THE BATTY BASS ALBUM

After months of planning between my self and Hannah Holland - the first BATTY BASS is here - featuring London, New York and Berlin's fiercest underground producers,singers and performers.
It's stocked exclusively in URBAN OUTFITTERS for the month of February and then will be in all the coolest boutiques and record stores.
Of course featuring the sultry and disturbing sounds of the mother of Batty are very own MAMA! An audio delight to stimulate your senses and make you bruk down in shuck!

'COUTURE of the WILD' - ALEX NOBLE SELFRIDGES WINDOW for BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS.

Selfridges invited myself and a group of other up and coming designers and artists to create their January windows and design some product for in store.
After an initial conversation with the creative manager about the 'do's and don'ts' of the windows she mentioned no taxidermy! So I decided to flip that on its head and do a high end couture taxidermy lab  - I pushed the concept to create something surreal, serene and I hope quite beautiful.

 

Part of the promotion was design some product to go in store at Selfrdidges - I created two pieces of art work running with the themes of the window and my debut collection for Fashion week. The art work was then printed onto silk Georgette and I made ten exclusive dresses for intsore - there now! BUY BUY!

HAUS OF WAX - LADY GA GA - ALEX NOBLE - MADAME TUSSAUDS

The unveiling has arrived of Lady Ga Ga wax work HOLLY WOOD! My lace Brit awards outfit was chosen for the Hollywood Madame Tussauds.

With Perez Hilton who I think is slightly jealous his all in one isn't quite as fabulous.

T-SHIRT DESIGNS FOR IBADAN RECORDS

I was recently commissioned by DJ Jerome Sydenham to create t-shirt designs to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of his record label IBADAN RECORDS.
Jerome himself is of Nigerian descent and the label is named after Ibadan in Nigeria, but with the label being very much Berlin based and inspired I wanted to create a fusion of these two influences, looking at these two places, Constructivist art work and textile prints - I came up with these......

Looking forward to receiving my T's from Berlin and working with the label on future projects.

NEW HEAD PIECE

My obsession with all things nude, feathers and lace continues for this piece made for a seriously fashion fanatical private client.

NEW EXPLORATIONS

                                                                    'Falling For You'.

                                                             'Flights Delayed Again'.
For these images I've mixed two of my styles together to create a more dimensional image, comping my Batty Bass style illustrations onto some of my fine art Oil paintings. 

MY FIRST WEDDING DRESS

I just created my first wedding dress for a very dear old friend of mine Sharmaine. Shar is a unique character with many sides to her personality and so I knew the dress needed to be classical with an alternative edge. She had no idea what the dress looked like until the day before the wedding when I met her in Copenhagen. The wedding took place in Denmark on a beautiful island called Mon. Here's the dress!

      The blushing bride herself, half an hour before 'I Do' in the beautiful house they rented in Mon.

                                    Myself and Shar and my dress, no her dress, no my dress!

LADY GA GA VMA'S

I made a few pieces for Lady Ga Ga to wear at this years VMA's. You never know what will be used and the two head pieces I made weren't, but hopefully will show up on her lovely head at some point soon so I cant show them to you yet!. But I wasn't suprised when I saw the amazing work of my friend and contemporary Franc Fernandez' Meat dress - well done Franc!
What Ga Ga did use was a huge black and bottle green net bustle skirt that I made to add a little extra drama to the McQueen dress she wore on the red carpet. I had the dress in the studio and it is absolutely stunning. We miss you Alexander. x

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 BATTY BASS ARTWORK

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If you haven't been down to Batty Bass yet then your really missing out, not only has the recent returns to it's home at the Star of Bthnal Green been complete road blocks but you can also grab a free poster off the walls.....if your quick enough but can wait till at least 12.00 so our decoration serves its purpose.....so yes thats free or sort of free/stolen ALEX NOBLE artwork!