NOIR Exhibition at Stella Dore

Bags have arrived!

The other day, I received a very large box, i yipped with excitement, my bags (fairtrade) had arrived.

Following the mailout I did yesterday about the Stella Dore show, a few folk wondered what these bags look like. Well, today it was sunny down Brighton beach, so I took my new shopper/ tote/ bag and paraded along the promenade!





The bags are:
MATERIAL: Cotton calico, dyed using traditional pigment dyes
SIZE: 38w x 43h - handle length 63cms
PRINT AREA: 28 x 28cms
LIMITED EDITION OF: 200

£15 each

And they are fairtrade accredited, so the cotton is from farmers who have decent working conditions and get a better price for their work.


Stella Dore have started to take pre-orders for them, so if you'd like one, you can either wait til the night of the 5th (email nina@stelladore.co.uk to get on the guest list!),or email stella@stelladore.co.uk to pre-order one.

Noir Private View 5 March

PRIVATE VIEW 5th MARCH 2009

For guest list & press enquries please contact nina@stelladore.co.uk
For buyers enquiries please email stella@stelladore.co.uk

SHOW RUNS FROM 6th MARCH - 21 MARCH
Stella Dore Gallery, 47 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3QB 0207 739 3004

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Stella Dore presents NOIR, my London solo show.

The show features new work based on film noir; femme fatales, innocents and sinners. Expect to see vintage American flags, brocade and a very special antique coronation flag of Agness Deyn.
'Beautiful Nightmare' ed. of 10. 26 x 18cm

I will be releasing two tiny screenprint editions of 10, made with the magic bleaching technique on vintage 48 star flags. Bitter sweet and Beautiful Nightmare are like originals, but pocket sized.

My new black tote bags will be launched for the show, printed with an image of Marlene Dietrich, the bags are Fairtrade in a limited edition of 200.

If you haven't already seen the new Stella Dore gallery in the urban art hub of Rivington Street, their raw brick walls are the perfect setting for the new work, they also have a tempting lounge-come-print shop downstairs.


'Bittersweet' ed. of 10. 26 x 18cm

Stella Dore
47 Rivington Street, London (Old Street Tube, exit 3)
EC2A 3QB

Private View is Thursday 5 March

Image above : 'Numb' Bleaching on Vintage American Flag 148 x 83 cm

FOR GUEST LIST & PRESS please contact nina@stelladore.co.uk

FOR BUYERS enquiries please email stella@stelladore.co.uk

Hope to see you there xp

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New work on Stella Dore

Hope and Nightmare original flags have just been added to the Stella Dore shop. Hope is a large heavy stitched vintage American appliqued flag, and Nightmare a small cutie, bleached vintage flag in a box frame.

Hidden, Fable and Key; book stencils on vintage book covers have been added to the online shop, made with tea stain, ink and spray paint on vintage book covers, each in a black glass fronted box frame. Click on the images above for more info.


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Free postcards until March 6

Whats the value of something, that is free? To me, free is the best, the value of something that you are given is surely greater than if you just buy it off the shelf.

Why am i rambling like this? Well, to celebrate the opening of my 'Noir' show at Stella Dore- which opens to the public on March 6th, I decided to do something nice, and free.....

I am giving away a FREE postcard pack with every order through my Etsy Shop. (The postcard pack is worth £7.50, just incase you wondered!) The pack is a lush professionally printed affair of 7 cards.

Have a mooch at my shop here, www.pamglew.etsy.com


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eco bags

ok, so anyone who knows me knows that I'm more than abit obsessed about bags.
I have a vast collection of eco totes to avoid the supermarket checkout people from telling me off ..... (they tut if you ask for a plastic one!)
which is fine as I hate plastic bags, they are ugly, dig into your hands and don't ever biodegrade. So I am pretty amazed that we still use them atall.

So ............ I have designed my very own tote bag, it will be launched at 'Noir' my solo show at Stella Dore, London, heres a sneak peak... they havent actually arrived so this is a kind of preview!
If you'd like to pre-order a bag, please contact stella@stelladore.co.uk.
Stella Dore

MATERIAL: Cotton calico, dyed using traditional pigment dyes

SIZE: 38w x 43h - handle length 63cms

PRINT AREA: 28 x 28cms

LIMITED EDITION OF: 200

£15 each

And they are fairtrade accredited, so the cotton is from farmers who have decent working conditions and get a better price for their work.


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cards a go go

A good week.. I had a meeting at stella dore, and took photos and videos of their gorgeous gallery space and started to cunjure up ideas for 'Noir' my solo show there....






.... rough brick walls, rivington street, a little boudoir-like front room/ shop downstairs- its really quite special, so im looking forward to it already, ... still lots to make and do though before the opening night




I received these postcard packs, which I have added on my Etsy shop... so you can now buy them as a slick lickle pack, or individually to send to someone you like enough! they are pics of Decadence, From Within, Night Mare, Night Shade, Glory, Apparition & Fable



Check them out here

Quote of the day

Another blindingly evocative film quote for the day.......


Diane Taylor: [Diane is cuddling with Max as he is driving] Why are we going this way?

Max Cady: Better scenery.

Diane Taylor: What would you know about scenery? Or beauty? Or any of the things that really make life worth living? You're just an animal: coarse, lustful, barbaric.

Max Cady: Keep right on talkin', honey. I like it when you run me down like that.

Diane Taylor: Max Cady, what I like about you is... you're rock bottom. I wouldn't expect you to understand this, but it's a great comfort for a girl to know she could not possibly sink any lower.

Cape Fear 1962

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Noir

OK, So its 2009, its gonna be a good year,

First up is my London solo show titled 'Noir'

I'm the newest addition to the extraordinary and wonderful family of artists at Stella Dore Gallery and am busy working on my show 'Noir' which opens the evening of February 26th, so put that in your diary now....

The work in the show is an exploration of the cinematic imagery of Film Noir. More sophisticated and richer than the horror series, where as the women in the 'fear' work always seemed beautiful but scared, and were basically 'beautiful bait'..... victims....

Times have changed, and America has changed, I'm no longer looking at US as a country run by a loon, no Obama is now in control and I hope the biggest of hopes that he can sort out the can of worms he has inherited, I think he has an incredible job ahead, no one is perfect, and it will take time .. Now our attention is drawn to economy, the money system, banks, corruption and how very fragile our systems are. Corruption, crime, deviousness and winter have led me to watch a lot of Film noir. For it is the movie genre which is set in the darkest of underworlds, dens, gambling joints, seedy clubs, court rooms, its 1940-50s America in the post war era, yet Noir is a seductively delicious feast for the senses.


In quite a reversal, the women in Noir are bad girls; femme fatales, murderesses, adulturers, criminals, hussys.... you get the idea. Dark.

Brocade, flags, and some other surprises will comprise the show.. no more secrets

Check out the 'noir quote of the day' on the homepage:

My current favourite:
"I know you like a book, ya little tramp. You’d sell your own mother for a piece of fudge. But you’re smart with it. Smart enough to know when to sell and when to sit tight. You’ve got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart." The Killing (1956)


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12 Days of Xmas is open now

Once again Steal From Work have crow-barred their way in-between the mince pies, mulled wine and bumper Radio Times to cram 70 of the world's most loved & loathed contemporary urban artists together under one leaky roof for 12 festive fuelled days.

Last year was the first 12 Days of Xmas exhibition. It was held in Bristol's former Bridewell Police Station, and was hugely successful, attracting over 4,000 visitors over the 12 days. It has gone down in history as one of Bristol's best ever art shows and certainly kick started a huge interest in Street Art in the city. As well as proving that you don't need to be in an established, white walled gallery to show brilliant art and attract the crowds.

This year they've assembled art from 70 local, national and international artists, once again mixing some of the scenes leading lights with up and coming artists to provide a massive range of work available to buy at prices to suit all purses or simply just to gaze at…

45RPM - Bristol, ACE - London, ACERONE - Bristol, ADAM KOUKOUDAKIS - UK, ALEXANDROS VASMOULAKIS - Greece, ANDY COUNCIL - Bristol, BEN SLOW - UK, BON - Thailand, CEPT - Hackney, CHINA MIKE - Bristol, CHU - Warsall, CYCLOPS - UK, DAN - Italy, DICY - Bristol, DOC VEK - UK, DOLK - Norway, DORA - Bristol, DOTMASTERS - London, DSCREET - London, EELUS - UK, EMESS - Berin, EMMA CATON - Bristol, FILTHY LUKER - UK, FLX - Bristol, GHOSTBOY - Bristol, GOLDEN SNAFU - unknown, GOLDIE - UK, GUY DENNING - France, HUSH - UK, IAMCXXX - London, IMBUE - Brighton, INKIE - UK, IRI5 - UK, JAMES BAKER - UK, JEF AEROSOL - France, JOHN CLARK - UK, KATE WESTERHOLT - Thailand, LINDA'S EX - Berlin, LUKE DIXON - UK, M:M - Berlin, MARK WARD - London, MAU MAU - Devon, M-CITY - Poland, MIGHTY MONKEY - London, MOTORBOY - Bristol, MR JAGO - Bristol, OZZY MANDUST - unknown, PAM GLEW - Brighton, PANIK - London, PATCH - Bristol, PØBEL - Norway, PREFAB - Newcastle, RICHT - Bristol, ROWDY - Bristol, SEPR - Bristol, SICKBOY - UK, SIMON MILLS - Bristol, SIXTEN - Sweden, SP38 - Berlin, SPQR - UK, SWEET TOOF - London, THE ART TART - Bristol, TOM HINE - Bristol, TRXTR - Devon, WE DREAM OF MEAT - Bristol, WHAT COLLECTIVE - Bristol, WILL BARRAS - UK, WILL ST LEGER - Dublin

Open everyday 12pm-7pm from Saturday 13th - 23rd December 2008

15 -19 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3PY

This is a show you must see if your anywhere within a sleigh ride of Bristol

Click here for the Map Link

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Stella Dore now open

A few pics from the Stella Dore private view on Thursday, super-busy night- great vibe, cool music, cool kids and a good solid helping of streety urban eye fodder including:

Eelus, I-Lib, me, Pure Evil, Twinkel & Tinsel, Modern Toss, Cat Johnston, Kid Acne & more that I should mention!

* The Gallery is NOW OPEN * The newest addition to the mecca of street art that is Rivington Street

Check out: www.stelladore.com the gallery is open Tues- Sat 10-6

47 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QB (Old Street Tube)

Click for Map

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Very Exciting

The brand spanking, new, spangly and rather sexy Stella Dore gallery space is opening on Thursday 27th (open 6-9pm), its a group show including:

Eine
Pure Evil
Cept
Modern Toss
Cat Johnston
Chu
Eelus
I-Lib
Shok 1
Kid Acne
Pam Glew
Rugman
Tinsel Edwards
Twinkle Troughton

So certainly one to see, its also the same night as the Herakut show, which is certainly another show to check out on Thursday.

If you would like to go on the guest list for the Stella Dore show, contact : stella@stelladore.co.uk
maybe see you there x

(click here for map for the new Stella Dore space)

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Stitchy Stitchy

Call it OCD or insanity if you will, but stitching words has become a major part of my latest work and occupied a good part of the 'Old Glory' Show.

I spent many many hours hand sewing these small works. Its like the antithesis of most of my other work, its slow and methodical, repetative but strangely satisfying.

It certainly occupies a completely different head space to spraying stencils.... but I guess cutting stencils is just as repetative. Stencilling is seen as rebelious because of its street art roots, but its easy to forget that someone needs to cut out the stencils for hours & they have probably spent ages staring at their screen in photoshop tweaking the image, so its all a choice of methodology, cutting, stitching, photoshopping, stencilling, ironing, its all an ongoing process...

Heres my latest::


See more here on my stitch 2 gallery page.........

The PDF catalogue of the latest show can be found on the steal from work website here

New Work added & PDF Catalogue

I recently had a Massive Website rehaul and have now added all the new work to the Flags & Fabrics Galleries, also added the new 'Book Stencils' section that were all in my solo show 'Old Glory' in Bristol.

The pdf, catalogue can now be downloaded from here: http://www.stealfromwork.org/

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shhhhhhhh..... Im now on Stella Dore

I'm now on Stella Dore, exciting things planned for 2009 with Stella Dore..... and they are opening a new gallery soon.....

http://www.stelladore.co.uk/Store.asp?Artist=Pam%20Glew

I particularly like that I am sandwiched between Modern Toss & Pure Evil.. thats cool.....

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Old Glory is open.....

The candles were lit, flags draped, beers popped open and the doors were open for the curiously warming show that is 'Old Glory'...... Friday night was a good night to remember, its one of those rare shows that I can happily stand back from and fully say that I'm happy.....Steal From Work have made the show look phenominally gorgeous. The night was also good to put faces to names & meet peeps that I had only met through cyber world... and before i knew it I was sipping white russian and contemplating the odd journey I've been on this year... This year has been a good one..... and for that I feel incredibly lucky......

So, 'Old Glory', conveniently titled now that America is perhaps discarding the politics of 'old' and bringing in the new...

I can't help but think of how my use of American flags now almost seems to have a new meaning, could we happily be seeing the end to fear culture? Obama has a huge ball of crap to untangle, but I believe he is the man for the job, the world should be safer now that the war mongering ignorant clown that is Bush has less than 2 months to cause any more mischief. Anyway, enough rambling, heres some pretty pictures of the show... all the images are on my flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/pamglew/

The Flag Screen print: Crime Scene Print - Original Screen Print - edition of 45 - 1 metre x 70 cm (click on the image to view it larger)









Book stencils: Spray paint, acrylic, tea & antique book paper on vintage hardbacked book cover. Framed in black box frame

Fable: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image size: 31 x 21 cm.
Nightmare: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image: 32 x 23 cm
Escape: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image size: 31 x 20 cm
Night Shade: Frame: 35 x 27 cm
Hidden: Frame: 38 x 32 cm
Key: Frame: 38 x 32 cm
(click on the image to view it larger)

Window to the World - Original Screen Print - edition of 30 - 1 metre x 70 cm (click on the image to view it larger)









Night Shade image size:143 x 69 discharge & dye on brocade. Framed in black box frame
(click on the image to view it larger)








View of the embroidery wall

Smoke & Mirrors Fabric size: 28 x 19 cm
A Glimmer of Light in the Distance- Frame: 75 x 31 cm, image 63 x 20 cm
Save Us: Fabric size: 27 x 23 cm
Storm Fabric size: 26 x 20 cm
Shock & Awe Fabric size: 25 x 21 cm
Strangle Hold Fabric size: 27 x 21 cm
(click on the image to view it larger)


From Within 139 x 107 cm Dye and Bleach on brocade
fabric, on the deep red wall. -->
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Glory image size: approx. 143 x 78 cm discharge and dye on vintage american flag. Framed in black box frame, on the deep red wall.
(click on the image to view it larger)








The Hunted 175 x 112 cm u/f Discharge & dye on vintage
American flag, another blue flag (colour stripped out of it and dyed blue, then bleached, on the deep red wall. ->
(click on the image to view it larger)

All the work is now available to download as a pdf now from Steal From Work: http://www.stealfromwork.org/



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Beautiful crime

The brand new street/ urban art blog/ news/ gossip and art chat and appreciation site that is Beautiful Crime did a little piece about my upcoming show in Bristol and a 3 in one interview

i was asked to come up with 1x video
1 x artist
and 1 x picture that inspires me

tricky to choose, see what i came up with here:
http://beautifulcrime.com/shows/pam-glew-3-x-1/

Bristol solo show

I have a big solo show opening in Bristol on 7 November.... hope you can make it x p

click here for map