[Daniel Silk]

www.gigwise.com/news/52547/Green-Day-Launch-London-Art-Exhibition

"Green Day have commissioned 21 original pieces of art inspired by their most recent album release, '21st Century Breakdown'.
The paintings will be shown exclusively at the StolenSpace Gallery in Shoreditch, East London from October 22nd until November 1st to coincide with Green Day’s sold out UK concert tour.
It will open the day before the band’s two sold-out performances at the O2 Arena in London.
Speaking of the exhibition lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said, "We‘re really excited to be associated with this incredible show. Seeing the pieces that our new album has inspired is very exciting.
We feel a strong connection to that type of creative expression; we think the fans coming out will love it."
Each of the collaborating artists (Including painter Ron English and French stencil artist C215) were each sent the album's lyrics and asked to produce a piece of art that reflected that song."

[Daniel Silk]

Wasn't this the show Eelus has been working on a piece for as well?

[jusdeep]

Pretty sure it was Silky, on his blog I think

[bazzj04]

Yeah it was he had posted a few differnt pieces he was working on , but i ccant think where i see this , probably on his blog though ,,,,, or twitter

[Dellboyy]

He posted all the work, along with his a while back:

blog.onebigfreakshow.com/2009/07/13/green-day-update/#more-239

Some great pieces there!

[Daniel Silk]

I wonder if they asked Banksy?

[Dellboyy]

Ha, maybe he's not a Green Day fan!

I love the piece by Will Barras, the more i see of his work the more i'm liking!

[bazzj04]

Is there any Greenday fans now anyways ?. There first records were great , and international super hits is a goodie too , but there recent stuff is just not as good.

[Dellboyy]

Can't say i'm a massive fan, but i wouldn't turn off if it came on the radio... you're right though, definitely prefer their early stuff!

In fact, just checked my lastfm, green day are num 192 on my overall artists list!

[jamesreeve5]

Let me get in my time machine and go back to 1994 when I would have given a shit.

[bazzj04]

Time machine nice one ?. could use it for better things though , like world domination

[walters]

the chris stain looks great.

[Replete]

I really like The Barras too Dell as I've alwyas liked his stuff largely because he's heavily influenced by my fave artist Ashley Wood.

And Greenday are not a patch on Rage Against the Machine the band they'd probably like to be but come off sounding like "rebellion lite" to my ears.

[mred]

I'll be at the O2 in October, their gigs are normally a laugh just need to avoid taking it too serious. Normally my favourite bits are them standing on boxes, the spare guitarist who never makes it onto the big screens and of course the other fans. :-)))

Hopefully check the stolenspace show out before the gig.

[Dellboyy]

Sept 22, 2009 17:32:49 GMT 1 Replete said:

I really like The Barras too Dell as I've alwyas liked his stuff largely because he's heavily influenced by my fave artist Ashley Wood.

And Greenday are not a patch on Rage Against the Machine the band they'd probably like to be but come off sounding like "rebellion lite" to my ears.

You've gotta love rage against the machine.. killing in the name always reminds me of my uni days!

[Daniel Silk]

www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=341

Greenday Art Tour
23.10.09 - 01.11.09

Green Day and Logan Hicks have teamed up to create a traveling art exhibition which will be with Green Day on their world tour. Featured artsists include Logan Hicks, M-City, Ron English, Broken Crow and Sixten. These artists have created pieces inspired by Green Day’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.

[artstylee]

Green Day is just doing something awesome as usual.

[nah]

Sept 22, 2009 16:28:59 GMT 1 jamesreeve5 said:

Let me get in my time machine and go back to 1994 when I would have given a s**t.

this

[Urban Painting]

M-CITY

I LOVE IT

[Daniel Silk]

I think this will be a really good show Quality lineup of Artists.

[Daniel Silk]

www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1038908&c=1

"An exhibition of 21 artworks commissioned by Green Day opens in London next Wednesday (October 22) ahead of the US punkers’ two sold-out dates at The 02 arena.
Taking place at the StolenSpace Gallery in London’s Shoreditch from October 22 to November 1, the show features contributions from such notables as New York painter Ron English, French stencil artist C215 and British illustrator Will Barras.
The artists – many of whom were featured in Banksy’s Cans Festival, which attracted 120,000 visitors in its opening weekend last year – were commissioned to depict themes from Green Day’s current album 21st Century Breakdown."

[Daniel Silk]

news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_10000000/newsid_10002400/10002405.stm

"Green Day are to exhibit a collection of art inspired by the music on their most recent album in London later this month.
21st Century Breakdown - The Art Of Rock is a group of 21 pieces of original work commissioned by the band.
The exhibition, which coincides with the Californian band' s forthcoming UK arena tour, begins on 23 October at London's Stolen Space Gallery before concluding on 1 November.
Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said: "We feel a strong connection to that type of creative expression; we think the fans coming out will love it."
Hicks experience
The collection is curated by stencil artist Logan Hicks who previously organised Banksy's Cans Festival in London last year.
The show features contributions from a number of international artists including Ron English, The London Police and C215.
Hicks said: "I chose artists whom I felt had a similar visual approach to art as Green Day does to its music."
The trio's UK arena tour begins on 19 October at Glasgow's SECC."

[Urban Painting]

LUCAMALEONTE
stencil on canvas
76x76 cm
10 layers
11 colors

[Daniel Silk]

10 Layers! Looks amazing

[robotbad]

from seeing the work, hugely disappointed even more so when I saw the prices

[newbrizzleboy]

fuck me silky, coud you be pimping / bumbing this thread anymore >

no one is interested mate

[Daniel Silk]

Oct 21, 2009 18:17:27 GMT 1 @newbrizzleboy said:

f**k me silky, coud you be pimping / bumbing this thread anymore >

no one is interested mate

Why are you reading and posting here then?

[gozgoz]

Im interested.. that stencil is insane!

[buffin]

Well I went and had a great time. Combining urban art with one of my fav bands was always going to be a winner though. Thought there was some nice work there and suprised that the M City hadn't sold. Good to see some of the band there as well. Oh and I got my D*Face American Depress card signed as well by Mr Face, so all in all well worth the trek.

[sfield]

Oct 23, 2009 8:46:56 GMT 1 buffin said:

Well I went and had a great time. Combining urban art with one of my fav bands was always going to be a winner though. Thought there was some nice work there and suprised that the M City hadn't sold. Good to see some of the band there as well. Oh and I got my D*Face American Depress card signed as well by Mr Face, so all in all well worth the trek.

Sounds like it was well worth the trek. I was disappointed that I didn't get a reply to my request for a place on the guest list. Any pics?