08 September 2011
Following on from the recent Smart Art Drive through gallery on Londons South Bank, I was delighted to hear today that my illustration ‘Wishing on a Star’ which was created for The Outsmart Project last year, is now to also be featured in the main exhibition hall of Mercedez Benz world this weekend at the Smart Fest 2011
So if you like Smart Cars and you like Art, why not pop along and feast your eyes :-)
12 May 2011
A while back I submitted a mixed media illustration for a project called OUTSMART and I was delighted this week to see it featuring in a whole new form at a pop up exhibition for Smart.
Outsmart was launched by illustrator and Smart admirer Gemma Randall last year. Within a matter of months, the collection of work became huge and is now a beautiful way of showcasing new and original work by some of today’s top illustrators and designers. The aim is for the collection to become many more things such a coffee table style book, printed merchandise, even custom Smart Car wraps.
Its current incarnation however is an appearance of some of the pieces in the Smart Car Drive Through Art Gallery. A test drive centre with a difference! The Drive Through Art Gallery is part of the Smart Urban exhibition currently on at the Southbank in London.
The smart urban stage is a pop-up event, with two weeks of different activities. It features the Future Minds Exhibition, which showcases ideas and innovations that will shape the lives of Londoners in the future, curated by a team of celebrity experts
Most importantly you can take the Smart Car test drive with a difference. The route takes in famous London landmarks, the drive-through art gallery, a hall of mirrors and all sorts of other surprises.
The exhibition finishes on the 16th May so if you’re in London over the weekend, why not pop over and see it for yourself?
29 August 2010
A few weeks back, Bristol based illustrator Gemma Randall caused quite a kerfuffle on twitter when she launched a new illustration project called OUTSMART inspired by the Smart Car. Several illustrators and artists have been tweeting about it and interest was high right from the start. I was intrigued along with everyone else so decided to give it a go… (But have been cutting it fine for the August 30th deadline!) Here is my submission:
I decided to keep my piece quite simple: A small child creating a car out of a cardboard box, then wishing on a hand made star to make it real. It’s the kind of thing my own kids would do and that kind of thing always makes me smile.
The project is still ongoing, just about, and the brief is as follows :-
smart! It’s a tiny car with a giant heart.You have a two page spread.•What and where would you like your car to be?•This is your space so be as loose or as strict as you like, as real or imaginary as you like.•Create your car and your ideal place to drive it, park it, fly it?•The only bar is that the shape of the car remains smart-like!
Over 100 artists have signed up to take part in the project. The resulting submissions are truly stunning and can be seen here on the OUTSMART BLOG Do go and check it out, it’s inspirational. Among my favourites so far are pieces by Chris Thornley and Gaia Bordicchia but there’s such a huge range of eclectic styles and simply beautiful art – it’s very difficult to choose.
For more information on the project contact Gemma at hello@gemmarandall.com or follow the outsmart updates on TWITTER @outsmart
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