Horror Artists Graham Humphreys And Savage Pencil Are Coming To London Next Month
David Gelmini
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Fans of the horror artists Graham Humphreys and Savage Pencil will be pleased to learn that both of the talented illustrators will be having their artwork displayed at the Orbital Art Gallery (which is located inside London’s Orbital Comics store) next month, thanks to the gallery’s curator, Billy Chainsaw. You can find all the details about the upcoming events below.
Graham Humphreys event press release
LOCATION: Orbital Art Galley/Comics/Pop Ups
8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA
events@orbitalspacelondon.co.uk
EXHIBITION: FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER 2021
(OPEN MONDAY – THURSDAY: 12 – 6 PM; FRIDAY & SATURDAY 12 – 7 PM; SUNDAY 12 – 5 PM)
The recently launched ORBITAL ART GALLERY is extremely proud to announce THE COLOURS OF THE NIGHT, a new and exclusive exhibition by artist GRAHAM HUMPHREYS that presents the original artworks in public for the first time.
Since his career defining UK posters for ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ in the early ’80s, Humphreys became the go-to artist for horror movie art.
Orbital Gallery curator Billy Chainsaw says: “This exhibition is irrefutable evidence that Humphreys is quite possibly the greatest horror movie artist of all time.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
GRAHAM HUMPHREYS is a freelance illustrator and designer, specialising in horror images for the entertainment industry, including film and event posters, vinyl LP soundtrack covers, book jackets and Blu-ray sleeves. Born in 1960, originally from Bristol, Graham trained at Salisbury College of art, earning a diploma in Graphic design. In 1980 he moved to London and began his career in illustration. In 1982 Graham, connected with the newly formed Palace Pictures, designing the career defining UK posters for ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. During the 1980s his work could also be found on numerous VHS covers and in the music press. Key clients have included Tartan Films, Arrow Video and film promotions agency The Creative Partnership. Current work includes privately commissioned alternative film posters and soon to be announced work with Rob Zombie.
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Gallery curator Billy Chainsaw says: “My vision for the Orbital Art Gallery is an inclusive one which embraces the work of both emerging and established artists, offering art at affordable to more expensive prices. Our aim is to display all art forms, from edgy to classical and all points in between… this also includes photography, installations and live performances.” Join us and let Orbital Gallery challenge your perceptions of both art and the way it is presented to the world’s public.
Billy Chainsaw and Savage Pencil event press release:
ORBITAL ART GALLERY PRESENTS: SAVAGE PENCIL’S “VISUAL HARM” ART SHOW
LOCATION: Orbital Art Galley/Comics/Pop Ups 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA
EXHIBITION: FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER 2021 (OPEN MONDAY – THURSDAY: 12 – 6 PM; FRIDAY & SATURDAY 12 – 7 PM; SUNDAY 12 – 5 PM)
The recently launched ORBITAL ART GALLERY is extremely proud to announce VISUAL HARM, a new and exclusive exhibition by legendary psychedelic artist SAVAGE PENCIL. The exhibition brings together a wild mix of old and new images – some re-worked into other forms through different mediums. Drawing on a lifetime’s work, selected artworks were pulled from the artist’s archive and reactivated as silkscreened prints, T-shirt designs or emblazoned on skateboard decks. Loosely intended as an accompaniment to his book Rated SavX: The Savage Pencil Skratchbook* that was published in 2020 by Strange Attractor, Visual Harm extends some of the work gathered there and crashes it into a gallery space for maximum impact.
Orbital Gallery curator Billy Chainsaw says: “This exhibition crowns Savage Pencil as England’s king of counter-culture art.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
SAVAGE PENCIL, aka SAVX, is the nom-de-plume of artist and writer Edwin Pouncey (b.1951) who has been a part of the London underground art scene for five decades. His work has appeared in various magazines, books, journals, comix and record covers – as well as being featured on a host of posters, prints, T-shirts, hoodies and skateboards, with Sonic Youth, Big Black, The Fall, Earth and Sunn O))) among the many musicians he has collaborated with.
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