OUTCROWD COLLECTIVE: May 2010

To Dry For

Hot off the press are these tidy little T towels designed by Ben Javens and available to buy from the To Dry For website.

Storm in a tea cup

Regular Outcrowder Chris Bourke has a show on at Studio4 Gallery, a great selection of new lino prints. It's on till the end of May so do try to check it out if you're in the Brum area.

This is not an Outcrowd Exhibition but was put together by regular contributor Jonny and his lovely Lady and features a plethora of Outcrowders, fun little show. An Out of Character Experiment; a typographical exploration. Talk of touring it so keep your eye out at a gallery near you!

Joyfully Bewildered

The Joyful Bewilderment from Lawrence Roper on Vimeo.

Well it was a fun hectic show and alas now all over, finished off in Falmouth the beginning of the year, hope you got to see it. Here is a silly little film of it in Here and Now, the last stop on the tour.

Manifesto

Here's to the crazy folk, the round pegs in the square holes, the misfits, the recluses and the strangers. The people on the fringes of society, outsiders looking over, looking in..."

"The Outcrowd" is a shambolic visual collection of hoodlums and battered psyches, born out of a basic obsession to create. Not to be trusted with pen, paper or any other medium that can leave a mark. Initially formed amongst a group of friends, skateboarders, Illustrators, Designers, Image-Makers and Lurkers.

The Outcrowd has taken on an organic, parasitic growth form, spanning continents and breaking cultural boundaries as more creators mutate to survive. Compiled, curated and realised in 2004 by two artists Lawrence Roper and Simon Peplow (Mr Ben has also been taking a more active role of late).

"This is chance for some of us to air our secret visual diaries, a mass of weird visions and telephone squiggles, that until now have been left ominously gathering dust in darkened corners. For others it's about escaping and creating work they enjoy, outside of any particular agenda. It's about a personal freedom to express themselves. And it's about creating a network to share ideas, collaborate, exhibit, commission and expose. After the success of their first group exhibition in February 2004 The Outcrowd have continued onwards and upwards steadily gathering awards, accolades, commissions, publications, collaborations, exhibitions and growing notoriety on their eventful trail.

We like to keep things loose these days; more of a co-op than a collective. With ever evolving members and co-conspiritors, projects, opportunities, networks, as well as a platform to show case new work, exhibitions, prints, books, t-shirts, badges and a plethora of crafty collectable ephemera created under the Outcrowd umbrella. Be prepared for a continuous visual onslaught from these pencil wrestling enthusiasts.

We Are all Temporary

To Dry For

Storm in a tea cup

Not My Type

Joyfully Bewildered

Manifesto

Say Hey

Incidentals

Art Makers & Chums

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