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!

OH! IT'S THIS THURSDAY - COME COME ALONG!

THE EXQUISITE CORPSE EXHIBITION

My final show as Curator for the Dalston Superstore is 'The Exquisite Corpse' an amazing group show filled with eclectic cadavers and super talented artists from the fields of fashion and art combined.
It's the last show for the Gallery superstore and me, but not my last show as a curator as I hope and plan for more exhibiting opportunities as artist and curator.

Here is the flyer and Press Release.

02 September 2010, 18.00 - 22.00
Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB

Emma Gibson, Fred Butler, Louise Riley, Anna Bruder, Celia Arias, Jay Barry Matthews, Moses Powers, Adam Vergette, Clare Whittingham Luke Embden, Justine Josephs, Cordelia Weston, Alex Noble.

The Gallery Superstore invites artists for it’s fourth group show, to explore the themes and practices of the parlor game originating ‘Exquisite Corpse’. A name given by the Surrealists  when they first played the game also known as ‘Consequences’. In it’s original form it was a play of sentences and adjective nouns. Finding the practice playful and enriching, the surrealist developed it into more of an art form that has been celebrated to this day.
And can now be seen as drawing, collage and sculpture and inspires artists to fashion designers and photographers.

The morbidness of the games title seems to push through when inspiring previous art works of this theme, moving away from the playful to the more subversive, as seen in the work of Hans Bellmer’s ‘poupee’ series and the sculptures of  Louise Bourgeois.
The art of creating figures from a varied number of objects gave a way to represent characters and symbolize parts of their psyche with effective and sometimes disturbing results. The random objects used may reflect the jumbled assortment of ideas and emotions manifested by the artist. To show physical strength or weakness as well as mental intent.

With the modern obsessions for body modification, ground breaking scientific developments and constant referencing to the past and the future. This exhibition gives artists scope to produce a figure that is diverse and unique, surreal and hap hazard or meticulous in creation.
The concept gives access to explore gender and social roles with the freedom to be playful as well as serious in discussion, what will we learn about the artist by what they create?

The exhibition seeks to be 3D installation lead, with the artists life size ‘cadavers’ hanging from the Superstore meat hooks, as an eclectic morgue of objects of intrigue.