{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Urban Illustration: Zosen in London","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-art-show-london.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-08-18T21:44:20Z","description":"Recently the first UK solo exhibition by famous Barcelona-based urban artist Zosen opened in London’s StolenSpace Gallery, showing a nice collection of urban illustrations...","html":"\u003cp\u003eAs I told you, the \u003ca href=\"/zosen-system-collapse-london/\"\u003epremier UK solo show\u003c/a\u003e by Barcelona-based street artist \u003cstrong\u003eZosen\u003c/strong\u003e called “System Collapse” is currently running in London! The art show presents an interesting collection of colorful, very detailed and funny canvas paintings and additionally a limited edition screen print.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe simplicity of the imagery in psychedelic colours references a plethora of social and political issues, juxtaposing the heavily distorted photo imagery of today’s consumer society with naive, two dimensional characters and imaginary of primitive African art and Latin-American Folklore. In System Collapse, symbols saturated in colour represent the inequalities and injustices that separate the First and Third Worlds. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=3\u0026amp;jssCart=1e8fb1f00540e2048ac637e4f5f12317\"\u003eStolenSpace Gallery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"zosen-art-show-photos\"\u003eZosen Art Show Photos\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, I took \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157624753932330/\"\u003ea few photos\u003c/a\u003e of the nice artworks\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1680\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1680\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1680\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_697e0da6abcf53c3.avif 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_399221b3a3297b7a.avif 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_7acb8c585438713d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_38f1c2092b8ccb4a.webp 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_aac37154c2d18348.webp 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_145091703fbea45.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_7705c95e8eb7191e.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_c05553aa0215e813.jpg 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_eaeac61507db8bc.jpg 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration_hu_7705c95e8eb7191e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"930\" alt=\"zosen urban illustration\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ezosen urban illustration\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1768\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1768\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1768\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_b19d333e9b7d6316.avif 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_e60f2df9ababbd74.avif 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_6068e58241f12a25.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_eaf8afab81873637.webp 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_4d10560bb7677cb3.webp 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_d53e60543230048.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_f7a534b4eda53809.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_9037645b4bb353ca.jpg 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_41a0d9c09ca701b9.jpg 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london_hu_f7a534b4eda53809.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"979\" alt=\"zosen london\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ezosen london\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_7f4f146ca0c5c722.avif 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_3471f5829fd955bb.avif 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_f32cf0534b8fd16d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_aa7f0201d15e52f.webp 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_6a3531b98b9ca060.webp 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_9cbd283e0c55b07a.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_b4458d05abdc6490.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_1b9e6874a144ab06.jpg 480w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_6239ace970c49362.jpg 960w, /urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters_hu_b4458d05abdc6490.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"zosen characters\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ezosen characters\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nAs I told you, the [premier UK solo show](/zosen-system-collapse-london/) by Barcelona-based street artist **Zosen** called “System Collapse” is currently running in London! The art show presents an interesting collection of colorful, very detailed and funny canvas paintings and additionally a limited edition screen print.\n\n\u003e The simplicity of the imagery in psychedelic colours references a plethora of social and political issues, juxtaposing the heavily distorted photo imagery of today’s consumer society with naive, two dimensional characters and imaginary of primitive African art and Latin-American Folklore. In System Collapse, symbols saturated in colour represent the inequalities and injustices that separate the First and Third Worlds. ([StolenSpace Gallery](http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=3\u0026jssCart=1e8fb1f00540e2048ac637e4f5f12317))\n\n\n## Zosen Art Show Photos\n\n\nOf course, I took [a few photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157624753932330/) of the nice artworks...\n\n![zosen urban illustration](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-urban-illustration.jpg\u003e)\n\nzosen urban illustration ![zosen london](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-london.jpg\u003e)\n\nzosen london ![zosen characters](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-illustration-zosen-london/zosen-characters.jpg\u003e)\n\nzosen characters ","tags":["Zosen","Illustration","Painting","Street Art London"],"title":"Urban Illustration: Zosen in London","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-illustration-zosen-london/"}