Announcing the forthcoming STROKE.02 Urban Art Fair, Munich, Germany, 27-30 May 2010.
Hype, trend or subculture? Urban art is part of our dynamic cultural development. Despite its increased popularity over the last year it is economically still nowhere near the level of the classic art market.
STROKE’s organisers want to change that and at the same time set some new trends. Urban art is being shown in galleries and museums, handled by auction houses, and is part of a new global art movement taking place outside of the establishment. It is probably the first art movement whose history, relevance and potential is continuously changing, existing in direct correlation with worldwide distribution via the media and the creators themselves. It is also arguably the first art movement where national borders or cultural differences have no role to play.
More detail at the Stroke.02 website.
Pieces by artist 
Have you got 30 Seconds of Fortune in you? Want to make a video to be exhibited in a gallery for White Night Brighton and Hove 2009? 30 Seconds of Fortune is an open submission video competition, which will result in 30 of the best and most original videos being selected for exhibition at Lighthouse as part of the White Night celebrations between 6pm and 2am on the 24 October 2009.
Inspired by a ribbon blowing in the wind, Ribbon is a wall-mounted coat rack. Successfully merging function and art, when in use it holds up to 5 coats and scarves, but by itself is wall art.
Maja Mesic, an industrial designer from Croatia, recently won the 
Despite the fact that the dot is the basis of every drawn line, form or coloured surface, one does not draw millions of dots to form a line or shape. Instead, these lines are created with the drawing tool, which moves in sync with the hand. However, most of the drawing tools available on the market are primarily created for writing, and are not suitably adapted to drawing.
Alatka presents an innovative approach to drawing with a form that can adapt to drawing lines as well as coloured surfaces. With its tear-drop form, it allows the wrist to be free without having to conform to the movements dictated by other more restrictive shapes.
Bryan Illsley, exhibiting at Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, is a well-established artist, whose diverse practice includes painting, print, sculpture in metal or ceramic, and also jewellery.
News reaches me that London based independent design circus, 
Fresh from the diligent and creative types at Art By People, a unique range of artworks on canvas using the graffiti technique popularised by the street artist 
New designs are added weekly to their store but currently they range from the iconic Heath Ledger Joker portrait to the more comical political takes on Gordon Brown’s current precarious position. You can also commission them to create a complete one-off portrait of a friend or loved one.
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