Thursday, 13 October 2011

A sweaty encounter

200 grams of Sweat, 2011
Acrylic, oilstick and spray paint on canvas
101 cm X 152 cm



A triumph of fat legs & sweaty backs.

The smell of lynx and BO haunts the air and the 'enlightened' Physical Education teacher stalks the changing room.

This is no place for fear or man boobs.

Man up.

We are going to win!

1-0 Grimes & Jones.

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Stinks o' fish

One fish, 6 artists, loads of bite marks.

Working with the Monk's Gallery as part of the 6 Degrees series of shows, Grimes & Jones curatorial debut 'The Fish that bit Dad' exploded onto the Northern art scene in a blaze of wax, guts and glory.

The show features the work of 6 artists from around the globe, all individual masters of their medium -

If you missed the opening night DO NOT FEAR - the work will remain in the gallery for a whole month should you wish to see it; you can arrange a
private view or personal tour by either contacting ourselves or the Monks Gallery team.

Or if you’re not even arsed like,

Look, judge, now - here, stupid:

Red,

Joana Cifre Cerda




Raw Juice,

Unnamed Slovenian Artist



Bone Breaker (Detail from),

Summer Wheat




ALBERT,

Paul Kindersley




God's Fridge,

Grimes & Jones



Animal Instinct,

Stephanie Homa


For more pictures of this haunting experience click here.

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Scottish Dogs

Mudskippers happened in the GARAGE.


We came, we saw, we investigated the similarities between duck and chicken.
Mudskippers, our micro-residency at the GARAGE event (part of the Edinburgh art festival) was comprised of 8 installations, one of which was added every hour until the site was filled with joyful works of art.

Here are a few highlights - thanks to Emma Bowen for organizing the event and all who attended. (except that one 'boring' man.)

The like duck chicken



The Gallows



Curriculum Vitae





The Edinburgh Fringe Festival





The truth about Aliens






Happy Birthday



How to draw a Fart.

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Mudskippers

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The mudskipper, Japans grossest mascot since sex pissing and kareoke.

Literally a fish out of water, the mudskipper is a creature who relishes its own ugliness, the ugliness of life, and surrounds itself in slime.

A lazy lurking hero of its own habitat - born to serve no positive purpose what so ever it lives off filth and plankton and does a great deal to amuse with its vacant face and spastic posture.

The Mudskipper is a real animal kingdom equivalent of Grimes & Jones - and everything their art stands for.


'Mudskippers' will be a series of hourly changing art installations presented by two Yorkshire lumps as part of the GARAGE project at The Edinburgh Art Festival 2011.
Come down and catch us at our bad behaviour -

Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th August,
12 - 4pm.
Northumberland Street, Northwest lane,
Edinburgh,
EH3 6JQ


The art menu will be presented as follows:

Saturday

12:00 - 13:00 : The Gallows

13:00 - 14:00 : The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

14:00 - 15:00 : The like duck chicken

15:00 - 16:00 : Curriculum Vitae

Sunday

12:00 - 13:00 : The truth about Aliens

13:00 - 14:00 : The Apprentice

14:00 - 15:00 : How to draw a fart

15:00 - 16:00 : Happy Birthday


Tuesday, 2 August 2011

PRINCE CHARMRAVEN


Bonjour,

Have you heard the lastest news? No? Not even by word of mouth?

Hmmmm.

OK.

Well I'll tell you then. Grimes & Jones (artists) won the Adam Ant (current-celeb) Tanquery Gin Award at the second annual Bad Art Salon.

The prize winning pieces were the gorgeous portrait suite, and the dramatic, smouldering inferno of birds, Swan Lake.



Ant, a known person said, 'I'll give them their due, they have done fabulous things in this earthly hemisphere'.

Thank you Adam and thank you to everyone who helped organize the event.

We will now drink the gin. Cheers.

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Papparazzi



One big room, full of bad bitches.
In order to help the public get inside the crusty minds of the artists featured in Septembers art sensation 'The Fish that bit Dad' a survey was done.
Each artist answered with integrity, and pursed lips:


What does the Fish that bit Dad mean to you? (were you there when it happened?)


Paul Kindersley : My dad almost got eaten by a shark- and i would never have been conceived- so thanks to that fish for not biting (too hard).


How were you raised? (Tell us your background)


Stephanie Homa : by communists..actually socialists, but english people see that as one and the same thing.


What is the message of your art?


Joana Cifre Cerda : Be true to yourself- follow your intuition- Do what you want and not what is expected of you.


Poland or Austria?


Stephanie Homa : I neither like my car being stolen nor do I prefer it to get locked away in some weirdos basement.


Are you any good at dinner? (which one?)


Grimes & Jones : We once made the lamb of jelly but in an unfortunate coincidence everyone had lost their appetite.


Favourite artist ever?


Grimes & Jones : Cher Lloyd.


Have you ever been in a fight?


Unnamed Slovenian artist :


yes
sunday afternoon
sitting on bench rest and i ve got nothing to do
couple slips by
guy steps to me and pounches me in a face
fell of the bench rest
got up and run
guy starts runing after me
while running iam looked back where he might be
i see his girlfriend waiting for him at the same time go hit in a face
fell on the street
got some more footy cicks
he ended
no shit - i said to myself (pussy fight).

Do you have any pets?


Unnamed Slovenian artist : two fishes, two ants.


Pet hates?


Unnamed Slovenian artist : I hate dogs - that is my joke.


What role does imagination play in your art?


Summer Wheat : It was cast as the leading role.


Are you any good at thinking of stuff?


Grimes & Jones : I once thought about a snake biting someone at work. But i didnt tell anyone incase i got caught.


Tits or Arse?


Unnamed Slovenian artist : Phat ass & small tits mmm.



Who is your hero (art or otherwise)?


Summer Wheat : Elvis.

Can you smell gas?


Summer Wheat: Yes, most of the time i do smell this kind of thing.



When was the last time you got told off?


Joana Cifre Cerda : I always get told off at Art exhibitions for touching stuff.


Leff or Right?


Paul Kindersley : Leff hand type/ right hand wank.



The show opens at the Monks Gallery, Lincoln.

Thurs 1st Sept

Friday, 22 July 2011

The Self (I vs him)



Highly political, Grimes and Jones deal with themes of identity and estrangement ….. STOP you’re boring me.

Look at these pictures of us.

Yes!

Credit to beloved and respected photographer Bohdan Cap and his camera of lights.