Thursday 30 September 2010

HUB TV video from the opening reception of Made in Britain and Visual Splendor is up!

London Miles Gallery and Hub TV are proud to present the video from the opening night of Made in Britain and Visual Splendor. Two great exhibitions that opened on September 10th 2010 at London Miles. If you were unable to make it to the opening then here is your chance to see it. The opening reception was an incredible night and we happy to have something to show for it.

The Opening night of Made in Britain and Visual Splendor from London Miles on Vimeo.


Thanks Hub TV!

Hi Fructose interviews Ekundayo for our upcoming show at London Miles Gallery

As you may already know, we have a great show opening up next Friday. Featuring the artwork of Ekundayo, Morning Breath and Fernando Chamarelli.

Hi Fructose magazine from California recently caught up with Ekundayo and took a visit to his studio to speak about the upcoming exhibition and the first time he will be exhibited in the UK!

"Hi-Fructose favorite Ekundayo (HF Vol. 9) will be showing this coming October 8th over at London Miles Gallery. Showing alongside New York's own Morning Breath and Fernando Chamarelli from Brazil, this three person group show will serve as the London debut for all three artists. Though the differences vary greatly stylistically, all three artists are masters in their respective fields and this show should serve as an engaging introduction from across the Atlantic."

Read the whole review here.

Thanks Hi Fructose for the coverage!

Friday 24 September 2010

LMG & Upper Playground Present - Morning Breath - Ekundayo - Fernando Chamarelli


London Miles Gallery in association with Upper Playground are delighted to present a new exhibition featuring the culturally defining and visually astounding artwork of three artists from the furthest flung corners of the globe. Boasting a line-up of truly stellar international talent, this show will feature all new artworks from world-renowned and internationally feted new contemporary artists Morning Breath, Ekundayo, and Fernando Chamarelli.

This exciting three-way exhibition explicitly highlights the creative depth and diversity within the new contemporary field today, showcased exclusively for a British audience at London Miles Gallery in west London at the heart of the city’s sub cultural art community. A major coup for British audiences, this anticipated show brings three of the most prolific and abundantly talented new contemporary artists to the UK for what is a rare and insightful close up with some of the leading lights of the genre.

Opening Night - Friday 8th October - 7pm @ London Miles Gallery, Westbourne Studio's, 242 Acklam Road, London, W10 5JJ

For more information, images or interviews with the artists please contact:

Tina Ziegler. Tina@londonmiles.com. www.londonmiles.com

LMG Interviews MORNING BREATH.


Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto are better known as Morning Breath which is the name of their Brooklyn based graphic design company. The duo have accumulated an impressive resume of clientele ranging from Zoo York Skateboards to Album design for bands such as Slayer, Foo Fighters and T.V on the Radio.
Their work often depicts boldly coloured, mixed-up layers of Old Skool advertisement slogans, pin-up girls and comic book style characters. Its hard to know where to look first! Morning Breath will be coming to London for the first ever time as part of London Miles’ group exhibition alongs
ide Ekundayo and Fernando Chamarelli.

Why the name Morning Breath?

The name Morning Breath comes from the title of a song a friend of ours wrote. One night when Jason and I were thinking of names for our new found venture, we were listening to music drinking some beers, and put on a 7” from a friend of ours band named Sweet Diesel. We thought what a great/fucked up name for our new company. We looked no further.


Could you give a brief summary of your line of work

Morning Breath does a broad range of work ranging from straight up graphic design/illustration to commercial projects that take on a look and feel from our more personal work. We paint and experiment with personal work along side of commercial projects. Sometimes it becomes a juggling act to maintain both worlds.


What mediums do you guys use?

Most of our paintings are done with a combination of acrylic paint and silkscreen. We paint primarily on wood board.


How and why did you both start doing art?


We both have been creating art since childhood. I don’t know if there is an answer to why?, we just do, and in a way always have been creating art. I guess if there is an answer it’s been different throughout stages of our lives. If you ask why we do it now, I guess it’s just a need to escape the confounds of commercial work. Although one might think even our commercial work is creative, it still has more compromise than we’d like.



Did you know each other before the formation of Morning Breath? Where and how did you both meet?

We both worked at Think skateboards in San Francisco in the mid nineties. That is where we began to collaborate, and eventually developed our method of creating art.


Was buildinga work dynamic difficult for you at all and if you hadn’t begun working together, how do you think your artistic styles would be different today?


The building of our work dynamic came about very naturally, we each offered something that the other didn’t have. Jason was trained as a graphic designer, and I was an illustrator. Had we not joined forces I guess we both would have evolved, but only in our respective areas of art.



Have you ever been to London?

Jason had been to London about a decade ago, I have never been.


Will your work for the upcoming show consist of any British influences for this show?

I don’t think there will be much in the way of British influence on our art. Most of the influence on our art comes from 1950’s to 1970’s Advertising and typography. We take the ideas from that era and remix with a fucked up broken aesthetic.


Did you guys make any kind of alterations to your work for the upcoming exhibition at London Miles because you will be showing to a different audience or, is audience a non-factor for you?


The audience is really a non factor for us. When it comes to our painting we’re doing it for Morning Breath. Our commercial work forces us to keep the client in mind, so when it comes to our personal work, we need the freedom.



You guys have been doing a lot of incredible design work for albums recently, who has been your favourite musician/band to work with?


The Band we had the most fun on the Project was wit

h Queens of the Stone Age. That was one of the fewMusic projects that very clearly let the Morning Breath aesthetic come through.


You recently teamed up the merchandise monster, Upper Playground, to what extent do you feel that this helped you gain recognition?


Upper Playground was pivotal in getting us exposure. In 2006 they published a book of our Art, along with a showin their Portland gallery space. There is also a bit of a connection with Juxtapoz that also brought us to their readers attention.


What is your creative process, how do you amalgamate your ideas?


When we are working on our personnel work there is very much a free flow of ideas, and theprocess is experimental within the confines of our familiarity. Our paintings are a reflection of the tag team approach that we take. We don’t force the evolution of our paintings, but just let our feelings toward them add, or subtract over time.


What is your creative process when working with clients?


When working with clients, we often take an opposite approach than we take with our paintings. Ther is a lot of preplanning and presenting of ideas. I guess you could say it’s much more structured.


Who has been your biggest client to date?


Our biggest client to date has been Universal Music Group. With it’s many sub-labels, and a huge list of Big and small artist, they have kept us fairly busy with work for roughly the past decade.


If you could only choose one, would you rather produce for galleries or continue doing commercial work for clients?


If we could make a comfortable living doing nothing but Gallery art, we would much rather go that route. We both have families, and live in New York. It is very expensive here, and the reality for us is that we need to bring in a solid income if we want to maintain life the way we’ve been living. If we we’re single and younger we probably would give to much a shit about it.


A big thanks to Doug and Jason!



Interview by Tanya Guryel

Monday 20 September 2010

Daydream Magazine One Night only/ Launch party and exhibition at London Miles Gallery

Its been 3 years, 2 days, 1 hour, and feels like FOREVER! Daydream has been producing and distributing its print based publication by hand in the UK and particular international hotspots.

Supporting and celebrating artists and performers alike, Daydream has been a unique source of fresh inspiration, hosting events and launching editions at the world reknowned M & C Saatchi and the Royal Albert Hall making some fantastic friends along the way.


A change is said to be as good as rest, and now we feel that the time is right to push Daydream into a new online format; thats available to download! The ethos is still the same: A source of fresh, uninhibited inspiration, from all disciplines side by side in societies scrapbook. The new format will allow us to reach a larger target audience, communicate and interact with our readers, clients and copycats. We will still be printing Daydream alongside the online publication, however these issues will be in limited supply and will make up a collectors series.


To commemorate the magazine and the launch of the new online format, we will be hosting an Exhibition of previous Daydream greats at the London Miles Gallery - Westbourne Studios 242 Acklam London W10 5JJ -

Friday 1st October 2010 - 9pm - till late

D'LOGO PARTY

JUSTIN ROBERTSON deadstock 33’s
DIGITAL AFRICAN - NICO LUPO
YOUNG & POSITIVE
PLUS MORE Djs & LIVE PROFORMANCES

The newest party in west london
M&C Saatchi - Graham Fink “ Fucking Amazing!”

ALL happening on Friday, October 1st 2010. from 9pm till LATE! Advance R.S.V.P required for guestlist. Reserve your place NOW!

More Information Here!

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Images from the opening of Made in Britain and Visual Splendor










The image from the Opening of Made in Britain and Visual Splendor are now up on
London Miles Gallery's facebook page- go have a look at the incredible night and opening of two wonderful exhibitions.

A big thanks to everyone that came out to support London Miles Gallery and all the artists that took part in the exhibition. Congrats to David Marsh for the opening of his first solo exhibition!

Thanks to our sponsors:
Firefly Tonics, Small Car big City and Brothers Cider! You all helped make it one unforgettable quintessentially British event.


Made In Britain exhibition featured on Amelia's magazine!

Our current exhibition, Made in Britain, opened on Friday evening the 10th of September. It was such a busy night, with over 400 attending guests through out the evening. We will have images for you shortly, but till then take a look at this great review the exhibition has received from Amelia's Magazine.

"So the London Miles gallery’s latest exhibition is a very timely wake-up call to the fact that Pop Surrealism, with its Graffiti and Lowbrow fellow flavours, has a very natural home here in the UK. We’re so culturally jam-packed with icons, ironies and idiosyncrasies, its a recipe fit to burst kola-kube-sour onto your culture buds."

"This is the best show I have seen for a while, in one of London’s tastiest spaces. Energetic, democratic, authentic, and even, dare I say it, affordable. It doesn’t have a big ego, doesn’t puff itself up. It just does what it says on the tin, as gleefully as possible. If Britain’s really got talent for a new dawn, this is the place to watch."

Continue Reading the complete article HERE....