"WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE" @ ALICE GALLERY & SHOP _
SUPPORTED BY: MODART MAGAZINE / CARHARTT

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The street, a quiet history of traffic... until street art... the street’s mutated into a huge fresh canvas, a delight for artists such as Microbo, Bo130 and The London Police. From walls and forums to books and specialised magazines, their talent has been recognized worldwide, surpassing the wail of critics, public boredom and time. Quite suprisingly, those who still ‘hesitate’ to aknowledge the talent of these artists are the art galleries, keeping a safe distance, waiting to see what’ll happen.

‘What a Wonderful Life’ brings together Microbo, Bo130 and The London Police at the Alice Gallery & Shop in Brussels. These three artists have worked and travelled together many times, sharing the unique experience of underground culture. They will be presenting their individual as well as collective work in Alice’s new 200 m2 exhibition space.

Microbo
One of those back alley stray cats, a rare ‘original’ who’s grown up on the street, painting and ‘stickering’ her way through life. Her graphic world of zombie-like microbes portrays a universe of constant mutation, evolution, just like a city. Her characters represent a bizarre melting pot of cultural and sociological diversity, an ephemeral street art, a healthy detoriation of the urban landscape.

Bo130
Microbo’s partner in crime, spreading his aliens (along with her microbes), wherever they go.
Inspired by urban lifestyle, music, cartoons, sex, food and graffitis Bo130 strikes through the strong political messages of his art and the representation of marginal feelings towards society.
“Hey I’m drawing aliens... of course I feel as an alien in my hometown! Aliens represent evolution, adaptation; a bit like the cities we live in. A constant broth of what the world has on offer... I believe diversity is our unifying heritage”

The London Police
TLP. Known worldwide for his ‘Lads’. A great minimalist touch of art brought to the streets of Amsterdam, New York and Tokyo to name a few. The quality and frequency of his contribution to urban art makes him one of the most respected street artists today.

VERNISSAGE: FRIDAY 20TH OF MAY_ FROM 18H TO 22H
EXHIBITION FROM THE 21ST OF MAY TO THE 26TH OF JUNE 2005
OPENING HOURS: TU to Sa 11H30-19H30 _ SUN 13H30-18H30


ALICE GALLERY & SHOP
182 RUE ANTOINE DANSAERT
1000 BRUXELLES- BELGIQUE
TEL/FAX: +32 2 513 33 07
www.alicebxl.com
info@alicebxl.com

Doodle Down: A Transatlantic Scrawl

On either sides of the atlantic two sets of artists, armed with pens, pencils and Poscas,
will sit down on May 14th for a unique four hour intensive doodle face off.
Utilising high-end moderntechnology (a scanner, a printer and a connection to the web)
drawings, scrawls and scribbles will be passed to and from each artist creating the greatest
art works the world have ever seen (or some nice doodles).

Featured in the UK arm of the first ever Doodle Down, tooled up and ready for action in
Peepshow HQ, Bethnal Green, London, are such esteemed luminaries of todays exciting
illustration art scene;
Jon Burgerman
Miles Donavan
Andrew Rae
Paris Hair
Dominic Del Torto
Rex Crowley
Orko
Spencer Wilson
Luke Best
Marie O'Conner

Across the pond an eager gaggle of New York's finest and wildest street artists
and mad men are restlessly waiting in Manhattan's uber-cool Orchard Street Art Gallery
to duke doodles and lines with their wonky toothed Brit cousins.
Such masters of the form include;
Magmo the Destroyer
MCA
Skewville
Sife*
tonybones
Zach Johnsen
Gore.b
Chris Kline
AZ*78
Pufferella
Lobster Roll
Infinity

Witness the wonder and weirdness, the destruction and creation, the serene
and the obscene at this years premier Doodle Down; A Transatlantic Scrawl.
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UK location
Peepshows HQ
9-10 Crown Works
29 Temple St
Bethnal Green
London
*Live doodling starts at 7pm on Saturday May 14, 2005
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USA location
Orchard Street Art Gallery
139 Orchard Street
New York, NY
(btwn Delancy & Rivington)
*Live doodling starts at 1pm on Saturday May 14, 2005
**Doodles can be viewed at Orchard Street Art Gallery May 14,15,21,22,28&29th