Remi/Rough

Selected paintings 2008 - 2011

Remi/Rough

Selected paintings 2008 - 2011

As yet untitled 2011 Detail

Being primarily a sculptor, I’m really into texture, tone and physical form. As a ruleI’m not usually that inspired by bright colours and bold shapes - to the extent that I once got into an argument with a Mexican artist over the use of colour (we no-longer speak). Remi however, is the exception to this rule. I don’t know whybut I can’t help but admire his work. The boy’s got a distinctive style and pallet. He didn’t create the colours he uses – he just stole them and made them his own.It’s got to the point now that whenever I see another artist using certain colours I think ‘oh, that’s a Remi colour’.

Yves Klein might have his blue but Remi’s got his blue and his orange. And he’s verygood with orange.

Written by my friend and fellow artist - Wayne Chisnall

Remi/Rough. Barcenilla, Santander 2009 >

No logo 2008 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 100cm x 100cm

Son of Fall 2009 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

80cm x 80cm

You’re reading far too much into this 2008Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 137cm x 185cm

Man of faith VS man of science 2008 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

137cm x 137cm

Break / Destroy 2008Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas137cm x 137cm

Hyperion 2009 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

165cm x 165cm

Cyclops 2009Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 124cm x 124cm

Linear expansion 2009 Spray paint on canvas

60cm x 60cm

Installation 2010Wood panels, matt emulsion, spray paint & canvas

Carniverous 2010 Spray paint on canvas 100cm x 100cm

Acero 01, 02 & 03 2010 spray paint on steel

82cm x 142cm

Giant 2010 Spray paint on canvas 60cm x 60cm

Death by sophistication 2010 Spray paint on canvas

60cm x 60cm

Andromeda 2010 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 100cm x 100cm

Miami heat 2010 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

100cm x 100cm

Moreau 2011Spray paint on canvas40cm x 40cm

As yet untitled 2011Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

100cm x 100cm

Chrome blush 2011Spray paint on canvas 91.5cm x 122cm

Love her, not me 2011Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

137cm x 137cm

Argonaut 2011Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas60cm x 60cm

Cultural movements in circular sweeps 2011Spray paint on canvas

60cm x 60cm

Celestine 2011 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 61cm x 61cm

Marozia 2011 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

99cm x 99cm

Evaristus 2011 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas 99cm x 99cm

Innocent II 2011 Matt emulsion & spray paint on canvas

99cm x 99cm

LDN SB (London South Bank) Collaboration with Stormie Mills 2011 Spray paint, acrylic & graffiti remover on canvas 100cm x 100cm

MIA (Miami) Collaboration with Stormie Mills 2011 Spray paint, acrylic & graffiti remover on canvas

100cm x 100cm

Strictly Kings & better 2011 Spray paint, bitumen & acrylic on canvas 100cm x 100cm

The International avant-garde 2011 Spray paint, bitumen & acrylic on canvas

100cm x 100cm

Unintended Calculations. Moda Hotel mural. Vancouver 2011Collaboration with Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe & Scott Sueme

Selected exhibitions

05.11 - Selected Moments with Stormie Mills. Unit 44 Gallery. Newcastle02.11 - A with Steve More. Blackall Studios. London06.10 - No beginning no end with Jaybo. Galeria Nuble. Santander12.09 - ProjectRoom with Jaybo. ProjectRoom. Berlin06.09 - Lost colours and alibis. Urban Angel Gallery. London05.09 - Gaijin No Bijinga with Jason System. Galeria Nuble. Santander10.08 - Eighteen. Limited Press Gallery. Southampton09.08 - Coded Language. Peacock Visual Arts. Aberdeen11.07 - Repetition, Rhythm & Rough. Nancy Victor Gallery. London01.07 - RigidMouth too. Nancy Victor Gallery. London08.05 - Unsettled Content. Best. London10.01 - Rigidmouth. Chamber of Pop Culture. London04.01 - Subcultural Cousins. Size?. London03.01 - The Invisible. The Cobden Club. London

06.11 - Archetypes. View Art Gallery. Bristol03.11 - Unintended Calculations. Becker Galleries. Vancouver12.10 - Graffiti G one Global. Primary Flight as part of Art Basel Miami07.10 - Brighton vs London. Geisha Arts. Brighton03.10 - 10. Mews 42 Gallery. London02.10 - Never a dull moment. White Walls Gallery. San Francisco01.09 - Espacio Atlantico art fair. Vigo08.09 - The ghost village project. Pollphail. Scotland06.09 - City 4 Sale. RZO Store. Strasbourg05.09 - Graffiti. The Museum of Fine Art. Santander04.09 - A forca da rua. The Print Space. London02.09 - XXI. Urban Angel Gallery. London02.09 - Prophet or profit. Pure Evil Gallery. London01.09 - 5 days of doom. 401 Contemporary. Berlin12.08 - Mutate Britain. Cordy House. London12.08 - 2. Urban Angel Gallery. London10.08 - Bridge Art Fair. Berlin08.08 - Cans 2. Leake Street Tunnel. London06.08 - Re-GNR8. Maison De L’architecture, Strasbourg02.08 - Prologue >. Nancy Victor Gallery. London11.06 - Self Titled. The Autopsy Gallery. Melbourne05.05 - Project XI. Seven Dials. London04.05 - Future Fantasy. COR + Interlubke. Strasbourg10.04 - Through The Looking Glass. London

Bibliography

Walls & Frames Monokrome Abstract Graffiti Untitled III Colourful Condition Lost colours & alibis Custom Kicks Mural Art Proximamente Stickerbomb Colors Zoo Graffiti World Urban Discipline OutlinersThe graffiti subcultureRigidMouth

Selected paintings from -

Coded Language. Lost colours & alibis. Never a dull moment. No beginning no end. Graffiti Gone Global. A. Unintended Calculations. Selected Moments. Archetypes.

Design & layout - Remi/Rough

Photos -Amelia Jacobsen, David Bilborough, Timid &Remi/Rough

Texts -Wayne Chisnall

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