat's, Mark Lyken along to paint one of his beautiful murals. Thanks to everyone for making this possible, we had a great time.
Pamela and Erlend Tait exhibiting in Glasgow
Our good chums, Erlend and Pamela Tait are exhibiting in Glasgow in May at the RGI. Their work is super cool, and even better when they collaborate so make sure to get along and check it out!
Mark-Lyken-tastic
Exhibition Extended: Westend Bestiary
Westend Bestiary has been extended and will now close on 14th April. Kirsty Whiten's centaurs snd sphinxes have been so popular, we decided to give you an extra week to come and be amazed by these man (and woman)-beasts. Here's a link to the Facebook event.
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Centaur Elder -Original Drawing- Kirsty Whiten
MATERIALS - PENCIL ON PAPER SIZE - 64 x 52cm. Framed. Go to online shop. |
We only have 2 original drawings left! But as well as the framed “Centaur Elder” and “Marching Centaurs”, the gallery is also selling limited edition Giclee prints at various sizes of all the artworks, individually signed by the artist priced from £4 - £120. Please don't miss out. Go check them out in our online shop or get down to Recoat to see them in the flesh. They are beautiful, well crafted works by one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists, Kirsty Whiten.
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Marching Centaurs - Original Drawing - Kirsty Whiten
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Westend Bestiary- Kirsty Whiten
Last weekend we opened Westend Bestiary, a beautiful solo show from Kirsty Whiten. Thanks so much to everyone who made it down, was a quality launch event. The show has been featured on loads of blogs and in bothe the Herald and the Scotsman so thanks so much for all the support!
The show consists of paintings, drawings, paste-ups and a mural. We also have all the artwork as Limited Edition Giclee prints at various sizes. You can see all the photos of the launch, the artwork, Kirsty prepping the space and hanging her paste-up at the Bier Halle in Glasgow on our Flickr or Facebook. You can also view all work still available in our online shop or of course visit the gallery, we're open 12-6pm Tues to Sun and the show runs till the 14th April. See you soon....
West End Bestiary preparations
Centaur Drinking (2012)
We're excited about Kirsty Whiten's solo show 'West End Bestiary' opening on 8th March. We've been busy preparing the gallery and having a bit of paste-up action in Glasgow city centre - film footage of Kirsty and Amy clambering on bins in the alleyway next to Bier Halle to follow ...
Paste-up of Schemie Centaurs II (2012) in City Centre
Preview at 7pm on 8th March and the show will continue until 8th April. Here's a video interview of Kirsty speaking to TLG last month.
Vanguard (2013)
Follow us on Twitter for more updates, we're using the hashtag #manbeast !
Wee closes today
The amazing solo show, Wee, from David Galletly closes today. We're open 12-6pm so get yourself down to see the collection of intricate drawings, a whole wall of collaged drawings and sketches and the huge "Twees" murals throughout the space. See you in a bit.....
Closed today
Hey Folks, Last night we worked in the bitter cold to get a commission finished, only in bed at 5.30am so afraid Recoat will not be open today and we'll be zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....see you tomorrow.
Volunteers
We have a group of amazing volunteers who make Recoat what it is, we couldn't do what we do without them and we are eternally grateful. Volunteers work with with us to run the space, hang exhibitions, facilitate projects and whatever goes on in between. In return for their time we try to reward folks with opportunities to network and meet artists, take part in projects and shows, learn new skills, learn about how our business works and generally join in on the ride that is Recoat. At present we are having to rely on a small pool of people and it's just not fair. If you would be interested in volunteering or learning more about what it involves please get in touch at info@recoatdesign.com. Cheers.
Wetland Released
Gamma Proforma just released "Wetland" from the Terrestrial Sea EP that Mark Lyken created for the IOTA Sublime residency he did last year. Go listen and enjoy!
"Wee" opens tonight
Wee from David Galletly opens tonight folks 7-10pm. Shaping up to be an amazing show so get oan down here.
David Galletly Studio Visit
On the 1st of Feb we open "Wee", a solo exhibition from David Galletly. This weekend we popped over to his studio to take a look at how he is getting on. To see more photos check out this page. To find out more about the opening visit the event page.
David's Bio-
Hello. I'm originally from Stirling, a small city in Scotland. I attended high school, went to college and, in 2004, graduated with a BA in graphic design. Soon afterwards, I returned to my first love of drawing and began exhibiting my personal artwork in various group exhibitions. I slowly built up my freelance illustration business while paying the bills with various other jobs and made the shift to working for myself full time in early 2012. I currently live with my wife Alex in Glasgow, where I work from my home studio.
During a typical week, most of my time is spent on freelance illustration / design commissions for publications and individuals. I been lucky enough to work with some amazing people over the years and I'm very happy to have the opportunity to earn a living by creating artwork.
For the past year, I have been the illustrator for Mary HK Choi's column in the US edition of WIRED magazine. I also occasionally help out with the graphic design and art direction at Fence Records. Recently, I have designed a limited edition Aberfeldy label for Dewars and created an illustrated overview of Scotland for the social network, Kiltr.
I am a member of Team Recoat, a collection of artists based in Scotland put together by Recoat Gallery here in Glasgow’s West End. As an artist, I have exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions both in the UK and overseas.
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