HUSH has arrived and he’s already at it. Throwing up some paint for a time release video that will be out on Saturday along with signing some prints. Keep your eye out for updates… in the meantime, here are some pics…
'Looking West' Limited Edition Print
You’ve walked through his studio. You’ve scoped his street art. You’ve been feeding the piggy bank to save up for his exclusive print edition. But do you KNOW Hush? Sssssshhhhhhhh.
May 1, 2024 at The Shooting Gallery. We’ll be here.
Newcastle based street artist, Hush, has been getting his hands dirty in the studio with 11 new canvas pieces and a unique print edition. Get a glimpse of his geishas, anime characters, Western style graffiti tags and screen print all in one mixed media canvas. Passing Through opens May 1, 2024 from 7-11pm and it’s bound to be a wild ride. From Mr. Hush:
For still frames, check out our Hush set on flickr.
Hush is a UK based street artist enthralled with the collision of East and Western cultures. When he isn’t painting outdoors, he uses a combination of collage, screen print, and aerosol paint to build up his canvases. He then references the ephemeral quality of street art by breaking down his own piece and then building it back up again in a series of layers, creating a visual timeline of sorts. Below is an example of Hush in action on an exterior surface, something we hope to catch while he is in San Francisco this May. His solo show, Passing Through, opens at The Shooting Gallery on May 1, 2024. Don’t miss the chance to meet Hush in person because Newcastle is a long long way from here!
See more from Hush at our flickr page.
Passing Through: New Works by Hush
Opens May 1, 2024 at The Shooting Gallery
The Shooting Gallery is proud to present Passing Through: New works by Hush. This exhibit honors the empowered modern women while celebrating the creative expression of street art. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 1st 2024, from 7-11 pm.
Hush uses a collision of Eastern and Western imagery to celebrate the modern woman. His manga inspired female forms speak of the strength and power that present day women own, confronting the viewer with a contemporary take on traditional figure painting. These anime women overlay a graffiti style background that references Western imagery in appreciation of cross-cultural influences of Asian culture and Western values.
Passing Through is a darker body of work visiting the concept of life and death.This progression on the part of Hush reveals deeper, more mature paintings. Following in suit with themes of the ephemeral, these works are inspired by Hush’s frequent travels and the graffiti he documents along the way. Each transient mark is evidence of one action and one creative expression, despite its gradual degradation over time.
Hush has developed a process of layering and defacing his canvases to mimic years of tags and wheat paste on a city wall. To begin, Hush covers the canvas with paint, graffiti tags, and collaged photocopies from graphic novels and old comics. He then uses blown up hand drawings of manga girls and screen prints them onto the canvas, embracing the medium’s imperfections by masking off specific parts to be hand painted in later. Hush paints and tags between screens to achieve a complex multilayered texture, defacing the work to reference the weathered, transient quality of street art.
Hush lives and works in the United Kingdom where he has shown extensively with Urban Angel (London) and Opus Art (London and Newcastle). His international repertoire extends to Scope Miami, Art Basel Switzerland, Fifty24SF Gallery (San Francisco), and Carmichael Gallery (Los Angeles).
Please join us for the opening reception of Passing Through: New Works by Hush on Saturday, May 1st, 2024, from 7-11pm. The exhibit will be on view through June 5th, 2024, and is open to the public.
In conjunction with Hush’s solo show at The Shooting Gallery this May, the artist will be releasing an exclusive print. Titled “Looking West,” there will be 50 giclee prints on textured paper, varnished and sealed with hand torn edges. Each print will be unique and touched by the artist’s hand with 4 colors screened on top and spot varnished tags over the full image. “Looking West” is to be released on May 1, 2024 at the opening reception of Passing Through: New Works by Hush at The Shooting Gallery. Please contact The Shooting Gallery to reserve one in advance.
“Looking West”
Edition 50, Signed and Numbered
31.5 x 31.5″ on Textured 300gsm Paper with Hand Torn Edges
Giclee Print with 4 Color Screen Print & Spot Varnish
$400
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening of Meticulous Engagements: New Works by Kris Kuksi and Christy Langer. We were happy to see gallery goers diving into Kris Kuksi’s tiny fantasy world and Christy Langer’s intimate resin sculptures. This is The Shooting Gallery’s first sculpture exhibition in over a year, so don’t miss the chance to see these in person before April 25th, 2024!
© Chris Blackstock
© Dayna Stanley
© Dayna Stanley
© Dayna Stanley
© Chris Blackstock
© Chris Blackstock
