Scream

Scream is a bit off a fish out of water in these here parts but literally only because it shows some street art type work. Though I’m not sure that they’ve ever has a Banksy here.

Scream gallery is currently hosting Russell Young’s ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ which is an exhibit of Warholian-​esque celebrity screen printing on canvas with a diamond/​crystal dust finish to make something that would be commonly recognized as glamorous a bit more enhanced.
Well, I have opinions on the exhibit and the gallery itself. The gallery was a nice space, albeit smaller than I was imagining or perhaps hoping. It would suit a small collection nicely. And no, it’s not really fair to rate for the work currently up, but I’ll note about the gallery itself:
It is run by Tyrone Wood, son of Ronny Wood of the Rolling Stones fame. The event listing that I went to had initially mentioned that in the bio lines, but had amended that to omit his lineage, which I’m assuming nobody else caught, but I’m guessing means he wants to make a name for himself. Which, yes, that’s great, but the speech given to us about the work wasn’t from him although we were told he was going to be providing a guide of the works, and even if you want to remain aloft from your title, I think patrons would still enjoy the opportunity to meet and talk with the person who runs the gallery as I was assuming he would have taken pride in his accomplishment, but he was a bit in the background and didn’t seem to want to mingle. Which was very disengaging as I think the purpose of a meet & mingle event is to be told about the works and engage in a dialogue with those in charge. Having been left to our own devices, I think the gallery would only have suited a very brief pop-​in, but since we were drinking and chatting with fellow guests, it became very clear that the art was in fact taking a very tertiary position to what was happening and I’m not sure that I would have handled it the same if it was my gallery.
Well, if you find an exhibit you fancy, do pop in, though I can’t say that you’ll be making an afternoon of it.