THE EXQUISITE CORPSE EXHIBITION

My final show as curator for the Dalston Superstore was a huge success, I am so happy with the standard and diversity of work and the effort the artists put in. The pieces really show the identity of the artists and this subconscious portrayal of them selves is what makes the work so interesting. The opening night was completely packed and turned into a great party. Hopefully the show will travel as every one is so impressed.
Its up until the end of the month so if you haven't seen it the check it out, scroll down my blog for links to the artists personal sites and blogs. Here is a selection of the work and I'll post the rest when I get a chance to take the pictures.
These images are courtesy of Amy Gwatkin

                                                                 Artist: Fred Butler

                                                                Artist: Moses Powers

                                                                     Artist: Celia Arias

                                                                Artist: Emma Gibson

                                                                Artist: Alex Noble - ME!

                                                               Artist: Cordelia Weston

                                                             Artist: Clare Whittingham

                                                        Artist: Jay Barry Matthews

                                                                 Artist: Luke Embden

                                                                   Artist: Anna Bruder

                                                                   Artist: Louise Riley

                               Left to right, Artists: Moses Powers + Justine Josephes, Moses Powers

                                                                      Me with my legs.

NEW EXHIBITIONS AND INTERVIEWS

Check out the new exhibition I've curated at the Dalston Superstore - NOUVEAU NUDE-The Male Nude Now.
www.gallerysuperstore.blogspot.com

And an interview with me on the the new Mc Queen blog, interviewed by the lovely Anna Trevelyan,
check it out at -
http://www.m-c-q.com/diary/

NEW EXHIBITION - 12TH NOVEMBER AT DALSTON SUPERSTORE - AMAZING ARTISTS, COME TO THE OPENING!

 

NOUVEAU NUDE

THE MALE NUDE NOW
Opening Night: Thursday 12th November, 6.30 -10.00
Exhibition: Thursday 12th November - Sunday 6th December
Dalston Super Store, 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB

Contributers: Exterface, Mikel Marton, Cathal O’brien, Matthew Brindle, Justino Esteves, Elizabeth Eamer, Theo Firmo, Emma Gibson, Anna Kriskova, Anna Stubbe, Echo Morgan, Alex Noble, Moses Powers, Ed Relph, Jens Stoltze.
Contributing Magazines + Fanzines: BUTT, PinUps, Spunk, Anal, Flit.
Light and Illustration installation: Prick Image and Alex Noble

This exhibition seeks to celebrate and explore the male nude, celebrating those who examine, muse and obsess over this controversial subject.

Exhibiting work from a new generation of home grown and international artists: from Paris duo Exterface intensely stylized nude narratives to Canada’s Mikel Marton, who’s male nude portraits are winning critical acclaim across America and around the world.
Alongside photography, mixed media work and 3D installation will be covers from ground breaking Butt magazine and fanzines including New York’s PinUps and Spunk.  Aiding the review of the Male Nude’s place in a commercial and subcultural context.

Male nudity has always been more subversive than it’s female counterpart, falling in and out of popularity through out art history, but always celebrated and developed by the gay and erotic arts.

The ‘gaze’ has shifted from being predominantly on women to men in fashion, film and advertising, and within the last decade the increasing trend for homo eroticism and full frontal male nudity begs the question, what is the place of the male nude in contemporary society? And will it ever develop and evolve into being as common place as a pair of breasts in a newspaper?

As it takes more and more to shock us, what now is the reaction towards the male nude,
and can the more untraditional images and growing trend for alternative visions of beauty be viewed in their own right with out being labelled homo erotic, classicist or pornographic.
 (c) curation and text by Alex Noble

http://gallerysuperstore.blogspot.com

GLASTONBURY GUARDIAN LOUNGE 2009

Moses and I were invited back to Glastonbury this year to produce wierd and wacky installations for the Guardian news papers 'Guardian Lounge', a great time was had by all, enjoy the pics.
Images Courtesy: jamesmccauley.com

NOBLE POWERS!!

'GEISHA'
'LOST KINGS'
'MUMMY'



'THE WAITING GAME'




These images are all of work created by my very talented boy friend, photographer and artist Moses Powers, I work on many of his images (see above), together we create sets and costumes to tell surreal stories of history and the future with misplaced objects and characters telling their stories. His work really speaks for it's self, enjoy.