Sweet Toof at Factory Fresh - 29th April

[FactoryFresh]

Sweet Toof
Dark Horse

Opening April 29th, 7-10pm
On view till May 22nd, Gallery is open Wednesday - Sunday from 1-7pm

Having chewed up the streets of London’s east end, British artist Sweet Toof takes a bite out of the Big Apple with his first New York solo exhibition, Dark Horse.  Revealing a new series of original works, Sweet Toof’s Trojan Horse greets the city that never sleeps ‘til Brooklyn at the freshest factory in town. 
 
Like the Dark Horse himself, Sweet Toof has risen up the ranks as a graffiti artist throughout 80s and 90s England, where his letterforms and street styles have evolved alongside a rigorous academic practice as a realist painter and sculptor. Heavily influenced by the Vanitas paintings of sixteenth century Europe, Mexican Day of the Dead, Subway Art, and the underground comics of Vaughn Bodé, his characteristic gummy chompers are a true mash-up of street and studio. 
 
Now, the anonymous face that launched a thousand teeth unleashes the beast and charges forward once again—with a fleet of new works and an army of horsemen braced to paint New York by storm.  It’s a call to arms in the battle for free expression: join forces, or else just grin and bear it.

www.factoryfresh.net/factoryfreshshows_sweettoof.html

[Daniel Silk]

Great to see so many UK artists getting shows over in America this year

excited about this show...good deal Factory Fresh!

my dentist saved me from considerable pain late one Saturday night (so kind) - will def pick something up for him at this show - fitting!

[FactoryFresh]

Sweet Toof painting in progress at the Factory Fresh Courtyard

[sacked]

Cant wait see what Sweet gets up to in NYC.

[shower]

This is going to be great! Cant wait to see what he gets up to between now and the show opening!

[Daniel Silk]

Factory Fresh have been getting in some great artists this last year or so anymore interesting shows coming up?

[sacked]

Looks like he's been busy :

www.flickr.com/photos/smkjr/5644345436/in/photostream/

[FactoryFresh]

Thanks for asking about what's next for us at Factory Fresh Daniel.

I am really excited to bring you the Bushwick Art Park as part of the New Museum Festival of Ideas event happening May 7th. Our park will feature new sculptures for this event by Specter, Leon Reid IV, and Skewville. Also will crochet works by Olek from her current installation at Christopher Henry gallery.

I just added it to you forum banksyforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=69577

[sacked]

Great line up guys.

[Daniel Silk]

How many shows has Sweet Toof had so far this year?

Can only think of arch 402 in january and cirque du soleil print a month or so ago..

[sacked]

Apr 26, 2011 16:53:39 GMT 1 @chyren said:

Can only think of arch 402 in january and cirque du soleil print a month or so ago..

Those and a group show in the US.

[shower]

The show at Arch 402 was a last minute thing so some of the work shown there will probably be shown again in New York with plenty of new stuff.

I know Sweet Toof has been working really hard for this. It's not everyday you get a solo show in what's arguably the birthplace of graffiti!

[shower]

Check it...

blog.vandalog.com/2011/04/don%e2%80%99t-look-a-dark-horse-in-the-mouth-%e2%80%93-an-interview-with-sweet-toof/

[toothfairy]

Thanks for the interview shower. Very insightful! Hoping to get to the show sometime soon.

[FactoryFresh]

View more opening night pics at www.factoryfresh.net/factoryfreshshows_sweettoof.html

[FactoryFresh]

Sweet Toof "Front Line", Oil painting on Canvas, 24" (w) x 20" (h)


View all available artworks at www.factoryfresh.net/factoryfreshinventory_sweettoof.html