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Stanley Donwood El Chupacabra opening

Thanks to all that made the opening show. Here's a short explanation of the exhibit along with some photos from the opening. If you missed the preview our you can catch us:
Tues/Wed 11 - 6pm
Thursday 11 - 7pm
Fri-Sat 11 - 6pm
Sunday 12 - 4.00pm
Monday CLOSED

Stanley Donwood: El Chupacabra

pandemonium
So, right, after suffering a long fixation with the horned gods and having to live amongst some
of the most mendacious financial shit I can remember I started making pictures of these things
I called Pandemons.

goats
I’ve got nothing against goats. I’ve simply discovered that if I draw a goat, give it the mouth of a
rapacious carnivore then dress it in the suit and tie of a disgraced banker or politician it looks
fucking evil.
And if I paste it onto a sheet of plywood and pour plenty of paint over them I feel marginally
better.

fucking bastards
A Pandemon is a feral carnivorous parasite, feasting ingloriously on the foully smouldering
remains of late-period Western consumer capitalism. Wearing the suit and tie of ‘Sir’ Fred
Goodwin/Andy Hornby/whichever white-collar criminal/politician is currently riling me. Is that a
political message? I’ve started drawing these things and I don’t know why. I can’t stop. Everyone
is revolted by naked, slavering greed, and these fucking bastards are the embodiment of that.

plywood
That fucker ‘Sir’ Fred Goodwin was out of the country when his house and his Range Rover got
trashed. So naturally the cops went after the ‘vandals’.
The politicians rip us off for thousands whilst telling us to shop anyone who finds a way to
supplement their miniscule giro.
People get their houses repossessed (or foreclosed, as they say in the US) and someone comes

along and boards their windows up with plywood.
Bankers and politicians wear suits and ties so they don’t look like criminals.

free market economics
There are thirteen Pandemons in the show called ‘el chupacabra’. Thirteen ghosts at the funeral. Thirteen spectres at the feast of the goat. Loitering on the blackened cliffs of free-market economics, cackling as they raise a glass to toast Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Augusto Pinochet. Gallons of paint I’ve poured over them to drown their snickering. But still they laugh.

Photos by Tim Jones, Lokey & Cheba

Last WoC at Wolfs for a while... Featuring Lorenzo! + The Big Band Theory album launch!!!

The last time Lorenzo! was down with Dylan Shipley. Lorenzo's on the left...
Illustration by Lorenzo!

This will be our last event at Mr Wolfs for a while as we are concentrating on some bigger events coming in September & October. But we shall return to our home soon ;)

This month we have one man army painting, the legendary comic book artist: 'Lorenzo!'

HIP HOP & DUBSTEP:
Album launch party for
THE BIG BAND THEORY
Featuring:
KALI MIST, SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, DOMC, REGGIE MILLION$ & DJ KRAF-T.

SUPERISK

B-LAM

RAT TASH

BLACKSMITH

DRILLZ & LEGO MAN

DJ BETAMAX

+ special guests throughout the night...

14th July. Mr Wolfs, Bristol. BS1 1JX

£3 ENTRY ALL NIGHT. Inc FREE shot before 12!

clothing giveawas from Sturban

Shakoom vs WoC

Bit of a late post this one, but here's some flicks from the live painting we did at the last Shakoom night at the Croft. Artists painting left to right: Sepr, Nikill, Lokey, Cheba. Thanks for having us down Shakoom!

Thanls for the photos Alice and Lokey

New 'Mr Jago' customised Flying Fortress teddy troops!!!

New 'Mr Jago' customised Flying Fortress teddy troop with signed box. £25 Very limited! Available in the gallery!

Stanley Donwood exhibits new work in Bristol ‘EL CHUPACABRA’

Stanley Donwood exhibits new work in Bristol ‘EL CHUPACABRA’


Weapon of Choice Gallery, are pleased to announce the forthcoming solo exhibition by Stanley Donwood. Opening on the 10th July (6-10pm), the new gallery space will come alive with Stanley’s latest series of artwork entitled ‘EL CHUPACABRA’.

The show features 13 fictional characters – Pandemons, which Stanley describes as feral carnivorous parasites who are feasting ingloriously on the foully smoldering remains of late-period Western consumer capitalism. Wearing suit and tie, these Pandemons represent white-collar criminal/politicians.

Stanley’s apt choice of title ‘El Chupacabra’, meaning ‘the goat sucker’ in Spanish is his response to suffering a long fixation with the horned gods and having to live amongst some of the most mendacious economic times he can remember provoking him to start making pictures of Pandemons.

“I’ve got nothing against goats. I’ve simply discovered that if I draw a goat, give it the mouth of a rapacious carnivore then dress it in the suit and tie of a disgraced banker or politician it looks fucking evil. There are thirteen Pandemons in the show called ‘el chupacabra’. Thirteen ghosts at the funeral. Thirteen spectres at the feast of the goat. Loitering on the blackened cliffs of free-market economics, cackling as they raise a glass to toast Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Augusto Pinochet. Gallons of paint I’ve poured over them to drown their snickering. But still they laugh.” Comments Stanley Donwood.

‘EL CHUPACABRA’ by Stanley Donwood runs from the 10th July – 9th August 2009, Weapon of Choice Gallery, 14 St Michael's Hill, Bristol, BS2 8DT


For further information about the exhibition please email cheba_bristol@hotmail.com or telephone 01179 291 865.


About Stanley Donwood
Stanley Donwood is an enigma. As the semi-official sixth member of Radiohead, his work on the group’s album and all associated artwork has gained him worldwide recognition. Since 1994, having designed all artwork from the second album ‘The Bends’ onwards, his evocative and haunting imagery has helped to create one of music’s most distinctive brands.

Stanley is also recognised as one the UK’s ‘popular contemporary’ artists and has exhibited his gallery art to an international fan base, including galleries in London, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Rotterdam. To view more of his artwork please visit his website www.slowlydownward.com


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June WoC group show photos. Ending 5th July

Julian Kimmings

King Audel

Inkie

Turroe - Rokin

Turroe

Mick Hockney

Soker - S for Seen

Mick Hockney - Despair

Nikill

Nikill

Mick Hockney - Branded by the light

Banksy

Jody

Mick Hockney

Mick Hockney

The current group show will be up until the 5th of July. If you can't make it down here's a few previews, loads more on the: flickr

Win a pair of 'hall of game Puma Clydes'

Win a pair of 'hall of game Puma Clydes' in the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers colours.

Answer this question:
Who was the first 2 artists to paint live at weapon of choice at Mr Wolfs?
(Answer can be found on this blog...)

Send your answer to
cheba@weaponofchoicegallery.co.uk
along with your name, shoe size and contact number.

A pair will be given out through the Facebook group & from the shop, so if you enter via facebook and in the gallery you'll have a higher chance of winning!

Thanks Cheba
http://weaponofchoicegallery.blogspot.com

Thanks Puma!!

2nd WoC Gallery Group show opening photos...

Thanks to all that made it along to the opening of our latest group show last Saturday. If you missed it, the show stays up until the 5th of July (opening times on the right). Will post some individual canvas flicks up soon.
Artists include:
3dom
Banksy
Ben Normanton
Cheo
D*Face
Dirty 30 (Brighton)
Dones
Dylan Shipley
Haka
Inkie
Jody
Jonathan Farr
Julian Kimmings
King Audel (france)
Lokey
Lorenzo
Mick Hockney
Nikill
Shades
Si2 (hull)
Soker
Rory Doona
Turroe

Look out for Stanley Donwood solo show coming 10th of July 6-10pm, gonna be a big un!